Edition #1-2003
January 14, 2003

Dear Friend,

As the Israel elections draw close, they have generated more editorials and op-eds, but the recent terrorist attack and Sharon's unexpected response have also been the subject of comment.

As usual, 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

Terrorist Bombing and Israeli Response

• "Israel's empty gesture", Chicago Tribune, January 9, 2003
• Yasser Abed Rabbo, "Israel Won't Let Us Reform", Washington Post, January 14, 2003
• "Israel strikes back / But the Supreme Court reaffirms its principles", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
  January 10, 2003
• "Israel's Misaimed Anger", New York Times, January 8, 2003
• "Bombing the Peace Process", Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2003
• "Atrocity in Tel Aviv", Boston Globe, January 7, 2003

Israeli Elections

• Hope Keller, "Israel holds the key to ending a war it will never win", Baltimore Sun, January 12, 2003
• Gershom Gorenberg, "Sharon Can Back In", Newsday, January 9, 2003
• "The shaming of Sharon ", Boston Globe, January 11, 2003
• Serge Schmemann, "Israel's Election: Suddenly No Shoo-In", New York Times, January 12, 2003

Democracy for Israeli Arabs

• Azmi Bishara, "A dilemma for Arab Israelis", Miami Herald, January 14, 2003
• David Newman, "A Decision That Hurts Israeli Democracy", New York Times, January 6, 2003

Trust

• Ike Seamans, "Mistrust in the Mideast", Miami Herald, December 27, 2002
• Charles Radin, "Trust is the greatest casualty in Mideast rift", Boston Globe, December 28, 2002

Miscellaneous

• Mary Robinson, "Unusual voice speaks against anti-Semitism", Miami Herald, January 5, 2003
• Neve Gordon, "Sharon, settlers leading Israel into destruction", Baltimore Sun, January 3, 2003
• "A Brutal Routine", Washington Post, January 3, 2003
• "Not much good will / Christmas in the Holy Land is marked by division", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 25, 2002
• Adam B. Kushner, "Justices dismiss selective objectors", Miami Herald, January 6, 2003