Al-Ahram Weekly Online   3 - 9 August 2006
Issue No. 806
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Rallying behind Hizbullah
Support for Hizbullah among the Lebanese is at an all time high, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Resistance renews itself
The more havoc Israel wreaks, the more resistance it will face, writes Serene Assir
Cairo makes a U-turn
Dina Ezzat observes Egyptian diplomacy changing tactics on the Lebanese crisis
No solution in sight
France's boycott of today's Security Council meeting of potential contributors to a "stabilisation force" exposes a growing European-US rift over Lebanon, reports Gamal Nkrumah
Telephone terror
Gazans are being warned by telephone to vacate their homes or be bombed, unsure if the calls are genuine or just cruel, sadistic punishment, writes Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank
Baghdad burning
With no immediate prospect of a US withdrawal from Iraq, Nermeen Al-Mufti examines the human cost of the ongoing sectarian violence
Solidarity struggle
Egyptians are fed up with their government's indifferent reaction to the Qana massacre, report Pierre Loza and Mohamed El-Sayed
Mission to Lebanon
With the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon deepening, Amirah Ibrahim joined two Egyptian military flights taking relief aid to Beirut and returning with Egyptian nationals fleeing Israel's onslaught
Credible criticism
Gamal Essam El-Din speaks with Iain Levine, programme director of Human Rights Watch, on the organisation's role in Egypt and the Middle East
Changing destinations
Rehab Saad assesses the impact of the conflict in Lebanon on regional tourism
Citizenship costs less
Becoming an Egyptian national will cost LE1,200 less for children born of Egyptian mothers and foreign fathers, reports Reem Leila
SOS Lebanon
the war on Lebanon is taking its toll on the civilian population, Lucy Fielder reports on Lebanon's worst humanitarian crisis.
Premeditated war
Jonathan Cook , in Nazareth, argues that though Israel would have the world believe the opposite, it is not Hizbullah that is acting fanatically. He also examines the fissure in Israeli support for the war in Lebanon since its outbreak
Winner takes all
Any ceasefire package that does not get the consent of Hizbullah is doomed, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif
A diary of terror and resistance
Rehab Saad recounts a diary of three weeks of Israeli aggression on Lebanon and the diplomatic missions to stop the war
Qana: past and present
The southern Lebanese town of Qana has witnessed two of the worst, appalling and unforgivable crimes in history, both carried out by the Israeli army. The first massacre took place in 1996 while the second happened just a week ago during the recent Israeli aggression
Privatisation on track
Before adjourning for summer recess, the People's Assembly approved a law giving the government the green light to privatise Egyptian rail. Gamal Essam El-Din inspects the decision
Ten candles for the "Angels"
Nehad Selaiha joins the Angels Team as they ponder the road Towards A Better Life at the Abba Antonios Church in Shubra
Why do they hate us?
During a month-long stay in the US, Gamal Essam El-Din is intrigued by the American perspective on the Middle East
Teen hits
Amira El-Noshokaty registers a phenomenon of hope
Universal unfolding
Restaurant review by Injy El-Kashef
Return of the reds
Ahli are back in the African fray, writes Inas Mazhar
Lebanon

ALL THAT REMAINS: Photos of loved ones among the debris of houses destroyed by Israeli missiles in the Southern Lebanese village of Srifa on Tuesday...
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When the skies rain death
By Azmi Bishara
Letter from Lebanon
By Roger Assaf

 

People say no
Public opinion in Lebanon overwhelmingly rejects US-Israeli plans for cleansing Lebanon of Hizbullah, writes Amal Saad-Ghorayeb
Bush's New Middle East
Iran is the target and, as in the past, Lebanon is paying the price, writes Ayman El-Amir
What next Lebanon?
Following an obligatory ceasefire, the focus must be on helping Lebanon rebuild its political system, argues James Zogby
Third generation Arab revolutionaries
Though different in method, the Arab world's contemporary rebels share common ground with legends of the past, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Two souths, one war
Israel is unlikely to win the current military confrontation with Hizbullah and its defeat could hasten the unraveling of a regional political system based on US client states, writes Tamim Al-Barghouti

Condoleezza Rice

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