June 9, 1990

PLO rep. Hakam Balawi meets in Tunis with U.S. ambassador Robert Pelletreau to discuss U.S.-PLO relations [TDS 6/9 in FBIS 6/12].

Salah Khalaf, senior PLO official, calls Shamir's new gov't. "a war cabinet, the worst in Israel's history." Arab mood blends apprehension, anger, and deepening hostility toward U.S. as Israel's main ally [NYT 6/10]; Shamir, however, states that new gov't. will not swing Israel toward narrow right-wing policies [WP 6/ 10].