VOL. XXXVII

NO. 18

31 JANUARY 1994

The Political Scene

The national conference in Algeria which was supposed to produce a presidentand a consensus on a return to constitutional rule failed signally to doeither, leaving the country facing a political - if not existential - void. Israel and the PLO are continuing to inch towards anagreement on implementingtheir Declaration of Principles, and Syria has returned to the negotiating tableat the bilateral talks in Washington. PLO Chairman Yasir 'Arafat...