Edition #39/18-2003
December 12 , 2003

Dear Friend,

Since the last issue, the principal editorial subject has been the Geneva Accord. It was a privilege for me to be there on December 1 and see so many former and current world leaders and Nobel Peace Prize winners express their support for this initiative. The words in giant letters behind the podium best capture the mood: "There is a Plan"; "There is a Partner"; "Peace is Possible". We all know that it will take time and continuing commitment to turn the tide and achieve a peace where all parties are winners.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

Geneva Accord

• Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abed Rabbo, "An Accord to Remember", New York Times, December 1, 2003
• "A Fine, Unofficial Mideast Peace Deal", New York Times, December 2, 2003
• Bill Clinton, "Citizens show peace is possible", USA Today, December 4, 2003
• Ray Hanania, "Palestinians Need to Compromise", Newsday, December 4, 2003
• "The Geneva Accords: A worthy wager, not an act of treason", Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2003
• Richard Cohen, "A 'Traitor' for Peace', Washington Post, December 9, 2003
• "Nudge toward Mideast peace", USA Today, December 3, 2003
• "A Valid Peace Proposal", Boston Globe, December 4, 2003
• "Virtual Plan for Real Peace", Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2003
• "Accord in Geneva / An Israeli-Palestinian pact worth emulating", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
  December 3, 2003
• Bernard-Henri Levy, "After Geneva", Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2003
• "A Prompt from Geneva", Washington Post, December 6, 2003
• Steve Berman, "Geneva: Starting point for peace", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 8, 2003
• "Powell's Right to Expand Pursuit of Mideast Peace", Newsday, December 4, 2003

Other

• David Ignatius, "A Reluctant Israel's Reality", Washington Post, December 12, 2003
• Tom Wallace, "Israel's unholy wall", Boston Globe, December 3, 2003
• Thomas L. Friedman, "Breaking and Entering", New York Times, December 11, 2003
• Robert A. Levine, "The Israel 'Threat': Making of a Myth", Washington Post, December 6, 2003
• H.D.S. Greenway, "Israel ignoring its own lessons", Boston Globe, November 28, 2003
• Jo-Ann Mort, "Kibbutzim Fall, Settlements Rise -- and Israel Loses", Los Angeles Times,
  November 30, 2003