VOL. XXXVIIINO. 928 NOVEMBER 1994

The Political Scene

The death of 13 Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza at the hands of their ownpolice has not so far touched off a Palestinian civil war between the Islamicgroup Hamas and supporters of PLO Chairman Yasir 'Arafat, but it has graphicallydemonstrated the dangers of allowing the implementation of the PLO's peaceagreement with Israel to stagnate. Mr. 'Arafat needs money and he needs swiftprogress towards elections in the occupied territories, both...