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—Voices from the Sensible Center— Interpreting the Middle
East for North Americans— Inside This Issue 1 Special Report—Pro-Israel political action committees had poured close to $2 million into the 1986 Congressional election campaigns as of last July 1, according to the Federal Election Commission. Rex Wingerter provides the story. 2 Special Report—Israeli arms sales to Iran have continued, Jane Hunter reports, despite frequent and unequivocal US requests that they stop. 2b Editorial—When reluctant Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole finally produced a badly needed $200 million for Corazon Aquino, was it from generosity or embarrassment at the contrast with Israel's annual $3 billion? 6 Update on Congress—Why was the 99th Congress so uncritically pro-Israel and anti-Arab? Clearly legislators remembered the Israel lobby's role in defeating Rep. Paul Findley (in 1982) and Sen. Charles Percy (in 1984), and "got the message." 19 Trade and Finance—The true cost of Lebanon's 11-year-old civil war is measured in dollars and cents as well as dead and wounded, and the economy has reached the brink of total collapse. 15 Lobbies & Activists—The Washington Jewish Week was presenting both sides of complex questions in recent months, until it had a sudden change of editors. Could there be a connection? Police now believe the still unsolved murders of Dr. lsma'il al-Faruqi and his wife Lois in Philadelphia probably were deliberate assassinations. 20 In Memoriam—Paul Hoye, inspired editor for 24 years of Aramco World Magazine, died recently at age 59. 20b Seeing the Light 21 Book Review—(A Changing Image) 22 Words to Remember—(US-Israeli Relations) |