VOL. XLI

No. 50

14-December-1998

The Political Scene

On the eve of President Clintons visit to the region, IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is once again refusing to implement the Wye agreement onschedule, for reasons that appear to have more to do with his tottering coalition thanalleged violations of the agreement by the Palestinians. Hopes that UN Secretary GeneralKofi Annans visit to Libya would result in the handing over of the two Libyansuspects in the Lockerbie bombing have proved...