VOL. XXXIII

NO. 34

28-MAY-1990

The Political Scene

The intifada moved abruptly back to center stage after seven Palestinianswere gunned down by a deranged Israeli, and as MEES went to press PLO Chairman Yasser 'Arafat was addressing a special session of the UN Security Council inGeneva to discuss the situation in the occupied territories. Relations betweenIsrael and the US were further strained when the Americans announced that in thewake of the latest mayhem in the West Bank and Gaza they were...