VOL. XXXVI

NO. 20

15 FEBRUARY 1993

The Political Scene

Two main issues await US Secretary of State Warren Christopher when hearrives in the Middle East on 17 February: how to neutralize the issue of thePalestinian deportees and resuscitate the Arab-Israeli peace talks; and what todo about Iraq. On the former, the Israelis say that any further concessions areout of the question, and it looks as if the Arabs are steeling themselves toaccept some purely symbolic gesture in the direction of forcing...