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Israel and the Intifada

7 It's Lift-off or Abort as Bush-Baker Peace Initiative Nears Point of No Return—Richard H. Curtiss

20 Israel Will Withdraw Only Under Pressure—Dr. Israel Shahak

23 Palestinian Economy in Chaos After Gulf War—Frank Collins

24 Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children—Stephen J. Sosebee

26 Water: The Real Reason Behind Israeli Occupations—Kathryn Casa

32 Benjamin Netanyahu: The Joe Isuzu of the Middle East Media WarsLeon T. Hadar

Special Reports

9 Perilous Crossroads for Iran and the US—Andrew I. Killgore

16 Turkey Moving Toward "Normalizing" Relations with Iraq—Sami Kohen

17 Beirut No Longer a Theater of War—Marilyn Raschka

18 After the Gandhi Assassination—M.M. Ali

19 Caste: Still a Key Issue for Indian Voters—M.M. Ali

30 Washington Institute for Near East Policy: An AIPAC "Image Problem"—Mark H. Milstein

34 An "Intifada" of Virginia Bishops—Andrew I. Killgore

48 Airlift Culminates 17 Years of Secret Israeli Links to Mengistu Government—Richard H. Curtiss

65 Ismail Khelili: Tunisia's US Ambassador—Oussama Romdhani

71 The Mideast War of Words Continues—Rachelle 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 Oregon—Parker 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 Israel—Dennis J. Wamsted

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

21 Magreb Mirror: Talk of Democracy Outpaces Action—Jamal 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 Peace—Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez

Mercy and Truth—Sir 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