—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

The United States, Israel, and the Intifada

7 Clinton's Coddling of Rabin a Disaster for Israeli Doves—Leon T. Hadar

10 Haifa Home-Porting Has High political, Military Costs—Paul Findley

14 National Press Club Presents Award to Palestinian Journalist—Andrea W. Lorenz

15 With Iraq Neutralized, Israelis Seek Catalyst for War With Iran—Dr. Israel Shahak

17 U.S. Aid to Israel Still Off Limits in Search for Budget Cuts—Richard H. Curtiss

19 San Francisco Spy Ring "The Tip of The Iceberg"—Greg Noakes

21 In Gaza, Israeli Rockets Replace Human Rights—Stephen Sosebee

29 Sowing Dragonseed: Israel's Torment of Children Under Occupation—Rachelle Marshall

33 Photographing Gaza—Mark Stover

35 Attacks on "Americans for Peace Now" Follow Familiar Pattern—Richard H. Curtiss

36 The Palestinian Housing Shortage In The Midst of Israel's Housing Glut—Frank Collins

45 "Journey to the Occupied Lands" a Hard Look at Jewish Settlements—Eugene Bird

Special Reports

8 Women's Bodies a Battlefield in War for "Greater Serbia"—Grace Halsell

11 Arab Americans and Muslim Americans: Not on Clinton's Political Radar—Richard H. Curtiss

12 Armenia and Azerbajian:—Two Views
—Nancy Najarian
—Alec Rasizade

24 In the Eye of the Media Storm: Sheiikh Omar Abdul Rahman—Ian Williams

25 Can the U.S. Halt Starvation in Southern Sudan?—Three Views
—Rep. Frank R. Wolf
—Roger Winter
—Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil

31 Alchemy Watch: Mixing Religion and Politics to Produce Death, Destruction and Despair—Richard H. Curtiss

37 The Subcontinent: India's Travail, Kashmiri Women, Pakistan's Crisis, Afghan Dilemma—M. M Ali

39 Why Europe Failed to Halt the Genocide In Bosnia—Ben Cohen

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

23 Public Opinion: U.S. Public Puts Higher Priority on Middle East Than Does Clinton—Richard H. Curtiss

38 Canada Calling: Mulrony Resignation Saddens Mainstream Jewish Leaders—John Dirlik

41 Myths and Facts: “Syrian Shelling from the Golan Heights”

42 United Nations Report: Expellees, Western Sahara, Bosnia and Nuclear Weapons on 1993 Agenda—Ian Williams

44 Education: San Diego Adopts Arab-American’s Textbook—Andrea W. Lorenz

46 Other People’s Mail

48 Seeing the Light: Rejecting Media Stereotyping Made me Comfortable With My Heritage—Sabrina L. Ousmaal-Moin

49 February 1993 Chronology of Middle East Events—Compiled by Janet McMahon

55 Issues in the News—Compiled by Greg Noakes

66 Quatsch Watch: How Palestinians Became Refugees

67 California Chronicle: L.A. Police Pressed to Investigate Files Sold To Israel—Pat and Samir Twair

68 Christianity and the Middle East: Chicago Conference to Examine Christian-Muslim Relations—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

71 Issues in Islam: U.S. Muslims Feel Threatened, Not Threatening—Greg Noakes

73 Human Rights: U.S. State Depat. Documents Israeli Human Rights Violations—Andrea W. Lorenz

74 Jews and Israel: “Americans for Peace Now” Admitted to Conference of Presidents—Sheldon L. Richman

75 Arab-American Activism: Arab Americans Fear Backlash Following Bombing—Catherine M. Willford

77 The Party Line

78 Book Reviews:
Speak, Birk, Speak Again—Reviewed by Samir Dayal

Legacy to Lebanon—Reviewed by Andrew I. Killgore

97 Publishers’ Page