VOL. XXXII

NO. 27

10-APRIL-1989

The Middle East Situation

The back-to-back visits to Washington by President Mubarak of Egypt andIsraeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir cannot be said to have produced anysurprises, since President Mubarak failed to elicit any significant Americangesture of support for the position of the Arab mainstream and President Bushfailed to elicit any concessions at all from Mr. Shamir beyond a proposal tohold elections in the occupied territories which looks more like a...