Three Views: Obama's Visit to Israel
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian children during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem, March 22, 2013. (ATEF SAFADI-POOL/GETTY IMAGES)
Grave Threats to the Middle East
Lebanese Kurds wave the Kurdish flag and a flag picturing Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan during Persian New Year, or Noruz, celebrations in Beirut, March 21, 2013. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
To the Victor, the Spoils
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lipid (c) with former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who resigned his position after being indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust, at the Feb. 5 swearing in of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Getting the Words Right: Israel Isn’t Occupying Palestine—It’s Conquered It
Israeli soldiers take pictures of each other in front of Israel’s illegal apartheid wall near the Qalandia checkpoint outside Ramallah, March 30, 2013. Israeli troops earlier had clashed with Palestinian demonstrators commemorating the 37th anniversary of “Land Day.” (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
The Cyrus Cylinder—Often Referred to as The “First Bill of Human Rights”
Clay, Babylon, Mesopotamia, after 539 BCE D x H: 7.8-10 x 21.9-22.8 cm British Museum, London, ME 90920 Photo: ©The Trustees of the British Museum
Two Views: King Pyrrhus and the War on Iraq
Prosthetic legs for wounded American soldiers at the Center for Intrepid rehabilitation gym at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, Aug. 7, 2012. (JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES)
Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans—
Interpreting North America for the Middle East
The United States, Israel and the Intifada
7 In House Probe of Reagan, Bush, Saddam Ties, Where's the Beef?
9 The New "Democratic Israel" Party
11 Who Started the Six-Day War on June 5, 1967? The Record is Clear
15 The Battle of America: Final Chapter in the 100-year Arab-Israeli War?
18 A Fundamental Change in U.S.-Israeli Relations
19 Peace Talks, New Loan Guarantees, Israel Arms Transfer Charges
27 What Does Israel Cost U.S. Taxpayers?
35 Death Toll Soars in Gaza's Rafah Camp
36 Death, a Flag, and Resurrection
37 Seeing the Light: When My Friend Chose Death, I Chose Life
52 Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty
Congress and the 1992 Elections
16 AIPAC's 1992 National Convention-Two Views
20 H. Ross Perot: His Candidacy is More Serious Than His Mideast Policy
22 Pro-Israel PACs Outspending Arab-American PACs 369 to 1
26 Israel Lobby Opposing Saudi F-15 Purchase
30 Media Bush and Baker Bashing: Motives Behind the Anti-Bush Media Campaign
Special Reports
14 Bosnia 1992 and Palestine 1948: An Eerie Parallel
31 The U.S. Needs to Sell F-15s More Than Saudi Arabia Needs to Buy Them
33 A Double Standard in Computer Bulletin Board Mideast Discussion?
40 The Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Turkey-Three Kurdish Perspectives
43 Azerbaijan: Strategic Prize in a Volatile Region
44 Is Lebanon Safe for Foreigners? It Depends on Whom You Ask
46 The Remaking of the Somali Nation
Departments
5 Letters to the Editor
28 Pander Watch
39 U.N. Report
49 Education
51 March 1992 Chronology of U.S.-Mideast Relations
56 Human Rights
58 Religion
62 Other Voices
68 Middle East Marketplace
69 Book Reviews
70 AET Book Club Catalog
80 Cartoons from the Arab Press. . . and from an Israeli Point of View
