VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 01

3 OCTOBER 1994

The Political Scene

The decision by the Israeli Government to allow the construction of moreJewish settler housing in the occupied West Bank marked a sudden abrogation ofits two-year old commitment to freeze such activity. It also caused Palestiniansto question the spirit of Israel's commitment to the peace process as a whole.The decision of the Rabin Government put the PLO Chairman Yasir 'Arafat in aparticularly awkward position. He was just successfully...