VOL. XLI

No. 19

11 May 1998

The Political Scene

Can it be that Washington has ended its long retreat in the face of Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu's intransigence and has finally drawn a line in the sand?After US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright failed to win Mr. Netanyahu's acceptance ofa 13% second redeployment (already accepted by the Palestinians) at meetings in London on4-5 May, the Americans invited Mr. Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President YasirArafat to meet with...