—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

The Peace Process, The Palestinians and Israel

7 The True Purpose of the Peace Conference—Richard H. Curtiss

9 Bush's Bombshell is Shattering the Status Quo in Israel—Leon T. Hadar

20 NGO Meeting Calls Upon UN to Protect Palestinians—Donald Betz

33 Palestinian Graduation: July 27, 1991—Brother Patrick White

34 Is Zionism a Form of Racial Discrimination?—Two Views
—Rachelle Marshall
—Joseph Schechla

56 Four-Year-Old Palestinian Child Severely Burned in Settler Attack—Lisa Barley

The $10 Billion Battle Over Housing Loan Guarantee for Israel

11 Words to Remember: Fifteen Days in September—The Battle of the $10 Billion

13 Why Shamir Lost and Bush Won—Richard H. Curtiss

14 As Others See it: Bush Faces Down Israel's Lobby

15 Bush Sweeps Congress in Loan Guarantee Confrontation—Dennis J. Wamsted

16 The Real Reasons for the Israeli Loan Guarantee Demand—Frank Collins

17 Why Israel Can Never Repay the Loans to be Guaranteed by the US—Israel Shahak

19 Soviet Jewish Emigration: Second Thoughts in Moscow?—John Asfour

50 Supporters of US Loan Guarantees for Israel Launch New Myths—Nathan Jones

Special Reports

21 Frank Maria—Andrew I. Killgore

24 Prince Abdullah Bin Faisal Bin Turki Al-Saud—Richard H. Curtiss

40 Wives Who Wait for the Beirut Hostages

41 Courageous Women Behind the Change in Bangladesh—M.M. Ali

48 After the Iraq-Kuwait Storm: Smooth Sailing For Arab Gulf States—Richard H. Curtiss

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

22 Media Myopia: What Was That Question?—John Law

36 Issues in the News—Compiled by George Shadroui

42 Canada Calling: Canadian Loan Guarantees to Israel Will go Ahead—John Dirlik

43 Maghreb Mirror : North African States Eager to Play Roles in Middle East Peace Talks—Jamal Amir

44 United Nation Report: General Assembly Elects a Saudi President—Ian Williams

46 Seeing the Light: Re-Examining the Myths by Which We Live—John E. Thompson

51 Facts for Your File: A Chronology of US-Mideast Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

54 Issues in Islam: The Centrality of the Qu'ran to Islam—Greg Noakes

58 Human Rights: Middle East Watch Alleges Kuwaiti Abuses—Carol A. Mocha

59 Arab-American Activism: Opposition to Loan Guarantees Continues—Catherine M. Willford

60 Jews and Israel: Israel's Supporters Concede Defeat on Housing Loans—Andrea Barron

61 Mideast Ecology Notes: Kuwait Cleanup Reaches a Milestone—Dennis J. Wamsted

62 Religion: Vatican Initiative for Lebanese Renewal—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

63 California Chronicle: California Republicans Reject AIPAC Attempt to Dominate Convention—Pat McDonnell Twair

64 Book Reviews
Iraq: Military Victory, Moral Defeat—Reviewed by George Shadroui

The Gulf War Reader—Reviewed by George Shadroui

74 Other People's Mail

77 Trade and Finance: Iran Overhauling Economy, Mending Gulf Political Fences—John T. Haldane

90 Bulletin Board

90 Figure It Out: The $117 Billion Formula

91 Publishers' Page