the mideast dilemma
by david harris, executive director, american jewish committee
letter to the editor, international herald tribune
friday 22nd december
Jimmy Carter has forfeited any claim to objectivity in the Arab-Israeli conflict. His opinion article “Reiterating the keys to peace” (Views, Dec. 21, IHT) reveals why.
He has essentially bought the Palestinian narrative hook, line and sinker. In his […]

from the editorial page in the washington post
saturday, december 16
a critical analysis of the current dangerous political climate, inviting even more emboldened recklessness by the thugs, assad and ahmadinejad
“…here in Washington, the Bush administration was bombarded by demands that it open unconditional negotiations with Mr. Assad and Mr. Ahmadinejad. Democratic senators are tripping over each […]

by dr. eran lerman
director ajc israel/middle east office
The gathering of Holocaust deniers in Tehran - absurdly pretending to be revisionist “historians” and “scholars” - would have been the subject of rich comedy (the ayatollahs meet The Producers?) were not the underlying regional realities giving it a specific and sinister meaning. This was made explicit by […]

by david harris
excerpt from jersalem post
december 5, 2006
“It is … startling that a former president who prides himself on his ongoing contribution to world peace would write a crude polemic that compromises any pretense to objectivity and fairness.”
read full text of article from the jerusalem post

offering video, israel answers critics on war
from today’s new york times
december 5, 2006
by greg myre
Israel’s military, which has been accused of abuses in its war against Hezbollah this summer, has declassified photographs, video images and prisoner interrogations to buttress its accusation that Hezbollah systematically fired from civilian neighborhoods in southern Lebanon and took cover in […]