Edition #49/9-2004
August 31, 2004

Dear Friend,

For most of this month, relatively few editorial columns about Israel have appeared in American newspapers, but during the past few days a number of writers have expressed concern about the expansion of West Bank settlements.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

Dangers Inherent in Bush's Current Israeli Policy

• Robert Scheer, "Israel's Albatross: U.S. Neocons", Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2004
• Daniel Seidemann, "Letting Israel Self-Destruct", Washington Post, August 26, 2004
• "Folly in the West Bank", New York Times, August 24, 2004
• "Unsettled policy: Bush's compliance on the West Bank and Gaza", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
  August 24, 2004
• "A Surrender to Sharon", Boston Globe, August 28, 2004
• "West Bank Settlements: Wrong turn on road map", Philadelphia Inquirer, August 27, 2004

Internal Israeli Problems from Gaza Settlement Plan

• Uri Dromi, "Withdrawal From Gaza Will Test Israeli Democracy", Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2004
• Uri Dromi, "Go ahead, Sharon, pull us out of Gaza", Miami Herald, August 20, 2004

Arafat's Role

• "Europe Should Press Arafat", Los Angeles Times, August 9, 2004
• "Prophecy by Arafat", Newsday, August 19, 2004