VOL. XLII

No. 30

26-July-1999

The Political Scene

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Baraks visit to Washingtonresulted in an Israeli-American rapprochement and a great deal of loftyrhetoric about peacemaking, but not much in the way of a timetable forimplementing the Wye agreement. It now turns out that during the disturbancesin Tehran last week Iranian President Mohammad Khatami was the recipient of amenacing letter from senior officers of the Revolutionary Guards. Reports thatSyria had ordered...