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—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

The United States, Israel, and the Intifada

6 As U.S. Moves Goal Posts, Jerusalem Main Obstacle to Peace—Richard H. Curtiss

7 Israel's Aim to Destroy Peace TalksRachelle Marshall

12 Changing the Guard at AIPAC—Richard H. Curtiss

13 Israel's Death Squads—Stephen J. Sosebee

15 Arab Americans Spied On by ADL Sue Three Police Departments—Rachelle Marshall

16 Mideast Status Quo Will Destroy "Pax Americana"—Leon T. Hadar

17 At the Grass Roots, Westerners Say, "Rein in Israel"—Eugene Bird

20 Israel's Attack on Lebanon Signals Major U.S. Policy Change—Paul Findley

30 Conference Sees Jerusalem as Issue Destroying the Peace Process—Michael Howard

31 Israel's U.S. "Man for All Seasons" Unable to Play Same Role for Libya—Richard H. Curtiss

48 Midwest Park Honors USS Liberty—C. Patrick Quinlan

82 September 1972 in Mideast History—Donald Neff

83 October 1986 in Mideast History—Donald Neff

85 The U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement: Aid Instead of Trade?—Colin MacKinnon

110 Israeli Torture of Palestinians—Frank Collins

Special Reports

8 Words to Remember: The Agony of Bosnia—Compiled by Donna Bourne

19 Rape is a War Crime—Representative Susan Molinari

21 Lord David Owen: The "Dr. Death" of Balkan Diplomacy—Ian Williams

28 Right to Left: The Clinton Record
Nathan Jones
George Thomson

33 Narrow "Establishment" Parameters Limit Pakistani Democracy—Masood Ghaznavi

34 Somalia: More at Stake Than Meets the Eye —Lucille Barnes

36 U.N. Can Encourage Somali Federations to Create Lasting Government—Ali Ahmed Fatah

38 Should the U.S. Play a Role in Settling the Kashmir Dispute?—Three Views
Rafique A. Khan
N.C. Menon
Iftikhar Ali

41 The Double Standard: Sacred Discrimination

49 U.S. "Double Standard" Elicits America-Bashing in Egypt—James J. Napoli

50 Women's Rights an Affair of State for Tunisia—Richard Curtiss

53 Reorienting Toward U.S. Not the Only Solution for India's Problems—M. M. Ali

55 On the Tajik-Afghan Border the Russians are Coming—Back—Michael Collins Dunn

56 Azerbaijan, Where a Brushfire War Must Be Stopped Before it Spreads—Dr. Syed H. Ahmed

81 Geneticists Trace Migration of Mideast Agriculturalists to Europe—Kurt Holden

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

18 Education: ALA Revokes Condemnation of Israeli Censorship—Andrea W. Lorenz

22 Issues in the News

42 Other People's Mail

52 United Nations Report: U.S. and Israel Seek to Forestall General Assembly Condemnation—Ian Williams

54 Canada Calling: Canada's Nearly 400,000 Muslims Concerned About Media Stereotyping—Faisal Kutty

57 Issues in Islam: Secularism and the Islamist Challenge—Greg Noakes

60 California Chronicle: Accused Murderer Extradited to U.S. from Israel—Pat and Samir Twair

62 Arab-American Activism: Protesting the Israeli Bombardment of Lebanon—Catherine M. Willford

63 Human Rights: World Conference Delegates Urge Support for Bosnia—Andrea W. Lorenz

65 Jews and Israel: American Jews Debate Demjanjuk Acquittal—Sheldon Richman

67 Christianity and the Mideast: Church Women to Learn About Palestinian Question—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

69 Book Reviews
Islamic Fundamentalism: The New Global Threat—Reviewed by Andrew I. Killgore

Arabian Jazz—Reviewed by Jean Grant

102 June-July 1993 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

114 Publishers' Page