VOL. XXXVII

NO.4

25 OCTOBER 1993

The Political Scene

At the Taba talks, Israel and the PLO have reached agreement on the releaseof Palestinian detainees but not on security during and after the Israeliwithdrawal from Gaza and Jericho. The US has sent a senior official on a tour ofthe region in an attempt to revive interest in the bilateral peace talks,particularly in Syria. In Israel the opposition Likud party has failed toreconcile its uncompromising rejectionism with popular support for the...