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—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

7-13 Implementing the Peace Accords—Five views

7 Rabin May Lack the Courage to Make Peace—Rachelle Marshall

9 The Agreements Legitimize Israeli Violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention—Frank Collins

10 Syrian Steadfastness Limits Israeli Labor Party Options—Robert Hazo

11 PLO Agreement Reflects Israel's Coming of Age—Leon T. Hadar

13 With Goodwill on Both Sides, Bad Agreement Can Become a Good One—Richard H. Curtiss

15 If Geopolitics Is Like Baseball, Israel Is Striking Out—Andrew I. Killgore

19 Poverty, Religious Instruction Breed Xenophobia in Israel—Israel Shahak

20 In Memoriam: George Ball's Mideast Views Were Muffled by U.S. Media—Richard H. Curtiss

21 Its Informant Sentenced, but ADL Criminal Charges Dropped—Rachelle Marshall

34 The Question of Jerusalem-Two Views
John V. Whitbeck and
Muhammad Hallaj

36 Israel Ties Golan Pull-Out to Doubling of U.S. Aid—Lucille Barnes

50 Turning "Gaza-Jericho-First" Into Jobs and Projects—Colin MacKinnon

Special Reports

6 Bosnian Cease-fire: Beginning of Peace or Brief Interlude Between Wars?—Richard H. Curtiss

16 Nuclear Proliferation: Darkest Cloud Over South Asia?—Three Views
Sen. Larry Pressier
Khalid Hasan
Sumit Ganguly

48 North and South Yemen: Lead-Up to the Break-Up—Robert Hurd and Greg Noakes

51 Letter From Lebanon: Gulf Arabs Are Back, But Not Just to Play—Marilyn Raschka

52 Hezbollah Militants, Israeli Troops Obstructions to Lebanese Recovery—Peter Saiers

53 Turkish Women Offer Mixed Views on Islamist Party's Victories—Susannah Zak

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

22 Issues in the News

40 Congress Watch: Both Houses Vote to Lift Bosnian Arms Embargo—Lucille Barnes

41 Election Watch: 1994 Stakes High for Congressional Democrats—Nathan Jones

42 War Crimes: U.N. Commission Charges Serbs With Genocide—R. Clemente Holder

43 Demographics: Cairo Population Conference to Examine Growth Problems

44 Public Opinion: Poll Examines Hindu Views of Muslims—Ella Bancroft

45 People Watch: Pollard Mentor Rafael Eitan Turns Up in Castro's Cuba

46 Media Watch: New U.S. Zionist Quarterly Attacks Other Journals—Kurt Holden

49 United Nations Report: As U.N. Deals With Middle East, Anomalies Multiply—Ian Williams

55 Seeing the Light: Peace Activist Sees Priority in Changing U.S. Mideast Policy—Stephen Zunes

56 California Chronicle: PLO Representative Discusses Implementation Agreement—Pat and Samir Twair

57 Canada Calling: Groups Oppose Deportation Order—Fiasal Kutty

60 Human Rights: Egyptian Lawyer's Death Triggers Cairo Protests—R. Clemente Holder

62 Arab-American Activism: Gore Meets with Arab-and Muslim-American Leaders—Richard H. Curtiss

65 Jews and Israel: ZOA Accused of Undercutting Rabin Regime—Sheldon Richman

66 Christianity and the Middle East: Vatican Refutes Israeli ADL Allegations of Accepting Guilt for Holocaust—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

68 Book Reviews:
Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess From the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914—Reviewed by Monica Ringer

The Balkan Express: Fragments From the Other Side of War—Reviewed by Susan Bloor

The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite—Reviewed by Arthur L. Lowrie

71 Quatsch Watch

72-73 Middle East History—By Donald Neff
July: Expulsion of the Palestinians-Lydda and Ramleh in 1948

August: Begin's Admission in 1982 That Israel Started Three of Its Wars

76 Other People's Mail

81 Myths and Facts

104 April-May 1994 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

113 Bulletin Board

114 Publishers' Page