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 The real stakes
An American or Arab summit? As the diplomatic battle to contain the violence surrounding Barak's last minute deferral of his own ultimatum to Yasser Arafat reaches fever pitch, the agendas could not be more different
Echoes of Intifada
Israeli brutality against Palestinians has triggered unprecedented wrath on Egyptian streets, university campuses and in professional syndicates. Fatemah Farag reports on a national outburst
Kristallnacht revisited
Extremist settlers showed themselves more than happy to assist the Israeli army in its brutal repression of the Palestinian uprising. Khaled Amayreh bears witness to repeated rampages in the West Bank
Israel's dilemma
Israel has got a taste of its own medicine after Hizbullah captured three of its soldiers in a stunning operation, writes David Hirst from Beirut
Uprising wipes off Green Line
In the occupied territories, the Palestinian resistance has brought massive military repression. In Israel, it has unleashed violent strain of ethnic Jewish nationalism. Graham Usher reports from Umm Al-Fahm
Shame on you, Mrs Albright
 In
her interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" (Sunday
8 October 2000), US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
epitomised the willful blindness, moral emptiness, human
insensitivity, political cynicism, and strategic ignorance
that have characterised the US's handling of the Arab-Israeli
"peace process" and the Palestinian question in
particular. --read on--
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