VOL. XXXII

NO. 9

5-DECEMBER-1988

The Middle East Situation

Washington's decision to deny PLO Chairman Yasser 'Arafat a visa to addressthe UN General Assembly in New York has been greeted with a storm ofinternational protest which has left the US and Israel isolated. Coming afterthe Americans' cool reception of the Algiers PNC decisions, this latest rebuffmakes it abundantly clear that the outgoing Reagan administration is eitherindifferent to the Palestinians' experiment in moderation (and world...