In an August 29, 2005 Sports Illustrated article, “Stars of
David,” reporter Grant Wahl’s excessive focus on Israel’s
alleged discrimination against Arabs mars an otherwise inspiring story of
Jewish and Arab cooperation on the soccer field.
A Muslim mob converged on the Palestinian Christian town of Taibeh, burning and looting 13 homes owned by relatives of a man suspected of having an affair and impregnating a 30-year-old Muslim woman who worked for him. Prior to the mob attack, in yet another suspected "honor killing," the pregnant woman, Hiyam Ajaj, was found dead from poison.
Since the release last fall of the documentary film
Columbia Unbecoming in which students accused professors in the Middle
East studies department of academic intimidation, Columbia University has been
embroiled in a controversy which garnered international headlines.
On Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, an Israeli hit-squad opened fire on a group of Palestinians without provocation, killing five in a gangland-style attack. Or, at least, that is what an extremely misleading Associated Press news story would have you believe.
Is it possible to look right but be wrong? Yes, and a Washington Post
editorial on Israel’s Gaza Strip withdrawal, "Mr. Sharon’s
Resolve" (August 18) showed how.
