MER Article Halsell, Prophecy and Politics Grace Halsell, Prophecy and Politics: Militant Evangelists on the Road to Nuclear War (Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill, 1986). While there is nothing particularly new about Christian fascination with the Biblical “holy land,” Grace Halsell provides an important contemporary portrayal of the means by wh Mary Neznek • 2 min read
MER Article Ferguson and Rogers, Right Turn Thomas Ferguson and Joel Rogers, Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics (New York: Hill and Wang, 1986). Where the United States chooses to intervene actively, as in the Middle East, Central America and southern Africa, American politics can be a matter of life Bill Farrell • 3 min read
MER Article From Tel Aviv to LA The Manhattan telephone directory, like that of any major American city, reflects the United States’ melting pot in action. Flipping through its pages and browsing through the names of a million individuals, one realizes quickly that some of them do not melt very readily. Comparing the directory of Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi • 11 min read
MER Article The Reagan Doctrine and the Secret State The Tower Commission has been taken as evidence for very many things. It’s been taken as evidence for President Reagan’s lack of attention to foreign policy; it’s been taken as evidence of a glitch in the chain of command and control in the White House. It can as easily be taken as evidence of the v Christopher Hitchens • 7 min read
MER Article Exporting Nuclear Triggers Richard Smyth, indicted in May 1985 for illegally exporting nuclear trigger devices to Israel, is now a fugitive. In August 1985, two days before he was scheduled to appear in court, Smyth and his wife sailed his boat to Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California, and disappeared, forfeit Richard Sale, Geoffrey Aronson • 9 min read
MER Article US Corporate Ownership of Israeli Military Industries US Corporation: AEL Industries, Inc. Israeli Corporation: Elisra Electronic Systems (formerly AEL Israel) Financial Relationship: AEL owns 58 percent of Elisra. Military Products: Electronic warfare systems; telephone switching equipment. In 1984 approximately 50 percent of sales were for export. Aw Sheila Ryan • 3 min read
MER Article US Military Contractors in Israel Over the past two decades, a combination of factors has significantly reoriented the Israeli economy toward military production -- weapons for Israel’s military and for export to juntas, minority regimes and dictators around the world. Israeli officials justify this development of military industri Sheila Ryan • 14 min read
MER Article Ekin, Enduring Witness Larry Ekin, Enduring Witness: The Churches and the Palestinians (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1985). Dale Bishop • 2 min read
MER Article Findley, They Dare to Speak Out Paul Findley, They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby (Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill and Company, 1985). Beshara Doumani • 4 min read
MER Article Hundreds of Communities Hold "Speak Out" Activities It was a small but brave demonstration. On October 23, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 20 people marched down a major street during lunch hour, carrying an Israeli and a Palestinian flag. Sponsored by a local coalition of Jews, Palestinians and peace activists, the group distributed leaflets and postcards a Dorie Wilsnack • 3 min read
MER Article The Fall of Safran Nadav Safran will step down as director of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) this summer, following a three-month investigation into his acceptance of over $150,000 from the Central Intelligence Agency. Michael Spence, dean of faculty for arts and sciences, accepted Safra Jack Trumpbour • 1 min read
MER Article Israeli Spies in the US November 21, 1985, was a remarkable day. FBI agents arrested a civilian terrorism analyst working for the US Navy, Jonathan Jay Pollard, outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, where he had gone seeking political asylum. Six days later, Pollard was arraigned in federal district court on several c Jeff McConnell • 13 min read
