Part 1 Israel: the unfolding of the "Intifada", Shaul Mishal; polarization rampant - politics in Israel in 1989, Yoram Kessel; Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Meron Benvenisit. Part 2 The Middle East: Islamic fundamentalism at the end of the 1980s, Emmanuel Sivan; the Palestine Liberation Organization and the "Peace Process", Antony Lerman; the spread of nuclear, chemical and ballistic missile weaponry in the Middle East, Martin Navias. Part 3 The USA: a lower priority - the middle east policy of the Bush administration, Bernard Reich; affirmative action, the law and the Jews, Marc D.Stern. Part 4 World Jewry: a year of truth in Eastern Europe - liberalization and the Jewish communities, Maria Balinska; the affair of the Carmelite Convent at Auschwitz, Geoffrey Wigoder; Jewish renewal in Europe - Hungary, Stephen J.Roth; France, Simon P.Sibelman; current attitudes to religious conversion, Jonathan Magonet; 1929-1989 - assessing the changes in Jewry, Israel Finestein.
