October-November 1995 Table of Contents

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

The U.S. and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

6 Did Yasser Arafat Give Away the Store, or "Make Peace Irreversible"?—Richard H. Curtiss

7 Jerusalem: May I Forget Thee for the Moment? (coming soon)—Eugene Bird

8-11 What Delayed Implementation Of The Oslo Agreement—Four Views

8 Reaping the Whirlwind: The Price of Israeli Settlements—Rachelle Marshall

9 To Secure Agreement, Yasser Arafat Has Played Precious Cards —Paul Findley

10 Israel Prepares the Ground for an Apartheid Autonomy in the Territories—Frank Collins

11 It is Not Conceivable That the U.S. Allows Israel to Violate One Deadline After Another—Salim Al-Zanoun

12 U.S. is Funding Israel's Multibillion-Dollar Arrow Boondoggle—Shawn L. Twing

13 Israeli Refusal to Yield Control of West Bank Water Forces Deferral of Issue—Frank Collins

16 Rabin Implements Sharon's West Bank Settlement Plans—Israel Shahak

20 U.S. Jewish Establishment and Zionism, Not Jews, Feel Crisis—Lenni Brenner

21 Senate Call for Packwood Expulsion Ended Protection of Israel Lobby—Richard H. Curtiss

28 13 Years After Massacre, Beirut's Palestinians Are Still Under Siege—Stephen J. Sosebee

29 Israeli Prime Minister: Palestinians Will Have Only Entity, Not State—Israeli Television Interview with Yitzhak Rabin

48 U.S.-Based Group Planning Memorial at Site of Deir Yassin Massacre—Daniel McGowan

54 Two-Week Holy Land Tour Frightens, Angers and Inspires—Nuha Marchi

Special Reports

15 In Bosnia Dispute, All Parties Are Not Equal—Richard H. Curtiss

31 In Memoriam: Margaret Dodge Garrett, 1917— 1995—Andrew I. Killgore

38 Gulf Security and the GCC Five Years Later—Michael Collins Dunn

39 Bad News From Saudi Arabia Strengthens Ciller's Hand in Türkiye—James Dorsey

47 Senate Ends Arms Ban to Pakistan—M.M. Ali

50 India's Right-Wing BJP Positioning for 1996 Elections—M.M. Ali

51 A Bit Like Bosnia: U.N. Peacekeepers in South Lebanon—Marilyn Raschka

52 In Saudi Arabia: Discussing "That Which Was, That Which Is and That Which Will Be"—George Thompson

53 By Military Aircraft to Dhahran, 37 Years Ago—Grace Halsell

55 Marzieh, Iran's Best-Loved Singer, Touring for Resistance Group—Richard H. Curtiss

58 Arnold Tovell, Promoter of Egyptian Nobel Laureate, Retires From AUC Press—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

77 Mideast Policymakers Conference Examines Peace Process, Gulf Security—Shawn L. Twing

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

17 Issues in Islam: Moderates, Radicals Drifting Apart as Islamism Enters New Phase—Greg Noakes

19 U.N. Report: Holbrooke's Plan Contains Problems for Bosnia and Peace—Ian Williams

22 Issues in the News—Compiled by Shawn L. Twing

32 The Cost of Israel: Once Again, Israel Gets Away With Spending U.S. Aid on West Bank Settlements —Lucille Barnes

32 Election Watch: FOIs Like Clinton, Mourn Wilson, Distrust Powell, Fear Dole—Richard H. Curtiss

34 People Watch: Richard Holbrooke, Peter Jennings Have Reliable Middle East Sources—Richard H. Curtiss

40 Science Watch: DNA Links Europeans to Middle Eastern Farmers, Eurasian Nomads—Kurt Holden

41 Education: The Fall Lineup of Middle East-Related Conferences—Betsy Barlow

42 Other People's Mail

56 Book Reviews:

Inside the Arab World—Reviewed by Greg Noakes

Kashmir: Paradise Lost—Reviewed by Rafique Kathwari

Palestine: A Nation Occupied—Reviewed by Stephen Sosebee

68 California Chronicle: Ten Years After Bombing, Life Goes On for Norma Odeh—Pat and Samir Twair

70 American Muslim Activism: Thousands Protest U.N. Inaction in Bosnia—Shawn L. Twing

71 American Jews and Israel: Rabin Government Attacks Oslo II Critics—Nathan Jones

72 Waging Peace: National Democratic Institute Discusses Jordanian Elections—Shawn L. Twing

73 North American Muslim Chronicle: Muslim Groups Support Parents in Custody Dispute—Faisal Kutty

75 Diplomatic Doings: Tunisian Foreign Minister Visits U.S.—Shawn L. Twing

75 Arab American Activism: NAAA Welcomes Relaxation of U.S.-Lebanon Travel Ban—Shawn L. Twing

78 Christianity and the Middle East: Religious Leaders Speak on Significance of Jerusalem to Three Faiths—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

80 Middle East History
October 1993: The Marginalization of U.S. Mideast Experts

November 1917: Britain Issues the Balfour Declaration—Donald Neff

111 August 1995 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

121 Bulletin Board

122 Publishers' Page

12 October 1995

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