VOL. XXXII

NO. 8

28-NOVEMBER-1988

The Middle East Situation

With the Gulf war peace talks recessed and little evidence of any progress inthe prolonged haggling over a coalition government in Israel, attention hascontinued to focus on the aftermath of the Palestine National Council (PNC) meeting in Algiers which declared an independent Palestinian state, implicitlyrecognized Israel, and accepted a two state solution to the conflict withIsrael. More countries have recognized the independent...