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...anti-Israel petition with anti-Semitism (News, “Summers Says Anti-Semitism Lurks Locally,” Sept. 19). We have not unjustly singled out Israel for criticism. Sharon’s policies deserve every bit of criticism we direct at it. If Summers wants to lend Sharon the support of Harvard, let him do so openly and not hide behind slurs against faculty members exercising their right of political expression. Summers’ ill-considered statements only show again how unsuited he is to lead Harvard. Israel’s security lies in withdrawing from the occupied...
...This is in no way a protest against the State of Israel, but against the Sharon government, the Bush government and their policies,” Hanson said...
...that Palestinians consider the Israeli occupation to be a form of terrorism. The context for his statement was a brief period in which Bush suspended his pro-Israel tilt and tried to act as an honest broker between both sides in the conflict, calling on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to halt Israel's incursion into the West Bank. That's when he said, "Look, my job isn't to try to nuance. I think moral clarity is important, if you believe in freedom. And people can make all kinds of excuses, but there are some truths involved...
...though, the headlong rush to embrace violence is producing a backlash. Suicide attacks have proved so repugnant in Europe and the U.S. that they have begun to erode support for the Palestinian cause there. They have also contributed significantly to the free hand wielded by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has completely destroyed the infrastructure of the West Bank. Palestinian intellectuals and members of civil society have also recognized the bombings as a political disaster and are leading calls for their immediate halt. In taking the intifadeh hostage, Islamic radicals waging jihad have won, at best, a momentary...
...announce it to the world in his September 12 speech to the U.N. That raises the question of what exactly the President plans to say, Wednesday, when he meets with congressional leaders to make his case for attacking Iraq. The Israelis are certainly taking no chances. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered his military to complete its preparations for a U.S. attack on Iraq by early November. And Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Bush in the next fortnight to discuss a battle plan, having promised his skeptical electorate (71 percent against a war in the most recent...