Edition #33/12-2003
August 18 , 2003

Dear Friend,

Most recent editorials and op-eds related to Israel have been about the fence/wall. They do not question its existence, but rather how it has been placed on Palestinian land to create more "facts on the ground" to further reduce Palestinian land and their mobility within it. For contrast, I have included two editorials that support the fence as currently being built, but they only argue about the need for a barrier and ignore the Israeli land grab.

Because most of you only have limited time for reading, I have arranged the articles in each category with those at the top that I consider most insightful and important. Let me know if you find this helpful or if you have any other suggestions.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

The Fence/Wall

Recognizing Fence Placement

• Daniel Seidemann, "Erecting a Barrier to Peace", Washington Post, August 14, 2003
• Luis Lainer, "A Fence, But Not This One", Boston Globe, August 10, 2003
• "On the Fence", Baltimore Sun, July 31, 2003
• Charles A. Radin, "Along Israeli Fence, Issues of Security, Border Resound", Boston Globe, August 2, 2003
• Michael Matza, "Unsettled Settlement", Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11, 2003
• Jamal Juma', "Stop the wall 'snaking through the West Bank'", Miami Herald, August 15, 2003
• Ethan Bronner, "An Israeli Barrier That Could Have Reduced Conflict Is Increasing It", New York Times, August 8, 2003

  Ignoring Fence Placement

• Charles Krauthammer, "Stuck on a Barrier That's Not on the Road Map", Washington Post, August 8, 2003
• A.M. Rosenthal, "The fence makes sense", New York Daily News, August 15, 2003

Other Subjects

• Khalil Shikaki, "The Right of Return", Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2003
• "DeLay's Foreign Meddling", Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2003
• Richard Chesnoff, "Sharon can't let sons derail Mideast peace", New York Daily News, August 14, 2003
• James Bennet, "Tiptoeing Along in the Middle East Two-Step", New York Times, August 17, 2003
• Ethan Bronner, "The Middle East Cease-Fire Feels Ephemeral", New York Times, August 3, 2003
• Walter Reich, "Right Idea, Wrong Holocaust Museum", Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2003