VOL. XLIV

No 48

26 November 2001

The Political Scene

US Secretary ofState Colin Powell has finally unveiled the Bush administrations game plan forthe Middle East in a speech which was long on generalities but short onspecifics and new ideas. In other words the Americans still opposePalestinian violence, Israeli settlement activity and Israels occupation ofthe West Bank and Gaza (in that order) while advocating a just resolution ofthe Jerusalem and refugee problems and the implementation of the...