on the cover
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/Hulton/Archive
An elderly woman, a relative of killed Palestinian policeman Mohammed al-Masri, 20, covers her face with her hands as she cries in front of their home in the village of Beit Hanoun, near the border with Israel, before his funeral.

Volume 84
Number 9
September 2001

in this issue:
"The Palestinian Struggle for Justice"

A journey of justice, a journey of faith: An interview with Naim Ateek
by Brian Grieves
Anglican priest Naim Ateek, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, talks about Palestinian liberation theology, nonviolence and the Palestinian struggle for justice. Spanish version here.

A lifelong commitment to a people and the soul of a country
by Patti Browning, with Sandra J. Bright
Patti Browning was 29 when she first visited Jerusalem in 1962. Stunned by the stories of the Palestinian people she met, she began taking the first steps toward becoming an outspoken advocate for their cause.

Land for peace? An analysis of what went wrong
by Jonathan Kuttab
A human rights lawyer describes how the very language, slogans and ideas of peaceful moderates were used to legitimize and consolidate the occupation and domination of Israel over the Palestinians, making the "peace process" an enemy of a just peace.

Finding hope in political dialogue between women:
Samia Khoury and Terry Greenblatt on peace and justice

A conversation facilitated by Gina Benevento
Samia Khoury is a Palestinian Christian and Terry Greenblatt is an Israeli Jew. Last May they took time out from the crisis in Israel/Palestine to talk together about how to find peace with justice.

Special Report: Human rights versus oil
by Julie Wortman
Few non-Native people accept that fighting oil drilling in ANWR is a human rights battle.

Letters

Editorial Notes

Poetry

Keeping Watch

Short Takes

Book Review