—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

Inside This Issue

3 Lebanon: What the US Can and Can't Do—Richard Curtiss

5 Lebanon's Past Century—Mary Barrett

6 We Are All Good Lebanese—Hala Maksoud

7 Lebanon's Agony:Muslim and Christian Views
— Prime Minister Selim Al-Hoss
— Ambassador Abdallah Bouhabib

8 Is Lebanon's Agony America's Problem?
— George Moses
— Peter Tanous
— James Zogby

10 US and Lebanon
— George Thompson
— Allan Brownfeld

11 Policy: Bush Indulges Spoiled Shamir—Rachelle Marshall

12 What They Said: Arafat Says Yes to Mr. No

14 Congress: New Hurdles for PLO

15 Rafsanjani Faces Crucial Struggle—Bahram Alavi

16 USS Liberty Anniversary—James M. Ennes, Jr.

17 Commentary: Is Israel Losing the Intifadah?—Andrew I. Kilgore

17 Terrorism: Sikrikim on the Loose—Emile Siman

18 Jerusalem Journal: Israeli Debt—Frank Collins

19 Personality: Dr. Israel Shahak—Richard H. Curtiss

20 Human Rights: Amnesty Adopts Israeli Prisoners—Sally Nyhan

21 Institutionalized Secrecy: Israeli Concentration Camps—Mitchell Kaidy

22 The Other Side of the Coin: Rosenthal of the Times—Alfred M. Lilienthal

23 Trade and Finance—John T. Haldane

24 Facts For Your File: Chronology of Mideast Events

25 California Chronicle: LA Eight Update—Pat McDonnell Twair

30 Letters to the Editors

32 Other People's Mail

34 Religion and the Middle East—The Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

35 Jews and Israel—Andrea Barron

35 Arabs and Islam—Catherine Willford

37 Education: A World of Difference—Audrey Shabbas

38 Seeing the Light: Being There—Parker L. Payson

38 Book Reviews: Anti-Zionism, Price of Empire

48 From the Hebrew Press: Massacre at Nahalin

49 TIE Exchange

50 Touching the Heart—Lewis K. Elbinger