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

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

6 Will Ehud Barak Revive the Peace Process? Two Views:

Barak Will Have to Sacrifice Most of the West Bank Settlements—Alon Ben-Meir

The New Israeli Government Resumes the Slow Crawl Toward Peace—Rachelle Marshall

9 Barak Seeking to Sell Bibi’s Peace to a Gullible U.S.—Eugene Bird

12 Muslim and Arab Americans Start Coordinated Political Action on Secret Evidence, Jerusalem, Elections—Richard H. Curtiss

14 Gephardt Drops Only Muslim Panel Appointment Under Pressure From Extreme Zionist Groups—Pat McDonnell Twair

16 House Bill to Repeal Use of Secret Evidence Gets 19 Sponsors as National Awareness of Abuses Grows—Richard H. Curtiss

17 Using “Secret Evidence” Based on Translation, Transcription Errors, U.S. Orders Two Iraqi Kurds Deported—Betty Molchany

19 Israeli Textbooks and Children’s Literature Promote Racism and Hatred Toward Palestinians and Arabs—Maureen Meehan

21 By Starting Now, Arab Americans and Muslim Americans Can Make Election Year 2000 a Turning Point—Richard H. Curtiss

35 Palestinian, Israeli Academics Participate in Conference on Ecology and Environmental Quality—Sr. Elaine Kelley

42 What Israeli Historians Say About 1948 Ethnic Cleansing—Charley Reese

43 Israel’s Cult of Disinformation and the Complications of Basing a Policy Upon a Foundation of Lies—Andrew I. Killgore

45 U.S. Aid to Israel Now Exceeds $90 Billion—Richard H. Curtiss

46 Law Suit by Two Shabak Interrogators Reveals Much About Treatment of Their Victims—Victor Ostrovsky

48 Christian Peacemakers Told Palestinian Authority Is “Skimming Our Taxes for Personal Gain”—Julie Hart

86 Chicago Palestinian-American Describes 36 Days of Israeli Detention After He Tried to Visit the West Bank—Raeed N. Tayeh

98 U.S. Decisiveness on Kosovar Refugees and What It Should Mean for the Palestinians—Sherri Muzher

Special Reports

23 U.S. Cautious in Dealing With Iran Turbulence—Richard H. Curtiss

25 In Los Angeles, 5,000 Iranians Rally in Support of Political Prisoners and Against “Rule of the Mullahs”—Pat and Samir Twair

26 Indonesia’s Elections Point Toward Transfer of Power to Megawati Sukarnoputri Party in Coalition With Islamists—John Gee

27 Reports of Israeli-Iranian Contracts Cause Caspian Countries, Oil Companies to Reassess Possibilities—Gordon Feller

28 Shrinking of Aral Sea Causes Regional Health Crisis—Lucy Jones

30 Kargil Crisis Recedes in Wake of Clinton-Sharif Meeting, But Menacing Kashmir Problem Remains Unsolved—M.M. Ali

33 Shafiq W. Kombargi—Andrew I. Killgore

37 Banning of Mehmet’s Book of First-Hand Accounts of Kurd War Highlights Turkey’s “Vietnam Syndrome”—Jon P. Gorvett

55 West Coast Ensemble’s “Balkan Women” Portrays Muslim Terror in Serbian Prison—Pat McDonnell Twair

96 World’s Muslims Did a Better Job Getting Relief to Kosovars Than in Telling World About It—Delinda C. Hanley

100 In Kosovo War, VOA and Other International Broadcasters Played a Key Behind-the-Scenes Role—Alan Heil

CYPRUS: Coping With a Quarter-Century of Separation

56 Cyprus Dispute: 25 Years of Deadlock—Jon P. Gorvett

58 The Cyprus Problem: Two Views

Lessons From the Kosovo Conflict for Resolution of the Cyprus Problem—Ambassador Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis

Why, So Far, the Cyprus Problem Has Remained Unsolved—Michael Moran

62 TRNC Washington Representative Ahmet Erdengiz—Janet McMahon

64 Ambassador Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis—Janet McMahon

66 Cyprus in History—A Chronology

67 Cyprus’ Greek and Turkish Populations Pulled Further Apart With Time—Jon P. Gorvett

69 Inter-Communal Contacts Help Build Links for the Future of Cyprus—Benjamin J. Broome

71 Nicosia’s “Mayor for Life” Lellos Demetriades—Janet McMahon

72 Having Overcome 1974 Upheaval, Cyprus Now Boasts Healthy Economy, Anticipates EU Membership—Janet McMahon

74 Presidential Commissioner Manolis Christofides Oversees Relations With Cyprus’ “Other” Minorities—Janet McMahon

75 Cyprus’ Rebuilt Tourism Industry Looks to the Future

77 European Court of Human Rights Rules in Favor of Woman Seeking to Regain Family Home in Kyrenia—Janet McMahon

79 MP Kate Clerides—Janet McMahon

80 Government Spokesman Christos Stylianides Discusses Cyprus, EU Membership—Janet McMahon

80 Democratic Rally Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou—Janet McMahon

81 AKEL Communist Party’s Andros Kyprianou—Janet McMahon

82 Greek and Turkish Cypriot University Students Have More In Common Than Expected—Benjamin J. Broome

84 Cypriot Archeological Officer Deplores Theft and Dispersion of Antiquities From Northern Cyprus—Janet McMahon

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

32 United Nations Report: Diplomats Spar Over Iraq, Libya, Western Sahara and Israeli-Occupied Territories—Ian Williams

38 Issues in the News—Compiled by Delinda C. Hanley

49 People Watch: Moroccan Monarch’s Funeral Spotlights Middle East Changes—Lucille Barnes

50 Other People’s Mail

87 Southern California Chronicle: Lebanese Ambassador Denounces Israeli Blitz on Civilian Areas, Power Plants—Pat and Samir Twair

89 Churches for Middle East Peace to Focus on Oslo’s Final Status Issues—Dr. Fred Strickert

92 Mahjabeen’s Musings: We Can Mix Morality With Politics By Changing the System, Not Ourselves—Mahjabeen Islam-Husain

93 Islam in America: Jailing of Algerian Parliamentarian Anwar Haddam in U.S. Is Tragic Example of Misuse of “Secret Evidence”—El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan

102 Facts for Your File: May, June 1999 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

108 Middle East History: September 1988: Muslim Fundamentalists of Hamas Challenge PLO for Palestinian Support—Donald Neff

110 Trade and Finance: IMF Praises Program to Deal With Turkey’s 60-Percent-Plus Inflation (But Puts a Hold on Support)—Colin MacKinnon

113 Canada Calling: Canadian Nuclear Fusion Sale to Iran Under Fire—Faisal Kutty

121 Muslim-American Activism: 24th ICNA Annual Convention Attracts Heavy Participation

125 Arab-American Activism: ADC’s 16th National Convention Gives Arab Americans a Pro-Active Agenda

130 Waging Peace: NGOs and Community Organizations in Iran

132 Diplomatic Doings: St. John’s University Confers Degree on Egyptian President

134 Human Rights: Peace and Justice Foundation Launches Public Information Campaign on U.S. Government’s Use of Secret Evidence

138 Book Review: The Agent: The Truth Behind the Anti-Muslim Campaign in America—Reviewed by Richard H. Curtiss

153 Bulletin Board

154 Publishers’ Page