This volume comprises twelve papers written for an international ‎ seminar held at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut from 2-‎ ‎5 November 1981 under the title "The Palestine Question and the ‎ Gulf". ‎ The volume is divided into three main sections; the first provides a ‎ general background to the themes covered by the seminar; the ‎ second section deals with the perspectives of various international ‎ actors: Europe, the NATO alliance, the USSR and US; the third ‎ section covers the views of regional actors including the PLO, ‎ Israel and the countries of the Arab Mashriq, and Israel.‎