Al-Ahram Weekly 24 - 30 June 1999 Issue No. 435
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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The 'spies' of Isfahan The imminent trial of thirteen Iranian Jews charged with spying for Israel reveals the lengths to which an increasingly desperate clergy may go to try and thwart reformist President Mohamed Khatami, writes David Hirst A bridge too far Last week, Ehud Barak started finally to speak about his view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Many Palestinians will be alarmed about what they heard, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem Palestinian NGOs under attack PA officials launched a smear campaign against Palestinian NGOs which have become increasingly critical of the Palestinian judicial system and the lack of accountability of PA bodies, Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem Colonising Iraq? Iraqi officials are not hopeful that any of the resolutions currently circulating at the UN Security Council will lead to the lifting of the devastating nine-year-old sanctions

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