Dear Friend,

I expect you will find a number of these Middle East articles from the American press of particular interest.

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

American Jewish Attitudes

• Letters to the Editor (responding to Hedges article about Siegman) by Abraham H. Foxman, Joseph Towle, and Nathan Weber, "American Jews and Moral Lessons", New York Times", June 16, 2002
• Chris Hedges, "Separating Spiritual and Political, He Pays a Price, New York Times, June 13, 2002

Arab Attitudes

• Ahmed Bouzid, "Harsh Words Trample Palestinians' Hope", Baltimore Sun, June 17, 2002
• Dina Khayat, "Imagine Peace", Miami Herald, June 13, 2002
• Sohail H. Hashmi, "Not What Prophets Would Want", Washington Post, June 9, 2002

Settlers and Separation

• Ari Shavit, "An Impossible Position", Washington Post, June 16, 2002
• Jim Hoagland, "Resigned to Separation", Washington Post, June 9, 2002

Bush's Role

• "The Israeli-Palestinian Horizon", Washington Post, June 14, 2002
• Clarifying the Bush Mideast Plan", New York Times, June 11, 2002
• Thomas Friedman, "Where the Buck Stops", New York Times, June 9, 2002

Arafat's Place

• Robert Scheer, "Arafat, By Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People", Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2002

• John Kifner, "The World; Post-Arafat Could Be Worse Than Arafat", New York Times, June 9, 2002

Reporting Bias

• Hanoch Marmari, "Truth and Consequences on the Palestinian Beat", Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2002
• Michael Getler, "Tense Times", Washington Post, June 9, 2002