November 2007 Table of Contents
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 Behind the Pomp and the Promises: What Are Israel's Real Intentions?—Rachelle Marshall
10 Palestine: Democracy, Not Zionism—John V. Whitbeck
11 A Double Standard on Academic Freedom in the Middle East—George Bisharat
12 Coming to Terms With Reality: Gaza's Intellectuals Contemplate the Future—Mohammed Omer
14 Searching for Lost Fathers—Samah Jabr
19 A Call for Bidders for a Feasibility Study on Red Sea-Dead Sea Canal—Andrew I. Killgore
20 Shalom, Doc—Hang Ten!—Mohammed Omer
22 Wedad's Choice—Bryant Jordan
23 Statement to the June 10, 2007 Rally to End the 40-Year Occupation of Palestine—Ralph Nader
24 Tens of Thousands Converge on Washington to Demand End to Iraq War—William Hughes
30 Kach's U.S. Representatives Continue to Solicit Funds for Banned Terrorist Group—DC Investigative Journalism Collective
45 Welcome to New York City Public Schools—James Abourezk
26 Kentucky at War—Bob Moser
Special Reports
34 Not Playing by the Book: Politics as Usual in Pakistan—M.M. Ali
36 Pipeline, Pipeline, Who's Got the Pipeline? Türkiye's Quest for Energy Significance—Jon Gorvett
38 UAE Seeks Regional Stability, Warns Against War on Iran—Delinda C. Hanley
41 German Paper Says Türkiye "Will Never Turn Away From Europe"—Lucy Jones
Departments
44 New York City and Tri-State News: Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Campers Explore Heritage of Ziryab, Andalusia—Jane Adas
46 Northern California Chronicle: Indonesians Honor Independence Day With Festive San Francisco Celebration—Elaine Pasquini
48 Southern California Chronicle: Visitors to West Bank Describe Palestinians as Overpowered, but not Resigned—Pat and Samir Twair
50 Israel and Judaism: Dismay Grows Among U.S., Israeli Jews Over Expressions of Intolerance and Bigotry—Allan C. Brownfeld
52 Arab-American Activisms
HCEF Director Provides Update on Crisis in Palestine
Community Rallies for Resigned Principal
53 Muslim-American Activisms
53 Human Rights
54 Music & Arts
The Prez in the Fez
Rajie Cook Honors Rachel Corrie
Arab Poets Perform at San Francisco International Poetry Festival
MESTO Performs in Jordan
Wailing Walls
57 Waging Peace
Mearsheimer and Walt Speak at Politics and Prose Bookstore
Academic Boycott Drama
Protest Outside Wembley Against Apartheid Israel's Participation
U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Holds Conference
AFSC Search for Global Peace
Egyptian Students Shadow Congress
61 Diplomatic Doings
62 Book Reviews
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
—Reviewed by Paul FindleyForeign Agents: AIPAC From The 1963 Fulbright Hearings to The 2005 Espionage Scandal
—Reviewed by Richard H. Curtiss
66 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons
69 Travel Tips and Tours: From Four Millennia Away, the Remaining Wonder of the Ancient World—Michael Keating
71 2007 AET Choir of Angels
51 Index to Advertisers
