—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 After Receipt of Clinton Letter, Arafat Postpones Scheduled May 4 Declaration of Palestinian State—Maureen Meehan

16 The Israeli Elections: Another Chance for Peace or Just Domestic Job Rearranging?—Three Views

There Is No One to Lead Israel Into the Next Millennium—Neve Gordon

Israeli Candidates Debate Palestinian State, Settlements, Lebanon and Syria, But Peace Is Not an Issue—Rachelle Marshall

Under Two-Stage System, Choice of Israel’s Directly Elected Prime Minister May Belong to Israeli Arabs—Rula Sharkawi and
Simon Trevarthen

21 Acrimonious Albright-Sharon Meeting Is a Domestic Political Plus for Israeli Hard-Liners—Eugene Bird

29 Mufid Nashashibi: 1915-1999—Pat McDonnell Twair

30 Israeli High Court Postpones Decision on East Jerusalem Residency as ID Card Confiscation Continues—Maureen Meehan

33 Lugar, Crane Reintroduce Sanctions Reforms, While Colleagues Earn Their Pro-Israel PAC Contributions—Shirl McArthur

35 Following Visit to Gaza, Delay at Erez Checkpoint, Edward Said Recommends “A Certain Kind of Courage”—Sr. Elaine Kelley

43 “Arik’s New World Order” Envisions Making Israel Broker of U.S. Military Technology to Russia—Victor Ostrovsky

44 Congressional Hypocrisy Returns as We Near Presidential Election Season—Ray Hanania

46 Corruption Creeps Into Annual State Department Human Rights Report on Israel—Eugene Bird

47 Welsh Author Gordon Thomas Calls Mossad Ability to Maintain “American Mole at Highest Level” Incredible—Russell Warren Howe

49 Remembering General George Marshall’s Clash With Clark Clifford Over Premature Recognition of Israel—Dr. Alfred M. Lilienthal

51 Less Than a Year Before Millennial Tourist Influx, Nazareth Bogged Down in Christian-Muslim Dispute—Fred Strickert

62 The Liberty Incident—Reviewed by John E. Borne

64 CPAP Forum Covers Everything You Need to Know About Israeli Elections But Were Too Uninformed to Ask—Janet McMahon

Special Reports

7 Fallout From Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo and Six Weeks of NATO Bombing of Serbia—Five Lessons—Richard H. Curtiss

• In Kosovo, Victims’ Religion Didn’t Matter

• U.S. Muslim and Jewish Leaders Support NATO Action

• Kosovo Pits Israeli Government Against Its U.S. Supporters

• Kosovo Tragedy Contains Challenges for Arab Nations

• Lukewarm Muslim World Support for NATO Action Is a Wakeup Call for U.S.

15 The Case for Re-Joining Kosovo to Albania—Prof. C. Max Kortepeter

23 With Kosovo on the Front Page, Congress Pursues the “Other War” With Saddam Hussain’s Iraq—Shirl McArthur

24 The Suffering People of Iraq—Two Views

The Death of a Nation Is a Catalog of Individual Horrors and Tragedies—Rick McDowell

What the U.S. Can Do to Help End the Suffering—Abbas S. Mehdi

27 As Bombs Fall on Serbia and Refugees Flee Kosovo, Bosnia Feels Repercussions—Peter Lippman

34 Hopes for Multi-Party Election to End Algeria’s Nightmare Die With April 15 One-Candidate Choice—Faisal Kutty

36 Despite Pre-War Driving Habits, Tourism in Post-War Lebanon Is Alive and Growing—Marilyn Raschka

45 Inability to Get Veto-Breaking UNGA Resolution on Kosovo Tracks Back to U.S. Policy on Israel—Ian Williams

48 Fall of BJP Government Triggers New Indian Elections—M.M. Ali

63 Bosnia Outrages Invite Comparison With Half-Century-Old Plight of Kashmir—Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai

70 Adventuresome U.S. Marine Col. Joe Hunt Is Advocate for the Arabs—Richard H. Curtiss

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

38 Issues in the News—Compiled by Delinda C. Hanley

52 Seeing the Light: A 25th Anniversary Trip to Israel/Palestine Turned Into a Quest for Origins and Solutions of the Conflict There—James R. McCormick

54 Other People’s Mail

60 People Watch: Is “Anti-Semitism” In or Out in Washington?—Lucille Barnes

65 Northeast News: On the Cutting Edge: Sabre Foundation Provides Books to Libraries in the Developing World—David P. Johnson Jr.

68 Northern California Chronicle: Arab Cultural Center of San Francisco Hosts Iraqi Cultural Evening—Elaine Pasquini

71 Southern California Chronicle: Ziad Doueiri Launches Career With Award-Winning Chronicle of Wartime Adolescence in “West Beirut”—Pat and Samir Twair

75 Canada Calling: Canada Steers a Middle Course on Palestinian-Israeli Impasse Over Declaration of Palestinian Statehood—Faisal Kutty

78 Facts for Your Files: Feb./March 1999 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

82 Jews and Israel: Fundamentalists and the Millennium: A Potential Threat to Middle Eastern Peace—Allan C. Brownfeld

85 Christianity and the Middle East: Lutherans in the Middle East and in the United States: A Story of Partnership—Fred Strickert

87 Middle East History: June 1980: Jewish Terrorists Try to Assassinate Three Palestinian Mayors—Donald Neff

89 Education: Upcoming Conventions, Conferences, Books, Current Events, Backgrounders and Oral Histories—Betsy Barlow

91 Trade and Finance: U.S. Rejects U.N. Oil Investment Proposal for Iraq—Colin MacKinnon

103 Arab-American Activism: Saeb Erekat Speaks at CPAP on Palestinian-Israeli Relations

105 Muslim-American Activism: Muslims in America: Seven Centuries of History

109 Human Rights: Deir Yassin Remembered in Twilight Vigil

114 Waging Peace: Iraq Action Coalition Student Committee

119 Diplomatic Doings: MEPC Holds Daylong Seminar on UAE’s “Century in 30 Years”

123 Book Reviews:

On the Hills of God—Reviewed by Michael S. Lee

More in Common Than You Think: The Bridge Between Islam and Christianity—Reviewed by Srinidhi Anantharamiah

136 Bulletin Board

138 Publishers’ Page