Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Table of Contents, March 2000

March 2000, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Front cover: Fourteen-year-old Na’Imah Saleem, a student at Washington DC’s Clara Muhammad School, and President Bill Clinton shown listening to a talk by Imam Yahya Hendy of Georgetown University at a Jan. 10 White House observance of Eid al-Fitr, one of the world’s two major Islamic holidays, hosted by President Clinton. Although First Lady Hillary Clinton has hosted annual Eid al-Fitr observances since 1996, this was the first such White House observance ever hosted by a U.S. President.

Photo: Ibrahim Hooper,
Council on American-Islamic Relations

6 Will “the Syrian Track” Result in an Israeli Peace Treaty in 2000 —Three Views:

1) Can Israelis Be Persuaded to Take a Chance on Peace With Syria? —Rachelle Marshall
2) When Israel Declined to Confirm Its Promised Withdrawal, Syria Talks Halted —Richard H. Curtiss
3) It’s Still Possible for American Muslims to Democratize the Peace Process —M.A. Muqtedar Khan

11 Clinton Becomes “The Good Shepherd” of Recalcitrant Israeli and Syrian Flocks at Shepherdstown —Eugene Bird

16 Militant Coalition of Christian Fundamentalist and Jewish Orthodox Cults Plots Destruction of Al Aqsa Mosque —Grace Halsell

18 With the Christian Peacemakers in Hebron: Protecting the Omar Sultan Home From Jewish Settlers —Art Gish, Joanne “Jake” Kaufman, Dianne Roe

20 In the 60 Percent of the West Bank Under Full Israeli Occupation, Palestinian Evictions Continue —Jane Adas

30 European Press Review: Economist Says Syrian Issues Are “Molehills” Compared to “Mountains” Facing Palestinians, Israelis —Lucy Jones

32 Behind the Looking Glass —Political Insights From the Israeli Press —Nathan Jones

35 A Message From Hell —Victor Ostrovsky

37 Peace Center Completes Rehabilitation of Manger Square for Year-Long Bethlehem 2000 Observations —Sr. Elaine Kelley

CONGRESS AND THE YEAR 2000 ELECTIONS

23 For Middle East Peace With Justice Advocates, Best Presidential Picks Still Bradley and Bush —Richard H. Curtiss

24 Mid-Term Report Card on 106th Congress Shows Mixed Results
—Shirl McArthur

13 Conditions Attached to Turkey’s EU Breakthrough Present Hard Political, Legal and Economic Choices —Jon Gorvett

14 Consequences of the Israel-Turkey Alliance —Two Views:

1) The Israel-Iran Alliance Failed: Can Israel and Turkey Fare Any Better? —Andrew I. Killgore
2) Who Encircles Whom? Israeli-Turkish Flanking of Syria Warms Relations Between Greece and Iran —John P. Nordin

21 Alabama Statesman Andrew I. Killgore Says U.S. Biased Against Palestinians —Sam Hodges, Mobile, AL Register

33 Two Arab-American Groups Merge for “Political Empowerment” in 21st Century —Richard H. Curtiss

47 A New Low in India-Pakistan Relations —M.M. Ali

48 Only a Solution in Kashmir Will Bring Peace and Security to All of South Asia —Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai

50 In Pakistan, When Will We Learn Enough From Our History to Avoid Repeating It? —Mahjabeen Islam-Husain

51 The Sabres of Paradise —Mowahid H. Shah

52 U.S. Pushes Security Council to Intrude in Iraq, Keep Out of Israeli-Palestinian Dispute —Ian Williams

53 Those Afghan Sanctions —What Are They and Will They Work? —Colin MacKinnon

57 Despite Denials, Indonesia Greatly Expanding Economic Ties With Israel —John Gee

58 Croatia, in Parliamentary and Presidential Elections, Decisively Rejects Hard-liners’ Policies —Alan Heil

64 Canada Sends Fact-finder to the Sudan —Faisal Kutty

65 Clinton’s Warm Eid al-Fitr Remarks Reflect Growing Recognition of American Muslims —Richard H. Curtiss