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2000
NOVEMBER
November 1, 2000
Conversation:
Shlomo Ben-Ami
As part of a series of discussions on the Middle East, Ray
Suarez talks to acting Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami.
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OCTOBER
October 31, 2000
Conversation:
Hanan Ashrawi
As part of a series of discussions on the Middle East, Ray
Suarez talks to Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi.
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October 30, 2000
Newsmaker:
Madeleine Albright
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses her historic
trip to North Korea and recent events in the Middle East.
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October 25, 2000
Troubled
Land
Samuel Lewis, who served as ambassador to Israel during the Carter
and Reagan administrations, talks about the continuing violence.
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October 23, 2000
Troubled
Land
Former Secretary of State George Shultz discusses the
deepening crisis in the Middle East.
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October 20, 2000
No
Cease-Fire
Ray Suarez discusses the apparent failure of the cease-fire agreement
between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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October 19, 2000
Dangerous Neighborhood
Ray Suarez leads a discussion on the investigation of the attack on the USS Cole. |
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October 17, 2000
Stopping
the Violence
Margaret Warner leads a discussion on the agreement reached
at the emergency summit.
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October 16, 2000
Middle
East Meltdown
Margaret Warner leads a discussion on the emergency Middle
East summit.
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October 12, 2000
Middle
East Meltdown
Margaret Warner discusses the escalating violence in the Middle
East with Tova Herzl, minister for congressional affairs at the Israeli embassy,
and Hasan Abdel Rahman, the chief Palestinian representative to Washington.
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October 9, 2000
Turmoil
in the Middle East
A panel discusses the conflict in the Middle East.
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October 2, 2000
New
Violence
A discussion of the outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
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AUGUST
August 29, 2000
Seeking
Refuge
Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from the Middle East on the plight of
Palestinian refugees.
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August 23, 2000
Divided
City
In the first of a two-part series, Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on
the effects of the breakdown of the recent Camp David talks on Jerusalem.
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JULY
July 25, 2000
Troubled
Path to Peace
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the Israeli-Palestinian
Peace Summit, why it ended with no agreement and the possibilities for the future.
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July 25, 2000
Troubled
Path to Peace
Perspective from the Camp David negotiating table, the Israeli
delegation, Oded Eran.
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July 25, 2000
Troubled
Path to Peace
Perspectives from the Camp David negotiating table, from the
Palestinian delegation, Saeb Erbakat.
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July 20, 2000
Path
to Peace
An update on the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at Camp David
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July 11, 2000
Path
to Peace
Israeli Minster of Immigrant Absorption Yael Tamir and Palestinian
National Council member Hanan Ashrawi discuss whether Middle East peace talks
can be salvaged at this week's Camp David summit.
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July 6, 2000
Searching
for Peace
Discussing the upcoming Middle East summit, Edward Djerejian,
director of the James Baker Institute for public policy at Rice University,
and former ambassador to Israel and Syria; Nitzan Horowitz, Washington bureau
chief for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz; and Khalil Jahshan, vice president
of the American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee.
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JUNE
June 12, 2000
After
Assad
Syria mourns the death of President Hafez Al-Assad, and contemplates
naming his eldest son to succeed him.
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MAY
May 26, 2000
Israel's
Departure from Lebanon
With the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon,
residents of northern Israel are left without a buffer zone. Special correspondent
Martin Himel reports from the border town of Misgav Ahm.
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May 24, 2000
Final
Pullout: Israel Leaves Lebanon
Hezbollah guerillas assume control of southern
Lebanon.
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May 24, 2000
Final
Pullout: Israel Leaves Lebanon
Hezbollah guerillas assume control of southern
Lebanon. A discussion with Nitzan Horowitz, Washington Bureau Chief for the
Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, Moifa Harb, Washington Bureau Chief of Pan Arab
newspaper Al-Hayat, Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute
for Near East Policy, and Frederic Hof, former U.S. Army attache in Beirut and
former director for Palestinian affairs at the Department of Defense.
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May 8, 2000
Power
Struggle in Iran
Ali Banuazizi, a professor of modern Iranian history at
Boston College; Elaine Sciolino, a reporter for the New York Times who has covered
Iran over the past 20 years; and Daniel Pipes, the editor of the Middle East
Quarterly and director of a nonprofit group Middle East Forum; give three perspectives
on the current power struggle in Iran.
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May 3, 2000
Sanctioning
Iraq
Hans Von Sponeck, the United Nations Humanitarian coordinator for Iraq
from October 1998 until this past March when he resigned in protest, and Patrick
Clawson, director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
debate the necessity for the current sanctions against Iraq.
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APRIL
April 25, 2000
A
First-hand Report on Iraq
Congressman Tony Hall, just back from a tour of
Iraq, talks about sanctions and their effect on the Iraqi people.
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MARCH
March 28, 2000
Opening
the Tap
Senior correspondent Ray Suarez talks with two experts about OPEC's
decision to increase oil production.
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March 17, 2000
Thawing
Relations
Senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports on the U.S. decision to
ease sanctions against Iran, announced by Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright.
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FEBRUARY
February 21, 2000
Winds
of Change
Middle East experts look at the meaning of the election results
coming out of Iran.
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February 17, 2000
Voting
for Change
Independent Television News Correspondent Lindsey Hilsum reports
on the changes that are expected after Friday's parliamentary elections in
Iran.
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JANUARY
January 21, 2000
Inspecting
Iraq
NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels talk about the arms inspection
impasse in Iraq. Ambassador Richard Butler, head of the United Nation's last
Iraqi weapons Inspection, UNSCOM, from 1997-1999; Ambassador Robert Pelletreau,
former U.S. assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs during the
first term of the Clinton administration; and Edmund Ghareeb, adjunct professor
of Middle East studies at American University; look at the new attempt to return
U.N. arms inspectors to Iraq.
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January 17, 2000
A
Diplomatic Goal!
Los Angeles Times correspondent Robin Wright; Bahman Baktiari, political
science professor from Maine; and Kenneth Timmerman, former director of the
Foundation for Democracy in Iran; discuss the recent attempts at soccer diplomacy
with Iran.
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January 10, 2000
First
Round of Peace Talks Ends
Joel Singer, former legal adviser to Yitzhak Rabin
and negotiator of the Oslo Accords for Israel; and Hisham Melham, Washington-based
correspondent for As-Safir, a Lebanese newspaper, discuss the recess declared
in the Syrian-Israeli talks held in Sheperdstown, W. Va.
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January 3, 2000
New
Round of Peace Talks
David Makovsky, executive editor of The Jerusalem Post;
and Hisham Melham, correspondent for the Beirut newspaper As-Safir, give an
update on the ongoing negotiations. |
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