VOL. XLV

No 11

18 March 2002

The Political Scene

After months of blaming the Palestinians alone for themayhem in the occupied territories and Israel, the Americans have suddenlydiscovered that in the Middle East it usually takes two to tango. They have also had anothervision (this time at the UN) of a state called Palestine. None of this, of course, hasanything to do with Vice President Dick Cheneys tour of the region to drum upArab support for military action against Iraq. A leading US senator...