The 37th anniversary of the U.N. partition of Palestine did not go unnoticed by several hundred Arab Americans in Washington, who spent a recent evening showing solidarity With the Palestinians. Scholars attending the recent Middle East Studies Association's annual meeting decided enough is enough. They passed a resolution criticizing two pro Israel groups for activities which could, MESA said, inhibit academic freedom. If your only reaction to the Palestine National Council meeting was disappointment over Yasser Arafat's unwillingness to endorse U.N. Resolution 242, there's good news. It was a hard fought, watershed victory for Palestinian moderates over extremism of two kinds Palestinian and Israeli.
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Washington attorney Merle Thorpe squirreled his away for a worthy cause. Five years ago he found one, and the Foundation for Middle East Peace was launched. The main focus of Christine Helms's new book on Iraq is the Iran Iraq war. It analyzes Iraq's current Ba'thist regime and goes a long way toward helping Westerners appreciate Iraq's importance. Copyright 1995-1999, American Educational Trust.