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Over the past 18 months—in response to the Palestinian uprising—Israel’s military occupation has used increasingly invasive and brutal forms of repression. This is not to assign all the blame on Israel for the failure of the diplomatic negotiations at Camp David in the summer of 2000 and the violence that erupted that fall. The Palestinian leadership certainly bears some responsibility for this violence as well. Yet Israel’s response to this violence has too frequently been to punish the entire population for the acts of its leaders...
...envelopes first-years received under their door early this morning will assign them to Houses that are radically different than they were just five years ago, when Houses were still inhabited by students who had picked them...
...spectrum bears the micromanaging touch of a President who doesn't usually fiddle with the fine details. White was once considered a possible warning color, but last Thursday Bush discarded the designation as too neutral and confusing. Although the council hasn't decided which color to assign to our current status, it will start at least one level more hazardous than green in an effort to give the public hope of better days to come...
...spectrum bears the micromanaging touch of a President who doesn't usually fiddle with the fine details. White was once considered a possible warning color, but last Thursday Bush discarded the designation as too neutral and confusing. Although the council hasn't decided what color to assign to our current status, it will start at least one level more hazardous than green in an effort to give the public hope of better days to come...
There are many good sources on the Middle East. Although teachers may assign books exclusively hostile to Israel, you are always free to explore the other side of the story. To see how widespread the problem Harvard students may be facing is, see Martin Kramer’s Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America. Bernard Lewis’ most recent book, What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Responses offers a terse, deeply knowledgeable historical analysis of his subject...