VOL. XLV

No 10

11-March-2002

Arab Press Review

(MEES Translation)

The Saudi Peace Initiative

The following columnby Ali Hamadeh (Lebanese journalist), entitledSilent Opposition, was published in the Lebanese daily al-Nahar on 2 March:

Syriassilent opposition to ideas in the initiative of Saudi Crown Prince 'Abd Allah have had more impact than any other kind ofopposition. Despite this, it will have only limited effect if it is not linkedin the coming days to some Syrian ideas that go beyond the...