—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 Israel
Carries Out Massive House Demolitions Throughout West Bank—Maureen
Meehan
8 New Jewish
Settlements in Jerusalem Destroying Fragile Oslo Accords—Stephen
J. Sosebee
9 Israel
Negotiates New Agreements While It Violates Old Ones—Rachelle
Marshall
12 Only World’s
Muslims Can Save Palestine Without a Bloodbath—Richard
H. Curtiss
13 Clinton’s
Strangely Homogenous Middle East Peace Team—Eugene Bird
16 Free at
Last: The Awesome Sacrifice of Palestine’s 30 Joans of Arc—Maureen
Meehan
19 An American
Dreyfus Affair: The Case of Dr. Mousa Abu Marzook—Richard
H. Curtiss
22 Israeli
Settlement Plan Isolates U.S. in Security Council, General Assembly—Ian
Williams
24 Israel
Comes to the Rescue of Africa’s Most Corrupt Ruler—Rachelle
Marshall
29 Israel
Seeks U.S. Permission to Launch Rockets from NASA Facility in Virginia—Shawn
L. Twing
30 From the
Hebrew Press: The Israeli Army Has Supplied Tons of Hashish to Egyptian
Soldiers—Translated by Dr. Israel Shahak
32 American
Engineer Under Investigation for Passing Secrets to Israel—Shawn
L. Twing
33 “A
Never-Ending Saga”: The Case of “The Los Angeles Eight”—Michael
Shehadeh
34 Vignettes
From Jerusalem the Golden—Andrew I. Killgore
43 PACWatch:
Pro-Israel PAC Donations Soared in Final Months of 1996 Election
Cycle—Richard H. Curtiss and Geoff Lumetta
44 1995/96 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions
to 1996 Congressional Candidates
(coming soon)
66 Forum
Evaluates U.S. Role as “Honest Broker” of Peace Process—Janet
McMahon
Special Reports
15 Refah
Foreign Affairs Expert Abdullah Gul: Turkey’s Outreach to Muslim
States “Realistic”—M.M. Ali
21 U.S. Press
Speculation and Clinton Statement Threaten Saudi F-16 Buy—Shawn
L. Twing
25 U.S. Congressional
Delegations Join Protestors in Belgrade—Shirl McArthur
26 South
Africa May Upgrade Syrian Tanks Despite U.S. Pressure—Shawn L. Twing
27 The Subcontinent:
Mian Nawaz Sharif Earns Another Chance in Pakistan—M.M.
Ali
31 Letter
From Lebanon: Paradise Found and Ruined—Marilyn Raschka
37 Point
of View: Is Madeleine Albright All Right?—Nijad I. Fares
88 A Satanic
Khamsiin Blows Through Egypt—James J. Napoli
89 Central
Asia: Ukraine Boosts Trade With Iran—Gordon Feller
90 Talking
Turkey: Turkish Armed Forces Warning Blocks Islamization Moves—James
M. Dorsey
96 French
Islam et Occident Conference Stresses Muslim Modernization, Tolerance—Dr.
Antony T. Sullivan
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor
20 Congress Watch: Congress
May Increase Foreign Affairs Funding, or Maybe Not—Shirl
McArthur
23 Saudi Reflections:
Arabs Must Stand Firm Against Pressure—Khaled
Al-Maeena
28 Straight Talk: No
to Violence, No to Terrorism—Dr. Abdul Qader Tash
36 Trade and Finance:
After Sales to Iraq Begin—What?—Colin MacKinnon
38 Issues in the News—Compiled
by Shawn L. Twing
52 People Watch: Principals
Inject High Drama Into Crumbling of Peace Process—Lucille
Barnes
57 Muslim-American Activism:
Scholar Discusses Political Islam
59 Waging Peace: Scholars
Discuss Jerusalem at MEI Conference
62 Arab-American Activism:
“Images of Lebanon” on Display at Cannon Rotunda
63 Diplomatic Doings:
Iranian Representatives Observe National Day in Washington, DC
64 Human Rights: Jahalin
Moved to New Site
64 Education & Information:
American Library Association Convention Highlights Internet Access,
Censorship
67 California Chronicle:
Alex Odeh Memorial Statue Vandalized in “Hate Crime”—Pat
McDonnell Twair
70 Middle East History:
April 1988: International Community Forces U.S. to Recognize
the PLO and Palestinians—Donald Neff
74 Islam in Canada: First
Eid al-Fitr at Parliament Hill—Faisal Kutty
75 Christianity and the
Middle East: Pope and Top Armenian Prelate Press for Mideast
Peace—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz
76 A Muslim Traveler:
What’s In a Name? Headaches If You Share One With Iraq’s
Strongman—Dr. Mahjabeen Islam-Husain
77 Education: Council on Islamic Education
Holds Colloquium on World History—Betsy Barlow (coming
soon)
91 Northwest News: Portland
State Leads Formation of Oregon Middle East Studies Consortium—Elaine
Kelley
92 Canada Calling: Parliament
Approves Canada-Israel Free-Trade Deal—John Dirlik
93 The Internet, the Middle
East, and You: Censorship in Cyberspace—James
M. Ennes, Jr.
95 News From New York:
Kevorkian Center Speaker Describes Israel’s Colonial Logic—Katherine
M. Metres
98 Seeing the Light: Thus
I Became a Mideast Addict—Paul Findley
99 Other People’s Mail
103 Book Review: This
Side of Peace: A Personal Account by Hanan Ashrawi—Reviewed
by Pat McDonnell Twair
115 Facts for Your Files:
January-February 1997 Chronology of U.S.–Middle East Relations—Compiled
by Janet McMahon
121 Bulletin Board
122 Publishers’ Page |
