VOL. XXXI

NO. 46

22-AUGUST-1988

The Middle East Situation

Both Israel and the PLO are continuing to wrestle with the problems createdby Jordan's decision to stop serving as a buffer between them. On thePalestinian side the current thinking is that the best way to exploit theopportunity presented by the Jordanians would be to declare an independentstate in the occupied territories and appoint a provisional government but thiswould make sense only if the PLO can attract sufficient international...