VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 19

6 FEBRUARY 1995

The Political Scene

US Secretary of State Warren Christopher's description of the Cairo summitbetween Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the PLO as a "historic meeting"appears to have been well wide of the mark. The Israelis are continuing to talkof "separation" as the answer to their current security problems withthe Palestinians. A car bomb attack in Algiers appears to have put paid to theRome initiative by Algeria's political parties. Yemen and Saudi Arabia are...