VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 34

22 MAY 1995

The Political Scene

The US decision to veto an otherwise unanimous Security Council resolutioncalling on Israel to rescind its expropriation of Arab land in Jerusalem hasunderlined Washington's alignment with Israel and left the Palestinians withonly the Arab and Islamic cards to play. Western European Union a kind of NATOwithout the US is worried about Islamic fundamentalism.

America Deploys Its Veto

The US decision not just to abstain but to veto adraft Security...