JPS Current Issue

Articles

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Reflections on the Peace Process and a Durable Settlement : A Roundup of Views

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Asad's Regional Strategy and the Challenge from Netanyahu

Patrick Seale, Linda Butler

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Does Syria Want Peace? Syrian Policy in the Syrian-Israeli Peace Negotiation

Raymond Hinnebusch

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A Netanyahu Primer

Laura Drake

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Israel's Elections and Their Implications

Benny Morris

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The Future of the Peace Process and Palestinian Strategies

Khalil Shikaki

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The Friends of Bibi (FOBs) vs. "The New Middle East"

Leon T. Hadar

Recent Books

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Doumani: Rediscovering Palestine Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900

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Butt: Life at the Crossroads

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Said: Peace and Its Discontents

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Halevi: Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist; Reich: The Jewish War; and Netanyahu: Fighting Terrorism

Reviewed by Milton Viorst

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Ma'oz: Syria and Israel

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Pipes: Syria Beyond the Peace Process

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Issawi: The Middle East Economy

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Shorter Notices

Cartoons

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This section aims to give readers a glimpse of how the Arab world views current events.

Compiled by Editorial Staff

Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy

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Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy 16 May - 15 August 1996

Institute for Palestine Studies

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Settlement Monitor

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Settlement Monitor 16 May - 15 August 1996

Edited by Geoffery Aronson

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Documents and Source Material

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A2. Amnesty International, "Israel/Lebanon: Unlawful Killings During Operation 'Grapes of

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International A1. European Council, Declaration on the Middle East Peace Process, Florence, Italy, 2

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Arab B1. Arab Summit, Final Communiqué, Cairo, 23 June 1996 (excerpts)

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B2. Palestinian Authority, List of Israeli Violations of Oslo, Gaza, 15 July 1996

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Israel C1. Guidelines of the Government of Israel, Jerusalem, 16 June 1996 (excerpts)

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C2. List of Israeli cabinet members, 18 June 1996

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C3. Labor Government-Palestinian "Permanent Arrangement" Talks, Israeli press reports, Feb

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United States D1. State Department, Report on PLO Compliance, Washington, 13 July 1996 (excerpts)

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D2. Human Rights Watch/Middle East, "Israel's Closure of the West Bank and Gaza," New

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D3. Joe Stork, Human Right Watch/Middle East, Testimony to the House International Relations Subcomm

Chronology

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Chronology 16 May-15 August 1996

Compiled by Editorial Staff

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Bibliography of Periodical Literature

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This section lists articles and reviews of books relevant to Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict

Letters

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Letters To The Editor

Julia Hawkins, Michael Eppel