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26 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2000
Issue No. 505
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Tempered anger at the summit
Arab leaders, meeting in Cairo this week, were obliged to weigh considerations of political realism against a level of popular Arab anger against Israel, unprecedented since the 'guns fell silent' after the October war in 1973. Khaled Dawoud reports

-- They said at the summit.. --

Composing the consensus
Negotiating the communiqué of the Arab summit tested intra-Arab relations as much as it did the Arab position on Israel. Dina Ezzat peeks behind-the-scene

Youthful rapport
Not even a nod
Opening a new page


Producing the body (count)
Neither fathers protecting their children nor farmers harvesting their olive crop were safe from the deliberate wrath of Israeli soldiers -- or civilians -- as they continued to kill Palestinians for the fourth week in a row. Khaled Amayreh reports from occupied Jerusalem
Soldiers on the roof
It is not only dangerous for Palestinians to live in front of the Israeli army. Try living beneath it. Graham Usher reports from a Palestinian maternity hospital in Hebron

Photos: Thomas Hartwell, see stories below Photos: Thomas Hartwell, see stories below Photos: Thomas Hartwell, see stories below

Variations on a theme
The Cairo summit concluded with a resolution that basically revamped the one issued after the 1996 summit held in the same capital -- with some slight, if significant differences. Sherine Bahaa draws out the historical contrasts and parallels
Horror in your sitting room
The brutal murder of 12-year old Mohamed Al-Dorra triggered a massive wave of support for the Palestinian struggle across the Arab world. In Egypt, Amira Howeidy, joined a nation glued to the screen
The big freeze
As long as the peace process is frozen, Egyptian-Israeli relations are on hold, writes Dina Ezzat

Solidarity days
Dissappointment at the decisions of the Arab summit and anger at the news of continued Israeli brutality in Palestine dominated popular sentiment. Fatemah Farag reports
Meet the press
Palestine tops the agenda of the ninth conference of the Federation of Arab Journalists that opened in Amman yesterday. Shaden Shehab reports from the Jordanian capital
'A valid fear'
As demonstrators throughout the Arab world chant anti-American slogans and smash the store-fronts of American fast-food chains, experts in the US are reading the writing on the wall. Thomas Gorguissian reports from Washington
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