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| —Voices from the Sensible Center— Interpreting the Middle
East for North Americans— Inside This Issue 1 Special Report—If we play looney tunes too long in the Middle East, Robert Hazo predicts, we may wind up paying even stiffer prices to the piper than watching a $4.5 billion Saudi arms deal be snatched away from the US. and given to the U.K. 2 Editorial—Because the Arabs are getting their negotiating act together, the fate of the peace process rests increasingly on the shifting sands of Israeli domestic politics. It's up to us whether or not it gets buried there. 4 Update on Congress—Prestidigitation isn't limited to professional magicians anymore. It seems Congress has learned how to make the evidence of its increasing generosity to Israel disappear from the record. 6 Trade and Finance—If shooting down the Jordan arms deal seems to you like just more grand guignol Congressional politics, read John Haldane's article. The economic consequences may be all too real. 7 Lobbies & Activists—As recent statements demonstrate, there's increasing diversity of opinion in the American Jewish community when it comes to Israel and the PLO. 11 Personality—Robert Oakley's career as a Foreign Service Officer has included some tough jobs, but none like his current one as Director of the Office of Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning at State. 11 Diplomacy—We kick off a new series of profiles on movers and shakers in current U.S.-Mideast diplomatic relations with an introduction to Ambassador Rafic Jouejati, a man who's successfully weathered several storms in U.S.-Syrian relations. 12 Book Review—As the Ayatollah Khomeini and his cohorts continue their war against the world, accounts of their politics are tougher to come by. All the more reason to check out Dilip Hiro's new book on Iran Under the Ayatollahs. |