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

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

7  Barak Puts Peace on Hold While He Tries to Save His Government—Rachelle  Marshall

9 Palestinians Differ on Desirability of Statehood, But Not on Need for Independence From Israel—Christopher Slaney

27 Affairs of State: Bill, Will We Miss You When You’re Gone?—Eugene Bird

29 “Not Another Pollard Affair”: What’s Wrong With This Picture?—Victor Ostrovsky

30 U.S. Media Fail to “Create Facts” With Assad at Shepherdstown, Arafat at Camp David—Andrew I. Killgore

31 Preparing Israel for Peace—James Rond

Year 2000 Elections

6 Sen. Joseph Lieberman Top Pro-Israel PAC Recipient—Before Being Named to National Ticket—Janet McMahon

11 Arab- and Muslim-American Presence Felt at Democratic National  Convention—Pat McDonnell Twair

12 By Their Advisers Ye Shall Know Them: “The Dark Prince” vs. “Darth Vadar”—Andrew I. Killgore

13 The Effect of Apathy: A Cautionary Tale

14 In Their Own Words: Arab-American Democrats Discuss the Gore-Lieberman Ticket—Sherri Muzher

15 Though Arab-American, Ralph Nader’s Foreign Policy Views Remain Somewhat of an Enigma—Mitchell Kaidy

16 Eight Arab Americans Running for Congress in November—Shirl McArthur

19 Our Community Has Never Been More Powerful!—A. Omar Turbi

20 AMPCC Launches Hesham Reda Voter Registration Campaign—Lubna Javaid

21 Muslims Can Swing the Election—But Will We?—Mahjabeen Islam-Husain

23 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2000 Congressional Candidates

47 Congress Watch: Israel’s Congressional Supporters Threaten Aid Cut-Off if Palestinian Authority Declares State—Shirl McArthur

95 AMC Announces Results of Poll Profiling American Muslims—Delinda C. Hanley

Special Reports

32 Ten Years After Iraq’s Invasion, Kuwait’s Prosperity Tempered by Lingering Memories of Its Trauma—Andrew North

34 A Dim Light for Iraqis at the End of a Long Tunnel—Dilip Hiro

36 Basra, 120 Degrees in the Shade—Bert Sacks

48 In Memoriam: Grace Halsell (1923-2000)—Andrew I. Killgore

49 Memorial Service Remarks—John Mahoney

54 Asian Leaders Advise Arafat Against September Declaration, Libya Arranges Freeing of Abu Sayyaf Hostages—John Gee

56 Kashmir Issue Threatens Peace Again—M.M. Ali

58 Turkish General’s Warning Against Fundamentalist “Infiltration” an Ominous Echo of Earlier Threat—Jon Gorvett

59 Rumors Persist of Egyptian Effort to Broker Compromise Agreement on Jerusalem—Andrew Hammond

61 Canada Brushes Off Arafat—Faisal Kutty

68 Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation Schedules Second Annual Convention for Washington, DC—Alan L. Heil Jr.

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

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

43 Other People’s Mail

50 European Press Review: Collapse of Middle East Peace Talks “Predictable,” Says Times of London—Lucy Jones

52 United Nations Report: Handshaking and Foot-dragging at the U.N. Millennium Summit—Ian Williams

62 Northern California Chronicle: Egypt’s Future Addressed by Egyptian Consul General of San Francisco—Elaine Pasquini

65 Southern California Chronicle: Kiddle East Expert David Andrus Predicts Iraqi Sanctions “Here to Stay”—Pat and Samir Twair

69 Christianity and the Middle East: Christian Leaders Promote Concept of a Shared Jerusalem—Fred Strickert

72 Islam in America: Muqtedar Khan

73 Israel and Judaism: The Lieberman Candidacy, the Mideast and Unanswered Questions About American Jewish Identity—Allan C. Brownfeld

75 Education: New Curricular Units on Iraq and Central Asia—Betsy Barlow

78 Trade and Finance: As the U.S. and Iran Slowly Warm to Each Other, What Will Happen to Trade?—Colin MacKinnon

84 Muslim-American Activism: Theme for ISNA’s 37th Convention is “Islam: Faith and Civilization”

88 ARAB-American Activism: Palestinian-Born High School Teacher Attends U.S. Peace Institute Conference on Conflict Prevention

90 HUMAN RIGHTS: Downpour Doesn’t Daunt Determined Demonstrators

91 WAGING PEACE: American University Professors Discuss Middle East Peace Challenges

95 DIPLOMATIC DOINGS: Seeds of Peace Campers Question Dennis Ross

97 Facts for Your Files: July-August 2000 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

102 Book Reviews:

Caught in Between: The Extraordinary Story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli—Reviewed by Mary C. Cook

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree; The Book of Saladin; The Stone Woman—Reviewed by Hugh S. Galford

105 AET Book Club Catalog

114 Publishers’ Page