Writing off Arafat?
If Arafat does go down, he will take a lot with him, writes David Hirst, and the alternative will not be to Israel's liking

Days of fear
The Israelis seem to have caught the malady that the Palestinians have been suffering from for long -- fear. Jonathan Cook writes from Haifa

Modest expectations
A series of international, Islamic and Arab meetings have failed to pressure Israel into curbing its aggression against Palestinians, reports Dina Ezzat

First shot in phase II?
An American Muslim charity, the Holy Land Foundation, is the latest casualty of the US campaign against terrorism. But the move may well have been prompted by Israeli pressure on the US, as Anayat Durrani reports from Washington

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