VOL. XXXVII

NO. 49

5 SEPTEMBER 1994

The Political Scene

Israel and the PLO have signed their agreement on extending Palestinianautonomy to the whole of the West Bank, but a row over attacks on Israelis bythe Islamic resistance group Hamas could hold up its implementation. Total confusion surrounds the failed proclamation of an alternative Islamic government inAlgeria. Relations between Algeria and Morocco are undergoing one of theirperiodic deteriorations. Oman has revealed that it has been...