—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
14 The Jewish National Fund and
World Zionist Organization: The Hidden Faces of Israeli Racism—Maureen
Meehan
15 As Israel’s Armed Proxies
Withdraw From Jezzine, SLA Fighters Watch Treatment of Those Who
Stay Behind in Southern Lebanon—Sallie Shatz
17 A West Bank Stone Thrower’s
Story Makes Ripples of Hope in a Sea of Hopelessness—Geraldine
Brooks
18 Israel’s Palestinian Population
Still Struggling for Equal Rights, Recognition of Their Towns and
Villages—Maureen Meehan
23 Media Tour: Israel and Its Neighbors—Eugene
Bird
24 Will Ehud Barak Put Israel on
the Road to Real Land-for-Peace With Palestine? Two American Views—Richard
H. Curtiss & Rachelle Marshall
27 Will Ehud Barak Put Israel on
the Road to Real Land-for-Peace With Palestine? Two Israeli Views—Neve
Gordon & Victor Ostrovsky
29 Jordan’s King Abdullah
Gets Royal Reception in Washington—Shirl McArthur
30 Optometry Volunteers Complete
Project in Bethlehem and Gaza Following Equipment Confiscation—Sr.
Elaine Kelley
43 With Congressional Attention
Diverted, Some Members Cannot Resist Taking Irresponsible Actions—Shirl
McArthur
45 Repetition Doesn’t Make
a Lie the Truth— This Is How I Know—Charley Reese
46 Attack on Arab American at the
State Department—Dr. James J. Zogby
46 A Victory for Arab Americans—Joseph
Zogby
49 What the Cox Report Does and
Does Not Say About Israeli Technology Transfer to China—Shawn
L. Twing
50 Arab Americans React Cautiously to Barak
Victory But Jewish American Peace Activists More Optimistic—Richard
H. Curtiss
56 Israel May Yet Lose Its Giant Grab for
U.S. Funds to Underwrite Its Current Alliance With Turkey—Andrew
I. Killgore
64 U.S. Handbell Choir Members
Who Went to Palestine “To Spread Music” Returned “Spreading
the Truth”—Roxane Assaf
Special Reports
6 Five Aspects of the Kosovo War:
Helping the Kosovars While They Await
Their Return: A Situation Report From Albania—JoMarie
Fecci
UAE Sets the Pace in Kosovar Refugee
Relief With Construction of Camp, Field Hospital and Airport—JoMarie
Fecci
Muslim Countries Send Huge Shipments
of Aid to Kosovo Refugees—Delinda C. Hanley
A Quagmire Is Not So Deadly as an Inferno,
and Other Lessons From Kosovo—Richard C. Curtiss
India-Pakistan War of 1971 a Precedent
for NATO and Yugoslavia—Andrew I. Killgore
21 Dispute Between Kabbani Followers
and Hosts Disrupts Forum at Islamic Center of Southern California—Pat
McDonnell Twair
22 “Dear God, We’re
Destroying Everything That Lives”: A Report From the Baghdad
Sanctions Conference—G. Simon Harak, S.J.
33 Congressman Bob Ney: A Voice
of Reason on Iran—Shirl McArthur
34 Bombings, Government Crackdown
on “Islamists” Dividing People of Newly Independent
Uzbekistan—Lucy Jones
36 Ocalan Trial Charges of Foreign
Aid to Rebellious Kurds Strengthens Rising Nationalist Tide in Turkey—Jon
P. Gorvett
37 Opposition Parties Unite for
Indonesia Election; Egyptian Artifacts Shown in Hong Kong, Singapore—John
Gee
51 United Nations Report: Ethnic
Cleansing Thwarted in Kosovo; Standoff in Iraq; and a Swiss Case
of “Stockholm Syndrome”—Ian Williams
53 India-Pakistan Hostilities Break
Out in Kashmir, as Both Countries Face Problems at Home—M.M.
Ali
63 Archbishop Philip Saliba, A
Strong Voice for Justice in the Mideast and Christian Orthodox Unity
in America—Richard H. Curtiss
74 MGM Grand Gambles $1.5 Million
on Fayrouz Premiere in Las Vegas—Pat and Samir Twair
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor
38 Issues in the News—Compiled
by Delinda C. Hanley
52 Canada Calling: Canadian Charity
Claims Religious Discrimination—Faisal Kutty
60 Facts for Your File: April 1999
Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by
Janet McMahon
67 The Mideast in the Midwest:
Chicago-Area Mosque Vandalized—Raeed N. Tayeh
68 SOUTHERN California Chronicle:
UCLA Honors Professor for Archeological Discoveries in Syria—Pat
and Samir Twair
71 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE:
Demonstration in San Rafael Against Sanctions and Bombing of Iraq—Elaine
Pasquini
76 Northeast News: Reinvigorated
ADC Massachusetts Chapter Hears Pleas for Arab Unity at Home and
Abroad—David P. Johnson Jr.
78 Trade and Finance: Algeria’s
New Government Will Face Tough Economic Problems—Colin
MacKinnon
79 Education: Summer Reading Time—Betsy
Barlow
81 Middle East History: August
1970: Jewish Defense League Unleashes Campaign of Violence in America—Donald
Neff
84 Christianity and the Middle
East: Seventh Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches—Dr.
Fred Strickert
86 Jews and Israel: Israel: A Sharply
Divided Society on the Brink of a Cultural Civil War—Allan
C. Brownfeld
89 Other People’s Mail
104 Muslim-American Activism: Promises for
Stronger Muslim Political Presence at the AMC’s 8th Annual
Convention
115 Diplomatic Doings: Saudi Centennial
Observance
115 Waging Peace: Two Remarkable
Women of Peace at University of Maryland
121 Human Rights: Representatives
Bonior and Campbell Introduce Secret Evidence Repeal Act
123 Book Reviews
138 Publishers’ Page
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