1. Feedback from our readers

   Departments Pages: 6 - 8

2. Roundup of current research

   Departments Pages: 10 - 16

3. The permanent war

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 18 - 19

4. Realpolitik is peace

   • The American Friends Service Committee

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 20 - 23

5. Israel’s power elite

   • Rafael Rosenzweig
   • Georges Tamarin

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 26 - 33

6. Israel

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 34 - 37

7. Palestine’s Arabs

   • Don Peretz

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 43 - 49

8. Arabs in Exile

   • Fred J. Khouri

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 52 - 55

9. The children of Fatah

   • Leif Skoogfors

   A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 56 - 57

10. Liberation or genocide?

    • Yehoshafat Harkabi

    A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 62 - 67

11. Big power games, small power wars

    • Amos Perlmutter

    A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 70 - 78

12. Israel and the new left

    • Shlomo Avineri

    A Special Issue On Arab-Israeli Conflict Pages: 79 - 83

13. Do Blacks Hate Themselves?

    • William L. Yancey

    Book Reviews Pages: 85 - 88

14. Psyche behind political man

    • E. Victor Wolfenstein

    Book Reviews Pages: 88 - 90

15. Captive controllers

    • Richard E. Caves

    Book Reviews Pages: 90 - 92

16. Notes on authors and bibliographies

    Announcement Pages: 94 - 94