The world according to Sharon
Sharon has apparently abrogated Oslo, doing so unilaterally. Khaled Amayreh reports

The 'enemy' within
An Israeli judicial inquiry into the death of 13 Palestinians by Israeli police forces was more a whimper than a bang. Jonathan Cook writes from Jerusalem

Britain is not the 51st state
After examining the relationship between the United States and Britain Linda Heard asks if the wishes of the people are being ignored

A plea for help
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismail tells Dina Ezzat that the Machakos Protocol will be scrapped if the Southern rebels continue their military offensive

Shutting down the opposition
The Lebanese media has been outraged by a court's decision to shut down an opposition television channel. Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut

America's Iraq debate
Although opinion polls clearly show that the majority of Americans support the ousting of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, there are many questions now being raised about the consequences of that war and its cost. Mohamed El-Sayed Said, in Washington, spoke to two former senior officials heavily involved in the Middle East about whether the war against Iraq could be avoided, and the possibility that the United States could get international backing for its expected move. Following are the two interviews with former US State Department officials Edward Walker and Richard Murphy