Edition #28/7-2003
May 16, 2003

Dear Friend,

The past 12 days have produced a large number of editorials and op-eds in major U.S. newspapers. Many of them have focused on the critical importance of George Bush pressuring Ariel Sharon, especially during their meeting next week, to accept and implement the Road Map as-is and without delay.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

• David Grossman, "Sharon Holds Keys to Middle East Peace", Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2003
• Trudy Rubin, "A Road Map That Won't be Followed", Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 2003
• Herbert C. Kelman, "The Major Roadblock on Road Map to Peace", Boston Globe, May 16, 2003
• Shimon Peres, "Israel Must Not Miss Yet Another Opportunity", Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2003
• Richard Cohen, "Sharon's Double Talk", Washington Post, May 15, 2003
• "Bush Should Press Sharon", Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2003
• Martha Ezzard, "Middle East Peace Calls for Bold Steps", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 13, 2003
• "Peace Map: Take One Difficult Step at a Time in Middle East", Detroit Free Press, May 13, 2003
• "Powell's Progress", Newsday, May 13, 2003
• Shibley Telhami, "'Road Map' for Mideast Forces U.S. Into a Bind", Newsday, May 13, 2003
• Thomas L. Friedman, "Fathers and Sons", New York Times, May 11, 2003
• Aluf Benn, "Which Sharon Will We See Next? Both, of Course", Washington Post, May 11, 2003
• "Map or minefield? / Don't Ambush a Middle East Peace Plan", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
  May 10, 2003
• Dennis Ross, "Mideast Peace, One Day at a Time", New York Times, May 8, 2003
• "Signs of Bad Faith", Chicago Tribune, May 8, 2003
• "Ariel Sharon's Delaying Tactic", New York Times, May 7, 2003
• Jackson Diehl, "Odds Are Abbas Fails, but Israel Still Has Plan B", Houston Chronicle, May 6, 2003
• Michael R. Fischbach, "A Restitution Solution in the Mideast", Los Angeles Times, May 5, 200