—Voices from the Sensible Center—
Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans—
Interpreting North America for the Middle East
Israel and the Intifada
7 It's Lift-off or Abort
as Bush-Baker Peace Initiative Nears Point of No ReturnRichard
H. Curtiss
20 Israel Will Withdraw
Only Under PressureDr. Israel Shahak
23 Palestinian Economy
in Chaos After Gulf WarFrank Collins
24 Israeli Killings of
Palestinian ChildrenStephen J. Sosebee
26 Water: The Real Reason
Behind Israeli OccupationsKathryn Casa
32 Benjamin Netanyahu:
The Joe Isuzu of the Middle East Media WarsLeon T.
Hadar
Special Reports
9 Perilous Crossroads
for Iran and the USAndrew I. Killgore
16 Turkey Moving Toward
"Normalizing" Relations with IraqSami Kohen
17 Beirut No Longer a
Theater of WarMarilyn Raschka
18 After the Gandhi AssassinationM.M.
Ali
19 Caste: Still a Key
Issue for Indian VotersM.M. Ali
30 Washington Institute
for Near East Policy: An AIPAC "Image Problem"Mark
H. Milstein
34 An "Intifada"
of Virginia BishopsAndrew I. Killgore
48 Airlift Culminates
17 Years of Secret Israeli Links to Mengistu GovernmentRichard
H. Curtiss
65 Ismail Khelili: Tunisia's
US AmbassadorOussama Romdhani
71 The Mideast War of
Words ContinuesRachelle Marshall
U.S. Congress
10 What They Said: Secretary
of State Baker in the Den of PAC-Fed Lions
11 Packwood Raising
95 Percent of Re-election Funds Outside OregonParker
L. Payson
13 House Foreign Aid
Bill: More Mideast Fairy Tales, or a Dose of Reality?George
Moses
15 Congressional Arms
control is Freeze for Arabs and Increase for IsraelDennis
J. Wamsted
Departments
5 Letters to the Editor
21 Magreb Mirror: Talk
of Democracy Outpaces ActionJamal Amiar
28 Three Views: As a Middle Eastern Woman, What
I Would Change in My Country
Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban
Dr. Suha Sabbagh
Dr. Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra
35 Seeing the Light: Fighting
the "Soldiers of Occupation"Russell Warren
Howe
38 Media Myopia: Pet PeevesJohn
Law
39 What They Said
New Hopes for PeaceSpanish
Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez
Mercy and TruthSir Yehudi
Menuhin
40 In the Public Prints:
Israel's 1967 Attack Was Aggression; Israel's Occupation Is IllegalSheldon
L. Richaman
41 Personality: Abdulrahman
Alsadhan: A Saudi " David Copperfield"Richard
H. Curtiss
43 Issues in the NewsCompiled
by Parker L. Payson
45 Other People's Mail
51 Facts for Your FilesCompiled
by Janet McMahon
53 From CNI: Mideast Arms
Control: Dream or Mirage?Paul Findley
55 Figure It OutCompiled
by Parker L. Payson
56 UN Report: US Joins
Security Council Condemnation of IsraelIan Williams
58 Canada Calling: New
Pro-Israel Minister of External AffairsJohn Dirlik
68 Religion: The History
of Middle East Peace-MakingThe Rev. L. Humphrey Walz
70 Issues in Islam: The
Messenger and the MessageGreg Noakes
72 California Chronicle:
Two Kinds of ParadesPat McDonnell Twair
73 Arab-American Activism:
Kahill Gibran Memorial DedicationCatherine M. Willford
74 Human Rights: Many
Palestinians Facing StarvationSally Clark Nyhan
75 Islam in America: Presidential
Greeting Marks Eid Al AdhaDima Zalatimo
76 Jews and Israel: AIPAC
vs. Middle East WatchAndrea Barron
79 Trade and Finance:
Kuwaiti Oil Exports by End of YearJohn T. Haldane
80 Book Reviews
The Unmaking of PalestineReviewed
by David Wemple
Year of the ElephantReviewed
by Greg Noakes
92 Bulletin Board
93 Publishers' Page |