December 1997, TOC
Washington Report
—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 Binyamin
Netanyahu's Dangerous Vision—Richard H. Curtiss
7 Bungled
Amman Assassination Plot Exposes Rift Within Israeli Government
Over Negotiations—Victor Ostrovsky
9 Congressional,
Media Support for Netanyahu Undercuts U.S. Middle East Policy Objectives—Rachelle
Marshall
11 Israel
Aims to Drive Palestinians From Homeland Through Harassment, Permit
Denials, Demolitions—Stephen J. Sosebee
15 "Compromise"
at Ras Al-Amoud Results in More Israeli "Facts on the Ground"
in Heart of Arab East Jerusalem—Stephen J. Sosebee
16 Interim
Middle East Report Card on 105th Congress—Shirl McArthur
21 There
Is a Moral Equivalency Between "Arab Terrorism"
and Netanyahu's Actions—Ray Hanania
27 As
Burdens Grow, UNRWA Lebanon Budget Imperiled—Ghada Khouri
35 Hide
and Seek: Israel's Nuclear Game—Dr. Edna Homa Hunt
42 Tiny
Israel's Giant U.S. Lobby Goes Unmentioned in Campaign Finance Hearings—Mitchell
Kaidy
43 True
Lies About U.S. Aid to Israel—Richard H. Curtiss
47 If
Peace Process Must Die, Let's Not Forget Who Killed It—Richard
H. Curtiss
48 Madeleine
Albright Crowns Her Unsuccessful Middle East Trip With a Venture
in Pilate Diplomacy—Eugene Bird
53 Current
Translations and Commentary From Israel's Hebrew-Language Press—Dr.
Israel Shahak
Bookburners and Their Victims: First-Hand
Accounts of Pro-Israel McArthyism
22 New
U.S. Anti-Terrorism Law Claiming First Victims As Florida Scholar
Is Jailed on Unknown Charges—Paul Findley
52 How
Israel's Brutal Birth "Disappeared" From a Pioneer American
Christian's Modern History Saga—Andrew I. Killgore
57 In
California Court Case, ADL Still Delaying Disclosure of Where It
Got and What It Did With Personal Data on Anti-Apartheid and Pro-Palestinian
Activists—Kurt Holden
59 Young
Reporter Finds That at the Demand of Pro-Israel Advertisers, Freedom
of the Press is Revokable—Anne Thomas
95 HarperCollins
Takes Popular New Heikal Book "Out of Print" Three Months
After U.S. Release—Abdeen Jabara
Special Reports
12 The
1997 Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Convention —Two
Perspectives—Raeshma Razvi and M.M. Ali
20 Naila
Asali: Chairwoman, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee—Andrew
I. Killgore
23 Dr.
Agha Saeed: Dynamic Leader of Expanding American Muslim Alliance—Richard
H. Curtiss
26 Turkey's
New Government Looking Again to the Caucasus and Central Asia—Gordon
Feller
28 Lack
of Regional Military Balance Motivates Clandestine Iranian Medium-Range
Missile Program—Shawn L. Twing
29 Pakistan
and India Observe 50 Years of Independence—M.M. Ali
30 Talking
Turkey: Military Crackdown on Islamic Education Puts Crushing Burden
on Antiquated School System—James M. Dorsey
31 Turkey's
Secularists Won First Round Without Bloodshed, But Islamists Expect
Victory in 1998 Election—Marvine Howe
34 Whether
It's Jerusalem or Nantucket, You Can't Go Home Again—Dr.
Alfred M. Lilienthal
37 Dr.
Ragaa Mostafa Hathout, a Muslim Mom Who Has It All—Pat
McDonnell Twair
55 Attack
on German Tourist Bus Bad Omen for Both Egyptian Government and
Islamic Militants—James J. Napoli
56 As
U.S. Rediscovers Lebanon, Its People Dare to Hope for "a Lebanon
Free From All Foreign Forces"—Carole Dagher
106 Rabbi
Daniel Isaak: Oregon Peace Activist—Elaine Kelley
115 Astrolabe
Pictures: Major Source of Islamic Entertainment and Educational
Multimedia Products—Michael S. Lee
Departments
3 Letters
to the Editor
18 Straight
Talk: Arab and American Media Men in Asila—Dr.
Abdul Qader Tash
19 Saudi
Reflections: The First Arab Forum of International Stature—Khaled
Al-Maeena
38 Issues
in the News—Compiled by Shawn L. Twing
46 Speaking
Out: At Last, The Washington Post Takes a Stand—Paul Findley
49 Congress
Watch: Despite New Settlements, Assassination Attempt, Congress
Renews Israeli Aid at Full 1997 Level—Shirl McArthur
58 United
Nations Report: As List of Israeli Breaches of Geneva Conventions
Grows, U.N. and Switzerland May Summon Signatories—Ian Williams
60 Media
Watch: As U.S. Media Ownership Shrinks, Who Covers Islam?—Richard
H. Curtiss
61 People
Watch: Maryland Murder Case Prompts Threats to Cut U.S. Aid
to Israel—Lucille Barnes
64 Northeast
News: Armenian Museum Dedicates Exhibit to Genocide—David P.
Johnson, Jr.
67 Arab-American
Activism: NAAA Hosts Kuwaiti Parliamentarian
67 Muslim-American Activism:
New York Chapter of American Muslim Alliance Conducts First Statewide
Meetings (coming soon)
68 Waging
Peace: Samuel Berger Speaks at Georgetown
73 Diplomatic Doings: Jordanian
Ambassador Lends Voice to Palestinian Arabs Living in Israel (coming
soon)
74 Human Rights: Lisa Hajjar
Speaks on Status of Human Rights Groups in Israel and the Occupied
Territories (coming soon)
79 Education:
Full Schedule of Fall Conferences Underway—Betsy Barlow
81 Middle
East History: December 1987: The Intifada Erupts, Forcing Israel
to Recognize Palestinians—Donald Neff
84 Trade
and Finance: U.N., World Bank, IMF Criticize Israeli Closure
Policy—Colin MacKinnon
85 Other
People's Mail
104 Christianity
and the Middle East: EMEU Conference to Ponder Christianity's
Future in Mideast—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz
107 California
Chronicle: Lebanese Newspaper Exposes Sales by Greek Clerics
of East Jerusalem Lands to Israelis—Pat and Samir Twair
112 Northwest
News: Jerusalem Municipality Deputy Director-General Challenged
on Policies in Meeting With Portland Group—Elaine Kelley
116 Book
Review: Egypt's Road to Jerusalem: A Diplomat's Story of
the Struggle for Peace in the Middle East—Reviewed
by Shawn L. Twing
117 Book
Review: Ben Ali on the Road to Pluralism
in Tunisia—Reviewed by Richard H. Curtiss
129 Facts
for Your Files: August, September 1997 Chronology of U.S.-Middle
East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon
136 Bulletin
Board
137 Publishers'
Page
138 Editor's
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