VOL. XLV

No 21

27 May 2002

The Political Scene

The Americans are promising (or threatening) to be moreactive on transformation issues the new buzz word for Palestinian reforms but are backing away further from the idea of a peace conference. Israeli PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon has meanwhile made it clear that he does not want theSyrians at any such meeting. There is a familiar ring to the Americans latestlist of state sponsors of terrorism, even if it says some relatively nicethings about Libya...