—Voices from the Sensible
Center—
Interpreting the Middle
East for North Americans—
Interpreting North America for the Middle East
The U.S. and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Process
6 Who Is Binyamin Netanyahu?
Peace Depends on the Answer—Richard H. Curtiss
7 Hebron Accord—A Move Forward
in Peace Process or Recipe for Disaster?—Maureen Meehan
(coming soon)
8 What Secret Promises
Did U.S. Make to Israelis, Palestinians?—Eugene
Bird
9 Israel’s Intransigence, U.S. Pressure
Force Arafat Compromise on Hebron—Rachelle Marshall
(coming soon)
15 Ross Debriefing After
Hebron Accord Casts Doubt on Final Withdrawals—Eugene
Bird
16 Blow to Pro-Israel Lobby
in U.S.—Paul Findley
17 Israel-Driven
U.S. “Containment” Has Failed—Andrew I.
Killgore
18 Translations and Commentary From
Hebrew-Language Newspapers—Dr. Israel Shahak
19 Now, Drop
the Veil: The Palestinian State Exists—John V.
Whitbeck
Special Reports
8 Pollster
John Zogby Becomes “The Polltakers’ Poster Boy”—Richard
H. Curtiss
10 Modernization
and Democracy Replaces Warlike Traditions in Yemen—Ian
Williams
13 Glitz and Grit: Lebanon’s
Future Looks Like Its Pre-War Past—Marilyn Raschka
(coming soon)
14 Djibouti:
Economic Miracle Without a Cause—Ian Williams
20 Uncle Sam
Can’t Fill U.N.’s Shoes—Paul Findley
23 Torture
Is Not to Make People Talk, But to Make Them Remain Silent—Neve
Gordon
25 India’s Major Gains
and Losses in World Affairs—M.M. Ali
29 Mounting
Communal Tensions Increase Need for Cyprus Settlement—James
M. Dorsey
36 A 1961 Massacre
of Algerians in Paris When the Media Failed the Test—James
J. Napoli
55 Temple at
Petra Challenges Veteran American Archeologist—Pat McDonnell
Twair
95 Friends of Lebanon Promise Major
Reconstruction Help—Shirl McArthur
(coming soon)
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor (coming soon)
12 Straight Talk:Prince
Charles Presents Muslims an Opportunity That May Not Come Again—Dr.
Abdul Qader Tash
21 Congress Watch: The
105th Congress Convenes—Shirl McArthur
22 Saudi Reflections: Blood
Set to Flow Again in Occupied Lands—Khaled Al-Maeena
24 Talking Turkey: European
Rebuffs Strengthen Erbakan Dreams of Closer Islamic Ties—James
M. Dorsey
26 United Nations Report:
Given Kofi Annan’s PR Skills, Albright May Rue Loss of Boutros-Ghali—Ian
Williams
27 Trade and Finance: In
U.N.-Approved Deal, Iraqi Oil Flows—Colin MacKinnon
28 The Subcontinent: India
and Pakistan Heavily Burdened by Corruption—M.M.
Ali
30 Issues in the News—Compiled
by
Shawn L. Twing
35 Canada Calling: Russian
Jews Look to Canada for Asylum—Faisal Kutty
37 Central Asia: Serious
Western Investment Finally Flowing Into Central Asian Republics—Gordon
Feller
38 Media Watch: If You
Thought Mideast Coverage Was Improving, You Were “Manipulated”—Richard
H. Curtiss
39 The Cost of Israel to
U.S. Taxpayers: U.S. Aid to Israel Increases in 1997—Shawn
L. Twing
40 Demographics: Year-End
Population Statistics Gloss Over Israel’s Biggest Problem—Richard
H. Curtiss
41 People Watch:
Former AIPAC Chairman Takes Over Democratic National Committee
—Lucille Barnes
43 Lobby Watch: Jewish
Weeklies Wield Poison Pens Against Christian Jerusalem Ad—Richard
H. Curtiss
45 Jews and Israel: U.S.
Reform Judaism Leader Denounces Netanyahu Policies—Nathan
Jones
47 Public Opinion: Israeli
Polls Indicate Why Netanyahu Moving Toward Center—
Ella Bancroft
47 Election Watch: Vignettes
on the 1996 Election From the Jewish Weekly Press—Lucille
Barnes
50 Other People’s Mail (coming soon)
56 Muslim American Activism (coming soon)
58 Human Rights (coming soon)
59 Waging Peace (coming soon)
60 Arab American Activism (coming soon)
63 Northwest News: Northwest
Groups Discuss Afghan, Iranian and Turkish Rights Violations—Elaine
Kelley
65 The Internet, the Middle
East and You: How to Get Connected—James M.
Ennes, Jr.
68 California Chronicle:
Israeli Settlers, Soldiers Attack and Trash East Jerusalem Orphanage—Pat
McDonnell Twair
72 Middle East History:
March 1997: Nearly All Bedouins Driven by Israel From Their
Grazing Grounds—Donald Neff
75 Mahjabeen's Musings:
Coping With Adolescent Grief Planted the Seeds for Inner Peace
as an Adult—Mahjabeen Islam-Husain
76 Christianity and the
Middle East: Georgetown to Host June Conferences on Christian
Arab Future in Jerusalem—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz
99 Facts For Your Files:
A Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Janet
McMahon
110 Bulletin Board—Janet
McMahon
122 Publishers' Page |
