VOL. XXXVII

NO. 28

11 APRIL 1994

The Political Scene

The car bomb attack in Afula, Israel, has not affected the negotiationsbetween Israel and the PLO, but the talks themselves are progressing onlyslowly. Algeria's fundamentalists have denied that they have agreed to a truce.Yemen's feuding leaders have met again and disagreed. Iran and the GCC aretrading recriminations over the Hajj and islands. The US, it appears, sharesSyria's views on the issue of sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

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