
A Short-Term Victory With Long-Term Consequences
An Israeli soldier grabs a Palestinian boy by the neck during a March 31 demonstration against the theft of village land and the building of the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmei Tzour near the West Bank village of Beit Omar, north of Hebron. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)

Bibi Walking a Thin Line
After meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama earlier in the day, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addreses AIPAC’s annual policy conference, March 5, 2012. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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A Jewish settler (wearing cap) from the illegal West Bank settlement of Susia tries to confiscate a donkey and cart carrying trees being transported by a Palestinian farmer (r) to plant on his land close to Susia village, Feb. 11, 2012. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)
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Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans • Interpreting North America for the Middle East
The U.S. Role in the Middle East and the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

8 A Short-Term Victory With Long-Term Consequences—Rachelle Marshall
11 Bibi Walking a Thin Line—George S. Hishmeh
12 Who Wants War With Iran?—Two Views—Jim Lobe, Philip Giraldi
14 Leave Us Out of Another Middle East War—James G. Abourezk
16 Despite Temporary Reprieve, Lifta's Fate Most Likely Sealed by Schemes, Scheming—William Parry
18 Marwan Barghouti: The New Mandela—Uri Avnery
24 Israel Responds to Investigations of Its Illegal Behavior With Chutzpah and Hasbara—Ian Williams
26 International Conference on Jerusalem Calls for Urgent Action—Delinda C. Hanley
34 Trayvon Martin and "The Talk" No American Child Should Have to Hear—Delinda C. Hanley
36 Equating Religion With Terrorism—Mohammed Omer
38 The Beginning of the End in Afghanistan—Rachelle Marshall
42 An Unneighborly Wall—William Parry
Congress and the 2012 Elections
27 AIPAC's Annual Meeting Beats the Drums of War With Iran—Shirl McArthur
30 In Redistricting Race, Howard Berman (D-CA) Pulling Out All the Stops for Israel—Janet McMahon
31 Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2012 Congressional Candidates—Compiled by Hugh Galford
Special Reports
20 Gilad Atzmon and The Wandering Who?—Norton Mezvinsky
40 The Dangerous Mess in Syria Grows Murkier—Eric S. Margolis
44 Despite Verdict in "Virginity Test" Trial, Egypt's Samira Ibrahim Keeps on Fighting—Joseph Mayton
45 Malaysian Revelations Highlight Price of Israeli Rejectionism—John Gee






