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PLEADED NOT GUILTY. JOSE PADILLA, 35, U.S. citizen held without charge for more than three years as an enemy combatant suspected of terrorist ties; to new charges--filed after his lawyers were poised to challenge his detention before the Supreme Court--of conspiracy to "murder, kidnap and maim" abroad; in Miami...
...Moment in Time In his new film, Munich, director Steven Spielberg attempts to identify the terrorist act at the 1972 Olympics as the starting point for the cycle of violent events being played out today [Dec. 12]. But that cycle started in the 1940s, when Jews fleeing Europe occupied Palestine and drove its people into exile. Spielberg's use of his great talent in making deep and meaningful cinematic material has been a delight to his fans, myself included. But when it comes to the Middle East, it is categorically biased to take a snapshot of events...
...Spielberg said he and screenwriter Tony Kushner didn't "demonize" the terrorist characters in Munich, since he felt that "many of them [were] reasonable and civilized." If Spielberg had been making a film about Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Eichmann?another gang that slaughtered Jews?would he portray them with the same degree of generosity and tolerance? Al Ramrus Pacific Palisades, California...
...done. Tom Wright Burke, Virginia, U.S. Ramallah's Renaissance Re Your article " Palestine's Oasis Of Artistic Freedom," about the cultural revival in the West Bank city of Ramallah [Dec. 19]: Maybe the world will begin to understand that before the so-called Israeli occupation can end, the terrorist occupation of the Palestinian territories must cease. When Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa are stopped, then Palestinians will be able to live free. Israel is not preventing the Palestinians from having the freedom to express themselves through art and culture. The real oppressors are the ignorant terrorists who think calling...
...impact cannot be applied universally. As the world saw during World War II, stereotypes about appearances and professions were used—often incorrectly—by Nazis to select people for its Jewish cleansing. Today, much of the Western world is quick to label any Muslim as a terrorist. But there is a separation between culture and religion—even if it is often blurred—that must be recognized if true religious tolerance is ever to be achieved...