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 U.S., Iraq, and the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
7 Middle East Leaders Create New Opportunities for Peace—Rachelle Marshall
10 Trying to Survive Under Sanctions—Mohammed Omer
11 Trial of Former AIPAC Staffers Scheduled to Begin June 4—Andrew I. Killgore
12 Dr. Rafil A. Dhafir at Terre Haute Prison's New Communications Management Unit—Katherine Hughes
14 Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Challenges Arab League to Solve Mideast Conflicts—Delinda C. Hanley
16 Jordan's King Addresses Congress on "The Denial Of Justice and Peace in Palestine"—His Majesty King Abdullah II
19 AIPAC Weighs in as Bills Opposing Push for War On Iran Gain Support—Shirl McArthur
22 Life in Gaza Before—and After—the 1967 War—Mohammed Omer
23 Ilan Pappé's Latest Book Exposes Zionist Ethnic Cleansing as Premeditated—James Abourezk
25 Norma Musih, Zochrot and the Nakba—Robert Hirschfield
26 Four Decades of Twisting Facts About Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty—James Ennes
28 Israel's Hush-Up Machine in Action: Denying Story Israel Executed Egyptian Prisoners—Richard H. Curtiss
34 Why Did the United States Fail in its War on Iraq?—Ibrahim M. Oweiss
36 Rice Picks Eliot Cohen, Neocon Champion of Iraq War, as Counselor—Jim Lobe
38 U.N. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad: An Able Representative of Inept U.S. Policy?—Ian Williams
Special Reports
30 International Court of Justice Finds Serbia Innocent of Genocide, but not Entirely Clean—Peter Lippman
32 Problems Continue to Mount for Musharraf, as Afghan Border Heats Up—M. M. Ali
40 The Nuclear Wave: Arab World Caught Between Israeli Hammer, Iranian Anvil—Peter C. Valenti
42 Peace Hopes Dimmed in Southern Thailand—John Gee
Departments
44 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons
48 New York City and Tri-State News: In One of Her Final Lectures, Tanya Reinhart Discusses "The Spirit of Struggle"—Jane Adas
51 Southern California Chronicle: Activist Claims Israel Condones Apartheid but Objects to World's Criticism—Pat and Samir Twair
54 Northern California Chronicle: "Notions of Expression: The Artwork of the Young Arab-American"—Elaine Pasquini
56 Christianity and the Middle East: Open Bethlehem Exposes Israel's Systematic Strangulation of the Holy City—Pat McDonnell Twair
58 Israel and Judaism: Gap Between Jewish Values, Israeli Policies Becoming Apparent to More Western Jews—Allan C. Brownfeld
60 Arab-American Activisms
60 Muslim-American Activisms
Georgetown Symposium on Islamist Politics
Muslims Launch Million-Signature Al-Aqsa Mosque Petition
61 Human Rights
Against All Odds: Women Partnering For Change in a Time of Crisis
Cheryl Rubenberg Discusses Palestinian Women's Rights
63 Waging Peace
Joseph Wilson Speaks at Iowa State University
CATO Speakers Support U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq
"West Bank Story" Provokes Dialogue at Busboys and Poets
Developing a Dual Israeli-Palestinian Historical Narrative
Catholic Peace Ministry Presents Twelfth Annual Bishop Dingman Award
AIPAC Conference Attendees Attack Rabbis
Afghanistan (Past and Future) and Its Public Health
Thousands in San Francisco Protest Iraq War
Protest Decries Iraq War
Anti-War Activists March on Pentagon
69 Diplomatic Doings
70 Books
Christians and a Land Called Holy: How We Can Foster Justice, Peace, and Hope
—Reviewed by Rebecca BaldwinHezbollah: A Short History
—Reviewed by Margaret Hall
73 2007 AET Choir of Angels
59 Index to Advertisers
