—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 Face to Face With the Victims of State-Sponsored Israeli Terror at Qana—Kate Seelye

Did  Israel’s 1996 Election Kill The Peace Process?
Six Views

8 In Choosing Tribalism, Israelis Have Rejected Role in World's Future—Carleton S. Coon, Jr.

8 Even Netanyahu Will Have to Give Up Dreams of a Greater Israel—Rachelle Marshall

9 Fanatics Cannot Make Peace—Muhammad Hallaj

10 Earth to Bibi: Palestine Exists—John V. Whitbeck

11 Netanyahu Has No Choice Except to Pursue Peace—Alon Ben-Meir

12 The Death of the Peace Process Endangers Both Israel and the U.S.—Richard H. Curtiss

13 Land Confiscations Increase As Israelis Impose Jewish Settlement on  Bethlehem—Maureen Meehan

16 "Bibi and Bill" Act Assured a Successful Booking Until November—Eugene Bird

17 Is the U.S. Government's First Obligation to Americans or to Israelis?—Khaled Al-Maeena

19 The Real Israeli Interest in Lebanon—Israel Shahak

20 Remembering Both Qana and Oklahoma City Massacres—Jack G.  Shaheen

21 The Soldiers Who Fired at Qana Did Not Care About the Massacre—Translated  by Israel Shahak

22 Israel Violates U.S. Charters—Paul Findley

24 The ADL's 1995 Audit of Anti-Semetic Incidents—Lenni Brenner

36 Israel Acquiring Banned American Laser That "Melts Eyeballs" of  Enemies—Tim Kennedy

37 Clinton Promises Israel Addition Aid, Including Nautilis Laser System—Shawn L. Twing

38 Time for Arabs to Think Things Out—Khaled Al-Maeena

41 Words to Remember:  Will Israel's Ultras Kill the Peace Process? (coming soon)

63 Los Angeles Sleaze Strip Czar Funds Israeli Right Wing Extremists—Pat McDonnell Twair

65 Israel High Court Votes to Evict Jahalin Bedouins—Geoff Lumetta

76 Seattle Seminar Addresses Israeli-Palestinian Water Negotiations—Sr.  Elaine Kelley

85 Costs of the Closure: Gaza Hard Hit—Colin MacKinnon

Special Reports

18 Like Father, Like Son: A Tribute to Moshe and Yehudi Menuhin—Grace Halsell

23 Personality: Professor Majid Khaddur—Andrew I. Killgore

55 Lebanon, Last in Line for Peace But First for Punishment—Marilyn Raschka

56 The Subcontinent:Voting at Indian Gunpoint in Kashmir; New Agreement in Afghanistan—M.M. Ali

57 U.S. Sanctions Against Pakistan Will Backfire—Syed Talat Hussain

58 Troubled Turkey Getting Seventh Government in Two Years—James M. Dorsey
(coming soon)

59 Experts Assess U.S. Sanctions and Iran’s Political and Economic Future—Dokhi Fassihian

60 Arrests, Fatal Firebombing, Execution Raise the Stakes in Bahrain Unrest—Stephen J. Sosebee

61 Egypt’s Travails: Perilous Storms or Passing Squalls?—Greg Noakes

62 Completed Indian Elections Bring No Major Surprises—M.M. Ali

The 1996 Election

15 1996 Is Year of Opportunity for Muslim and Arab Americans—Richard H. Curtiss
(coming soon)

15 The One-Issue Voter: Why Bob Dole Will Get My Vote in 1996, in Spite of Himself —Richard H. Curtiss (coming soon)

26 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions Still Sliding Downward in 1996 Cycle—Richard H. Curtiss

27 1995/96 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 1996 Congressional Candidates (coming soon)

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

25 United Nations Report: After U.N.’s Qana Report, Israel May Sabotage Boutros-Ghali Re-election—Ian Williams

30 Issues in the News—Compiled by Shawn L. Twing

40 Seeing the Light: A  Lonely Battle for the Palestinians—Marion Fitch

41 Congress Watch: Congressman James Moran (D-VA) Dares to Speak Out—Eugene Bird

49 Other People’s Mail (coming soon)

64 Christianity and the Middle East: Crusaders’ Heirs Honor Peace Promoters—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

6 Arab American Activism: Two American Boys Die in Qana, Grandmother Denied Medical Visa to U.S.

68 Waging Peace: MEPC Discusses Political Islam

70 Diplomatic Doings: Husseini, East Jerusalem Ready to Face Hard-Line Government

72 Human Rights: Serraj Arrested and Jailed by PNA

74 Muslim-American Activism: Emerson Heckles CAIR News Conference

77 California Chronicle: Bullet-Riddled Body of Murdered Californian Returned by Israel—Pat and Samir Twair

80 The Internet, the Middle East, and You: Finding Your Way in Cyberspace —James M. Ennes, Jr.

81 Book Review: The U.N. for Beginners—Reviewed by Richard H. Curtiss

83 Middle East History: July 1952: Nasser Comes to Power in Egypt, Frightening Britain, France and Israel—Donald Neff

87 Education: New Films, Videos and Books on Islam, Israel-Palestine, and the  Mideast—Betsy Barlow

113 Facts for Your File: April, May 1996 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

117 Bulletin Board

138 Publishers’ Page