VOL. XLIV

No 36

3 September 2001

ThePolitical Scene

Violence in the occupiedterritories reached new heights this week with the assassination by theIsraelis of the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine andthe reoccupation of Beit Jala near Bethlehem.The Americans decried this escalation in measured tones, while the Europeanswere less diplomatic and to all appearances more worried.

Israel Escalates, USEquivocates

With neither side willing toforego the Biblical satisfaction of...