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

THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL AND THE INTIFADA

10 Israel's Solution to the "Palestinian Problem": Death Squads, Taxes & ExileRachelle Marshall

11 Israel's Nuclear Weapons StrategyIsrael Shahak

13 Affordable Housing in the West BankFrank Collins

20 Hanna Nasir of Bir Zeit UniversityAndrew I. Killgore

24 Israel's Search for a New PatronLeon Hadar

28 Walking Through Israeli Jails For Peace

36 1980 Presidential Candidate John Anderson's About-Face on IsraelPaul Findley

38 The Death of Anton ShomaliBrother Patrick White

41 The Lavon Affair: When Israel Fire-bombed U.S. Installations in EgyptRichard H. Curtiss

44 Rafat Othman Najar: A Palestinian Awaiting DeportationStephen J. Sosebee

51 Around Washington: Soviet Immigration to Israel Continues to Plummet—John Asfour

CONGRESS AND THE 1992 ELECTIONS

7 The Secret Section in Israel's U.S. Lobby That Stifles American DebateGregory D. Slabodkin

9 The Israel Lobby Bashes Bush, Ponders Perot and Co-opts ClintonRichard H. Curtiss

14 Donations by Pro-Israel PACs Topped Only by Organized LaborAndrea W. Lorenz

15 1992 Pro-Israel PAC Contribution Charts

19 Changes in Congress May Affect U.S. Middle East PolicyDennis J. Wamsted

22 Turnover in Congress Dismays Israel's U.S. LobbyistsLucille Barnes

88 AIPAC in Action: An Attack on the Washington Report

SPECIAL REPORTS

12 Anti-Defamation League Backs Down Over Textbook DisputeAndrea W. Lorenz

21 Downing of Iranian Military Aircraft Over Iraq Sets Off Bizarre CharadeKurt Holden

26 Goodwill Visit by Sudanese Islamist Culminates in Violence in CanadaBob Hurd and Greg Noakes

30 Fatun Mohamed Hasan: Somalia's U.N. Delegate Without a GovernmentIan Williams

31 More Questions About Iran's Intentions in the GulfMichael Collins Dunn

32 Will Rafsanjani's Election Victory Bring "Moderation" or More of the Same? Three Views

35 With the Arab World's Eyes on Algeria, Two Independence Heroes Speak OutAicha Lemsine

37 Settling Things in Kabul the Afghan WayM.M. Ali

45 Egypt's Family Planning Program is Beginning to Show ResultsAngela Stephens

52 Twelve Pavilions Represent Arabs at Seville's Expo '92—Pat and Samir Twair

58 Zionist Attempt to Smear Midwest Conference on Jerusalem Backfires—Rev. Don Wagner

59 In Memoriam: Philip Charles Habib—Andrew I. Killgore

DEPARTMENTS

5 Letters to the Editor

29 Diplomacy: Administration Official Assures Middle East the "Crusades are Over"Gene Bird

34 United Nations Report: Iraq-Kuwait Boundary LineIan Williams

39 Seeing the Light: Linking the Holocaust and Israeli Abuse of the PalestiniansGene Knudsen Hoffman

43 Canada Calling: Canadian Jewish Congress ConferenceJohn Dirlik

46 Issues in the News—Compiled by Greg Noakes

49 April-May '92 Chronology of Events—Compiled by Janet McMahon

54 Other Voices

60 Maghreb Mirror: North Africa's Oldest Synagogue—Jamal Amiar

61 Religion: Armenian Patriarch's Concerns Over Jerusalem—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

62 Arab-American Activism: ADC on Israeli Death Squad Activity—Catherine M. Willford

63 Waging Peace: The Loan Guarantees—Jerri Bird

64 Human Rights: Torture in Israel's Lebanon "Security Zone"—Carol A. Macha

65 Jews and Israel: AIPAC Mellowing?—Sheldon L. Richman

66 California Chronicle: The California Primaries—Pat McDonnell Twair

67 Middle East Marketplace

68 Quatsch Watch

70 Book Reviews:

Stealth PACs: Lobbying Congress for Control of U.S. Middle East Policy—Reviewed by john Dirlik

Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire—Reviewed by Michel Jubran

72 AET Book Club Catalog

80 Cartoons from the Arab Press...and from an Israeli Point of View

84 Figure It Out

100 Bulletin Board

101 Publisher's Page

31 Index to Advertisers