—Voices from the Sensible Center—
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 Will
Syria Be Next?—Rachelle
Marshall
10 The
Giant's Daughter—Uri Avnery 12 FBI
Investigation of AIPAC Is Second Attempt to Curb Israel Lobby's
Power—Andrew I. Killgore 14 After
10-Year Investigation, U.S. Government Fails To Convict Dr. Sami
Al-Arian—Two Views—Melva Underbakke, Pedro
Ruz Gutierrez 16 Bethlehem
Voices: Hopes and Fears—Michael Keating and Delinda
C. Hanley 20 Mordechai
Vanunu Rings a Bell for Justice and Freedom—Delinda
C. Hanley 22 Will
Ariel Sharon's Latest Bombshell Be a Dud?—Richard
H. Curtiss 24 Give
Up or...! The Games Gaza's Children Play—Mohammed
Omer 26 Congress
Passes Foreign Aid Appropriations, Keeping Most Unhelpful Provisions—Shirl
McArthur 36 Beyond
"Munich": The Ten Movies Steven Spielberg Has Yet to
Make—Mas'ood
Cajee 50 "Three
Cities Against the Wall" Exhibit Opens in New York, Ramallah
and Tel Aviv—Robert Hirschfield 58 Letters
to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton From an American Muslim and
a Palestinian Christian—Mike Odetalla, Rev. Dr.
Mitri Raheb
Special Reports
28 U.N.
Report: Australia, Canada Join U.S. and Puppet Reefs in Backing
Israel-centric Agenda—Ian Williams
30 Al-Jazeera
in the Crosshairs: The Arab Media Scrutinize the Bush-Blair Memo—Peter
C. Valenti
32 British
Should "Judge Alleged Leaked Downing Street Memo for Themselves"—Lucy
Jones
34 The Rebellion of
France's Poor: An Act of Anger, Not of Hatred—Samah
Jabr
37 Turkey's "Deep State" Surfaces
in Former President's Words, Deeds in Kurdish Town—Jon
Gorvett
38 On
10th Anniversary of Dayton Accord: Are Changes in Bosnia Real
or Rhetorical?—Peter Lippman 40 Southern
Thailand Conflict Intensifies, Grows More Vicious—John
Gee
44 With
Relief Slow to Arrive, Earthquake Death Toll Continues to Rise
in Kashmir—M.M. Ali 46 Canada
Calling: American Conscientious Objector Wins Right to Appeal
Refugee Board Ruling—Faisal Kutty 48 In
Memoriam: Moustapha Akkad (1933-2005)—Samir Twair
Departments 5 Letters
to the Editor
42 Book Reviews:
The One-State Solution: A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian
Deadlock—Reviewed
by Sara Powell
An Open Letter to Amb. Dennis Ross, Author of The Missing
Piece—John Goelet
43 AET
Book Club
52 New
York City and Tri-State News: NYU Students For Justice in Palestine
Host Two Events on Israeli Occupation—Jane
Adas 54 Southern
California Chronicle: Journalist Robert Fisk Pokes Holes in Myth
That U.S. Pullout Will Cause Iraq Civil War—Pat and
Samir Twair
56 Northern
California Chronicle: Hatshepsut—Egypt's Female Pharaoh—Reigns
Supreme at New de Young Museum—Elaine Pasquini
60 Christianity
and the Middle East:
Sabeel Conference Considers Economic Leverage as Tool to Fight
Israeli Occupation—Sister Elaine Kelley
62 Judaism
and Israel:
Justice For Palestinians Is the Path to Redeem Zionism and Secure
Israel's Future—Allan C. Brownfeld
64 Arab-American
Activisms:
Moroccan Communities From
DC, Orlando Meet
Palestinian-American Filmmaker Presents Films for Arab Heritage
64 Muslim-American
Activisms:
Senate Committee Clears American
Muslim Groups
American Imam Under Scrutiny
American Muslims Welcome Al-Arian Verdict
66 Human
Rights:
Reforming Islamic Family Law
Israeli Navy Commando Challenged at AU
The Future of Palestinian Refugees
68 Waging
Peace:
Ann Arbor Peace Activists
Vigil Local Synagogue
Canadian Peace Alliance Conference Draws More Than Two Hundred
"Open Bethlehem" Campaign Seeks To Save Holy City
El-Funoun Dancers Dazzle DC
Pittsburgh Film Festival a Huge Success
Middle Eastern Scientists Promote Peace at Malta Conference
STAR*PAC Hosts King Challenger Joyce Schulte
Update, Assurance From Saeb Erekat
Debating Insurgency Movements
73 Diplomatic
Doings:
Prince Turki Al-Faisal Addresses
59th MEI Conference
Tunisian Painter Reads Poetry
76 The
World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons
77 Other
People's Mail
79 Bulletin
Board
80 2005 AET Choir of Angels 82 Publishers'
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