Edition #17-2002
October 2, 2002

Dear Friend,

Below are editorials and op-eds from the past two weeks. The most widespread subject has been criticism of Sharon's folly and its implications.

Let me know either if you want to suggest additional names to add to our list or if you want your name removed.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

Reactions to Sharon's Attack on Arafat's Headquarters

• Thomas L. Friedman, "Dead End", New York Times, September 25, 2002
• "Rolling the President", Washington Post, September 25, 2002
• "His Own Worst Enemy", Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2002
• "Sharon vs. Arafat, Again", Chicago Tribune, September 24, 2002
• "Boosting Arafat's Image", Baltimore Sun, September 24, 2002
• "Mr. Sharon's Tanks", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 24, 2002

Sharon's Lack of Restraint Toward Iraq

• "Too Tough", Newsday, September 24, 2002
• "Israel's Best Interest", Boston Globe, September 24, 2002

Analysis of Current Situation

• David Grossman, "Fictions Embraced by an Israel at War", New York Times, October 1, 2002
• G. Jefferson Price III, "A Land Divided", Baltimore Sun, September 22, 2002
• Geoffrey H. Lewis and Alan D. Solomont, "New Efforts Sow Hope in Mideast", Boston Globe, September 21, 2002
• Uri Dromi, "Our spirit will not be broken", Miami Herald, September 27, 2002

Reactions to Summers' Speech at Harvard

• Patrick Healy, "Summers hits 'anti-Semitic' actions", Boston Globe, September 20, 2002
• Eileen McNamara, "Paranoia at Harvard", Boston Globe, September 22, 2002

Human Interest Stories

• Joel Greenberg, "'We Are One Family': A Mideast Story", New York Times, September 27, 2002
• James Bennet, " Israeli-Arab Hero Is Praised, but Not Embraced", New York Times, September 26, 2002

Other Topics

• G. Jefferson Price III, "An Israeli's Plea for Peace", Baltimore Sun, September 29, 2002
• Rachel Abramowitz, " In Hollywood, a Small Break in the Silence on Israel", Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2002