Edition #31/10-2003
July 8, 2003

Dear Friend,

A week ago most editorials showed enthusiasm over the Palestinian three-month cease fire and the Israeli withdrawals, but more recent editorials focus on the specific problems still to be overcome.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

• Sherri Muzher, "Tell Mr. Sharon to 'tear down this wall'", The Baltimore Sun, July 7, 2003
• David Griesing, "Roadblocks are real in world that's unhinged", Chicago Tribune, July 6, 2003
• "No exit", Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 2003
• James Bennet, "Israelis Sense They've Won", New York Times, July 4, 2003
• "Thin Rays of Mideast Hope", New York Times, July 2, 2003
• "The next steps to Mideast peace", Chicago Tribune, July 2, 2003
• "Steps on path to Mideast peace", San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2003
• "Two steps forward", The Baltimore Sun, July 2, 2003
• "Relief at last", Washington Post, July 2, 2003
• "Just a pinch of peace goes a long way in the Mideast", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 1, 2003'
• "Road to optimism", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 1, 2003
• "Hope and hudna", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 1, 2003
• "A New Lull, and New Hope", Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2003
• Edward R.F. Sheehan, "The Mideast's ticking clock", Boston Globe, June 30, 2003
• G. Jefferson Price III, "Stop winks, nods on settlements", The Baltimore Sun, June 29, 2003
• Marvin Lender and Jonathan Jacoby, "U.S. Jews Should Offer Abbas a Helping Hand", Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2003
• "Stop-and-go on Mideast truce", San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 2003
• Dennis Ross, "Help Abbas Succeed", The Baltimore Sun, June 24, 2003