September/October 2002 Table of Contents

Washington Report

September/October 2002

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

The U.S. War on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

6 Israel Uses Terror to Derail Peace Efforts and Establish Permanent Occupation—Rachelle Marshall

8 Israel’s Indifference to Civilian Lives—Wendy Pearlman

10 A State for All Its Citizens—One Palestinian’s Dream of Peace—Samah Jabr

11 U.S. Opinion Polls Show Growing Support for Palestinians
—Richard H. Curtiss and Delinda C. Hanley

12 Why the Push to Attack Iraq? Two Views—Andrew I. Killgore and Richard H. Curtiss

15 Richard Perle’s Stealth Attack on Saudi Arabia—Richard H. Curtiss

16 Affairs of State: The Secretary Is Not Leaving!—Eugene Bird

20 Solidarity International, Attorney Stanley L. Cohen Announce Landmark Lawsuit—Janet McMahon

21 Sami Al-Arian and Mazen Al-Najjar: A Tale of Two Palestinian Brothers-in-Law—Richard H. Curtiss

22 U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson Latest Casualty of Mideast Conflict—Ian Williams

23 Supporters for Jonathan J. Pollard, Spy-for-Israel, Continue to Work for His Release—Richard H. Curtiss

24 Ten Senators, 27 Representatives Make 107th Congress “Hall of Fame”—Shirl McArthur…PRINT ISSUE ONLY

43 Federal Court of Canada to Decide Landmark Case On Jewish Charity —Faisal Kutty

44 From a Distance, U.N. Issues Report on Israeli Invasion of Jenin, West Bank—Ian Williams

44 Arab Human Development Report Takes an Honest Look at Region—Ian Williams

47 Denied Entry: Israel Blocks American Muslims From Visit to Holy Sites—Margaret Zaknoen

Special Reports

18 While Media Spotlights One Anthrax Suspect, Another Is Too Hot to Touch—Delinda C. Hanley

48 Morocco Has “Chosen the Path of Confrontation,” Says Spain’s El Mundo—Lucy Jones

50 Do Recent Assassinations Presage Return to Chaos In Afghanistan?—Andrew North

52 Constitutional Changes and Prospects for Shariah Banking in Pakistan—M.M. Ali

53 Wounded Foreign Workers in Israel Feared to Seek Treatment After Bombing—John Gee

55 Egypt’s Deep-Sixed 1954 Constitution a Reminder of What Might Have Been—Andrew Hammond

56 Call for Early Elections Sets Off Political Crisis for Turkey’s Coalition Government—Jon Gorvett

58 Saudi Prince Walid Ibn Talal—Lebanon’s Next Prime Minister?—Sami Moubayed

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

38 Issues in the News—Compiled by Nizar Wattad

42 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons

59 Southern California Chronicle: Los Angeles Motorists Startled by “Israeli Checkpoint”—Pat and Samir Twair

62 New York and Tri-state News: Muslim World League Makes Goodwill Visit to New York as Part of U.S. Tour —Jane Adas

64 The Mideast in the Midwest: In Event of Another 9/11, Says Bush Appointee, “Forget Civil Rights in This Country”—Roxane Ellis Rodriguez Assaf

66 Northwest News: Al-Jazeera: Mouthpiece for Terrorists, Lackey for Israel, or Voice for Democracy?—Sr. Elaine Kelley

68 Northern California Chronicle: San Francisco Librarian, Montana-based Nonprofit Devoted to Educating Afghan Girls—Elaine Pasquini

75 Other People’s Mail

80 Christianity and the Middle East: The Christian Right and Support for Israel —Fred Strickert

82 Islam in America: American Muslims and 9/11: A Community Looks Back…and to the Future—Riad Z. Abdelkarim, M.D.

85 Israel and Judaism: “Second Holocaust” Rhetoric Trivializes Nazism’s Victims in Effort to Silence Debate—Allan C. Brownfeld

88 Muslim-American Activism: FBI Director Mueller Addresses AMC Conventiongoers

90 ARAB-AMERICAN ACTIVISM: CPAP Panelists Discuss Bush Speech

92 HUMAN RIGHTS: Civil Rights Defended

93 DIPLOMATIC DOINGS: Hannibal Club Recognizes Benjamin Gilman

94 WAGING PEACE: Will Israel Again Use Nuclear Leverage on U.S.?

98 Facts for Your Files: June 2002 Chronology of U.S.-Mideast Relations—Compiled by Sara Powell

102 Book Review: Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine —Reviewed by Pat McDonnell Twair

103 AET Book Club Catalog

110 Bulletin Board

111 Middle East Marketplace

112 2002 AET Choir of Angels

114 Publishers’ Page

46 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS