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

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

6 After Illusory “Victory” in First “Battle of Burger King,” Muslims, Arabs Prepare for Second Round—Richard H. Curtiss

7 Israel Withdraws From Lebanon But Peace Is Not Yet in Sight—Rachelle Marshall

9 “Three Strikes and You’re Out”: The End of Israel’s Grab for the Litani River—Andrew I. Killgore

10 Israeli Media Reflect Profound Shock and Pessimism Over Chaotic Lebanon Retreat—Nathan Jones

11 Amnesty International Charges Khiam War Crimes—Amnesty International Delegation

13 As Clinton’s Last Days in Office Dwindle, So Do Hopes for Middle East Peace in His Term—Eugene Bird

15 As Both Presidential Candidates Kowtow at AIPAC Conference, Only an Israeli Speaker Voices Doubts—Jamie Terral

20 Newly Established Council for Palestinian Repatriation Launches World-Wide Petition Drive—Sherri Muzher

43 Report of Israeli Eavesdropping on White House Telephones Gets Varying Media Treatment—Richard H. Curtiss

46 Israeli Pundits See No Peace With Palestinians or Syria, Despite U.S. Pressure in Clinton’s Final Year—Nathan Jones

47 Hebrew University Seeks to Remove Forcibly Five Palestinian Families From Land It has Seized—Matthew Brubacher

54 Israeli Media See Clinton Permitting Israeli AWACS Sale to China—Nathan Jones

55 As American Cliff Kindy Is Refused Entry, Israel Continues Campaign Against “Christian Peacemakers”—Kathy Kern

56 Disinformation in the U.S. Media Turned Occupied Territory Into Israel’s “Security Zone”—Mitchell Kaidy

57 Internet Reveals What Media Won’t About Albright—Richard H. Curtiss

62 Pro-Israel Columnist Dismisses Arab-American Political Potential, But Facts Suggest Otherwise—Richard H. Curtiss

69 Palestinian-Israeli Roundtable Reports Impasse on Joint Economic Rules and Projects—Sr. Elaine Kelley

Congress and the Year 2000 Elections

16 Pro-Israel PAC Charts Show Readers Which Congressional Candidates Are Getting AIPAC Money, But Not How Much—Richard H. Curtiss

17 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2000 Congressional Candidates

21 Congresswoman Pat Danner to Retire; Who Stands Where on Eight Pending Bills, Letters—Shirl McArthur

Special Reports

14 Mysterious Iranian Defector in Turkey Prompts Reassessment of Origins of Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing—Richard H. Curtiss

23 Heavy-Handed Intimidation Fails to Deter Palestinian-American Charity—Richard H. Curtiss

26 Far Eastern Press Beginning to Publicize Abuses of Southeast Asian Workers in Israel—John Gee

27 Beyond “Whodunit”: The Political Road to the Lockerbie Trial—Shirin Sinnar

28 European Press Calls “Premature Exit” From Lebanon a “Humiliation for Israel”—Lucy Jones

29 Leukemia in Iraq—Andrew North

31 Musharraf’s Military Government Receives Judicial Endorsement for Three-Year Rule in Pakistan—M.M. Ali

32 Dispute Over Controversial Book A Banquet for Seaweed Becomes Increasingly Politicized in Egypt—Andrew Hammond

33 Tunisian President Ben Ali Encourages Tunisian Press to Be “More Critical”—Mohammad Dalbah

34 Despite All Odds and Expectations, Iran Convenes a Freely Elected New Parliament—John P. Nordin

36 Canadian Foreign Minister Condemns Iraq Sanctions, But Chretien Backslides on Palestine Neutrality—Faisal Kutty

37 As Waves of Clandestine Europe-Bound Refugees Crash Over Turkey, Human Tragedies Rise—Jon Gorvett

48 Prospects for Middle East Media Reform Assessed at Montreal Global Broadcasting Conference—Alan L. Heil Jr.

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

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

50 Southern California Chronicle: Future of Iran, Iraq, Arab Gulf States Explored at UCLA International Conference—Pat and Samir Twair

59 Northern California Chronicle: American Gulf War Veteran and Iraqi Refugee Speak Out Against Iraqi Sanctions—Elaine Pasquini

65 Israel and Judaism: Compromise on Palestinian Refugees Is Essential for Middle East Peace to Succeed—Allan C. Brownfeld

67 Christianity and the Middle East: Friends of Sabeel Conference 2000 Concentrates on Sharing Jerusalem, Refugees and Ethnic Cleansing—Fred Strickert

70 ISLAM IN AMERICA: Barriers to American Muslims’ Political Cohesiveness Are Largely Internal—Dr. Muqtedar Khan

72 Trade and Finance: Saudi Arabia: Major Change in Investment Climate—Colin MacKinnon

80 Other People’s Mail

87 Muslim-American Activism: America, Islam, and the New Millennium Conference

90 ARAB-AMERICAN ACTIVISM: Thomas Pickering Defends the U.S. Policy on Iraq Sanctions at ADC Conference

94 HUMAN RIGHTS: Afif Safieh Tells Holy Land Foundation Dinner Guests of Grave Problems Facing Christians in the Holy Land

102 DIPLOMATIC DOINGS: A Night of Kuwaiti Folklore

103 Facts for Your File: April 2000 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

105 Book Review:
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia—Reviewed by Lucy Jones

107 AET Book Club Catalog

114 Publishers’ Page