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The U.S. and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

6 Bypassing Palestinians Won't Produce Peace for IsraelRachelle Marshall

8 Israeli Veto of Free Palestinian Elections May Shatter Oslo AccordRichard H. Curtiss

9 Gridlock in Funding for Palestinian Autonomy Imperils PeaceFrank Collins

10 Israeli Labor Party's "Cleverly Concealed" West Bank SettlementsPaul Findley

11 Liberated Palestinians Torn Between Autocracy, DemocracySherna Berger Gluck

16 Israel's "New Historians" Laying Foundations for New RealitiesLeon T. Hadar

17 Will Hamas Emerge as Political Party or Underground Opposition?Stephen J. Sosebee

19 Poll Shows Majority of U.S. Public Supports Israeli Aid Phase-outEugene Bird

20 The Tragedy of Ma'alot Casts a Shadow on Peace NegotiationsAlfred M. Lilienthal

35 Former AIPAC Official Assesses Senators on Support to IsraelLucille Barnes

53 Palestinian Day in Los AngelesPat and Samir Twair

73 Donors Slow to Aid Palestinian TerritoryColinMacKinnon

Special Reports

7 Leadership Is Key to Bosnia SolutionRichard H. Curtiss

12 An Algerian Advocate of Dialogue: Sheikh Mahfoud NahnahGreg Noakes

13 With Release of FIS Leaders, War or Peace in Algeria at Stake in TalksAicha Lemsine

14 Clinton, Christopher and Rafsanjani: Irangate Déjà? Vu?Richard H. Curtiss

15 U.S. Waiting for Invitation to Mediate 47-Year Dispute Over KashmirM.M. Ali

18 Population Conference Gives Boost to Egyptian TourismJames J. Napoli

21 Pakistan's Revolving Door Politics Producing Declining Living StandardsM.M. Ali

47 House by House and Village by Village: Restoring LebanonMarilyn Raschka

57 A People Beyond Suffering: Afghanistan After the Holy WarRussell Gordon

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

22 Issues in the News Compiled by Greg Noakes

29 Media Watch: Weekly Jewish Press Targets Tom BrokawKurt Holden

30 Public Opinion: U.S. Jews Strongly Support Israel-Arab PeaceElla Bancroft

32 The Cost of Israel: Cost to U.S. of World Population Programs Dwarfed By Cost to U.S. of IsraelNathan Jones

33 Congress Watch: Congress Torn Between Conflicting Israel LobbiesLucille Barnes

49 Canada Calling: Canadian Youths Return Horrified by Bosnian MiseryFaisal Kutty

50 Jews and Israel: Jewish War Veterans Battle Conference of PresidentsSheldon Richman

51 Issues in Islam: Islam on Family Planning and AbortionFouzi Sahawneh

52 Christianity and the Middle East: New Palestine-Israel Quarterly Focuses on "Religion and Politics"Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

56 United Nations Report: U.S., Israel Try To Sweep Mideast Resolutions Down the Memory Hole Ian Williams

61 Arab-American Activism: ADC Names Candace Lightner PresidentRichard H. Curtiss

62 American Muslim Activism: ISNA Hears Call for Muslim UnityGreg Noakes

64 Middle East and Peace Activism: AAI, Americans for Peace Now Host Beilin, ShaathJanet McMahon

66 California Chronicle: California Physicians Visit Palestinian, Jordanian HospitalsPat and Samir Twair

69 Book Review: Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand YearsReviewed by Edna Homa Hunt

70 Middle East History —Donald Neff
November: PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's First Appearance at the United Nations

December: Israel Was First Nation to Skyjack a Civilian Airliner

74 Other People's Mail

102 August-September 1994 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East RelationsCompiled by
Janet McMahon

110 Bulletin BoardCompiled by Janet McMahon

113 Publishers' Page