—Voices from the Sensible Center—

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

Soviet Immigration, Israeli Settlements, The Intifada, and U.S. Aid

7 U.S.-Israeli Confrontation Over Jewish Settlements Has a Long History

9 David Levy: Can He Win the Likud's Succession War?

11 As Palestinians Present Their Plan, Baker Speaks Frankly About Israel

12 Israel Seeks to Derail the Peace Train

17 Why Shamir is Threatening to Look For a "New Benefactor"

19 "Haven" a "Hell" for Soviet Jews

20 What Moscow Regional Middle East Peace Talks Accomplished

21 To Get Loan Guarantees, Israeli Government Counts on U.S. Ignorance

23 Israelis Bulldozing Christian and Muslim Graves and Archeological Sites

24 Seeing the Light: Holy Land, 1929

26 In Kennedy Assassination, Anyone but Mossad Fair Game for U.S. Media

38 The Darkness Around the Candlelight in Shepherds' Field

40 Candidates Respond to the $10 Billion Question

40 In 1992, 60,000 Immigrants to U.S. from CIS

41 James Baker's Testimony on Aid to Israel

42 Motive a Mystery in West Bank Murder of American Archeologist

Special Reports

13 Algerian Army and Islamists Are on a Collision Course

14 Are Islamists or the Army the Greatest Threat to Algerian Democracy? Three Algerian Views

36 Sheikh Ahmad Kaftaro: Grand Mufti of Damascus

37 A West Virginia Mountaineer at Home

49 Soviet Empire's Disintegration Alters the Face of Asia and the Middle East

51 Archeologists Find "Atlantis of the Sands" in Oman's Dhofar Province

52 Central Sahara Fighting Pits Tuareg Rebels Against North African Armies

U.S. Congress and the 1992 Elections

27 Israel Lobby Is Still Seeking "Electable" Supporter of Aid to Israel

28 Congress: Debate Guaranteed on Loan Guarantees

30 While U.S. Cities Do Without, Israel Builds Jewish Settlements with U.S. Dollars

32 Senate Voting Record on Middle East Issues for 1990-91

Departments

5 Letters to the Editor

45 Canada Calling

46 In the Public Prints

47 United Nations Report

54 Facts for Your Files

55 Media Myopia

57 California Chronicle

58 Issues in Islam

59 Religion

61 Trade and Finance

62 Issues in the News

64 Cartoons from the Arab Press. . . and from an Israeli Point of View

66 Quatsch Watch

67 Arab-American Activism

68 Mideast Ecology Notes

69 Human Rights

70 Jews and Israel

72 Other People's Mail

76 Book Reviews

78 AET Book Club Catalog

87 Other Voices

96 1991 Choir of Angels

97 Bulletin Board

99 Publishers' Page