<nettime> November 2000

[Le Monde diplomatique <dispatch@Monde-diplomatique.fr>]

   Le Monde diplomatique 
   
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                               November 2000
                                      
     
LEADER

Middle East in freefall

by IGNACIO RAMONET

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/01leader>
     
                                                  Translated by Ed Emery
     
     
MIDDLE EAST: THE FAULTLINE

Palestinian hopes in tatters *

by ERIC ROULEAU

     The failure of the process set in motion by the Oslo accord of 13
     September 1993 is clear. As the territories erupted and Barak tried
     desperately to form a national emergency government with Sharon,
     the US decided to grant Israel hundreds of millions of dollars in
     military aid, confirming its bias as an intermediary in the peace
     negotiations. A page has been turned in the Middle East and the
     contagion may well spread. Yet for over 30 years the Palestinians
     and the PLO have gradually advanced towards acceptance of a
     solution rooted in the co-existence of two states. Their hopes for
     a just peace and a compromise solution, based on Security Council
     Resolution 242, have been dashed by Israeli intransigence, US bias,
     and the indifference of the international community.
     
                                             Translated by Harry Forster
     
Jerusalem: city of conflict *

by MOHAMED SID-AHMED

                                        Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
     
Jerusalem: myth and reality *

                                        Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
     
'We are still the enemy' *

by JOSEPH ALGAZY


Deheisheh days

by MUNA HAMZEH-MUHAISEN

     Deheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem. Muna
     Hamzeh-Muhaisen lives there. She is a journalist. She set up the
     first website in a camp, establishing relations with Palestinians
     all over the world. During this new intifada she kept a diary.
     
           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/06mideastdeheisheh>
     
                                                Original text in English
     
Media omissions, army lies

by AMIRA HASS

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/07mideastmedia>
     
                                        Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
     
Children in the line of fire

by EYAD SERRAJ

     Demonstrations are nothing new in Palestine. They took place under
     the British and then - as now - the press accused people of pushing
     their children into the line of fire. Eyad Serraj is head of the
     Mental Health Community Centre in Gaza and a firm believer in
     peace. The question of the children angers him.
     
           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/08mideastchild>
     
                                                Original text in English
     
A chronology of confrontation and negotiation

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/09mideastchrono>
     
Little Boy

by AMIN KASSAM

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/10mideastlittleboy>
     
     
THE COST OF CORRUPTION

A necessary evil ? *

by PIERRE ABRAMOVICI

     Corruption costs the world at least $80bn a year. But bribery is
     nothing new: it is deeply embedded in our societies. In Europe
     bribery was institutionalised in the 1970s, in the form of
     commissions, provided they were paid to foreign civil servants. And
     though, at this same time, the US was making corruption of foreign
     officials a criminal offence, US companies carried on just as
     before via subsidiaries in tax havens. Attempts by the OECD to end
     the corruption of foreign nationals have met with resistance. So
     how realistic is it to think we can put an end to the practice ?
     
     
Ill-gotten gains *

by JOSEPH K.

     
Index on corruption *

by PIERRE ABRAMOVICI

     
How to play the aid game

by SYLVIE BRUNEL

     After three years of drought, humanitarian aid organisations have
     come to the rescue of the famine-stricken Ogaden in southeast
     Ethiopia. But this disaster has little to do with nature. Rather,
     the famine has been cynically staged with the aim of attracting
     maximum international aid and capturing votes.
     
           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/14corruptionaid>
     
                                           Translated by Carole Beaulieu
     
     
REBUILDING SERBIA, REINVENTING THE BALKANS

Double challenge confronts Belgrade *

by our special correspondent CATHERINE SAMARY

     President Vojislav Kostunica's personal pilgrimage to the Republika
     Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina on 22 October has caused deep concern
     in that country. Especially as his ruling majority appears to offer
     no credible alternative to the policies of Slobodan Milosevic.
     Milosevic's defeat has raised great hopes, but the problems at the
     root of the Yugoslav wars still remain.
     
                                              Translated by Barry Smerin
     
Dead end for Balkans 'Marshall Plan' *

by NEBOJSA VUKADINOVIC

                                              Translated by Barry Smerin
     
     
CAN CHAVEZ PERFORM AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE ?

Venezuela waits for the superstar's magic to work *

by PABLO AIQUEL

     In Venezuela a period of transition is coming to an end. For two
     years Hugo Chávez has scored one electoral victory after another,
     enabling him to sweep away the old political class. But his party's
     hegemonic ambitions and the divisions he has caused, among his
     allies and in society as a whole, have earned him distrust and
     criticism. He has a new constitution, an important role on the
     international scene and oil prices at a peak, but the charismatic
     president must now prove his worth in the economic and social
     arenas.
     
                                         Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
     
'Little people' rally to their hero *

by our special correspondent FRANÇOISE BARTHÉLEMY

                                        Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore
     
Old guard fights back

by Maurice Lemoine

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/19venez>
     
Venezuela : the dates

           <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/20venezchrono>
     
     
CLASH OF INTERESTS IN MASAI COUNTRY

Kenya's battle for biodiversity *

by our special reporter ALAIN ZECCHINI

     Kenya is rich in nature reserves and national parks where wildlife
     is protected. In the Mara region in the south of the country, the
     Masai face a double challenge: they must share space with the wild
     animals that bring in the tourists and make a living from the land.
     It is hard to strike a balance between the rival claims of
     biodiversity and economic and social development.
     
                                            Translated by Barbara Wilson
     
   
   
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