Articles
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 High Cost of Occupations—Rachelle Marshall
10 At June 21 Summit Sharon "Humiliates" Palestinians, Thumbs Nose at U.S.—Mohammed Omer
11 The Middle East: A Scoreless Game in Which Everyone Loses—Richard H. Curtiss
15 U.S. Gets Tough on Israeli Arms Sales to China—Andrew I. Killgore
16 Washington's Fateful Cover-Up of Israel's Attack On the USS Liberty—Paul Findley
17 USS Liberty Veterans Present Pentagon With Report on Israeli War Crimes—Delinda C. Hanley
20 Snapshots From Palestine—Michigan Peace Team
22 "Sharon, Why Did You Destroy My House?": Operation Rainbow a Year Later—Mohammed Omer
24 Palestine's "Spring of Democracy": Postponements And Prevarications—Samah Jabr
26 Syrian Envoy Calls on U.S. to Soften Its Anti-Syrian Rhetoric—Pat McDonnell Twair
27 Bush Nominee as U.N. Ambassador Doesn't Do Carrots—But Does Do Israel—Ian Williams
30 Congress Watch: Conyers Queries Bush, Rumsfeld About Buildup to Iraq War—Shirl McArthur
Special Reports
32 Ideology Trumps Economic Efficiency, as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Opens—Andrew I. Killgore
33 U.S.-Turkey "Strategic Partnership" Still Shaky After Bush-Erdogan Meeting—Jon Gorvett
34 Iran's Hard-Liners Reinvent Themselves—Saloumeh Peyman
35 The Subcontinent's Politics Take More Twists and Turns—M.M. Ali36 Arab Press Review: Condoleezza Rice's Mideast Visit: The New Face of U.S. Foreign Policy?—Peter C. Valenti
38 European Press Review: Deutsch Welle Notes "Muted" Criticism of Shootings in East Uzbekistan—Lucy Jones
40 Six Months After the Tsunami, Still Packing Up the Pieces in Aceh—John Gee
50 IN/VISIBLE Art Exhibition Inaugurates Arab American National Museum—Maymanah Farhat
Departments
42 Christianity and the Middle East: Marking the Palestinian Presence at the Heart of the Israeli State—Isabelle Humphries
44 Israel and Judaism: Which Israel Will Prevail: The One Which Wants Normality or the Messianic One?—Allan C. Brownfeld
46 Southern California Chronicle: U.S. Views Ways To Secure Peace Through Israeli Prism, Warns Khalil Jahshan—Pat and Samir Twair
48 Northern California Chronicle: Cairo Television Executive Reports on Egypt's HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts—Elaine Pasquini
52 Arab-American Activism: ADC Celebrates Silver Anniversary
55 Muslim-American Activism: CAIR Fundraiser Spotlights Civil Rights
56 Human Rights: Iraqi Union Leaders Declare U.S. Policy Counterproductive
61 Waging Peace: Lebanon at a Crossroads
68 Diplomatic Doings
71 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons
72 Book Review: Iraq: A Journey Of Hope and Peace—Reviewed by Michael Gillespie
96 2005 AET Choir of Angels
39 Index to Advertisers
