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

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

6 Israel Carries Out Massive House Demolitions Throughout West Bank—Maureen Meehan

8 New Jewish Settlements in Jerusalem Destroying Fragile Oslo Accords—Stephen J. Sosebee

9 Israel Negotiates New Agreements While It Violates Old Ones—Rachelle Marshall

12 Only World’s Muslims Can Save Palestine Without a Bloodbath—Richard H. Curtiss

13 Clinton’s Strangely Homogenous Middle East Peace Team—Eugene Bird

16 Free at Last: The Awesome Sacrifice of Palestine’s 30 Joans of Arc—Maureen Meehan

19 An American Dreyfus Affair: The Case of Dr. Mousa Abu Marzook—Richard H. Curtiss

22 Israeli Settlement Plan Isolates U.S. in Security Council, General Assembly—Ian Williams

24 Israel Comes to the Rescue of Africa’s Most Corrupt Ruler—Rachelle Marshall

29 Israel Seeks U.S. Permission to Launch Rockets from NASA Facility in Virginia—Shawn L. Twing

30 From the Hebrew Press: The Israeli Army Has Supplied Tons of Hashish to Egyptian Soldiers—Translated by Dr. Israel Shahak

32 American Engineer Under Investigation for Passing Secrets to Israel—Shawn L. Twing

33 “A Never-Ending Saga”: The Case of “The Los Angeles Eight”—Michael Shehadeh

34 Vignettes From Jerusalem the Golden—Andrew I. Killgore

43 PACWatch: Pro-Israel PAC Donations Soared in Final Months of 1996 Election Cycle—Richard H. Curtiss and Geoff Lumetta

44 1995/96 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 1996 Congressional Candidates
(coming soon)

66 Forum Evaluates U.S. Role as “Honest Broker” of Peace Process—Janet McMahon

Special Reports

15 Refah Foreign Affairs Expert Abdullah Gul: Turkey’s Outreach to Muslim States “Realistic”—M.M. Ali

21 U.S. Press Speculation and Clinton Statement Threaten Saudi F-16 Buy—Shawn L. Twing

25 U.S. Congressional Delegations Join Protestors in Belgrade—Shirl McArthur

26 South Africa May Upgrade Syrian Tanks Despite U.S. Pressure—Shawn L. Twing

27 The Subcontinent: Mian Nawaz Sharif Earns Another Chance in Pakistan—M.M. Ali

31 Letter From Lebanon: Paradise Found and Ruined—Marilyn Raschka

37 Point of View: Is Madeleine Albright All Right?—Nijad I. Fares

88 A Satanic Khamsiin Blows Through Egypt—James J. Napoli

89 Central Asia: Ukraine Boosts Trade With Iran—Gordon Feller

90 Talking Turkey: Turkish Armed Forces Warning Blocks Islamization Moves—James M. Dorsey

96 French Islam et Occident Conference Stresses Muslim Modernization, Tolerance—Dr. Antony T. Sullivan

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

20 Congress Watch: Congress May Increase Foreign Affairs Funding, or Maybe Not—Shirl McArthur

23 Saudi Reflections: Arabs Must Stand Firm Against Pressure—Khaled Al-Maeena

28 Straight Talk: No to Violence, No to Terrorism—Dr. Abdul Qader Tash

36 Trade and Finance: After Sales to Iraq Begin—What?—Colin MacKinnon

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

52 People Watch: Principals Inject High Drama Into Crumbling of Peace Process—Lucille Barnes

57 Muslim-American Activism: Scholar Discusses Political Islam

59 Waging Peace: Scholars Discuss Jerusalem at MEI Conference

62 Arab-American Activism: “Images of Lebanon” on Display at Cannon Rotunda

63 Diplomatic Doings: Iranian Representatives Observe National Day in Washington, DC

64 Human Rights: Jahalin Moved to New Site

64 Education & Information: American Library Association Convention Highlights Internet Access, Censorship

67 California Chronicle: Alex Odeh Memorial Statue Vandalized in “Hate Crime”—Pat McDonnell Twair

70 Middle East History: April 1988: International Community Forces U.S. to Recognize the PLO and Palestinians—Donald Neff

74 Islam in Canada: First Eid al-Fitr at Parliament Hill—Faisal Kutty

75 Christianity and the Middle East: Pope and Top Armenian Prelate Press for Mideast Peace—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

76 A Muslim Traveler: What’s In a Name? Headaches If You Share One With Iraq’s Strongman—Dr. Mahjabeen Islam-Husain

77 Education: Council on Islamic Education Holds Colloquium on World History—Betsy Barlow (coming soon)

91 Northwest News: Portland State Leads Formation of Oregon Middle East Studies Consortium—Elaine Kelley

92 Canada Calling: Parliament Approves Canada-Israel Free-Trade Deal—John Dirlik

93 The Internet, the Middle East, and You: Censorship in Cyberspace—James M. Ennes, Jr.

95 News From New York: Kevorkian Center Speaker Describes Israel’s Colonial Logic—Katherine M. Metres

98 Seeing the Light: Thus I Became a Mideast Addict—Paul Findley

99 Other People’s Mail

103 Book Review: This Side of Peace: A Personal Account by Hanan Ashrawi—Reviewed by Pat McDonnell Twair

115 Facts for Your Files: January-February 1997 Chronology of U.S.–Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

121 Bulletin Board

122 Publishers’ Page