VOL. XXXVI

NO. 35

31 MAY 1993

The Political Scene

The US is officially back "four-square" behind Israel in the peacenegotiations with the Arabs. As this implies, the Clinton administration'sMiddle East policy, formally unveiled on 18 May in a speech by NationalSecurity Council member Martin Indyk, is not good news for the Arabs (or, verypossibly, for the peace process). On virtually every issue relating to theArab-Israeli conflict, from the definition of American interests in the regionto the...