Unmaking Sharon
In Israel's prime ministerial election campaign Ariel Sharon speaks of peace and Ehud Barak warns of war, but both are lying. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem

Peace Now and its 'other'
The founder of Israel's Peace Now , Amos Oz, believes Palestinians should give up the refugees' right of return in exchange for a peace deal. Yehudith Harel, an Israeli peace activist, explains how this view reflects the intellectual dishonesty of the mainstream of Israel's peace camp

A parting shot
Clinton's proposals for a final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians were his farewell gift to a country towards which he has had a clear bias throughout his eight years in the White House, writes Gamil Mattar

Prosecution 'confident'in Lockerbie case
The Lockerbie trial is expected to conclude in a few weeks, following surprising decisions by both prosecutors and the Libyan defendants' legal team

Pondering aid and support
As the Intifada and negotiations continue in different directions, Arab countries needed to throw their weight behind both. Dina Ezzat reports

Never say die
Rumours concerning Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's fatal illness drove oil prices slightly higher, but had they been proved correct, events in Iraq would have taken another course, writes Salah Hemeid

Polisario withdraws threat
All against the PKK
Tehran bombs
A first for People's Voice