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

The U.S. War Against Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

6 U.S. Foreign Policy Is Now Israel’s Writ Large—Rachelle Marshall

8 The Saudi Peace Initiative—Three Views—Rachelle Marshall, Uri Avnery, Murhaf Jouejati

11 Or Commission Warns Barak, Ben-Ami to Prepare for Further Investigation—Jonathan Cook

12 The ADL Case Is Over, But the Struggle Continues—Jeffrey Blankfort, Anne Poirier and Steve Zeltzer

13 Washington Report Founders Andrew I. Killgore and Richard H. Curtiss: A Reputation Built on Second Looks and Double Takes—Molouk Y. Ba-Isa

14 Congress Watch: Administration Budget Requests Foreign Aid Increase, Including More Aid to Jordan—Shirl McArthur

16 Affairs of State: Is George W. Bush More Relevant Than Yasser Arafat?—Eugene Bird

18 Pan Am Flight 103 Saga Nears an End—Sort Of—Andrew I. Killgore

20 Don’t Attack Iraq—Charley Reese

21 Oil-for-Food Revenue Equivalent to Yearly Income of $156 for Each Iraqi—Peter Kiernan

24 Intifada on the Internet: Exposing Media Biases Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict—Nizar Wattad

31 Dying for Public Relations—Samah Jabr With Betsy Mayfield

51 Did Israel’s Turkish Pipeline Dreams Drive U.S. Troops to the Caucasus?—Andrew I. Killgore

SPECIAL REPORTS

23 William Kristol Takes Enron Money But Retains His Reputation—Richard H. Curtiss

26 Canada’s “Unapologetically Pro-Israel” CanWest Imposes National Editorials on Local Papers—Saleem Khan

28 Assassination of the Assassin: Elias Hobeika (1956-2002)—Sami Moubayed

34 Despite Milosevic Trial, International Justice Is Not “Justice for All”—Christopher Slaney

36 Egyptian Appeals Court Orders Civil Rights Activist Ibrahim Released, Retried—Andrew Hammond

47 Phalcon Fight Over at Last, as Israel Agrees to Pay China $350 Million—John Gee

48 As Pakistan Continues to Put Its House in Order, Election Results Worry India’s BJP—M.M. Ali

52 Arab Women Journalists Seek Ways to Improve Their Image at Home and in the West—Delinda C. Hanley

56 Ankara Moves on Domestic Reform and to Buttress Its Image as Regional Peacemaker—Jon Gorvett

57 U.N. Mission to Western Sahara Nearing 11th Anniversary of Ineffectiveness—Ian Williams

59 Aid for Afghanistan Given in “Shamelessly Propagandistic Way,” Says Financial Times—Lucy Jones

DEPARTMENTS

3 Letters to the Editor

38 Issues in the News—Compiled by Nizar Wattad

42 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons

43 Other People’s Mail

61 Detroit Doings: In Letter to President Bush, Congressman Dingell Calls for Re-engagement—Roxane Assaf

62 The Mideast in the Midwest: Face Off in Chicago’s Fifth District: Pete Dagher vs. Rahm Emmanuel—Kristin Szremski

66 New York City and Tri-State News: “Bethlehem Diary” Screening Followed by Discussion Of Illegal Jewish Settlements—Jane Adas

68 Northern California Chronicle: Islam Highlighted At City College of San Francisco Professional Development Program—Elaine Pasquini

71 Focus on Florida: Florida Clarifies License Photo Rules to Allow Women to Wear Hijab—Eloise Davis-Chopin

77 Israel and Judaism: Israel Cannot Be Both Democracy and Jewish State if It Remains in Occupied Territory—Allan C. Brownfeld

79 Islam in America: Eid Was Different This Year—Riad Z. Abdelkarim

80 Christianity and the Middle East: Christian Leaders Testify to New Expressions of Religious Freedom in Iran—Fred Strickert

82 Southern California Chronicle: Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa Addresses Arab Americans—Pat and Samir Twair

84 Muslim-American Activism: State Department Representative Discusses U.S. Foreign Policy

85 Arab-American Activism: ANERA Holds Annual Dinner

86 Human Rights: U.S. Institute Of Peace Examines Future of Atrocity Law

88 Waging Peace: Not In My Name Holds Benefit

95 Student Activism: Aiming For a Unified National Movement

96 Diplomatic Doings: President Pervez Musharraf’s Vision For Pakistan

101 Facts for Your Files: January 2002 Chronology of U.S.-Mideast Relations—Compiled by Sara Powell and Janet McMahon

103 Book Review: Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege—Reviewed by Jennifer Mitchell

105 AET Book Club Catalog

112 Bulletin Board

113 2002 AET Choir of Angels

114 Publishers’ Page

19 Index to Advertisers

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