VOL. XLI

No. 40

5-October-1998

The Political Scene

Meetings at the highest level between Americans, Israelis andPalestinians in the US have produced some slight movement on the Palestinian track, butnot enough to ensure that the summit now scheduled to take place in Washington inmid-October will succeed. The Turks claim that they were not consulted about lastmonths American-sponsored agreement between the two major Kurdish groups in northernIraq and are threatening to raise their relations with...