VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23 OCTOBER 2000

The Political Scene

The hastily convened summit at Sharm al-Shaikh produced an American statement rather than a Palestinian-Israeli agreement to turn down the heat in the occupied territories. Afterwards there was a slight, if perceptible, fall off in the violence on the ground, but no-one doubted that what is now being called the al-Aqsaintifada could flare up again at any moment.

No Agreement At Sharm al-Shaikh

The parties involved went to the 16 October Sharm...