BY SHELLEY NEESE— Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger died on Saturday in Charlottesville, VA. According to the family, he died of pneumonia although he had suffered from a heart attack the week before. He was 80 years old and is survived by three sons, all named Lawrence. When asked by the Washington Post why…
BY STAN GOODENOUGH— News Item#1: The United States has been holding separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian delegates to see if they are willing to go back to the negotiating table based on Obama’s May 19 speech. (Ha’aretz, June 7, 2011) News Item#2: Seventy-seven percent of Israelis oppose returning to pre-1967 lines even if it…
BY VICTOR SHARPE, CANADA FREE PRESS— In my last published article: In prayer, Jews face Jerusalem but Muslims face Mecca, I received this simple but profound question from a reader. “You wrote that for 19 long years from 1948 to 1967, Jordan had occupied Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and the eastern half of…