Inching toward Doomsday
Palestinian hopes that the arrival of a new US envoy would augur a more neutral American stance were swiftly disabused, writes Graham Usher from Ramallah

What cease-fire?
Cairo's view is that continued Israeli aggression on the ground is more telling than airy statements from Israeli leaders, writes Tarek Atia

Sharm quagmire
Yasser Arafat may be hoping for another peace conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, but neither the time nor mood seems right

Egypt

On to the next chapter?
Human rights groups, at home and abroad, were in an uproar over the seven-year sentencing of prominent NGO figure Saadeddin Ibrahim. As the controversy seethes on, the sociology professor's case-file seems far from being closed, reports Nadia Abou El-Magd

Hawari defence challenges court competence
The defence accuses the court of bias, the prosecutor demands the death penalty, and the defendant proclaims his innocence. The only thing not in dispute at the Arcadia Mall trial is that a murder took place. Shaden Shehab tries to keep up

Economy

For richer or for poorer
Parliamentary debate of the budget, the sales tax and the mortgage law provided MPs with an opportunity to question the class-bias of the government's economic policies. Gamal Essam El-Din, in the People's Assembly, reports

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