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

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

6 No Surprises: Netanyahu Does Not Soften His Rhetoric in First U.S. Visit—Eugene Bird

7 As Netanyahu Delays Redeployments, Settlers Plan Expansion —Maureen Meehan (coming soon)

8 Israel Increases Policy Of Confiscation Of East Jerusalem Identity Cards —Maureen Meehan (coming soon)

9 Palestinians Expelled By Libya Stranded In Makeshift Camp—Salma Shawa 

10 Three Exclusive Tips For Binyamin Netanyahu—Paul Findley

22 Translations From The Hebrew Press: Netanyahu: Palestinian Authority Can Halt Terror When It Wants To—Israel Shahak

24 Is Anything Left Of The Peace Process After Netanyahu's Victory? Two Views—Rachelle Marshall and Robert Hazo

26 Netanyahu's Visit Confirmed Death Of The Peace Process—Salam Al-Marayati

27 Builders For Peace: A Dream That Went Nowhere—Andrew I. Killgore

28 In Wake Of Oslo Accord Failure, Palestinians Start From Scratch —Abed Awad (coming soon)

29 U.S. Senate Moves To Limit Commercial Satellite Imagery Of Israel—Shawn L. Twing

35 The Task Of The Cairo Summit—Abdul Qader Tash

41 Peace Must Be For All, Not For Israel Alone—Khaled Al-Maeena (coming soon)

Special Reports

12 AUC Forum Considers Arab States of the Gulf—Lynn Mahoney

37 Western And Islamist Leaders Consider "Dialogue Of Cultures And Civilizations"—Antony T. Sullivan

43 Pending U.S. Legislation Over Iran May Trigger European Retaliation —Shawn L. Twing (coming soon)

44 Shaikh Hasina Takes Over From Khalida Zia in Successful Bangladesh Election—M.M. Ali

45 Islamist Prime Minister Faces Domestic Challenges, International Opportunities—James M. Dorsey

61 Srebrenica Massacre Remembered at One-year Anniversary —Geoff Lumetta (coming soon)

Pakistan: An Islamic Democracy

By Richard H. Curtiss

71 World's Seventh Most Populous Country is Little Understood in U.S. (coming soon)

72 Pakistan at a glance —Shawn L. Twing (coming soon)

73 Maleeha Lodhi, The Ambassador Who "Looks Like A Movie Star"

74 A Personal Reminiscence: As Pakistan Approaches 50, The Changes Are All For The Good

75 After Years Of Marking Time, Environment Gets Top-level Attention

76 Salma Waheed, A Government Activist For Women's Rights (coming soon)

77 Pakistan In History: 5,000 Years Of Continuous Civilization (coming soon)

78 S.M. Zafar—An Effective Legal Advocate For Human Rights

79 Roushane Zafar—An Economist Activist For Women's Empowerment

80 Shahnaz Bukhari—A Single-minded Activist For Womens' Rights

81 The Aurat Foundation—Information Clearing House For Women's Affairs

82 Agha Murtaza Pooya: A Journalist-scholar From The Shi'i Community (coming soon)

83 Pakistan's "Ultimate Experience" Brings 450,000 International Tourists Annually

84 Lagging Education: The Achilles' Heal In Pakistani Development

85 Pakistan's Domestic Narcotics Problem Reflects Regional Instability

96 Pakistan's 11,000 NGOs: Spearheading Development Or Siphoning Off Foreign Aid?

The 1996 U.S. Elections

14 National Jewish Democratic Council Accused Dole of Hostility to Israel —Richard H. Curtiss

Clinton or Dole: Who's Best for Middle East Peace? Six Views

16 A "Yellow Dog" Democrat Against Clinton in 1996—Andrew I. Killgore

17 I'll Hold My Nose With One Hand And Vote For Clinton With the Other—Sen. James G. Abourezk

18 For Arab And Muslim Americans, It Should Be Dole, Not Clinton—A. Omar Turbi

19 Muslim Pros And Cons For President Bill Clinton And Senator Bob Dole—Abdurahaman Alomoudi

20 For A Stateless American, Congress Is Where It's At—Janet McMahon

21 Without Work, American Muslims Will Remain Irrelevant To The Elections—Ali Nawaz Memon

23 Rudy Boschwitz Is Back, Unless We Stop Him—By Sen. James G. Abourezk

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

11 Middle East Meets Middle West: On Jerusalem—Raeshma Razvi

14 Education: ACCESS of Dearborn Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary —Betsy Barlow

30 Issues in the News—Compiled by Shawn L. Twing

38 Middle East History —Donald Neff

August 1912: Justice Brandeis was the Savior of Zionism in America

September 1990: Israel Briefly Succeeds in Banning Book in U.S. Exposing Mossad Spies (coming soon)

40 United Nations Report: Threats by U.S. to veto a Boutros-Ghali Second Term Stirs Resentment—Ian Williams

42 Trade and Finance: Stock Decline signals That if Peace Falters, Israeli Boom Ends—Colin MacKinnon

46 The Internet, the Middle East, and You: Where are the Middle East Resources?—James M. Ennes, Jr.

46 Christianity and the Middle East: Middle East Muslims and Christianity Unite in Jerusalem Appeal—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

48 Other People's Mail (coming soon)

55 Muslim-American Activism: AMC Condemns Truck Bomb In Saudi Arabia (coming soon)

55 Waging Peace: CPAP Has Busy Summer Schedule (coming soon)

57 Arab-American Activism: Palestine Aid Society Raises Funds (coming soon)

58 Diplomatic Doings: Egyptian Envoy says Netanyahu Violates Madrid Accord (coming soon)

59 Human Rights: Amnesty International Condemns "Grapes of Wrath" Campaign (coming soon)

62 Bulletin Board (coming soon)

63 Book Reviews

Image And Reality Of The Israel-Palestine Conflict—Reviewed by Edna Homa Hunt

God Has Ninety-nine Names: Reporting From A Militant Middle East—Reviewed by Shawn L. Twing (coming soon)

66 California Chronicle:World Affairs Council Considers Other Side of Israeli-Palestinian Coin—Pat and Samir Twair

121 Facts for Your File: June 1996 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations

138 Publishers' Page