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—Voices from the Sensible Center— Interpreting the Middle
East for North Americans— Inside This Issue 1 Policy, Arabs call it baraka. Americans call it luck. Ronald Reagan and Muammar Qaddafi have it. But, after the raid on Tripoli, both just might find that you can only press luck so far, especially when you try to get away with murder. 2 Editorial, Rather than being a mysterious, causeless phenomenon, terrorism against U.S. targets may be just the latest result of an undeclared war we've been waging for 20 years at Israel's behest. 4 Trade and Finance, As you start up the motor to celebrate lower prices at the pump, give some thought to John Haldane's report on what rapidly dropping oil prices are doing to some sectors of the U.S. economy. 5 Update on Congress, Even without AIPAC in their corner, Israel's friends in Congress are prepared to enter the ring to defeat a $354 million Saudi arms sale. The Administration may be ready for them. Dennis Wamsted reports. 6 Lobbies & Activists, After PBS put together a three film package airing both sides of the Israel/Palestine Dispute, ADC discovered 18 PBS stations—including "flagship" WETA in Washington and WETA in New York—were too biased or timid to show it. 9 Media, There's more than meets the eye to donating a good book on the Middle East to your local public library. We've got some advice that might help put the book on the shelf, plus an offer that you can't refuse. 10 Diplomacy, When emotions run high in U.S. Arab relations, you can be sure Tunisian Ambassador Habib Ben Yahia will be there, speaking in the quiet voice of moderation. 10 Personality, Meet Rabbi Balfour Brickner: a co-founder of AIPAC, who doesn't believe being a Zionist means letting the Israel Lobby speak for you when you think it's wrong. 11 Book Review, If you've been wanting to read James Ennes' Assault on the Liberty, but haven't been able to find a copy, a new edition, with a foreword by Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, is on its way to bookstores right now. Our reviewer, John Gatch, thinks it was well worth the wait. |