—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

The Gulf War of 1991

7 "Linkage" Means Winning the Peace—Richard H. Curtiss

8 Going to War for Kuwait or Israel?—David Nes

10 Who Caused the War in the Gulf? Five Versions of History—Richard H. Curtiss

12 Saudi Bashing—Richard H. Curtiss

19 Iraqi Exiles Shift Concern—Mary Barrett

20 Stereotypes and Iraq's Capabilities—Michael Collins Dunn

21 What They Said: Shaping the Peace

35 The UN Vote for Collective Action—Ian Williams

40 Gulf War: Trimming the Truth—Parker L. Payson

65 Healing the Wounds of War—Dima Zalatimo

72 Jewish Doves Divided over Gulf War—Andrea Barron

Israel and the Intifada
9 Israel Calls for $13 Billion More in Aid—Frank Collins
9 The Burial of Su'ad Hamdan Saqer—Stephen Sosebee
13 The True Crime of Sari Nusseibeh—Andrew I. Killgore
14 "I Just Want to Go Out in the Sun and Play"—Brother Patrick White
15 Palestinian Families Under Curfew—Dr. Suhu Sabbagh
26 A Few Things Journalists Forgot to Tell Their Audiences—John Law
27 The Israeli Occupation Three Years After the Intifada—Dr. Israel Shahak
29 An Open Letter to Elie Weisel: Is Yours A Selective Morality?—Kathleen Christison
31 Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Everyone Wins or Everyone Loses—Rachelle Marshall

Special Reports

17 Pakistan's Three Principal Problems—M.M. Ali

18 Militias Stonewall Central Government in South Lebanon—Marilyn Raschka

24 Fall of Barre Government Welcomed by Somalis in Washington, DC—Dima Zalatimo

Congress
36 Would Israel's Budget Be Cut if it Were Officially Part of the US Government—George Moses
37 Supplemental Funding Requested for Desert Storm and Aid to Israel—Dennis J. Wamsted

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

23 Words to Remember: Linkage

32 Personality: Suha J. Sabbagh—Janet McMahon

33 Maghreb Mirror: Morocco's King Hassan—Jamal Amiar

39 Seeing the Light: Two Guidebooks to the Holy Land—J. David Pleins

41 Canada Calling: Canada Escalates Gulf Military Role—John Dirlik

42 Other People's Mail

45 From CNI: Israel's Bill for Heart Balm—Paul Findley

47 Facts for Your Files—Compiled by John Thompson

51 Issues in the News—Compiled by Parker L. Payson

53 Religion: UCC Resolution, Jews and the Mideast—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

66 Figure It Out—Compiled by Parker L. Payson

67 Jews and Israel—Andrea Barron

68 Islam in America—Dima Zalatimo

68 Arab-American Activism—Catherine M. Willford

69 Human Rights—Sally Clark Nyhan

71 California Chronicle: "Hate Crimes" in LA—Pat McDonnell Twair

73 Book Reviews
Pity The Nation—Reviewed by Samuel Hazo

Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab American Poetry—Reviewed by George Shadroui

83 Trade and Finance: Importing Iranian Oil—John T. Haldane

91 Publishers' Page