—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

Inside This Issue

3 New York Peace Conference Brings Israelis and Palestinians Together for Talks—Mary Barrett

5 Bush and Baker Teach Mideast Visitors the Texas Two-Step—Richard H. Curtiss

7 Rival Government Factions Emerge Clearly as Iran's Post-Khomeini Power Struggle Begins—Bahram Alavi

8 New Mossad Chief Takes Charge in a New Era—Michael C. Dunn

9 As Needs Grow in Occupied Territories, US-Based Charities Meet the Challenge—Mitch Kaidy

10 Congress: Switching Sides on Lavi & FSX—Dennis J. Wamsted

11 House Voting Records for 100^th Congress on Middle East Issues—Allan C. Kellum

15 Pacific Perspectives: Japan Launches Major Study of Arab Society: Urbanism in Islam—Alice and Yasumusa Kuroda

16 Two Views: Should the Shamir Government Negotiate with the PLO?
— Sol Schindler
— Jerome Segal

17 Two Views: Should Palestinians Under Occupation Negotiate with the PLO?
— Abdul Salam Y. Massarueh
— Muhammad Hallaj

18 Two Views: Bush's Middle East Policy: Too Fast, Too Slow, or Just Right?
— George Thompson
— Allan C. Brownfeld

19 Human Rights: Amnesty International Intensifies Middle East Scrutiny—Sally Clark Nyhan

20 Seeing the Light: Eleven Months Chained to a Wall—Time to Reach Some Conclusions—Jerry Levin

22 Dissent Channel: Rushdie Furor Seems Aimed at Dividing Christians and Muslims—Mohammad J. Khan

23 Trade and Finance—John T. Haldane

24 Other People's Mail

32 Facts for Your Files: Chronology of US-Mideast Relations

33 Letters to the Editors

40 Book Reviews:
— Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East
— An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings

40 Words to Remember

41 Canada Calling: Canada Lifts All Restrictions on PLO Contacts—John Dirlik

49 California Chronicle—Pat McDonnell Twair

50 TIE: Training, Information, & Education Exchange

51 Personality: Chris Giannou—Pat McDonnell Twair