Front Cover: Israeli border policeman restrains Jehad Samhan as an Israeli bulldozer demolishes her Palestinian family’s home in the West Bank village of Ras Karkar on Feb. 3, 1998. The official reason for this and hundreds of similar demolitions of Palestinian houses in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in recent months is that they were built without a permit. However, Israeli authorities have issued virtually no building permits to the one-and-a-half million Palestinian residents of these areas in the last 31 years since they were seized by Israeli military forces in the June ‘67 war. |
Photo: Reuters/Abbas Moumani |
6 Israel Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary as Palestinians Struggle for Their Own Independence —Rachelle Marshall
8 Scenes From Palestine —Edward Said
10 Shooting of Infamous Kiryat-Arba-Born “Cowboy” by Jewish Settler Stirs Tension in Hebron Hills —Maureen Meehan
11 Netanyahu Tactics Forcing Arafat Into Making Another Dangerous Concession to Israel —Richard H. Curtiss
13 Celebrating 50 Years of Israeli Make-Believe —Andrew I. Killgore
14 Six Iraqi Dissidents Refused Entry to the U.S. on Secret Charges
—Kate Seelye
16 The Israel Lobby That Couldn’t Shoot Straight on Iran
—Andrew I. Killgore
23 Albright Peace Team Out-Spun and Out-Maneuvered by Netanyahu and Under-Supported by Clinton —Eugene Bird
25 Albright’s Combative Personality May Hold Key to Mideast Peace
—Richard H. Curtiss
28 The Vatican Statement on the Holocaust, “We Remember: A Reflection
on the Shoah”: Two Views
—Dr. Alfred M. Lilienthal
—William Hughes
32 Tension Builds Over 3,500 Palestinian Prisoners Israel Holds in Defiance of Its Oslo Commitments —Stephen J. Sosebee
45 At Age 50, Israel Should Admit Its Responsibility to Jonathan Pollard
—Victor Ostrovsky
51 Israel at 50: For Many American Jews It Has Become a False God
—Allan C. Brownfeld
53 An Israeli’s Passover Reflections on His Country’s 50th Anniversary
—Neve Gordon
60 Syria and Lebanon Wage a Counter-Offensive Against Israel’s Maneuver on 425 —Carole Dagher
112 What Christians Don’t Know About Israel —Grace Halsell
117 The Middle West Meets the Middle East —Andrew I. Killgore
The U.S. Congress and the 1998 Elections
20 Twelve Arab Americans to Campaign for Federal Posts in the U.S.
—Dr. James Zogby
21 U.S. Muslim Groups Hold First National Coordination Meeting to Discuss Election Strategies for 1998-2000 —Richard H. Curtiss
22 Israeli Lobbying Shows Uncommon Subtlety —Shirl McArthur
43 With Largely One-Sided Witnesses, Hearings Cover Iraq, Middle East Peace Process, and Sanctions —Shirl McArthur
49 After Much Pro-Israel Posturing, Most Pending Middle East Legislation Has Little Chance of Passage —Shirl McArthur
17 Being There: Spring 1998 in the Persian/Arabian Gulf
—Richard H. Curtiss
27 Dr. George Atiyeh: A Legacy of Scholarship, Excellence and Resilience
—Ghada Khouri
35 UAE’s Dynamic and Modern Cultural Foundation Just Keeps on Growing
—Richard H. Curtiss
54 A U.S. Government-Run “Radio Free Iraq” Won’t Help Bring Down Saddam Hussain —Hans Johnson
57 With Billions of Petrodollars at Stake, Russia Offers Compromise on Whether Caspian Is Sea or Lake —Gordon Feller
58 Should Egypt Have a Free Press or Not? Mubarak Government Can’t Seem to Make Up Its Mind —James J. Napoli
59 India’s New BJP Government Postpones Its Hard-Line Agenda
—M.M. Ali
61 To Enter the Garden: The Background and Growth of the Recently Banned Turkish Welfare Party —Louis Mitler
63 Partners for Peace—Jerusalem Women Speak Tour: A Case Study in Generating Media Coverage —Peter Wirth
37 Defense and Intelligence: Pressure for Pollard, More Money for the Arrow, and UAE Fighter Buy Top the News —Shawn L. Twing
38 Issues in the News —Compiled by Shawn L. Twing
47 United Nations Report: Balancing Double Standards at the U.N.
—Ian Williams
56 Canadian Chronicle: Stateless Palestinians Ordered Deported From Canada —Faisal Kutty
64 Northwest News: Oregon Groups Sponsor Teach-In on U.S. Policy in Iraq
—Elaine Kelley
66 Seeing the Light: A Personal Retrospective —Rob Swanson
67 Northeast News: As Somali Civil War Smolders, Bostonians Help Refugees Adjust to New Life in U.S. —David P. Johnson, Jr.
71 Muslim-American Activism: U.S. Muslim Leaders Meet Visiting Malaysian Official
73 Human Rights: Fatima Mernissi Speaks at MEI
74 Arab-American Activism: President Clinton to Address Arab American Conference
75 Diplomatic Doings: U.N. Holds Brussels Conference in Support of Palestinians
75 Waging Peace: Lisa Majaj Speaks on Palestinian-American Literature
79 Trade and Finance: Latest Figures on Gaza and West Bank: More Gloom
—Colin MacKinnon
80 The Middle East in History
May 1948: From Its Beginnings, Israeli Policy Promoted War, Not Peace
—Donald Neff
June 1980: Jewish Terrorists Try to Kill Three Mayors of Palestinian Cities
—Donald Neff
104
California Chronicle: L.A. Police Collaborate in Blocking View
of Deir Yassin Remembrance Vigil at Museum of Tolerance
—Pat and Samir Twair
108
EDUCATION: Conferences on 50 Years of Palestinian Dispossession
—Betsy Barlow
110 Christianity and the Middle East: Gulf Interchurch Office Expands, Moves From Bahrain to Dubai —Rev. L. Humphrey Walz
113 Tri-State Talk: Iraq Sanctions Challenge —Jane Adas
115 Mahjabeen’s Musings: Muslim Self-Determination—It’s Time!
—Mahjabeen Islam-Husain
121 FACTS FOR YOUR FILES: March 1998 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations —Compiled by Janet McMahon 123 1998 AET Choir of Angels
124 Book Reviews
Remembering Deir Yassin —Reviewed by Raja Abu-Jabr
Day of the Long Night —Reviewed by Michael S. Lee
137 Bulletin Board
138 Publishers’ Page
(A Supplement to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
available by subscription at $15 per year.) America’s Captives, Beth Krodel, Detroit Free Press, 2/2/98 S-1 What Clinton Must Tell Netanyahu: Get Serious About Peace, Henry
Siegman, Boston Globe, 1/17/98 S-4 Israeli TV Series With Arab Views Sparks Debate, Marjorie Miller, Los Angeles Times, 3/30/98 S-5 Palestinian Oppression Is Untold Story,
Bob Cork, New Haven, CT Register, 4/15/98 S-6 Attack Would Be Senseless, James M. Wall, Christian Century, 3/4/98 S-7 Will Netanyahu Take Yes for an Answer, Henry Siegman,
Los Angeles Times, 4/1/98 S-7 Netanyahu’s Iron Wall, Christopher Hitchens, The Nation, 4/27/98 S-8 Iran Wrestlers Try to Pin Down D¨tente, Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times, 4
/6/98 S-9 Our Solution to the Saddam Stalemate, David M. Ransom, The Washington Post, 4/6/98 S-9 Old Approach To Regional Peace, Peninsula Times, 4/9/98 S-10 English—Global Language of Management, Arab News, 3/19/98 S-10 Armenia: Staying True to Their Roots,Selena Williams and Vanora Bennett, Los Angeles Times, 4/10/98 S-11 Zionists and the Foreign Agents Investigation, Leonard R. Sussman, Issues, Fall/1997 S-12 Disputes Clipping Airport’s Opening— Israelis, Palestinians Work on Compromise, Doug Struck,
The Washington Post, 3/28/98 S-13 Arab Opinion Is Forgotten Factor in Iraqi Crisis, Clovis Maksoud, USA Today, 2/19/98 S-14 Iran, Iraq: Old Foes Warm Up, Scott Peterson,
Christian Science Monitor, 4/6/98 S-14 Israeli Arabs Protest Demolition of Homes, Associated Press, New York Times, 4/7/98 S-15 Viewing Abuse of Albanians From a Kosovo Jail Cell,
Peter Lippman, Christian Science Monitor, 4/6/98 S-15 Rabid Reflections, Joseph Sobran, JOSEPH SOBRAN column, UPS, 12/9/97 S-16
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