—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 Bethlehem Area
Besieged by Settlement Expansion as It Prepares for Millennium Celebration—Maureen
Meehan
8 Lebanon, Arab Voters New Factors in Israeli
Elections—Three Views
— Victor Ostrovsky
— Stephen J. Sosebee
— Joshua Azriel
11 Israelis Have
More Reason Than Palestinians to Mourn Jordan’s King Hussein—Rachelle
Marshall
13 The Late King
Hussein of Jordan (A Reminiscence)—Andrew I. Killgore
16 Just a Rubber
Bullet—Neve Gordon
42 Recollections
of a Young American GI in Egypt’s Long-Standing Love Affair
With the Middle East—Dr. Alfred M. Lilienthal
43 Supreme Court
Rules Against L.A. Eight: Resident Aliens May Be Deported for Political
Activity—Rachelle Marshall
44 U.S. Defense
Intelligence Agency Report Accuses Israel of Laser Technology Transfer
to China—Shawn L. Twing
46 Running Out
the Clock on the Final Deadline of the Oslo Accord Negotiations—Eugene
Bird
49 Clinton’s
Request for Wye Funding Meeting Congressional Resistance—Shirl
McArthur
51 Election Watch:
In 1998 Election Cycle Pro-Israel PACs Treaded Water While Previously
Dormant Arab/Muslim-American PACs Came Alive—Richard
H. Curtiss
52-57 PAC Charts
63 U.S. Navy Captain
William L. McGonagle (1926-1999)—Richard H. Curtiss
68 The 40 Days
of U.S. Citizen Anwar Mohamed Under Israeli Interrogation and Torture—Eugene
Bird
70 Even Micronesia
and Marshall Islands Desert U.S.-Israeli Anti-Palestine Campaign
at United Nations —Ian Williams
Special Reports
15 Cypriot Foreign
Minister Proposes Demilitarization as Solution to Age-Old Conflict—Ghada
Khouri
17 Amir Shaikh
Issa Bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain (1934-1999)—Andrew
I. Killgore
59 Alleviating
Iraqi Suffering Would Hurt, Not Help Saddam Hussain—Richard
H. Curtiss
60 Capture of Kurdish
Rebel Leader Ocalan Recalls Mossad Collaboration With Both Turkey,
Kurds—Victor Ostrovsky
61 Western Irresolution
Freezes Kosovo and Bosnia Crises at Edge of Resumed Warfare—Peter
Lippman
64 Lahore Declaration,
Though Welcome, Remains Ambiguous on Role of Kashmiri People—Dr.
Ghulam Nabi Fai
65 Clash of Cultures:
Iranian Moderates vs. Hard-liners; American Official vs. Academic
Iran Specialists—Henry Precht
66 Iran’s
Reformers Dominate Council Elections—Peter Kiernan
67 Vajpayee’s
Bus Journey Starts a Thaw in Glacial India-Pakistan Relations—M.M.
Ali
71 Dispute Between
U.S. Muslim Groups Goes Public—Richard H. Curtiss
72 As Conflict
Flares, Students “Liberate” a Village From Israel and
a Corruption Investigation Opens in Beirut—Carole Dagher
73 Increasingly
Bloody Border Conflict With Ethiopia Mars Eritrea’s Sixth Year
of Independence—Joshua Azriel
18-36 Tunisia: Progress Through Moderation
18 Tunisia’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs Points to His Country’s Consistency
and Moderation—Delinda C. Hanley
19 Economic and
Social Equality Go Hand-in-Hand in Tunisia’s Goods and Services-Oriented
Economy—Janet McMahon
20 U.S. Ambassador
Robin Raphel Gives Update on Tunisia—Delinda C. Hanley
22 Tunisia’s
Musical Ambassador Amina Srarfi Conducts an All-Women Orchestra—Delinda
C. Hanley
23 Hayett Laouani
Opens Port Doors to Women—Delinda C. Hanley
25 Journalist
by Vocation and Poet by Avocation, Dorra Chamman Reflects a Society
in Transition—Delinda C. Hanley
27 The Equal
Rights Evolution of Tunisian Women—Janet McMahon
28 At Home and
in South-South Partnerships, Tunisia Expands Its Commitment to
Reproductive Health—Janet McMahon
30 Tunisia’s
Solidarity is a Model for the Planet—Delinda C. Hanley
33 The Tunisian
Solidarity Bank: Making Dreams Come True—Delinda C.
Hanley
34 ”The
Granary of Rome” Aims for Self-Sufficiency—Delinda
C. Hanley
36 Tunisia’s
Tourism is Reaching Out to America—Delinda C. Hanley
Departments
3 Letters to the
Editor
38 Issues in the
News—Compiled by Delinda C. Hanley
79 Northern California
Chronicle: Yossi Beilin Delivers Video Address at New Israel Fund
Symposium—Elaine Pasquini
81 Education: Spring
Lecture Series Scheduled on the Arab-American Experience in Greater
Detroit—Betsy Barlow
84 Christianity
and the Middle East: Leaders Representing Mainline U.S. Churches
Address Israeli-Palestinian Human Rights Concerns—Dr.
Fred Strickert
87 Islam in America:
Islam and Terrorism: Myth vs. Reality—El-Hajj Mauri’
Saalakhan
90 Other People’s
Mail
95 People Watch:
Clinton Uses Ex-Advocates for Israel as Bearers of Bad News—Lucille
Barnes
103 California
Chronicle: Deir Yassin: Still Remembered After 51 Years—Pat
and Samir Twair
108 Muslim-American
Activism: CAIR Organizes Panel Discussion on Religious Minority
Rights
110 Diplomatic
Doings: Syrian Ambassador Speaks at CPAP
110 Waging Peace:
MEPC Discusses Iraq’s Future Amid Congressional Indifference
115 Arab-American
Activism: Author Milton Viorst Discusses Libya at MEI
118 Human Rights:
American Citizen Discusses His Torture in Israeli Prison
120 Facts for
Your Files: January 1999 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations
122 Book Reviews:
136 Bulletin Board
138 Publishers’
Page |
