Response in isolation
Under siege in Ramallah and curfew in the territories, Palestinians ponder changes in strategy, reports Khaled Amayreh

Ignored and repressed
Palestinians fear another wave of Israeli repression as soon as the US launches its war against Iraq, Talal Jabari reports from Jerusalem

The impossible state?
The PLO produced a map that confirms Israel's policy of creating facts on the ground to make a two-state solution impossible, writes Jonathan Cook from Jerusalem

Appetite for destruction
US preparations are underway for a full-blown invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein as the Bush administration works on a tough new resolution at the Security Council, writes Salah Hemeid

American dissent
Democratic Congressman of Arab origin Nick Rahall told Al-Ahram Weekly, in Baghdad, that his recent visit to Iraq was to prove that not all Americans want war.

Turkey's troubled elections
The banning of key Islamic and Kurdish figures from running in Turkey's upcoming elections has raised serious questions on what sort of democracy the country enjoys. Gareth Jenkins reports from Ankara