VOL. XLI

No. 49

7-December-1998

The Political Scene

As President Clinton prepares to visit Israel and Gaza, Israel hasagain thrown the implementation of the Wye agreement into doubt by making the next phaseof its redeployment dependent upon conditions the Palestinians reject while itself doing afairly good job of undermining the agreement. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright hasconfirmed that the "containment" of Iraq is now "containment plus regimechange."

Israel Drags Its Feet Again

For...