—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
Rabin Assassination Sharpens Choice Facing
His Country—Richard H. Curtiss
7 Right-Wing Extremists
Endanger Israel and the Jews—Rachelle Marshall
8 "Mr. President,
Mr. Palestine"—Paul Findley
9 Three Years After Mountain
Exile, Palestinian Expellees Home Again—Marilyn Raschka
11 Palestinian Trade
Delegation Tours U.S. Cities—Shawn L. Twing
13 Palestine, Israel
and the Middle East: The Economics of Peace—Janet McMahon
16 Was Amman Summit to
Serve the Cause of Peace or The Cause of Israel?—Eugene
Bird
17 Oslo II Carves Up
the West Bank—Frank Collins
18 What Will Likud Do
When It Comes to Power in Israel?—Israel Shahak
20 Unflappable Arafat
Ignores Detractors in New York, Boston—Eugene Bird
30 Chomsky Labels Oslo
Accords "Triumph of U.S. Indoctrination System"—JohnDirlik
31 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions
to 1996 Congressional Candidates
48-56 The United Arab Emirates Today
48 The UAE: From Bold
Dream to Spectacular Reality in One Generation—Richard
H. Curtiss
50 The UAE at a Glance—Shawn
L. Twing
52 Abu Dhabi Has Been
Converted From Desert Land to a Land of Gardens—Habeeb
Salloum
54 UAE Ports of Dubai
and Jebal Ali Help Make it World Trade Center—Habeeb
Salloum
56 Long UAE Archeological
Record Shows Links to Earliest Civilizations—Richard
H. Curtiss
Special Reports
12 Turnout Unprecedented
for Marzieh in California's Iranian Community—Ali Parsa
15 Bosnia Talks Show
What a Superpower Can Do When Lobbies are Absent—Richard
H. Curtiss
19 Beyond the Presidential
Elections in Algeria—Aicha Lemsine
28 Who Is Behind the Taking of Foreign Hostages
in Kashmir?—Two Views
—Rafique Khan
and Suroosh Irfani
34 Afghan-Pakistan Axis
Ruptured as Region Prepares for Climactic Battle—M.M.
Ali
35 With Lebanese President's
Second Term, Democracy Suffers Severe Blow—Carole Dagher
37 Tansu Ciller Ready
to Face European Union and Turkish Voters—James M. Dorsey
38 Brown Amendment Prepares
Way for Arms Delivery to Pakistan—M.M. Ali
41 An American Muslim
Immigrant Assesses the Million Man March—Ali Nawaz Memon
Departments
3 Letters to the Editor
10 Christianity and the
Middle East: "Bulldozed on the West Bank: Self-Help Project
Is Leveled"—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz
14 Personality: Palestinian
Conductor Will Make History With Galilee Symphony—Pat
McDonnell Twair
21 United Nations Report:
Akashi Departure Signals New Start In Bosnia—Ian
Williams
22 Issues in the News—Compiled
by Shawn L. Twing
33 Point of View: Just
Reducing War Risk Will Not Produce Reconciliation—Robert
G. Hazo
36 Canada Calling: Sarajevo
Mayor Addresses Toronto Audience—Faisal Kutty
39 Point of View: Entitlement:
I Did It Because God Said I Could—Don Bustany
40 Issues in Islam: Expanding
Horizons for American Muslims—Greg Noakes
42 Education: Films,
Books Help Explain Unresolved Problems Facing Peace Negotiators—Betsy
Barlow
43 Other People's Mail
68 Book Reviews:
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem
Girlhood—Reviewed by Karen Henry
Fallen Pillars: U.S. Policy Towards
Palestine and Israel Since 1945—Reviewed by Andrew
I. Killgore
69 Arab American Activism:
NAAA Calls for Investigation Into Palestinian's Death
71 American Muslim Activism:
The Wisdom Fund Defends German Cultural Prize Winner
72 Diplomatic Doings:
Pakistan Foreign Minister Visits United States
73 Waging Peace: GWU
Holds Terrorism Symposium
74 American Jews and
Israel: Just Before His Death, Rabin Made Unprecedented Attack
on U.S. Jewish Leaders
77 California Chronicle:
Palestinian-American Contractor Is Building the Future in Gaza—Pat
McDonnel Twair
79 Middle East History:
December 1991: With Release of Terry Anderson, U.S. Hostage Ordeal
Ended in Lebanon—Donald Neff
81 Trade and Finance:
Can Middle East States Choose Prosperity? The World Bank Thinks
So —Colin MacKinnon
111 Facts for Your File: September-October
1995 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations —Compiled
by Janet McMahon
120 Bulletin Board
121 Publishers' Page |
