—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 Who Loses Most if Rabin-Arafat
Negotiations Stall?Richard H. Curtiss
7 An IsraeliPalestinian
Agreement That Won't Bring PeaceRachelle Marshall
8 Israel's Unauthorized
Retransfer of U.S. Technology ExposedShawn L. Twing
12 A Matter of Principle:
Gaza Human Rights Lawyer Raji SouraniJanet McMahon
16 Absence of SyrianIsraeli
Peace Agreement Dangerous for LebaneseStephen J. Sosebee
17 Congressional, Administration
Pandering Has Nearly Destroyed PeaceEugene Bird
19 Teaching About Palestinians:
A Lesson About AmericaDaniel McGowan
37 Opening Gun of Negotiations
on Jerusalem: 100 Attend CNI SeminarJon Van Camp
48 Four Years After Massive War Expenses Saudi
Arabia Gets Its Second WindRichard H. Curtiss
50 Saudi Arabia at a
GlanceShawn L. Twing
52 Saudis Breathe Sigh
of Relief At Hassle-Free 1995 PilgrimageRichard H.
Curtiss
54 It's Academic! Saudi
Arabia's Remarkable New CabinetRichard H. Curtiss
55 Book Review: Desert
Warrior: A Personal View of the Gulf War by the Joint Forces
Commander, by HRH General Khaled Bin Sultan Reviewed
by Richard H. Curtiss
57 Two Dedicated Saudi
VolunteersRichard H. Curtiss
Special Reports
9 Finally the U.S. Takes
the Lead in BosniaRichard H. Curtiss
10 Defections of His Two
Sons-in-Law Presage the End for Saddam HussainRichard
H. Curtiss
11 The American University
in Cairo Celebrates Its 75th AnniversaryMary Judith
Sundstrom and Howdy Stout
13 Former Pakistani Army
Chief Beg to Launch Political PartyM.M. Ali
14 Palestinian NGOs Send
Delegation to U.N. Women's Conference in ChinaLeila
Diab
15 Israeli-Inspired U.S.
Pressure May Backfire in IranAndrew I. Killgore
21 Cancellation of Giant Electrical Project in
India Scares U.S. InvestorsM.M. Ali
28 The Moral Stakes in Bosnia—Six Views
Maher Hathout
Ali Nawaz Memon
Khaled Al-Maeena
Aicha Lemsine
Greg Noakes
Sen. Joseph Biden
39 In Memoriam: Col. Robert
W. Rickert (1912-1995)Andrew I. Killgore
41 Talking Turkey: Amendments,
Abolitions, AutonomyJames M. Dorsey
43 After Oklahoma City:
Looking for Someone to BlameHania Younis
67 An Iranian Party in Exile: Is It a Realistic
Hope?Nazie Isfahani
75 The United Nations:
San Francisco in 1945 and Fifty Years LaterDr. Alfred
M. Lilienthal
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor
18 United Nations Report:
Keeping Colonel Qaddafi Off the CouncilIan Williams
20 Canada Calling: Choice
of New Canadian Ambassador to Israel Widely CriticizedJohn
Dirlik
22 Issues in the NewsCompiled
by Shawn L. Twing
38 Trade and Finance:
The U.S.Israel Free Trade Agreement: Hold the CelebrationColin MacKinnon
42 Education: Middle Eastern and North American
Institutional Partnerships GrowBetsy Barlow
44 Archeology: Israel Returns Archeology Finds
to EgyptKurt Holden
45 Issues in Islam: Muhammad
Asad: Visionary Islamic ScholarHasan Zillur
Rahim
68 American Muslim Activism:
ICNA Holds 20th Annual ConventionShawn L. Twing
68 Arab American Activism:
Kuwaiti Student Sues George Washington University for DiscriminationShawn
L. Twing
69 Diplomatic Doings: Saudi Ambassador PromotedShawn
L. Twing
70 Environment and Ecology:
Giant Squirrel Thought Extinct Discovered in KashmirR.
Clemente Holder
71 American Jews and Israel:
"Battling Rabbis" Grab HeadlinesNathan
Jones
73 Waging Peace: U.S.
Committee for Refugees Offers Bosnia TestimonyShawn
L. Twing
76 California Chronicle:
Jewish Writer Documents Racism in Israeli FilmsPat
and Samir Twair
78 Christianity and the
Middle East: "Peace Church" Team in Hebron ArrestedRev.
L. Humphrey Walz
79 Other People's Mail
83 Middle East History:
September 1948: Jewish Terrorists Assassinate Count Folke BernadotteDonald
Neff
85 Public Opinion: Palestinians
Support Peace Agreement but Distrust of Israeli Intentions
GrowsElla Bancroft
86 People in the News:
"Aggressive, Outspoken Member of the Clinton Inner Circle"
is Long-time AIPAC EmployeeElla Bancroft
88 The Cost of Israel to U.S. Taxpayers: With
$6.3 Billion in U.S. Aid, Israel Can Do a Lot of DamageRuth
E. Steele
89 Congress Watch: Despite
"Republican Revolution," Congress Shows It's Still Israeli-Occupied
TerritoryLucille Barnes
111 Facts for Your File:
June and July 1995 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East RelationsCompiled
by Janet McMahon
121 Bulletin Board
122 Publishers' Page |