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Volume 21 , Issue 5
December   1988
The Shi'i Muslims of the Arab World by Augustus Richard Norton

In 1981-82, he served with United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as its liaison officer with the local Shi’i populace. Here he was afforded an unprecedented opportunity to come to know the Shi’a on a personal, day-to-day basis.

Volume 21 , Issue 4
October -November  1988
Israel and South Africa: A Natural Alliance by Robert B. Ashmore

In this 1988 issue, author Robert Ashmore describes in depth the mutual affinity and cooperation between Israel and South Africa, including production of nuclear weapons, the training by Israel of South African white soldiers, and the transfer by Israel to South Africa of U.S. technology for Israel’s Lavi aircraft. The latter issue was raised by Rep. George Crockett of the Congressional Black Caucus with Prime Minister Shamir on March 16, 1988. Crockett described the Lavi deal with South Africa as an “unconscionable” use of U.S. aid. He went on to question the Israeli Prime Minister on “his government’s brutal response to the Palestinian uprising” and asked when “the curfews, the closed military zones, the beatings, the house raids, the gunshots, the rubber bullets, the tear-gassing and mass deportations would end.”

Volume 21 , Issue 3
September -September  1988
Zionist Violence Against Palestinians by Mohammad Hallaj

Why are Palestinians revolting against the occupation? Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said it happened when a lone Palestinian from southern Lebanon, using a hang-glider, assaulted an Israeli army post and, single-handedly, killed several Israeli soldiers. He broke the barrier of fear, explained Shamir, adding that all Israel had to do to put down the uprising was to “reestablish the barrier of fear.” To that end, he warned that any Palestinian challenging Israel’s rule “will have his head smashed against the boulders and walls of these fortresses.” His quote prompted this Link issue.

Volume 21 , Issue 2
June -July  1988
Dateline: Palestine by George Weller

George Weller is a prize-winning war correspondent whose professional work in the Middle East spans 45 years. Here he recounts events he covered and leaders he interviewed for the Chicago Daily News.

Volume 21 , Issue 1
January -March  1988
The U.S. Press and the Middle East by Mitchell Kaidy

Mitch Kaidy worked 20 years as a reporter and editor of three daily newspapers and one television channel. He was part of a team of reporters who won a Pulitzer Prize for the Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle. As an Arab American, Mitch is not always pleased with the way our media portrays Arabs in general and Palestinians in particular. Yet, as a newspaper man, he’s not without a few suggestions.

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