VOL. XXXIV

NO. 3

22-OCTOBER-1990

The Political Scene

The US agreed to a compromise Security Council resolution condemning Israelfor the deaths of Palestinians in Jerusalem last week, irritating both theIsraelis, who said they would not receive the proposed investigative mission tobe sent by the UN Secretary General, and the PLO, which called an Arab Leaguemeeting in Tunis to excoriate the US. To everyone's surprise, the Tunis meetingwas not only attended by both the pro and anti-Iraqi blocs, but...