—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

Special Reports

3 Iraq: Turning Over a New Leaf?

4 Women in Iraq

25 Congress and Pro-Israel PAC Money

Washington

6 Amen, James Baker

7 Words To Remember: Baker's AIPAC Speech

8 Defense Secretary Cheney Seeks Balance

9 US Loses Mideast Arms Leverage

10 Update on Congress

10 Congress Takes New Look At Mideast

16 Bhutto on US-Pakistan Relations

Israel and Palestine

11 Almost in Dialogue: Eban and Shaathe

12 Is Shamir's Election Plan Feasible?—Two Views:
—No: It’s An Israeli Ploy
—Yes: It’s A Step Toward Peace

13 Should the Intifada Escalate?—Two Views:
—Israeli Lawlessness is a Provocation
—People Power, Not Fire Power

14 Colors in Jerusalem

15 Living Among "Typical Israelis"

15 Broken Bodies, Shattered Lives

Departments

16 California Chronicle: Days of Rage

17 The Other Side of the Coin: Arafat in Paris

18 Trade and Finance

19 Religion and the Middle East

20 Letters to the Editor

22 Other People's Mail

24 Chronology of US-Mideast Relations

39 Book Reviews:
—Creating the Palestinian State
—This Strange History

39 From the Hebrew Press

48 Arabs and Islam

48 Jews and Israel

49 Publisher's Page

50 TIE Exchange