—Voices from the Sensible Center—

Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans—
Interpreting North America for the Middle East

Inside This Issue

3 The PLO and Poor George Shultz—Richard H. Curtiss

5 What They Said: Excerpts from Geneva and Washington

7 Give Peace a Visa—Bassam Abu Sharif

9 UN Resolutions—Donald Neff

10 Pressure for Peace—Robert G. Hazo

12 Personality: Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.—Andrew I. Killgore

13 Public Opinion Far Ahead of US Policy—Fouad Moughrabi

14 Two Views: The Significance of US/PLO Talks

15 Two Views: Meeting of US Jews and Arafat: Good for Israel?

16 Two Views: Should the US Warn Israel Against Transfer of Palestinians?

17 Women In Islam—Fatihia El Bakry

17b Benazir Bhutto: Leader With a Headstart—Richard Curtiss

19 Other People's Mail

20 Facts for Your Files: A Chronology of US-Mideast Relations

22 Issues in the News

24 Book Reviews: Midaq Alley

25 Book Reviews: Palestinians and Their Society

24 From the Hebrew Press: My Friend Returned from Ansar

26 Letters to the Editor

35 Israeli Death Squads—Sherry Lapp

36 Arabs and Islam: Sununu and Mitchell, Palestinian State.—Catherine Willford

37 Jews and Israel: US Jews Meet With Arafat, "Law of Return" Protests—Andrea Barron

38 Congress: Senate Support for Shultz—Dennis J. Wamsted

39 Trade and Finance—John T. Haldane

40 Religion and the Middle East—Rev. Humphrey L. Walz

42 TIE: Training, Information & Education Exchange

51 Pacific Perspectives— Pat McDonnell Twair