Washington Report On Middle East Affairs – October 2018

8 Israel’s New Nation-State Law: Zionism Uber Alles—

Four Views

—Ramzy Baroud, Susan Abulhawa, Gideon Levy,

Amira Hass

12 Nation-State Law Privileging Jews Angers Israel’s

Druze Citizens

—Jonathan Cook

15 Israel’s Retreat from Democracy Creating Widening

Division With American Jews

—Allan C. Brownfeld

17 Eight Senators, Ten Representatives in 115th

Congress’ “Hall of Fame”—Shirl McArthur

31 Censored Film Names Adam Milstein as Canary

Mission Funder—Asa Winstanley and Ali

Abunimah

33 Leaders Who Dehumanize Cross the Threshold —

Delinda C. Hanley

36 The American People Must Demand Accountability

For U.S. Foreign Policy —Dale Sprusansky

51 Kofi Annan (1938-2018): Diplomacy Backed by Forceful

Intellect—Ian Williams

54 In Memoriam: Uri Avnery (1923-2018)—Sara R. Powell

57 Gazans on Edge—Two Views —Mohammed Omer,

James Dorsey

SPECIAL REPORTS

39 The Looming War Against Iran —Eric S. Margolis

41 Pushing Beirut and Baghdad to Comply With Iran

Sanctions Is Risky Business —Imad K. Harb

42 Climate Change Takes its Toll on Lebanon’s Millennia

Cedars—Samar Kadi

44 Post-Election Pakistan—Two Views—Eric S. Margolis,

Graham E. Fuller

47 Turkey’s Economic Crisis —Jonathan Gorvett

49 Whither Western Sahara? —Marvine Howe

55 Deepening Ties Between China and Israel—John Gee

Volume XXXVII, No. 6 October 2018

INTERPRETING THE MIDDLE EAST FOR NORTH AMERICANS INTERPRETING NORTH AMERICA FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

TELLING THE TRUTH SINCE 1982

On Middle East Affairs

THE U.S. ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

ON THE COVER: Members of the Israeli Druze community hold banners with political messages

during a demonstration to protest the nation-state law in Tel Aviv, August 4, 2018.

JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images

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