Al-Ahram Weekly

PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak paid a visit last Friday to the Nasser Medical Institute in Cairo's northern Shubra district where nine Palestinians are receiving treatment after sustaining injuries in the clashes that took place in Jerusalem, West Bankand Gaza. Eight adults and one 11-year-old boy were flown in from Gaza the previous day. --read on--
'We will not be bullied' As Israel escalates its bloody repression of Palestinian protests, pushing the region into crisis, Cairo acts to bring an end to the violence and unify Arab ranks around a coherent response, Nevine Khalil reports	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

An appeal for protection
Re: Urgent appeal for the protection of the Palestinian national minority in Israel
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Aiming for the possible
After taking part in meetings in Paris and Sharm El-Sheikh aimed at putting an end to the bloodshed in occupied Palestine, Palestinian Planning Minister Nabil Shaath confirmed in an interview with Sherine Bahaa that Palestinians will remain steadfast in defending their rights

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

A new agenda
THOUSANDS of Palestinians -- led by prominent figures Haydar Abdel-Shafi, Mustafa Al-Barghouti, Rawyeh Al-Shawa and Edward Said -- signed a petition on Tuesday calling upon the Palestinian leadership to "liberate itself from all restrictions imposed by the interim agreements which prevent the building of the Palestinian state, to immediately start building the state's institutions on the ground, and not to return to the same framework of bilateral negotiations with Israel which reached a deadlock in Camp David.
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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. When asked about the US's abstention on UN Security Council Resolution 1233 deploring the [anonymous] "provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem on 28 September 2000" and condemning [also anonymous] "acts of violence, especially the excessive use of force against Palestinians," Albright immediately waxed apologetic.

Patience at an end
Public demonstrations ripped through nearly all Syrian cities over the past week in support of the new Palestinian uprising, reports Mahmoud Abdel-Wahab from Damascus

Hizbullah on the move Hizbullah's capture of three Israeli soldiers dealt a humiliating blow to the region's strongest army. Yet, it also raised fears that conflict would escalate in the region, Dalal Saoud reports from Beirut	Jordan's fury Emotions are running high in Jordan in support of the new Palestinian uprising. Lola Keilani reports from Amman
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

Blaming the victims After short-lived American empathy with Palestinian victims of recent Israeli violence, US officials and columnists are now blaming the Palestinians for the escalation of tensions. Thomas Gorguissian reports from Washington

A global Intifada? Many Americans and Europeans are locking step to condemn the latest volley of Israeli atrocities in Palestine, reports Dominic Coldwell from London

Rage in the Gulf
Reflecting the growing anger among Arabs over the Israeli massacres of Palestinians, nationals of Arab Gulf countries took to the streets for the first time to express their rage, reports Nadia Abul-Magd

One million Moroccans march

One million Moroccans marched through the kingdom's capital on Sunday to express solidarity with Palestinians and condemn "Zionist aggression" in the Israeli-occupied territories.
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