—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
6 Triumph and Calamity:
Israeli Historians Expose Myth of Israel's Birth—Rachelle Marshall
7 The Oslo Accords: Failure,
Fulfillment, or Both?—Richard H. Curtiss
8 Israeli Nuclear Arsenal
Survives NPT Conference—Frank Collins
16 How Israel Can Solve
the Problem of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon—Stephen
J. Sosebee
17 The Thais, Romanians
and Others Who Have Replaced Palestinian Workers—Frank Collins
18 Israel's Discriminatory
Practices Are Rooted in Jewish Religious Law—Dr. Israel
Shahak
19 PBS Investigation Refutes
Bias Charges by Pro-Likud Group—Eugene Bird
20 What They Said: Israeli
Communications Minister Shulamit Aloni Criticizes AIPAC and Pandering
U.S. Senators
25 Rabin Government Again
Authorizes Use of Torture Against Palestinians—Stephen J. Sosebee
26 The Outcome of the Peace Talks—Two Views
—Curtis F. Jones and
—Hermann Fr. Eilts
29 What Jordanians Say
About Israelis and the Peace Agreement—Richard H. Curtiss
30 Clinton Administration
Working to Ease U.N. Out of Middle East Peace Process—Phyllis Bennis
31 As South Africa Integrates,
Israel Cutting Military Ties—Tim Kennedy
41 Rochester Seminar Reveals
Strong Opposition to Counter-Terrorism Bill—Mitchell
Kaidy
76 Settlement Symposium
Focuses on "Obstacles to Peace"—Greg Noakes
Special Reports
9 Words to Remember: Bosnia
and the Failure of American Leadership
10 Iraq Embargo Toll Now
Surpasses War's Horrors—Kathryn Casa
12 Muslims Under Siege in
Chechnya—Suleman Ahmer
13 Norwegian UNIFIL Troops
Have Built Strong Ties With South Lebanon—Marilyn Raschka
14 Lebanon Holding 1995
Elections in the Shadow of the Peace Process—Carole
Dagher
15 Serb Outrages Provide
a Shameful Hour for America—Paul Findley
21 Can Jacques Chirac Fill
Charles De Gaulle's Shoes?—Aicha Lemsine
32 Renewed Kashmiri Eruption
Undermines Subcontinent Stability—M.M. Ali
34 New Press Law Alienates
Mubarak's Media Supporters—James J. Napoli
35 By-Election Win Strengthens
Turkish Prime Minister Ciller's Hand—James M. Dorsey
36 India's Ruling Congress
Party Slides Toward Fatal Breakup—M.M. Ali
37 Clinton's Executive Order
on Iran: Taking It From AIPAC and Al Gore—Colin
MacKinnon
38 Canadian Business Community
Baffled by Iran Embargo—Andrea W. Lorenz
42 Prospects for Change in Sudan—Two Views
—John Prendergast
—Imatong Ali
58 Three Regional Scholars
Condemn Unilateral U.S. Embargo on Iran—Dokhi Fassihian
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor
22 Issues in the News—Compiled
by Shawn L. Twing
33 United Nations Report:
Veto Shows U.S. Consistency in Support for Israel at U.N.—Ian
Williams
39 Canada Calling: Canada
Expected to Boycott Jerusalem Festivities—John Dirlik
40 Issues in Islam: Conference
on Islamic Banking and Finance—Faisal Kutty
45 Education: A Year
to Celebrate Arab-American Cultural Contributions—Betsy
Barlow
46 Middle East History:
July 1947: The Exodus Saga August 1987: U.S. Ends
Funding of Israel's Lavi Jet—Donald Neff (coming
soon)
67 California Chronicle:
"Tales From Arab Detroit" Screened at UCLA Conference—Pat
McDonnell Twair
69 Arab American Activism:
Washington Report Honored—Greg Noakes
70 American Muslim Activism:
Illinois Mosque Fire Ruled Arson—Greg Noakes
71 Diplomatic Doings: Indonesian
Minister Meets Muslims—Shawn L. Twing
72 American Jews and Israel:
Survey Shatters Jewish Stereotypes—Nathan Jones
74 Book Reviews: The
USS Liberty: Dissenting History vs. Official History—Reviewed
by James M. Ennes, Jr.
Book Reviews: GAZA: Legacy of Occupation—A
Photographer's Journey—Reviewed by Richard H. Curtiss
77 Personality: Orthodox
Christian Archbishop Saliba Calls for Conference on Jerusalem—Shawn
L. Twing
78 Christianity and the
Middle East: Scholars to Ponder Implications of Inter-Faith History—Rev.
L. Humphrey Walz
80 Other People's Mail
84 The Cost of Israel to
U.S. Taxpayers: Israel and Its Lobbyists Decline to "Share
the Pain" of Budget Cuts—Kurt Holden
85 People in the News: Meet
Anne at "Pollard's Place" in Tel Aviv—Ella
Bancroft
86 Public Opinion: Americans
Disapprove Present Israel Aid Level by Three to One—Ella
Bancroft
87 Election Watch: Arab
Americans Still Bewildered by the "New Dole"—Lucille Barnes
89 Congress Watch: Foreign
Aid Bill Reverses Traditional Friends and Foes—Lucille
Barnes
91 Waging Peace: AMIDEAST
Helping to Develop PNA—Janet McMahon
107 May 1995 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled
by Janet McMahon (coming soon)
121 Bulletin Board
122 Publishers' Page |
