VOL. XLIII

No. 02

10 January 2000

The Political Scene

As might have been expected, all was not sweetness and light when Israel and Syria resumed negotiations in the US on 3 January. Nonetheless, the Iranians are showing unmistakable signs of impatience with the Syrians for negotiating at all. Israel has finally carried out the redeployment from the West Bank originally scheduled for mid-November. As the deadline for President Abdelaziz Bouteflikas offer of amnesty approaches in Algeria, there...