—Voices from the Sensible
Center—
Interpreting the Middle
East for North Americans—
Interpreting North America for the Middle East
Inside This Issue
3 New York Peace Conference
Brings Israelis and Palestinians Together for Talks—Mary
Barrett
5 Bush and Baker Teach
Mideast Visitors the Texas Two-Step—Richard H. Curtiss
7 Rival Government Factions
Emerge Clearly as Iran's Post-Khomeini Power Struggle Begins—Bahram
Alavi
8 New Mossad Chief Takes
Charge in a New Era—Michael C. Dunn
9 As Needs Grow in Occupied
Territories, US-Based Charities Meet the Challenge—Mitch
Kaidy
10 Congress: Switching
Sides on Lavi & FSX—Dennis J. Wamsted
11 House Voting Records
for 100th Congress on Middle East Issues—Allan
C. Kellum
15 Pacific Perspectives: Japan Launches Major
Study of Arab Society: Urbanism in Islam—Alice and Yasumusa
Kuroda
16 Two Views: Should the Shamir Government Negotiate
with the PLO?
— Sol Schindler
— Jerome Segal
17 Two Views: Should Palestinians Under Occupation
Negotiate with the PLO?
— Abdul Salam Y. Massarueh
— Muhammad Hallaj
18 Two Views: Bush's Middle East Policy: Too Fast,
Too Slow, or Just Right?
— George Thompson
— Allan C. Brownfeld
19 Human Rights: Amnesty
International Intensifies Middle East Scrutiny—Sally Clark
Nyhan
20 Seeing the Light: Eleven
Months Chained to a Wall—Time to Reach Some Conclusions—Jerry
Levin
22 Dissent Channel: Rushdie Furor Seems Aimed
at Dividing Christians and Muslims—Mohammad J. Khan
23 Trade and Finance—John
T. Haldane
24 Other People's Mail
32 Facts for Your Files: Chronology of US-Mideast
Relations
33 Letters to the Editors
40 Book Reviews:
— Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East
— An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other
Weavings
40 Words to Remember
41 Canada Calling: Canada
Lifts All Restrictions on PLO Contacts—John Dirlik
49 California Chronicle—Pat
McDonnell Twair
50 TIE: Training, Information,
& Education Exchange
51 Personality: Chris
Giannou—Pat McDonnell Twair |
