VOL.XXXVI

NO.49

6SEPTEMBER 1993

ThePolitical Scene

This could go down in history as the week in which apeaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict finallybecame arealpossibility.Israelandthe PLO (yes,the PLO)

sprung the biggest regional surprise since the 1973 warby unveilingadetaileddeclaration ofprinciples on Palestinian autonomywhichtheyhadnegotiatedoutsidethe frameworkofthebilateral peace talks -and without the

knowledge of their own negotiators,letalonetheother participants-over the...