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

The U.S., Iraq, and the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

7 The Unintended Consequences of America’s Middle East Wars—Rachelle Marshall

10 In a Typical Week in Gaza, No News Is Good News—Mohammed Omer

12 Two Views—60 Years of Israel, 60 Years of Al-Nakba—Patrick Seale, Nasser Barghouti and Bassemah Darwish

14 The Nakba Continues: The Ethnic Cleansing of Jaffa’s Ajami Neighborhood—Isabelle Humphries

16 The Un-American Treatment of Sami Al-Arian—Charley Reese

17 In Memoriam: Riad Elsolh Hamad (1952-2008)—Greta Berlin

18 Dead in the Water: Israel’s Fuel Blockade of Gaza—Mohammed Omer

20 U.N. Report: Tails Wagging Dogs, Dogs Barking—Ian Williams

21 A Letter to President Jimmy Carter—Uri Avnery

23 Name That Terrorist—James G. Abourezk

41 Let Me Stand Alone: Book Tour, Reading Events Share Writings of Rachel Corrie—Laura Cooley

CONGRESS AND THE 2008 ELECTIONS

22 The Fear Factor That Silences—Paul Findley

25 Some Congressional Democrats See Improved Chances of Modifying Course in Iraq—Shirl McArthur

Special Reports

27 Beirut on the Brink—Rannie Amiri

28 50 Years Later, U.S. Marines Remember the 1958 U.S. “Intervention” in Lebanon—Alasdair Soussi

30 Turkey’s Risky Politics Makes for Risky Business as Well—John Gee

31 Spying Operation Causes German-Afghan Rift—Lucy Jones

32 Malaysia’s Islamists Going for the Mainstream?—John Geeu

34 Accused Toronto 18—Now Toronto 11—Undergo Trial by Media—Beenish Gaya

35 An Open Letter to Canadian Authorities Regarding The “Toronto 11”—Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations

36 Three Months After Independence Declared, Kosovo Still Faces Uncertain Future—Peter Lippmang

79 In Memoriam: Lucille Martha Ablan (1928-2004)—Andrew I. Killgore

80 In Memoriam: Donald Alford Weadon, Jr. (1945-2008)—Andrew I. Killgore

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

39 Other People's Mail

43 New York city and tri-state News: Mohammad Jaradat and Eitan Bronstein Discuss 1948, Right of Return—Jane Adas

46 Southern California Chronicle: CAIR, Japanese Americans Forge Historic Ties at Manzanar Concentration Camp—Pat and Samir Twair

48 Northern California Chronicle: Hinduism, Islam Discussed at San Francisco Ladies Consular Corps Luncheon—Elaine Pasquini

50 Israel and judaism: Israel at 60 Has an Increasingly Troubled Relationship With American Jews—Allan C. Brownfeld

52 Arab-American Activism:

ATFL Honors Lebanese-American Entrepreneurs, Heroes
Land Day Commemorated at National Museum of American Indian
Naomi Shihab Nye at Busboys
President Mahmoud Abbas Addresses Kahlil Gibran Award Dinner

55 Human Rights:

Freedom Walk for All Americans
Women: Politics and Leadership
Has Protecting U.S. State Secrets Gone Too Far?

57 Music & Arts:

Can Hip Hop Beat Conflict?
MESTO Brings Baalbek to Hollywood

58 Waging Peace:

Norman Finkelstein Speaks on Illegitimacy of Israel’s Occupation
Yonatan Shapira and Sami Awad Discuss Nonviolence
The Necessity of Religious Reconciliation in Iraq
Dennis Ross Dismisses International Law as Basis for Resolving Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Much Too Promised Land
The Man Who Pushed America to War
Gore Vidal Backs Byron DeLear in Missouri Race
"No Peace, No Work" Action Closes West Coast Ports
Challenges Ahead for U.S. International Media
NIAC Iran Conference on Capitol Hill
Iran: A Perspective From Within
Navy Memorial Service for Admiral Thomas Moorer
General Zinni Examines U.S.-Mideast Defense Relations
Saudi Aramco Celebrates 75th Anniversary

67 Muslim-American Activism:

Who Speaks for Islam?
CAIR Prevails on Al-Arian Screening

69 Diplomatic Doings

Omani Ambassador Hunaina Sultan Al-Mughairy

70 Book Review

Does the Land Remember Me? A Memoir of Palestine
—Reviewed by Pat McDonnell Twair

71 New Arrivals From The AET Book Club

77 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons

78 Bulletin Board

81 2008 AET Choir of Angels

82 Publishers' Page

22 Index to Advertisers

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