Edition #69-8/2006
December 8 , 2006

Dear Friend,

About two weeks ago, Jimmy Carter was on most of the prominent American TV interview programs discussing his new book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid", and indicating that he purposely chose the controversial title in order to generate public debate on the subject. I had expected that there would be a large number of relevant editorials and op-eds, but there has been only one until today, when Jimmy Carter wrote his own op-ed of explanation.

The other recent editorials and op-eds have focused primarily on settlements built on private Palestinian land, and the Gaza truce followed by Olmert's offer.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

• Jimmy Carter, "Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine", Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2006
• John Dugard, "Apartheid: Israelis adopt what South Africa dropped", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 29, 2006

Rights to Private Palestinian Land

• Gershom Gorenberg, "Israeli settlers, or squatters?", Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2006
• James Carroll, "Israel's land-rights problem", Boston Globe, November 27, 2006
• "Of land and peace", Baltimore Sun, December 4, 2006
• Bernard Avishai, "Stalemate over West Bank settlements", Los Angeles Times, November 20, 2006

Gaza Cease-Fire and Olmert's Offer

• "Israel's Offer", Washington Post, November 30, 2006
• "A new Mideast offer", San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 2006
• "Middle East precipice", Chicago Tribune, November 28, 2006

Other Subjects

• Nicholas Goldberg, "A cloud over Jerusalem", Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2006
• Nomi Morris, "Time for new approach to Israeli-Palestinian conflict", Baltimore Sun, November 19, 2006
• "The agony of Gaza", Boston Globe, November 10, 2006
• Jackson Diehl, "How Bush and Olmert Could Help Each Other", Washington Post, November 13, 2006