—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 Netanyahu Visit Embarrasses Even
Israel's Most Ardent Supporters—Richard H. Curtiss
7 With Mideast Peace and Clinton
Presidency Both About to Go Over a Cliff, Is There a Connection?—
Richard H. Curtiss
8 A Practical Look at Settlements
From the Israeli Point of View—Dr. Israel Shahak
9 In His Dealings With Arafat and
Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Ensures There Will Be
No Peace— Rachelle Marshall
11 Some Congressional Visits to Mideast
Show Hopeful Results—Shirl McArthur
15 With Oslo Accords in Shambles,
a President Who Let It Happen Feels Shackled by Both Old and New
Mistakes— Eugene Bird
17 "The Terrible Enemy":
A Column Written by Yigal Sarnain in the Dec. 9, 1997 Yediot Ahronot—
Translated by Dr. Edna Homa Hunt
19 In the U.S. Even Staunchly Pro-Israel
Jews Dare Not Criticize Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu—Rachelle
Marshall
26 Even As USS Liberty's Heroic Captain
Receives New Honor, Coverup of Israeli Attack on His Ship Continues—Paul
Findley
29 Zionism at 100: The Myth of Palestine
as "A Land Without People"—Allan C. Brownfeld
33 Pro-Israel Posturing Predictable
During Second Session of 105th Congress—Shirl McArthur
48 U.S. Defense Firm Protests Marine
Corps Contract Awarded to Israel's Rafael Armaments Company—Shawn
L. Twing
78 Israel's Teflon Prime Minister Has Velcro Wife—
Richard H. Curtiss
103 U.S. Filmmaker Details Efforts
to Suppress Film on Occupied Palestine in Current Link Issue—Richard
H. Curtiss
Special Reports
13 Israeli-Dominated U.S Policy Toward
Iran Crumbles Under Geopolitical Realities—Andrew I.
Killgore
18 U.S. Muslims May Put Themselves
on American Political Map in 1998—Richard H. Curtiss
20 Some Personal Observations Behind
the Grim Headlines From an American Frequent Visitor to Iraq—
Rick McDowell
32 AUC Forum Tackles Islamist Movements—Lynn
Mahoney
35 How Many "Pillars" Support
Pakistan's Government?—M.M. Ali
42 A Crucial Year for Democracy in
Lebanon Opens With a Warming of U.S.-Lebanese Relations—Carole
Dagher
43 Turkish Court Ban on Islamist
Welfare Party Boomerangs, Widening Gulf With EU—James
M. Dorsey
45 As India Prepares for Another
Election, the Parties Look for Charismatic Leaders—M.M.
Ali
46 Cairo's Car-Created Congestion
Cries Out for Correcting—James J. Napoli
102 As Lebanon Rebuilds After 13
Lost Years, Ugly Faces of "Normalcy" Reappear—Marilyn
Raschka
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor
21 Straight Talk: Terrorism
and Resistance—Dr. Abdul Qader Tash
22 Congress Watch: Mending
Political Fences, Foreign and Domestic—Shirl McArthur
23 United Nations Report:
Saddam May Provide Diversion From Clinton's Domestic Woes—Ian
Williams
24 Tri-State Talk: Notes From
Greater New York: International Action Center Launches "Medicine
for Iraq" Campaign—Jane Adas
27 Edna's Essays: An Israeli-American
Traveler Along the American Way: Wide-Ranging Implications of
the Growing Power of Religious Orthodoxy in Israel—Dr.
Edna Homa Hunt
38 Issues in the News—Compiled
by Shawn L. Twing
47 Canada Calling: Straight
Talk From Anglican Bishop on "Evi and Oppression...in the Holy
Land" Draws Criticism, Support—John Dirlik
49 Trade and Finance: Administration
in Hot Seat Thanks to AIPAC-Drafted Iran-Libya Sanctions Act—Colin
MacKinnon
51 People Watch: Election
of Moderate in Bosnia's Serb Republic Boosts Dayton Accords
55 Northeast News: A Mayflower
Arab Fights for Justice—David P. Johnson, Jr.
56 ARAB-AMERICAN ACTIVISM:
AAUG Maps 1998 Program
56 MUSLIM-AMERICAN
ACTIVISM: Seven Muslim Organizations Establish National Coordination
Council
60 WAGING PEACE: Middle East
Institute Speaker Provides Grim Look at Current Status of Iranian
Women
68 DIPLOMATIC DOINGS: Administration
Israelists Defend Policies in Washington Debates With Arab Ambassadors
70 Education: New Videos on
Palestinians—Betsy Barlow
71 Other People's Mail
75 Mahjabeen's Musings: A
Muslim Traveler Along the American Way: Assimilation—Reason,
Road and Reward—Mahjabeen Islam -Husain
87 Middle East History: March
1968: Battle of Karameh Establishes Claim of Palestinian Statehood—Donald
Neff
89 Northwest News: AFSC National Coordinator Visits Portland
to Promote Month of Solidarity With Iraqi People—Elaine
Kelley
94 California Chronicle: Israeli-Arab
Filmmaker's "Milky Way" Gets Rave Reviews in Los Angeles
Israeli Film Festival—Pat and Samir Twair
97 Christianity and the Middle
East: The Biblical Jubilee: When God Rights Wrongs—Rev.
L. Humphrey Walz
100 Islam in Canada: Canadian
Muslims Seek Apology for Mistreatment of Visiting Imam—Faisal
Kutty
101 Defense and Intelligence:
U.S., Israel and Turkey Hold "Reliant Mermaid" Naval Exercises—Shawn
L. Twing
106 Video Review: "People
and the Land"—Reviewed by Jane Adas
117 Facts for Your Files:
December 1997 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled
by Janet McMahon
121 Bulletin Board
122 Publishers' Page |
