207 - MERIP

Summer 1998

Middle East Report 207 looks at the legacies of the creation of the state of Israel as it turned 50.


From the Editor (Summer 1998)	Geoff Hartman
Up Front
Constructing an International Criminal Court	Joe Stork
Alternatives to an International Criminal Court	Lisa Hajjar
Articles
Democracy or Ethnocracy?	Oren Yiftachel
Countering Israel’s Fiftieth on the Internet	Steve Niva
Fifty Years Through the Eyes of “New Historians” in Israel	Ilan Pappe
Dayr Yasin Remembered	Phyllis Bennis
Dis/Solving the “Refugee Problem”	Rosemary Sayigh
The Myth of Gender Equality and the Limits of Women’s Political Dissent in Israel	Simona Sharoni
Between a Rock and a Hard Place	Lisa Hajjar
US Aid to Israel	Phyllis Bennis
The Contradictions of Economic Reform in Israel	Michael Shalev
The Enigmas of Shas	Graham Usher
Column: Happy Anniversary!	Al Miskin
Special Reports
Tensions in Iran	Olivier Roy
Reviews
From Schmaltz to Sacrilege	Rebecca L. Stein
To Clear the Minefield	Karen Pfeifer
Letter

Editor’s Picks (Summer 1998)