VOL. XLIII

No. 12

20 March 2000

The Political Scene

The Arab League ministerial meeting in Beirut was a symbolic display of solidarity with Lebanon as the target of recent Israeli attacks. The Americans are being schizophrenic about Iran.

Arab League Meets In Beirut

The Arab League ministerial meeting in Beirut on 11 March was a rare and some would say entirely uncharacteristic display of Arab sympathy for Lebanon as the anvil on which Israel regularly tries to beat ploughshares into swords....