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2002

December

Dec 30: U.S. Had Key Role in Iraq Buildup
(Michael Dobbs / Washington Post)

Dec 30: A Right-wing Government Without Makeup
(Akiva Eldar / Ha'aretz)

Dec 27: Non-U.S. Students Jailed Over Class Load
(Associated Press)

Dec 26: Sharon's War
(Robert Novak / TownHall.com)

Dec 20: All-System Failure
(Ben Caspit / Ma'arive)

Dec 20: Samoa Alters Rule in Bias Controversy
(Dan Eggen / The Washington Post)

Dec 19: Samoa Ends Bar to Arab Entry
(The New York Times)

Dec 19: American Samoa Faces Flap Over Security Alert
(Dan Eggen / The Washington Post)

Dec 18: American Jewish, Christian and Muslim Leaders Unite

Dec 17: Immigration Advocates Question Purpose of INS Registration Rules
(Michael Sangiacomo / Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Dec 17: INS Order Prompts Big Lines, Anger
(Teresa Watanabe and Jennifer Mena / LA Times)

Dec 16: INS Not to Extend Deadline for Muslims
(Anwar Iqbal / United Press International)

Dec 13: Visitors from 18 Nations Face Scrutiny
(Thomas Ginsberg / Philadelphia Inquirer)

Dec 12: Sheen Leads List of Celebs Urging Against Iraq War
(Anthony Breznican / Associated Press)

Dec 02: Antiwar Effort Gains Momentum
(Evelyn Nieves / Washington Post)

November

Nov 22: Finding Common Ground for Peace in Middle East
(James Zogby and Debra DeLee / The Baltimore Sun)

Nov 19: For 9/11 Hero, Humiliation
(Ron Howell / New York Newsday)

Nov 11: The War on Academic Freedom
(Kristine McNeil / The Nation)

Nov 09: Muslim Vets Fight Terrorism Ties
(Holly Lebowitz Ross, Religion News Service / The Salt Lake Tribune)

October

Oct 31: Attention Turns Back to Liberties
(Joan Biskupic / USA Today)

Oct 30: When in Doubt, Kick Out?
(Greg Krikorian / LA Times)

Oct 01: Checks, Balances Ensure Our Rights Will Be Preserved
(Richard Coduri / The Baltimore Sun)

September

Sep 30: Things Have Changed
(Jean AbiNader / MOVE magazine)

Sep 30: Extremist Label Doesn't Fit: UO Instructor Wrongly Tagged
(The Register-Guard)

Sep 28: Bill's Language on Jerusalem Is a Break From U.S. Policy
(Glenn Kessler / The Washington Post)

Sep 25: Letter from a Young Arab American

Sep 25: Foreign-Born Soldiers, Sailors Willing to Die for America
(Bronwyn Lance Chester / The Virginian-Pilot)

Sep 24: Nothing Doing
(Brian Whitaker / The Guardian)

Sep 22: Regional Reluctance
(Shibley Telhami / San Jose Mercury)

Sep 18: W.Va. Congressman Says His Visit 'Played a Part'
(Andrea Stone / USA Today)

Sep 12: We Are Not Holding Americans Captive
(Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz / The Wall Street Journal)

Sep 10: The War on Civil Liberties
(The New York Times)

Sep 10: Real Battles and Empty Metaphors
(Susan Sontag / The New York Times)

Sep 08: Arab-American Artists Respond to September 11
(Neda Ulaby / NPR)

Sep 05: The Troubling New Face of America
(Jimmy Carter / The Washington Post)

Sep 02: Q: Are West Bank Settlements an Obstacle to Peace in Israel?
(James Zogby and Jean AbiNader / Insight on the News)

Sep 02: The Men From JINSA and CSP
(Jason A. Vest / The Nation)

Sep 01: Confronting Anti-American Grievances
(Zbigniew Brzezinski / The New York Times)

August

Aug 28: Dying Behind Closed Doors
(The Washington Post)

Aug 25: From Middle East, Son Rises to Fight For Adopted Home
(Donna St. George / The Washington Post)

July

Jul 31: The Broken Dream: Camp David Revisited
(Alain Gresh / Le Monde Diplomatique)

Jul 25: Europe Can Overrule US on Iraq, Mideast
(William Pfaff / Boston Globe)

Jul 25: Just the Facts, Mr. Ashcroft
(Jean AbiNader and Kate Martin / The Washington Post)

Jul 24: Barbarism Runs Rampant in the Holy Land
(Hussein Ibish / The Los Angeles Times)

Jul 24: TIPS: A Bridge Way Too Far
(Marwan Kreidie / The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Jul 19: We Shouldn't Make Arafat the Issue
(Chuck Hagel / The Washington Post)

Jul 09: Bigotry in Islam — And Here
(Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times)

Jul 08: Ties Binding U.S. to Arab World Are Weakened
(Howard Schneider / The Washington Post)

Jul 07: Why Don't We Listen Anymore?
(Clyde Prestowitz / The Washington Post)

Jul 06: When the Curfew is Lifted
(Tania Nasir / Birzeit)

Jul 05: Put Palestinian Elections on the Back Burner
(Brian Katulis / The Los Angeles Times)

Jul 05: Winning Friends in the Arab World
(David Ignatius / The Washington Post)

Jul 04: Up in Arms Against Bigotry:
(Jeanette Steele / San Diego Union-Tribune)

June

Jun 30: 'Arrogant' Bush Shakes British Bedrock of Atlantic Alliance
(John Simpson / BBC World Affairs Editor)

Jun 30: What Bush Doesn't Know About Palestine
(Wendy Pearlman / The Boston Globe)

Jun 27: Standing By His 'Man of Peace'
(Mary McGrory / Washington Post)

Jun 27: Pr. William Teaches Tolerance
(Christina A. Samuels / The Washington Post)

Jun 23: FBI Anonymous 'Complaints' Spark Probe
(Bishara Bahbah / Arizona Republic)

Jun 19: Islam Has a Progressive Tradition Too
(Hamza Yusuf / The Guardian)

Jun 06: Mideast Fuels 2 Democratic Primaries
(The Washington Post / Staff Writer)

May

May 17: Is Arafat Capable of Peace?
(Nicholas Kristof / New York Times)

May 15: U.S. Report Refutes Israeli Terror Claims
(Eli J. Lake / UPI State Department Correspondent)

April

Apr 30: GOP Eyes Jewish Vote With Bush Tack on Israel
(Thomas Edsall / Washington Post)

Apr 30: Who's Anti-Semitic?
(Richard Cohen / Washington Post)

Apr 26: Excavations in the Spokesman's Site
(B. Michael / Yediot Aharonot)

Apr 26: In the eye of the beholder
(Sara Leibovich-Dar / Ha'aretz)

Apr 25: I helped kill a Palestinian today
(Robert Jensen / Independent (UK))

Apr 22: Worse Than No Deal At All: Reviewing The Clinton-Barak Peace Proposal
(Ahmad Faruqui / TomPaine.com)

Apr 18: Israeli army using civilians as human shield: US rights report
(Associated Press)

Apr 16: Palestinian economy deeply damaged
(Judy Dempsey and Roula Khalaf / Financial Times.com)

Apr 14: Profound Contempt
(Amira Hass / Ha'aretz)

Apr 14: America must see that Sharon is the problem
(Avi Shlaim / The Observer (UK))

Apr 13: Arab-Americans invoke Gibran in troubled times
(Stephanie Seldana / Daily Star)

Apr 11: A Mother's Warning, and a Fatal Shot
(Daniel Williams / Washington Post)

Apr 07: Moral Duty, National Interest
(Zbigniew Brzezinski / New York Times)

Apr 04: Americans find life in Ramallah fearsome
(Laura King / Associated Press)

Apr 04: 'He Kept Bleeding'
(Keith B. Richburg / Washington Post)

Apr 03: Basic Truths From Both Sides Of The Conflict
(Rashid Khalidi / Chicago Tribune)

Apr 03: News outlets decry Israel's coverage limit
(Mark Jurkowitz / Boston Globe)

Apr 03: What Should Bush Say?
(William F. Buckley, Jr. / Townhall.com)

Apr 02: Water is the Root of Israeli-Palestinian Evil
(Environment News Service)

Apr 01: GIs would assist Mideast peace
(Joyce Howard Price / Washington Times)

Apr 01: Open Letter to the Commander of the Israeli Paratroopers
(Neve Gordon / Kol Ha'Ir)

March

Mar 30: More War Is Not the Route to Israeli Security
(Yossi Beilin / The New York Times)

Mar 24: The Only Hope for Peace
(George Salem and Marvin Lender / Los Angeles Times)

Mar 21: Reining Sharon in on peace settlement
(Martin Gross / The Washington Times)

Mar 20: Eyewitness: Bite of the blockade
(Caroline Hawley / BBC)

Mar 18: In the name of us all
(Gideon Levy / Ha'aretz)

Mar 13: Arab's Restaurant Is Nearly Ruined By Rumor of Celebration on Sept. 11
(The Wall Street Journal)

Mar 11: Deal Breakers
(Michael Massing / The American Prospect)

Mar 11: Ashcroft's rhetorical jihad on Islam;
(Nat Hentoff / Washington Times)

Mar 09: Saying No to Israel's Occupation
(Ishai Menuchin / New York Times)

February

Feb 26: The Disappeared
(Andrew Gumbel / Independent.co.uk)

Feb 26: Missiles or Textiles?
(Joseph Algazy / Ha'aretz)

Feb 24: A Checkpoint Turns on its Creators
(Gideon Levy)

Feb 22: Israeli Soldiers hold American Citizen at Gunpoint
(Firsthand account of Huwaida Arraf / International Checkpoint Watch)

Feb 22: Support the Israeli Army Reservists who say "No" to the Occupation
(Tikkun.org)

Feb 21: Facing painful realities
(Daniel Doron / Jerusalem Post)

Feb 19: There is not a divine decree
(Akiva Eldar / Ha'aretz)

Feb 13: How to fight back
(Joharah Baker / Nonviolence)

Feb 08: Marine's heartfelt wounds lead to award of inspiration
(SSgt. Kevin Dolloson / Marine Corps News)

Feb 03: The Palestinian Vision of Peace
(Yasser Arafat / The New York Times)

Feb 02: A Partner for the Future: Why Israel Still Needs Arafat
(Yossi Beilin / Le Monde Diplomatique)

January

Jan 28: Bound and Gagged
(Charles Glass / The Nation)

Jan 18: Israel vs. the Palestinians: blaming the victim
(César Chelala / Seattle Times)

Jan 13: Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind
(Nehemia Strasler / Ha'aretz)

Jan 11: Israel Is a Very Costly Ally
(Charley Reese / Orlando Sentinel)

Jan 09: Rules that help only the dead and dying
(Amira Hass / Ha'aretz)

Jan 05: Immigration Board Reportedly Speeding Deportation
(Reuters)

Jan 04: A misguided euphoria
(Ze'ev Sternhell / Ha'aretz)