VOL. XLIV

No 33

13 August 2001

ThePolitical Scene

AtMEES press time, Israels reaction to a suicide bombing which killed some 18people in west Jerusalem had been measured rather than furious, although it wasanyones guess whether worse was to come. A rapprochement between the Maroniteand Druze communities in Lebanon appears to be behind the arrest of anti-SyrianChristians by the army and intelligence services who failed to inform thegovernment in advance. In Syria an independent member of...