VOL. XLIII

No. 26

26 June 2000

The Political Scene

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has survived a crisis within his coalition government, but at some cost to his reputation and very possibly to the peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The Lebanese government does not share UN Secretary-General Kofi Annans view that Israel has complied with resolution 425, but is nonetheless coming under international pressure to send its army into the south of the country.

Barak Keeps His Majority

After...