VOL. XLV

No 20

20-May-2002

Arab PressReview

(MEES Translation)

Calls For Palestinian Reform

The following is an extract from an article by Joseph Samaha (Managing Editor of the Lebanese daily Assafir)entitled The Palestinians No Longer Have The LuxuryOf Choice that was published in Assafir on 8 May:

The air inPalestinian circles is buzzing with the talk of reform. No-one is talking ofanything else. But considerable uncertainty surrounds the balance of power, thedirection things should go, the...