—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

Israel and the Intifada

7 After Baker's Fourth Shuttle, Next Move is Up to Bush—Richard H. Curtiss

13 Bye-bye the "Strategic Asset": Hello the Client State—Leon T. Hadar

18 Do the Palestinians Need New Leaders?—Three Views
— Muhammad Hallaj
— Sami Jadallah
— Suha Sabbagh

22 Attack on the USS Liberty—James M. Ennes, Jr.

31 Flags and Tears for Young Victims—Stephen J. Sosebee

33 "Curfew" As Practiced By Israel—Brother Patrick White

34 Second Thoughts About Limiting Soviet Jewish Immigration to the US—John Asfour

Special Reports

11 Reprise of the October Surprise—Richard H. Curtiss

17 Truman Adviser Recalls US Decision to Recognize Israel—Richard H. Curtiss

24 Sunni-Shi'i Schism: Less There Than Meets the Eye—Greg Noakes

41 Erich Waldemar Bethmann: Lifelong Servant of Truth—Andrew I. Killgore

44 Election in India: Beginning of a New Era or Beginning of the End?—M.M. Ali

46 Students Reject Sectarianism, Love Lebanon—Marilyn Raschka

47 The American University of Beirut—Calvin W. Schwabe

48 The Taif Agreement After 1-1/2 Years—Susan Smith

59 Vatican Agenda for Middle East Peace—David Scott

Aftermath of War

8 Kurds' Suffering Rooted in Past Betrayals—Rachelle Marshall

9 A Minor American Role in a Major Kurdish Disaster—Lee F. Dinsmore

10 Kurdish Refugees Pose Problems for Turkey—Sami Kohen

25 Iraq's Third War-The Struggle Against National Dismemberment—Laura Drake

U.S. Congress

15 AIPAC Considered One of Top US Lobbies—Mark H. Milstein

20 American Campaign Finance: Can Congress Fix It?—George Moses

21 Senators Propose Middle East Arms Moratorium—Dennis J. Wamsted

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

23 Personality: Dr. Shihab Jamjoom—Richard H. Curtiss

27 Words to Remember: Working Toward Peace

28 In the Public Prints—Israel Shahak

35 Media Myopia: Some Booby Prizes—John Law

36 Seeing the Light: Accepting My Ethnicity—Nagla El-Bassiouni

37 Figure it Out—Compiled by Parker L. Payson

38 Other People's Mail

42 UN Report: Gulf War and Aftermath—Ian Williams

43 Canada Calling: Canada's First UN NGO Conference on Palestine—John Dirlik

45 Maghreb Mirror: Algerian Elections—Jamal Amiar

50 Facts for Your Files—Compiled by Janet McMahon

58 Religion: Clergy Describe "Reign of State of Terror"—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

62 Human Rights: Atrocities in Kuwait—Sally Clark Nyhan

63 Arab-American Activism: 8^th Annual ADC Conference—Catherine M. Willford

64 Jews and Israel: "Armed Arab Presence" vs. Palestinian State—Andrea Barron

65 California Chronicle: UCLA Focuses on Arab World—Pat McDonnell Twair

67 Issues in the News—Compiled by Parker L. Payson

71 Book Reviews
The Thirteenth Tribe—Reviewed by Grace Halsell
All That's Left to You—Reviewed by Samir Dayal

88 Trade and Finance: Iraq Facing Bleak Economic Future—John T. Haldane

90 Bulletin Board

91 Publishers' Page