VOL. XLV

No 15

15 April 2002

The Political Scene

US President George Bush has now made three public demands for Israel to end its military assault on the West Bank and withdraw its forces. The Israelis, helped by another suicide bombing on 10 April, have carried on regardless. That was hardly an auspicious start for Secretary of State Colin Powell’s attempt to mediate a cease-fire, which began (curiously) in Morocco, where Saudi Crown Prince ‘Abd Allah was visiting, and did...