VOL. XLIV

No. 07

12 February 2001

The Political Scene

Ariel Sharon won Israels primeministerial election by a landslide, propelling the peace process and theregion as a whole into unknown and probably dangerous territory. As primeminister elect, Mr Sharon called for a widely-based government of national unityand in general made dovish noises, but elsewhere in the Middle East, and indeedinternationally, there was uncertainty and apprehension about his realintentions and both the Israelis and...