Al-Ahram Weekly

Steadfast in Hebron
War is everywhere in Hebron and so is the Palestinian resistance. Graham Usher reports from a besieged, shell-shocked and inexhaustible city

Israel throws a few stones
A row over a UNIFIL video footage shot the day after Hizbullah abducted three Israeli soldiers has placed the UN in an embarrassing situation. Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut

Apartheid is alive and well
Arab Knesset members have denounced Israeli attempts to control Palestinian demographic growth in Israel and the occupied territories as "naked racism." Khaled Amayreh reports from Hebron

'Only the beginning'

The confluence of political developments in the region and new Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa's commitment to a high-profile inter-Arab organisation are rustling up reform, reports Dina Ezzat

Lost in between
An abrupt decision by Israel to deport tens of thousands of Jordanian workers of Palestinian origin has further injured the shaky relations between Amman and Tel Aviv, reports Lola Keilani from Amman

Bouteflika goes aid-hunting
Bouteflika's visit to the United States was aimed at finding a new ally to help the country out of its economic crisis, Thomas Gorguissian reports from Washington

A fairer electoral process?
Yemen's opposition parties have rejected a government plan to amend election laws, saying it would only give more power to the president, Nasser Arrabyee reports from Sanaa

		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 19 - 25 July 2001 Issue No.543
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