A fatal duplicity
Washington and London stand accused of hypocrisy, and everyone knows why, writes Ibrahim Nafie

The intricacies of idealism
America has dug up a lot of idealist rhetoric and is sending it, with troops, to the Middle East. Will any good come of it, asks Hala Mustafa

Is war inevitable?
Is war inevitable or can it be averted, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Mixed record of Intifada
Two years on, the record of the second Al-Aqsa Intifada is a mixed one, with Israel continuing its policy of war crimes against a defenceless Palestinian population, writes Abdel-Jawwad Saleh

The road to Baghdad
By involving Israel in the war effort against Iraq, writes Hassan Abu Taleb, Washington may be setting the stage for something bigger than the removal of Saddam

Removing the blindfolds
Israel is a scoff-law nation and should be treated as such. Former US Congressman Paul Findley warns against the dangers of an American foreign policy hostage to the pro-Israel lobby

Editorial:
Closer than ever

Close up
Summit time
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
The limits of rationality
By Abdel-Alim Mohamed

A single beneficiary
By Naguib Mahfouz

This week: Yasser Arafat