Washington Report On Middle East Affairs – October 2018

5 Publishers’ Page

6 letters to the editor

60 Waging Peace:Does Hamas Now

Have the Upper Hand Over Israel and

the PA?

63 Music & arts:

Author, Artist Wafa Ghnaim Shares

Centuries-Old Art of Tatreez

65 huMan rights:

Rally for Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi

Outside San Francisco Federal Court

67 the World looks at the

Middle east — CARtOONS

68 other PeoPle’s Mail

70 book reVieW:

Finding Jesus Among Muslims

—Reviewed by Amin Gharad

71 Middle east books and More

72 obituaries

73 2018 aet choir oF angels

52 indeX to adVertisers

Top 5 Things Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi

Learned in Colonial Israeli Prison,

Juan Cole,http://www.juancole.com OV-

“It Is a War Against Every Part Of Palestinian

Identity”: Israel Destroys Popular Gaza

Cultural Center, Ahmad Kabariti,

http://mondoweiss.net OV-2i

The ICC is Reaching out to Victims of War

Crimes in Palestine, Nada Kiswanson,

https://www.aljazeera.com OV-

Poll: Arab Views of U.S. Low, Support for

Palestinians High, Derek Davison,

https://lobelog.com OV-

What About Israel’s Airport Mistreatment of

Arab Americans?, James J. Zogby,

http://www.aaiusa.org OV-

Meet VIAB: Virginia’s Taxpayer-Funded

Israel Lobby, Grant F. Smith,

http://www.antiwar.com OV-

After 14 Years Behind Bars, Albany Imam Will

Return to Kurdistan, Paul Grondahl,

Albany Times Union OV-

Fifteen Years of Forever Wars, Chas Freeman,

http://www.consortiumnews.com OV-

Why Are Iraqis Protesting?,

Fanar Haddad,http://www.aljazeera.com OV-

The Myth of a Tragic Mistake,

Serge Halimi,Le Monde diplomatique OV-

Iran Debates Ties With Russia,

Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, https://lobelog.com OV-

A Superb New Book on the 2011 Egyptian

Uprising Shows How Israel Helped Thwart

Democracy There, James North,

http://mondoweiss.net OV-

War and Literature in Mogadishu,

Nanjala Nyabola,https://www.aljazeera.com OV-

Other VoicesOther Voices

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Compiled by Janet McMahon

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An Israeli protection gear manufacturer, Masada Armour, is marketing its new bulletproof

backpack for schoolchildren in the U.S. It’s sold hundreds since the Parkland, Florida school

shooting. This model is supposed to protect against 9mm gunfire and costs around $500.

AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

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