Al-Ahram Weekly

News analysis
Pounding the fault lines
David Hirst, in Beirut, examines the fault lines that run through the last militarily active frontier between the Arabs and Israel

UN call

Iraq plea

One crisis dwarfs another
An unprecedented Israeli attack against a Syrian radar station east of Beirut overshadows debate over the Syrian presence in Lebanon. Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut

'First freedom, then the future'
Easter this year saw Bethlehem and its neighbouring Palestinian villages at war and pondering the means and cost of resistance. Graham Usher reports

Sharon redefines excessive force
Under the rubric of stopping "violence and terror," the Sharon government has stepped up Israel's nearly seven-month-old war against Palestinians. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem

Awkward mediation
The Israeli strike on a Syrian target in Lebanon complicated the already difficult mission of Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul-Ilah Khatib to mediate a deal between Israelis and Palestinians, Lola Keilani reports from Amman

Whirling Dervis
A hollow reform plan, announced by Kemal Dervis, Turkey's IMF-imported economy minister, won't end public despair, writes Gareth Jenkins, from Istanbul

Broken eggs
Christians are lashed for rioting in Sudan amid international outcry, while efforts to mediate between Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and his former ally Hassan Al-Turabi fail, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Electing to pass?
Arrests, intimidation and awkward silences in Iran, as President Khatami wonders whether to run again. Azadeh Moaveni observes the pre-election tensions in Tehran

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 19 - 25 April 2001 Issue No.530
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