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Tackling the Middle East (NY Times) 01/21/09
The problem, one that goes back for decades, is Palestinian illusions, the latest being Hamas's declaration of victory as this war winds down.

Defending Israel (Sun-Sentinel) 01/16/09
Under constant terrorist attack, Israel had no choice but to act to protect its citizens.

Encouraging Peace (St. Lous Post-Dispatch) 01/09/09
Gazans have a clear choice: work with the Palestinian Authority, the US and Israel to root out extremists from their midst, or continue to link themselves to Hamas, a terrorist group.

Viable Alternatives (Int'l Herald Tribune) 01/08/09
While it is legitimate for writers to criticize Israel for the military action in Gaza, the failure to offer a reasonable alternative leaves readers with a dilemma.

Israel's Military Not At Fault (NY Times) 01/08/09
A series of articles about the Gaza conflict create a false picture of the situation Israel faces with regard to Hamas.

Whitewashing Hamas (Los Angeles Times) 01/06/09
A Hamas official's diatribe against Israel whitewashes who Hamas is and belies the truth about Israel's actions in Gaza.

Cartoon Equates Gaza with Holocaust (Irish Times) 01/06/09
The Irish News published a cartoon clearly equating Israel's military operation against Hamas with the Holocaust.

Hamas to Blame (Phil. Daily News) 01/06/09
Hamas bears sole responsibility for the current situation in Gaza.

Keep Facts in Mind (Lincoln Journal Star) 01/04/09
Hamas must decide whether it wants to build a nation for its people or continue to destroy their lives by trying to destroy Israel.

Supporting Israel's Democracy (NY Times) 01/02/09
A policy analyst falsely describes the American approach in the Middle East, employing language favored by the likes of Pat Buchanan.

Establishing Effective Cease-Fire (NY Times) 12/30/08
Any cease-fire agreement with Hamas must have teeth to ensure that the terrorist group cannot smuggle in more and better arms to renew conflict at a higher level.

Israel's Right to Self-Defense (Miami Herald) 12/30/08
We applaud The Miami Herald for its accurate analysis of why Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas' terror.

The Israel/Gaza Situation (S.B. Independent) 12/29/08
In direct response to years of rocket barrage into densely populated areas, Israel has taken action against the Hamas terrorist infrastructure.

Don't Target Muslims (5 Towns Jewish Times) 12/17/08
The suggestion that Jews should kill innocent Muslim civilians to counter Islamic terrorism is morally reprehensible and appalling.

Repeating Durban (Wall Street Journal) 12/04/08
The U.S. did the right thing to pull out of the original U.N. Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. It should do so again.

Church/State Lines Too Blurry (Seattle PI) 12/03/08
Persistent conflict over religious symbols in public places reflects the increasingly blurry line separating church and state, a line best maintained clearly.

Hate Crimes Against Property (Denver Post) 12/02/08
An article may have given the false impression that hate crimes on private property in Colorado cannot be prosecuted.

Derek Black, White Supremacist (PB Post) 12/01/08
Black has a long history as a white supremacist and is a rising star in the movement.

Reporting Hate Crime a Must (Indianapolis Star) 11/30/08
Indianapolis has a poor record of acknowledging and reporting hate crimes. It needs to do a better job.

Assigning Blame (LA Times) 11/21/08
An editorial rightly advocates for a cessation of violence in Gaza, but unjustly and inaccurately places full responsibility on the Israeli government.

Assigning Blame in Gaza (LA Times) 11/21/08
An editorial rightly advocates for a cessation of violence in Gaza, but unjustly and inaccurately places full responsibility on the Israeli government.

Violent Racism Still Exists (Oregonian) 11/17/08
Violent racism is not necessarily a thing of the past.

Problematic Nature (East Hampton Star) 10/27/08
An advertisement featuring maps of Israel was misleading and included flagrantly political and incorrect material.

A Convenient Scapegoat (NY Times) 10/20/08
William Kristol is simply incorrect when he writes that the economic downturn has resulted in remarkably little scapegoating.

Condemning Hateful Remarks (LA Times) 10/16/08
Constance Rice's inference was unfounded; ADL has a long history of condemning hateful remarks, or acts, against any group.

Misleading Amendment (Denver Post) 10/09/08
Governor Bill Ritter was right to oppose an amendment that would ban any form of affirmative action by the state of Colorado.

Hate Law Needed (Rocky Mountain News) 10/04/08
As one of only five states that does not have a hate crimes law, it's high time for Wyoming to enact one.

Dual Loyalty Charge (Connecticut Post) 10/02/08
Referring to U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman as the "senator from Israel" goes beyond legitimate discourse and disagreement.

Pulpit Endorsements Defy Law (NYTimes) 09/26/08
Calling on ministers to defy the law by endorsing candidates from the pulpit is an affront to American values and a threat to religious liberty.

Don't Politicize Churches (Wall Street Journal) 09/24/08
Politicizing churches coerces congregants and invites politicians and churches to start bartering government benefits for political support.

Ahmadinejad's Duplicity (NY Times) 09/19/08
It is disingenuous for the Iranian President to suggest that he has no hostility toward the Israeli people, but only the state of Israel.

Hezbollah's Shrine of Hate (NY Times) 09/03/08
Hezbollah's shrine to a slain terrorist demonstrates how terrorist groups use and indoctrinate children into their blood-soaked culture of hatred.

Desire for Peace (NY Times) 08/18/08
The suggestion that a new Israeli prime minister might not continue to pursue peace with Israel's neighbors is unwarranted.

Proposal Misleads Voters (Sun-Sentinel) 08/07/08
A proposed amendment would fundamentally alter and poison the relationship between church and state in Florida.

Newspaper Helps Guide the Way (Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber) 07/30/08
After a synagogue was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, a local paper mobilized the community in a show of solidarity and support.

Keep Religion Separate (Miami Herald) 07/29/08
A proposal to implement the nation’s first constitutionally mandated faith-based initiative in Florida is unwise and unnecessary.

Comparison Misses Mark (NYTimes) 07/24/08
Nicholas D. Kristof misses the mark in comparing Israel's reaction to Palestinian terrorism to that of Northern Ireland.

Reality of Israel's Existence (Times-Dispatch) 07/23/08
A letter with historical omissions and factual inaccuracies offers a distorted view of the conditions that existed at the time of Israel's founding.

Condemn Hate Crimes (Miami Herald) 07/18/08
An allegedly hate-motivated assault against an elderly rabbi in Miami Beach was a reminder of why the Florida legislature enacted a hate crime law.

Justice Overdue for Nazis (Seattle Times) 07/16/08
The Department of Justice's Office of Special Investigations should be applauded for their work in bringing Nazis to justice.

Faith-Based Concerns (Jewish Week) 07/15/08
When it comes to faith-based initiatives, the devil is in the details.

Inaccurate Attack (Boston Jewish Advocate) 06/28/08
The Guantanamo case was not about advocating for the release of terrorists, but rather upholding the right of habeas corpus, one of this country's oldest Constitutional rights.

Response Reinforced Stereotype (Salem News) 06/26/08
A Bar Mitzvah is one of the most significant right-of-passage events in Jewish religious life, and should never be linked with materialism.

Kristof Oversimplifies Gaza Crisis (NYTimes) 06/19/08
The dilemmas facing Israel in Gaza are more complicated than those presented by Nicholas D. Kristof.

Inappropriate Comparison (Indian Country Today) 06/17/08
It is wrong to compare the mistreatment of American Indians by the United States to the historic plight of the Palestinian people as a result of the founding of the State of Israel.

Stand Against Intolerance (Miami Herald) 06/12/08
Swastikas, nooses and ethnic slurs serve as chilling reminders of the hatred harbored by some and evoke disturbing memories of what can happen when hate goes unchecked.

Spreading Hate Online (NY Times) 06/12/08
The Internet has provided a vast, dangerous vehicle for the spread of hate across national boundaries, frustrating many attempts at legal restrictions.

Filmmaker's Anti-Israel Stance (NYTimes) 06/04/08
The French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard has a longstanding and very public animus toward Israel.

Review Draws Incorrect Comparison (Plain Dealer) 06/03/08
A theater review includes a totally inappropriate comparison between Israeli government policies toward Palestinians and the Nazi's attempted annihilation of Europe's Jews.

One State Not A Solution (CS Monitor) 05/30/08
Ghada Karmi's promotion of an unworkable "one state solution" is simply an indirect attempt to bring about an end to Israel.

Anti-Israel Ads Biased (Albuquerque Journal) 05/25/08
Anti-Israel invective has little place in furthering the peace process.

Deceptive Palestinian Narrative (NY Times) 05/19/08
Instead of looking backward and remaining anchored in a failed vision, Palestinian voices should promote a new narrative of hope, reconciliation and peace with Israel.

Prerequisite for Peace (Hartford Courant) 05/16/08
The prerequisite for peace is recognition of the Jewish State and a cessation of terrorism and anti-Semitism.

Talking About Israel (CS Monitor) 05/12/08
An article about US politics and Israel relies on commentary from uniformly harsh critics of Israel policy and analysts that are vocal about a stifling "Jewish lobby."

Two States are Better Than One (LA Times) 05/11/08
Negating Israel's right to exist undermines the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people for a state of their own.

Distorting Israel's Past (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 04/20/08
A story about Israel contains more than one revisionist distortion, but the most egregious is that Israel "has occupied another nation for 41 years."

Twisted Truth (Bangor Daily News) 04/19/08
To make no mention of the murderous actions of extremists and the daily barrage of rockets from Gaza, completely ignores Israel's very real security needs in the region.

Simple Truth About Hamas (Wash. Post) 04/17/08
Rhetorical devices cannot obscure the fact that Hamas actively seeks Israel's destruction and engages in wanton murder of civilians.

NOI is a Hate Group (Philadelphia Daily News) 04/12/08
The Nation of Islam has maintained a consistent record of racism and anti-Semitism under the guise of instilling African-Americans with a sense of empowerment.

Cartoon Disappoints (Houston Chronicle) 04/04/08
The Chronicle made an editorial decision that could foment rather than prevent prejudice.

Talking to Hamas (NY Times) 04/03/08
Hamas should not be included in the peace process until it recognizes Israel and puts an end to terrorism.

Combating Intolerance and Hatred (Wilkes Beacon) 03/30/08
Anti-bullying, anti-bias and diversity programs will help provide students with an education in which social, ethical, and academic development are inseparable goals.

Cartoonist: No Anti-Semitism Intended (Seattle PI) 03/28/08
A recent cartoon by David Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was altered after concerns about anti-Semitism.

Free Speech and the 'Net (Wall Street Journal) 03/27/08
Just because the medium is the Internet, we are not required to toss aside basic societal norms of human conduct and suspend the use of thoughtful judgment.

Israel's Right to Exist (Int'l Herald Tribune)
03/18/08
The critical stumbling block to peace is Palestinian rejection of the legitimate right of the Jewish people to a state.

Onus on Hamas (Financial Times) 03/07/08
For the Middle East peace process to gain traction, the onus must first be on Hamas to renounce terrorism and recognize Israel.

Athlete Should Be Accomodated (Palm Beach Post) 02/28/08
A Florida athletic association should have accommodated a student's religion for the final round of a basketball competition.

Responding to Online Hate (Jewish Week) 02/25/08
It is wrong to characterize "old-guard" Jewish groups as slow in recognizing new mutations of anti-Semitism on the Internet.

Too Soon to Say Israel Has 'Won' (NY Times) 02/11/08
Daniel Gavron reminds readers how far Israel has come in its 60 years, but he minimizes the real threats facing Israel, particularly regarding security.

Engaging Hamas (Palm Beach Post) 02/04/08
Israel cannot engage in direct negotiations with Hamas, a terrorist group, until the rocket attacks on Israel cease.

Wrong on Race Policies (Kansas City Star) 02/04/08
Racism will not subside until we pass laws that no longer have a racially disparate impact.

Countering Bullying (Omaha World-Herald) 02/04/08
Bullying is a serious issue that schools, parents and educators must address with the urgency that it demands.

Reality in Gaza (Int'l Herald Tribune) 02/01/08
Hamas' continued insistence on terrorism and a policy of Israel's destruction, are ultimately responsible for the sad state of affairs in Gaza.

Determining Motivation (Star-Ledger) 01/31/08
The absence of bias crime charges in a cemetery desecration case does not reduce the severity of the malicious act.

Don't Deal With Hamas (CS Monitor) 01/29/08
Hamas must take meaningful steps to renounce terrorism, to disarm, and to recognize Israel's right to exist as a precondition for engagement.

Coercion and Faith-Based Programs (NY Times) 01/29/08
The faith-based initiative marries public funds and religious discrimination – putting at risk America's great tradition of religious freedom.

To Kill a Mocking Word (Seattle Times)
01/28/08
A Washington judge acted appropriately after ethnically biased slurs were hurled during jury deliberations.

"Clashes" Misrepresents Reality (NYTimes) 01/25/08
The use of the word "clashes" to headline a story about two terrorist attacks against Israelis is a gross misrepresentation of the facts.

Caucusing on the Sabbath (Vegas Review-Journal) 01/15/08
In future, party leaders should ensure the Nevada presidential caucuses do not fall on the Jewish Sabbath.

Tough Choices for Peace (NY Times) 01/14/08
Israel should be applauded for its willingness to find ways to address the difficult issues and make the "tough choices" for peace.

Minutemen & Anti-Immigration (LA Times) 01/12/08
The Minutemen are the common thread that links many mainstream and extremist elements of the anti-immigration movement.

Israeli Policy Not 'Apartheid' (Chicago Tribune) 01/08/08
Travel restrictions the Palestinians must endure create genuine hardship. But they are the consequences of the needs that Israel must address to ensure the safety of its citizens.

Mearsheimer/Walt At It Again (LA Times) 01/07/08
American Presidential candidates are not, as in the hyperbolic fantasies of Mearsheimer and Walt, the product of "Jewish influence" and power.

U.S. Policy Towards Israel (Palm Beach Post) 01/07/08
John A. Carter's charges about "Zionist" control of U.S. policy bear no resemblance to reality.

Plight of Bethlehem (Wall Street Journal) 12/26/07
Kenneth L. Woodward ignores the pressures and ongoing intimidation facing Christians by Palestinian Muslim extremists.

Extremists Won't Be Mollified (USA Today) 12/19/07
While many are hopeful for a resolution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is wishful to think that it will lessen the animosity of Islamic extremists.

Faith & Politics (Washington Times) 12/18/07
Presidential candidates bear a responsibility to remember the sensibilities of those Americans who are not of the majority faith.

Forcing Religion (Wichita Eagle) 12/10/07
A columnist wrongly characterized participation in a Kansas faith-based prison rehabilitation program as "voluntary."

Complex Issues After Annapolis (LA Times) 12/01/07
An op-ed failed to address the complexities involved in negotiating a resolution to the Palestinian refugee issue.

The Holocaust on Iranian TV (CS Monitor) 11/28/07
The Iranian TV series Zero Degree Turn may indeed portray Jews during the World War II era, but it does little to truly educate about the full horrors of the Holocaust.

Hamas Causes Hardship in Gaza (WashPost) 11/27/07
It is tragic that Hamas extremism continues to cause much suffering for the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip.

US Presidents & Israel 11/26/07
Israeli concessions without serious decisions by the Palestinians to provide security, reform their institutions and combat terror, breed cynicism about the process.

Anti-Semitism in Venezuela (NY Times) 11/21/07
In the Chavez era, anti-Semitism is being used as a political tool.

Annapolis & the Mideast Divide (NY Times) 11/19/07
Roger Cohen was out of line in his insinuation that Israel's presence in the West Bank is colonial in nature.

Iran Poses Clear Threat (Miami Herald) 11/15/07
Iran may be able to produce a nuclear bomb and the ability to deliver it to a target within three to eight years.

Why Jews Were Upset (Chicago Sun-Times) 11/06/07
Columnist Robert Novak distorts why many Jews were so disturbed by Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.

Iranian Threat is Real (CS Monitor) 10/30/07
Iran's rapidly developing nuclear weapons program is not an issue manufactured by Israel, but is a matter of great concern to the entire international community.

Disability, Gender in Hate Crime Laws (LA Times) 10/30/07
Legislators should not eliminate gender and disability from the Matthew Shepard Act.

Tutu and Free Speech (Forward) 10/15/07
Though Archbishop Tutu is no friend of Israel, he is not an anti-Semite. He has the right to express his views on campus.

Hate Crime Laws Punish Conduct 09/25/07
Daniel Leddy got it wrong when he argued that hate crime laws lay the foundation for punishing speech.

Anti-Semitism and 'Israel Lobby' (Philadelphia Inquirer) 09/10/07
Michael Smerconish sets up a straw man in discussing the book, "The Israel Lobby."

Defining Hate Crime (Chicago Sun-Times) 09/10/07
Intent - targeting a victim because of his or her status - is what distinguishes a hate crime from other crimes.

Hamas Pressures Journalists (NYTimes) 09/10/07
The detailing of the problems facing the press in Gaza was illuminating, but could have been even more so.

Evan Goldstein's Myopia (Haaretz) 08/24/07
It is easy for someone like Evan Goldstein sitting in the comfort of his home or office in Washington to pontificate about hypocrisy.

Leonard Fein Misinformed (Forward) 08/17/07
"On Armenian Genocide, Politics Trumps Truth" by Leonard Fein was misinformed on ADL's position.

Hate Crimes Laws Essential (Atlanta Journal) 08/15/07
Charley Reese trots out the usual tired old arguments in opposition to hate-crime laws.

Religion not Hindered by Hate Crimes Laws (Memphis Commercial Appeal) 08/03/07
Fears about the pending federal hate crimes law -- the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Act -- censoring or inhibiting religion are simply unfounded.

Hate Crime Laws Are Valuable (NY Post) 08/01/07
Hate crime laws do not punish biased thoughts.

Ellison's Comments Offensive to All (Jewish Week) 07/30/07
Editorial on Ellison wrong on two accounts: He did not invoke the Holocaust and his political affliation not an issue.

Murdoch, The Journal and Israel (NY Sun) 07/25/07
Rupert Murdoch has always been a true friend of the Jewish people and of the state of Israel.

Hate Crimes Laws Are Necessary (Augusta Chronicle, GA) 07/23/07
State hate-crime laws are necessary because these crimes tear at our nation's core values, strike fear within victimized groups and polarize communities.

Latin Mass Concerns Misunderstood (CSM) 07/19/07
ADL has taken no position on the wider use of the Latin mass.

Kristof's Clouded View of Iran (NY Times) 07/19/07
Nicholas Kristof allows his venom toward the Bush administration to cloud his views of what to do about Iran.

Offensive Prayer (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 07/18/07
ADL consulted with Catholic liturgical experts in the Vatican and at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the possible reinstatement of a Latin prayer for the conversion of Jews.

Hamas Needs to Recognize Israel (CSM) 07/18/07
Inviting the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas to the negotiation table is a recipe for disaster.

Hamas Diatribe Against Israel (LA Times) 07/10/07
Moussa Abu Marzook's diatribe against Israel attempts to obfuscate the reasons for the refusal by the international community to deal with this terrorist organization.

Misleading Portrait of Racist (Herald-Leader, KY) 07/09/07
Randall Mack's letter paints a grossly misleading picture of David Duke and his anti-Semitic book, Jewish Supremacy, which advances every anti-Semitic canard promoted over centuries.

No 'Special Victims' of Hate (Post-Dispatch) 06/29/07
Hate crime laws do not "require a degree of mind-reading" and treat some victims "more special than others."

Essential Hate Laws (Chicago Tribune) 06/28/07
Kathleen Parker is misinformed about both the purpose of hate crime laws and how they actually work.

Words, Actions and Hamas (NYTimes) 06/21/07
Ahmed Yousef's preposterous picture of Hamas as a moderate, peace-loving organization has no basis in reality.

Hate Crime Law Misunderstood (USA Today) 06/18/07
Minister Henry Jackson clearly misunderstands the pending federal hate crime legislation.

Wrong Time for Concessions (NYTimes) 06/15/07
With Hamas declaring that Islamist rule has arrived in Gaza, it is unimaginable that the New York Times wants Israel to make security concessions.

Hate Crimes and Media (Chicago Tribune) 06/14/07
An op-ed erroneously suggested that prosecutors avoid charging black-on-white crimes as "hate crimes" because politicians and the media do not demand it.

Fighting Anti-Immigrant Bias 06/11/07
It is a sad day when a United States citizen is angrily told to "leave the country" simply because he appears to be Hispanic.

In Defense of Hate Crime Laws (NY Sun) 06/08/07
Kenneth Blackwell's claim that the current bill pending before Congress would "punish thoughts and opinions," is wrong on all counts.

Don't Blame Israel (State Journal-Register, IL) 06/07/07
Paul Findley's reckless attempt to blame Israel and its supporters for 9/11 reveals his obsessive need to demonize Israel at all costs.

Segev Misses Mark on Six-Day War (NY Times) 06/05/07
Tom Segev's look back at the Six-Day War misses a larger point.

Biased Attitudes Can Change (NY Jewish Week) 06/05/07
Fighting anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred is too significant a challenge to take seriously Jerome Chanes' simplistic assessment.

Missing Point on Hate Crime (Wash. Times) 06/01/07
Hate crime laws do not punish "biased thoughts," just criminal conduct.

Professor Whitewashes Holocaust Conference
05/29/07
Professor Shiraz Dossa shamelessly tries to justify his attendance at last year's Holocaust denial conference in Iran.

Conflating Arab Conflicts (NY Times) 05/21/07
It is difficult to understand why Tom Friedman concludes his "memo to the president" by conflating U.S. military interests in Afghanistan and Iraq with struggle over the future of the Palestinian people.

Laws Must Stand Up to Hate (Boston Globe) 05/21/07
Jeff Jacoby gets it wrong on the federal legislation recently approved by the US House.

Will Wrong on Hate Crimes (Virginian-Pilot) 05/21/07
Supporters of the hate crimes law understand it will aid victims and assist law enforcement in improving the response of the criminal justice system to these devastating crimes.

Article's Headline Misleading (Forward) 05/18/07
A misleading headline and the irresponsible and selective use of quotations mislead readers.

Israel Demonized (Detroit Free Press) 05/17/07
Sherri Muzher's column paints a picture of intentional Israeli domination and suppression of both Palestinian culture and humanity.

George Will Misses Mark (Bergen Record) 05/17/07
George Will is off the mark on both the facts and the law in his most recent attack on federal hate-crime legislation.

Hate Crime Laws Work (Tampa Tribune) 05/17/07
Supporters understand that the federal hate crimes bill will improving the response of the criminal justice system to criminal acts of bias.

Hate Crimes Bill Misunderstood (Chicago Sun-Times) 05/15/07
Ed Feulner's op-ed demonstrated a fundamental lack of understanding about the hate crime legislation approved by the U.S. House.

Hate Crimes Law Should Cover All (LA Times) 05/14/07
The importance of adding federal jurisdiction for crimes motivated by the victim's gender and disability should not be minimized.

Hate Crime Laws Work (Kansas City Star) 05/14/07
The federal hate crime legislation would empower law enforcement officials to more effectively address this national problem.

Hate Crimes Bill Laudable (Denver Post) 05/10/07
It is both appropriate and laudable that the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill addressing hate crimes.

In Defense of Brooklyn School (NY Sun) 05/07/07
The controversy over the Khalil Gibran International Academy, set up to teach Arabic language and culture in addition to the usual courses, has unleashed unfounded attacks.

Expanding Hate Crime Laws (Detroit News) 05/07/07
The March 15 editorial finding "No need to expand hate crimes law" misses the point.

Azmi Bishara's Betrayal (LA Times) 05/04/07
No citizen of any country has the right to betray his country by offering aid to its enemies.

Taking Risks For Mideast Peace (NY Times) 05/02/07
Israel does not use ''brute force,'' but like the United States and other sovereign nations, used its military to defend its people and land when attacked.

Mark's Wrong Tack on ADL (Jewish Week) 04/18/07
Jonathan Mark's suggestion that there is something untoward about ADL speaking out when a celebrity or sports figure makes anti-Semitic remarks falls flat.

Klan Exploits Immigration (Times Leader) 04/16/07
Klan groups have capitalized on the immigration debate and fostered prejudice to further their own agenda.

Deconstructing the Imus Affair (NY Times) 04/13/07
Soft-core bigotry was part and parcel of the Imus brand for years.

Lessons From Imus' Fall (Newsday) 04/13/07
It is a sad commentary that it took the women of Rutgers basketball to expose the racism Imus had been getting away with for years.

Novak Distorts Facts in Gaza (NY Post) 04/11/07
Robert Novak has taken off the gloves in bashing Israel based on observations from his recent trip.

Chafets: Wrong on Stereotyping (LA Times) 04/05/07
Zev Chafets is wrong to suggest that Albany Patroons Coach Micheal Ray Richardson should get a pass for his anti-Semitic remarks.

Frey Wrong on Hamas Boycott (Forward) 04/02/07
Eric Frey's essay on the international boycott of Hamas has little basis in reality and ignores key facts.

Hamas Whitewashed (Wash. Post) 03/27/07
Daoud Kuttab whitewashes why Israel and the international community demand Hamas accept the existence of the Jewish state.

Dubai's Record Mischaracterized (NY Post) 03/26/07
With so many real perpetrators of vile anti-Semitism, it is odd that Dick Morris and Eileen McGann have chosen to paint Dubai with the same brush as countries like Iran and Ukraine.

U-Penn No Place for Finkelstein 03/20/07
The invitation to Norman Finkelstein to speak at the University of Pennsylvania does not represent one of Penn's finer moments.

Kristof on Israel Debate (NY Times) 03/19/07
It is folly to assume that a sudden shift in U.S. policy would magically erase all the barriers toward Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Saree Makdisi's Flawed Arguments (LA Times) 03/13/07
Contrary to Saree Makdisi's argument, "recognition of Israel's right to exist" are not mere words that Israel has invented, nor are they far from "meaningless"

Klan's New Message (South Bend Tribune) 03/12/07
The Ku Klux Klan's resurgence can be attributed, in large part, to its anti-immigrant message.

KKK Resurgence Documented (LA Times) 02/28/07
An increase in anti-immigration sentiment is clearly giving new energy to white supremacist groups.

Farrakhan Promotes Anti-Semitic Books (NY Times) 02/26/07
Minister Louis Farrakhan may insist that he is not an anti-Semite and a racist, but make no mistake, his legacy of hate has not diminished.

Farrakhan's Legacy is Hate (Chicago Tribune) 02/26/07
The Tribune's report on Louis Farrakhan's speech failed to capture the hypocrisy of his call for the unity of faiths.

Hamas Refuses to End Terror (FT) 02/23/07
Day in and day out, Hamas representatives reaffirm their refusal to accept Israel and justify the use of terror.

Iran's Holocaust Denial (NY Times) 02/23/07
Much more than "damage control" is needed from the mullahs in order to signal a real change in the approach of the Iranian political elite.

A Call to Candidates (Philadelphia Inquirer) 02/23/07
In Philadelphia, ADL is appealing to candidates for mayor to skirt appeals to bias and to focus instead on relevant and timely issues.

Mecca Accord Led to Failure in J'salem (NY Times) 02/21/07
An editorial missed the point as to why the Jerusalem summit made no progress.

Downplaying Anti-Semitism (SF Chronicle) 02/20/07
About 70 percent of all religiously based hate crimes in this country are anti-Jewish. These attacks leave scars that last lifetimes.

Israel and Evangelicals (USA Today) 02/12/07
Oliver "Buzz" Thomas wrongly criticizes the use of church doctrine by Evangelical Christians to justify support for the State of Israel.

Pro-Israel Groups Don't Stifle Debate (Chicago Tribune) 02/09/07
If "pro-Israel lobby groups" are dedicated to silencing critics of Israel like former President Jimmy Carter, then they are doing a lousy job of it.

Jimmy Carter's Bias (Times Book Review) 01/28/07
Carter's anti-Israel bias as reflected in his offensive and inaccurate use of the term ''apartheid" is bad enough. Contributing to conspiracy theories about Jews is even worse.

Carter Hasn't Changed His Tune (Wash. Post) 01/18/07
As long as he doesn't pull back on his bigoted charges, Carter cannot and should not be taken seriously.

CAIR's Poor Record on Terrorism (FL Sun-Sentinel) 01/06/07
CAIR's credibility as a community relations organization is tainted by its failure to unequivocally condemn Palestinian terror organizations which the international community has condemned and isolated.

Prager and Muslims (NY Jewish Week) 01/05/07
Dennis Prager's suggestion that one elected representative's decision to be sworn in on the religious text of his own tradition could undermine the Bible's importance as a sacred religious document is outrageous.

Absurd Claims on Israel Debate (Phil. Inquirer) 01/03/07
No unspoken ban against criticizing Israel has ever existed in the U.S.

The Hamas Factor (Int. Herald Tribune) 12/28/06
When it comes to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, Robert Malley and Henry Siegman have consistently opposed Israel's positions.

Carter Position Needs Clarifying (Philadelphia Inquirer) 12/27/06
Michael Matza's characterization of ADL's remark regarding President Carter's book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" needs clarification.

Myopia on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (NY Times) 12/27/06
Rather than assume that Israel is acting in good faith to find the best solutions to some of the most complex problems facing any country in the world, the Times edtiorial set a standard for Israel that no country in the world could measure up to.

U.S. Credibility Not Linked to Israel (Christian Science Monitor) 12/26/06
Janessa Gans plays into the biased "blame Israel" chorus that faults Israel for problems beyond its borders.

Carter's Missteps (Palm Beach Post) 12/21/06
Jimmy Carter's attempt to deflect criticism by accusing Jewish groups of stifling debate on Israel is an insidious attempt to play into classical stereotypes of Jews.

Anti-Semitic Cartoon in Belgium 12/21/06
We were outraged by the blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon by Pierre Kroll.

Jimmy Carter Interview Skewed (Cleveland Plain Dealer) 12/20/06
John Freeman's Q&A conducted with former President Jimmy Carter is far from the insightful and probing interview one would hope for from the president of the National Book Critics Circle.

Position on Carter Mischaracterized 12/19/06
Jay Bookman recklessly accuses ADL of labeling Jimmy Carter’s book anti-Semitic, when in fact we never applied that label.

Challenge All Bigotry (Philadelphia Inquirer) 12/18/06
We were pleased to see Alfred Lubrano talking about racism in his column and bringing sensitivity, compassion and sobering realism to the subject.

Jay Bookman Wrong on Carter (Atlanta Constitution) 12/18/06
Anti-Semitism is not merely a label" and ADL does not make the accusation lightly.

Bolton's Departure Lamentable (Forward) 12/15/06
An editorial screed against John Bolton and Jewish organizations for supporting him is particularly astonishing for getting wrong assessments both of the community's interests and what Bolton did at the U.N.

Jimmy Carter Doesn't Get It (Atlanta Constitution) 12/12/06
Jimmy Carter just doesn't get it when it comes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ADL responds to his op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Hate Crime Laws Work (LA Times) 12/04/06
Hate crimes are message crimes. As a society, it is our responsibility to send a countervailing message. Penalty enhancements do just that.

Misplaced Criticism (NY Jewish Press) 12/01/06
To suggest that criticism of France "is now off limits at the ADL" because the national director was given an award by President Chirac is mean-spirited and an outrageous statement.

Iranian's Letter: More Anti-Semitism (NY Times) 11/30/06
President Ahmadinejad's open extremism should be a gift to the nations of the world to wake them up before it is too late.

Religion in Politics Can Backfire 11/17/06
Using religion as a wedge issue in an election campaign and trying to translate religious belief into law can backfire.

Article on Free Speech and Israel Gets it Wrong (Chronicle of Higher Ed) 11/16/06
Professor Alan Wolfe offers an outrageous indictment of pro-Israel forces for closing their ears, minds, and hearts to any dissent or alternative thinking on fundamental questions about Israel.

Arab-Israeli Conflict Blamed for Extremism 11/14/06
Instead of facing up directly to the threat of Islamic extremism, leaders in Istanbul concluded that the key to resolving the problem is a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

False Report On Uranium Use by Israel (Independent) 11/14/06
The report on the findings of the United Nations Environmental Programme's assessment team in Lebanon notes that there was no evidence that Israel used depleted uranium during the recent conflict.

Hamas' Call For Truce Untrustworthy (NY Times) 11/01/06
It is chutzpah of the first order to ask Hamas to be trusted when the organization has distorted religion in the most abhorrent ways.

The Wrong Partner in Israel (NY Times) 10/25/06
The editorial "The Wrong Partner in Israel," misses several important points.

Makdisi Fails to Condemn Terror (LA Times) 10/24/06
Saree Makdisi's condemnation of violence in Lebanon rings hollow since he fails to condemn Hezbollah, a Shiite terrorist organization.

Series on Gov't Perks for Religious Groups Only Scratches Surface (NY Times) 10/11/06
The New York Times series "In God's Name" only scratches the surface when describing the dramatic government increase in "favors for the faithful."

No Pressure to Cancel Judt Event (Guardian UK) 10/05/06
There was no pressure on the ADL's part to cancel an event at the Polish Consulate in New York featuring speaker Tony Judt.

Views About Israel Uninformed (Daily Press, VA) 10/05/06
Fred Carter's views about Israel are uninformed and patently inaccurate.

Palestinians Must Take First Step (NY Times) 10/04/06
A Times editorial dredged up the old mantra that there must be pressure on Israel to make concessions to move the peace process forward.

Boulder School Reacts to Swastika (Daily Camera) 10/03/06
ADL applauded a Colorado school for turning the appearance of a swastika into a teachable moment for students.

False Charge Against Israel Support (CA Daily Trojan) 09/29/06
The charge that supporters of Israel try to stifle any criticism of the Jewish State by labeling it as anti-Semitism is false.

Conspiracy Theories Mask Agenda 09/20/06
A letter to the Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) suggested that Israeli influence and money was behind the 9/11 attacks.

Bush Regime Labeled 'Zionist' (El Diario/La Prensa) 09/11/06
A writer's labeling of the administration of President George W. Bush as "Zionist" was outrageous and offensive.

Hate Crimes Have Impact (Waterbury Republican) 09/01/06
The commission of even a single hate crime cannot be tolerated, and the suggestion that 7,649 hate crimes reported in one year is meaningless makes light of a critical issue.

Illegitimate Criticism of Israel (LA Times) 09/01/06
False accusations of war crimes against Israel for so-called indiscriminate attacks on civilians does not rise to the level of what Rosa Brooks terms "good-faith criticism."

Israel's Moral Principles (Wash. Post) 08/30/06
Contrary to Kathleen Peratis' assertion, Israel does not abandon its moral principle in times of war.

Avoid Muslim Stereotypes 08/23/06
Not all Muslims are violent, ADL says in response to a commentary piece by Dick Holt in the Ventura County Star.

Start Talking to Hezbollah (NY Times) 08/18/06
Lakhdar Brahimi's line of reasoning ignores history and is a sure formula for more violence and extremism in the Middle East.

Condemnation of Israel Hollow (Sun-Sentinel) 08/14/06
Altaf Ali's condemnation of violence in the Middle East rings hollow since he fails to condemn Hezbollah.

Hezbollah An Obstacle to Peace (Chicago Tribune) 08/13/06
Rashid Khalidi's disingenuous arguments cannot obscure the truth that terrorist organizations like Hezbollah are the obstacle to peace.

Israel isn't fighting against Lebanon (Sun-Sentinel) 08/07/06
Jim Mullins' accusations regarding Israel's conduct in the current conflict are far from accurate.

Writer Casts Aspersion on Israel (IHT) 08/04/06
In his rush to cast aspersions on Israel's actions in the conflict in Lebanon, Peter Bouckaert accuses Israel of indiscriminately attacking Lebanese civilians.

Editorial Undermines Consensus on Israel (Forward) 08/04/06
Israel is fighting for its future as well as its present.

Mullins Inaccurate on Israel's Actions (Sun-Sentinel) 07/31/06
Jim Mullins' accusations regarding Israel's conduct in the current conflict are far from accurate.

Where Has Krugman Been? (NYTimes) 07/31/06
Paul Krugman suggests that Israel was hasty in its military response to Hezbollah's unprovoked attack. In doing so, he assumes that Israel did not consider all of the options before reacting.

Shock and Awe (NY Times) 07/31/06
Paul Krugman assumes that Israel did not consider all of the options before reacting to Hezbollah's attacks.

No 'Hate Crime Probe' for Mel Gibson (Scotsman) 07/31/06
We have not "called for a criminal investigation" into the alleged anti-Semitic statements made by Mel Gibson.

Herbert Wrong on Hezbollah (NYTimes) 07/24/06
Bob Herbert is in effect calling on Israel not to defend itself against the unprovoked attacks of terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Lebanon Not 'Under Attack' (LA Times) 07/20/06
It is Hezbollah and its infrastructure that is under attack by Israel, not the Lebanese people, as asserted by Saree Makdisi.

What Was Richard Cohen Thinking? 07/18/06
It has never been more important to encourage the moderates and stand against the extremists in the Middle East, and Cohen is giving fodder to the most extreme elements in the Arab world.

Toledo Blade Finds Fault with Israel, Olmert 07/17/06
The events in Lebanon and Gaza are about cumulative impact: a year of rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel and over five years of attacks from Hezbollah into northern Israel.

FT Reflexively Blames Israel 07/14/06
At a time when Israel is faced with unprovoked attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah, the Financial Times' reflexive habit of blaming Israel is even more unworthy than usual.

Palestinian Official Ignores Facts (NYTimes) 07/12/06
A Palestinian official referred to Gaza as a "prison" while ignoring the facts necessary to understanding why conditions in the Palestinian territories have come to this pass.

Response to Ismail Haniyeh (Wash. Post) 07/11/06
Haniyeh's absurd and cynical attempt to portray his Hamas government as a legitimate entity committed to a fair resolution of the conflict has no basis in reality.

USA Today: Hanauer's Absurd Blame Game 07/06/06
Edmund Hanauer's absurd argument that Israel is more of an impediment to peace than Hamas is completely removed from realities on the ground.

Novak Accuses Israel of Persecuting Christians 07/03/06
Once again, Robert Novak tries and fails to make a case accusing Israel of the deliberate persecution of Palestinian Christians.

In Gaza Operation, FT Faults Israel 07/03/06
The Financial Times editorial was remarkable for its notion of how the real motivation of Israel’s “out-of-proportion” Gaza operation is to undermine Hamas.

Presbyterian Vote Applauded 06/27/06
Members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) should be applauded for adopting a new overture on investing in Israel.

NY Times: Imam's View Of America 06/20/06
Imam Zaid Shakir's hope for an America ruled by Islamic law is fundamentally un-American. Our hope is that he is an aberration and that moderate Muslim voices will prevail.

Forward Op-Ed Erroneous on Immigration Reform 06/19/06
Stephen Steinlight erroneously portrays the comprehensive immigration reform adopted by the Senate as a threat to Jews and contrary to Jewish values.

Freemason Analysis Overlooks Anti-Semitism 06/14/06
The NY Times' John Tierney overlooked the darker role that the order has unwittingly played in the history of anti-Semitism.

Students Need Education on Holocaust 06/13/06
The decision by two Long Island students to quote Hitler in their high school yearbook speaks volumes about the importance of Holocaust education.

FT: Absurd Defense of Hamas 06/09/06
Henry Siegman absurdly argues that it is not Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel, but Israel's refusal to recognize a Palestinian right to statehood that is at the core of the conflict.

NY Times: Flawed Mideast Analogy 05/25/06
A Times editorial missed a central point when it analogized the West Bank, Israel and Gaza to lower and upper Manhattan.

Novak Again Blames Israel 05/25/06
Robert Novak once again blames Israel for the plight of Palestinian Christians and ignores the ongoing intimidation and pressures on the community by Palestinian Muslim extremists.

Tony Judt Ignores Israel's Bold Steps 05/24/06
In his Financial Times op-ed, Tony Judt calls Israel's behavior "immature" and ignores bold steps taken by PM Sharon's government.

USA Today: Carter's Unrealistic Views 05/16/06
Jimmy Carter's vision for an Israeli-Palestinian negotiated peace is far removed from the realities on the ground.

NY Times: UK Union Boycott Shows Bias 05/15/06
Nothing illuminates more clearly the bias of some at European universities than this new attempt by a teachers' union to boycott Israeli academics.

FT Editorial Distorts Palestinian Aid 05/12/06
The international policy of not providing aid to the Hamas government is not intended to deprive the Palestinians of humanitarian assistance, but make it clear that the positions of their government are unacceptable.

Balt. Sun: Op-Ed on Anti-Israel Paper 'Flawed' 05/10/06
Norman Solomon's defense of the John Mearsheimer-Stephen Walt paper on the grounds that it opens up debate on the U.S.-Israeli relationship is flawed.

Jimmy Carter Wrong on Hamas 05/09/06
Carter trivializes and mischaracterizes the challenges facing the international community in response to Hamas's governance over the Palestinians.

Ending Discrimination in Life Insurance 05/04/06
The effect of current insurance industry policies is to discriminate against Americans who seek to visit a country that has special meaning for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

de Borchgrave's Offensive Conspiracy Theory 05/04/06
Arnaud de Borchgrave's account of the history of U.S.-Israel relations and the role of the American Jewish lobby amounts to nothing more than an unfounded and offensive conspiracy theory.

UK Independent Exaggerates 'Israel Lobby' 04/28/06
It appears that The (UK) Independent has bought into the conspiratorial charge of an all-powerful pro-Israel lobby.

Molly Ivins: False Positions on 'Israel Lobby' 04/28/06
Molly Ivins made several false arguments in her defense of the academic paper by professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.

Hartford Courant: Letter Omitted Danger To Israel 04/21/06
The assertion that Israel has attacked its neighbors without justification ignores the fact that Israel is the only country in the Middle East under perpetual threat.

Judt In NY Times: Wrong on Many Counts 04/19/06
There is cause for concern when academics like Tony Judt, a constant critic of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, suggest that condemnation of biased pseudo-scholarship amounts to stifling legitimate policy debate.

Novak Ignores Realities About Israel's Security 04/18/06
The ink had barely dried on Robert Novak's latest one-sided attack on the Israeli security barrier when news of a suicide bombing demonstrated the need for this security measure.

Support of Bombing Shows True Colors of Hamas 04/18/06
Its immediate approval of the deadly terrorist bombing in Tel Aviv speaks volumes about what Hamas is all about.

FT Editorial on Israel Debate Flawed 04/03/06
It is unfortunate that the Financial Times borrows flawed reasoning to argue that there is no open debate on Israel in the U.S. due to the power of the Israel lobby.

Anti-Jewish Screed Cited in Editorial 03/31/06
An editorial in the Christian Science Monitor editorial went far off base by citing a paper that invokes the canards of Jewish power and Jewish control over American foreign policy.

LA Times Columnist Fails to State Obvious on Anti-Israel Screed 03/28/06
Writing in the LA Times, Nicholas Goldberg reports on, but fails to sufficiently analyze the anti-Israel screed by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.

Abortion-Holocaust Analogy Offensive 03/17/06
In an opinion column in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Melissa Jones wrote that abortion makes the Holocaust appear "mild" in comparison.

NY Times: Blame-Everyone Approach to Jericho 03/17/06
The Times' blame-everyone approach to the events at the Jericho prison confuses tactical with strategic judgments.

FT Blames Israel, Rationalizes Palestinians 03/16/06
In the Financial Times' view, everything Israel does is wrong and intended for a cynical purpose and everything the Palestinians do, including terrorism, is rationalized.

Financial Times: Khalidi Blames Israel 03/08/06
Rashid Khalidi turns to the old Palestinian refrain of blaming "the occupation" and Israel, rather than acknowledge the reality of entrenched Palestinian rejectionism of peace.

NY Jewish Week: ADL Not Minimizing Threat 03/06/06
The Jewish Week editorial, "A Denial Worse than Irving's" took an inappropriate shot at ADL as if we were minimizing the Islamist threat against Jews in France.

IHT: Erekat Blames Israel 03/06/06
It is unfortunate that Saeb Erekat chooses to blame Israel, rather than deal with the reality of entrenched Palestinian rejectionism of peace.

Catholic Reporter Misses Dangers of Hamas Ascendency
03/03/06
An editorial in National Catholic Reporter seemed deeply troubled with everything surrounding Hamas' coming into power in the Palestinian elections -- except the dangers.

George Will Wrong on Hate Crimes 03/03/06
Syndicated columnist George Will overlooked a crucial difference between the anti-racism laws in Europe that led to the sentencing of Holocaust denier David Irving and the function of hate crime laws in the U.S.

Erekat Blames Israel Again 03/01/06
In his New York Times op-ed Saeb Erekat prefers using the old tired "blame it on Israel" theme, rather than dealing with the reality of entrenched Palestinian rejectionism of peace.

Arab American Whitewashes Anti-Semitism 02/24/06
An editorial in the Michigan-based Arab American News engaged in Jew-baiting, whitewashed anti-Semitism and argued for a moral equivalence in response to terrorism.

Jimmy Carter's Blind Spot with Hamas 02/21/06
Jimmy Carter's simplistic and undeservedly optimistic prescription is no solution to the very real security threats posed by this situation.

Op-Ed Wrong to Blame Israel for Violence 02/14/06
In an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Salim Lone absurdly blamed the U.S. and Israel, non-protagonists for sure in the cartoon controversy, for the rioting and destruction.

Philadelphia: Writer Goes Overboard on PC 02/09/06
In his column, "Muzzled - to Within an Inch of Our Lives," Michael Smerconish went overboard in his attempt to communicate his frustration with political correctness in the name of racial sensitivity.

Arab Media's Anti-Semitism (Boston Globe) 02/06/06
A Boston Globe editorial missed the elephant in the room: Virulent, graphic anti-Semitic cartoons appear daily in the Arab and Muslim media.

Public Editor Attempts to Legitimize Hamas 02/06/06
Chicago Tribune public editor Don Wycliff's attempt to legitimize the terrorist organization Hamas betrays profound ignorance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Mohammed Cartoon Furor (NY Times) 02/04/06
The widespread anger over the depiction of Muhammad in the European press is ironic considering that newspapers in the Arab world have no scruples when it comes to demonizing Jews.

Hamas Has Not Changed Its Stripes 01/24/06
The San Francisco Chronicle asks, "Makeover of Hamas: Shift or Smoke Screen?" The answer: One of the world's most violent terrorist organizations is using this election to garner support for its campaign of murder.

Abortion Foes and Holocaust Analogies 01/24/06
It is disturbing that some opponents of abortion still seek to frame the debate with inappropriate comparisons to the Holocaust (New York Times, Jan. 24).

Houston Chronicle: Writer Attacks Elie Wiesel 01/24/06
Adam Shatz denigrates both Oprah's choice of "Night" as one of her book club selections, and the importance of Wiesel bearing witness to his own experience and that of others.

Sharon's Positive Steps Toward Peace 01/20/06
Saree Makdisi’s slanderous article on Ariel Sharon in the Staten Island Advance contained numerous inaccuracies and distortions.

Shameful Attack on Elie Wiesel 01/18/06
Adam Shatz's attack on Elie Wiesel in the Los Angeles Times was shameful.

NYTimes Article Attacks Israel's Fence 01/04/06
Under the guise of an article on architectural theory, Nicholai Ouroussoff launches an assault on Israel's security fence ("A Line in the Sand," New York Times, Jan. 1).

Klinghoffer Wrong to Blame Jews for Holocaust Denial 12/30/05
David Klinghoffer sets up a number of straw men in his attempt in the Forward newspaper to suggest that Jews are helping to promote Holocaust denial around the world.

'Munich' Mischaracterized in Jerusalem Post 12/29/05
Jonathan Tobin mischaracterizes the Steven Spielberg film, saying it glorifies Palestinian terrorism. Yet there is nothing flattering about the portrayal of terrorists in "Munich."

Orthodox Church Controversy Has Roots in Palestinian Policy 12/29/05
The controversy surrounding the Greek Orthodox Church's refusal to lease several large properties adjacent to the Jaffa Gate to Israeli owned companies is not as simple as a matter of anti-Semitism, ADL tells the NY Daily News.

Robert Fisk Wrong On Mideast Terminology 12/28/05
In his op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Robert Fisk bandies about terms such as "colonial" and "wall" with such certainty, while ignoring terms such as "terrorist," "suicide bomber" and "security imperative."

Gov. Bush's Evolution Stance Misguided 12/26/05
Gov. Jeb Bush is right that Florida's public-school students deserve higher standards. However, his view that evolution should not be a part of the public school science curriculum undermines our children's education.

Muslim Brotherhood's Holocaust Denial 12/23/05
The denial of the Holocaust by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on the heels of the Iranian President's denial lays bare the incendiary anti-Jewish hatred ingrained in much of the Arab and Muslim world.

Response to Rabbi Hillel Goldberg 12/23/05
Rabbi Hillel Goldberg mischaracterizes ADL's position when he says ADL would have us "fear Christianity" (Intermountain Jewish News, Denver)

NYTimes: Texas Bible Course 'Loss for Religious Freedom' 12/22/05
The Ector County Independent School District's adoption of a Bible course authored by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools is a loss for religious freedom.

Religion Not 'Censored' In Schools 12/20/05
In ''Misunderstanding Constitution leads to censorship at school'' (Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 17), Andy Norman overgeneralizes an important area of constitutional law and denigrates efforts to make our schools inclusive.

Hate Crimes Legislation Not 'Thought Control' 12/16/05
The ad by the Campaign for Blind Justice (Dec. 13 in the Indianapolis Star) plays fast and loose with the facts in an attempt to label hate crime laws as somehow punishing thought.

JPost: Liebler Wrong on ADL and Evangelicals 12/08/05
For years ADL has welcomed evangelical support for Israel and publicly rebutted those who criticized us for it.

WSJ: Brog Misunderstands ADL's Concerns 11/29/05
David Brog profoundly misunderstands our call for concern over efforts by some evangelical Christian groups to reshape America to their own Christian worldview.

USA Today: Graham Wrong to Downplay Church-State Separation 11/29/05
There is no doubt Franklin Graham's appeal for federal disaster relief for churches to aid hurricane victims is heartfelt. But Graham is wrong to suggest that the government should turn a blind eye to separation of church and state.

Times Misses Mark on 'Centrist' Sharon 11/22/05
One would never know what it is that makes Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a centrist.

Bradenton Herald (FL): America Not Founded on Divinity 11/17/05
Rev. Frank J. McGrath rewrites American history when he asserts that our nation was founded on religion and divinity.

Anti-Israel Diatribe In NY Metro 11/17/05
In an op-ed printed in Metro, Joshua Frank uses Hillary Clinton's recent trip to Israel to launch a diatribe against Israel's security fence that is wrong on all counts.

Macon Telegraph: Columnist Misreads Hate Crime Laws 11/16/05
In her Viewpoints column, Rinda Wilson demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding regarding our nation's hate crimes laws and the First Amendment.

Austin Praised for Handling of KKK Rally 11/15/05
ADL commends Austin officials and the police department for their handling of a recent Ku Klux Klan rally in the Texas capital.

Jewish Week: Diament Mischaracterizes ADL Poll 11/14/05
It is strange and amiss that Nathan Diament, Washington representative of the Orthodox Union, would question the methodology of ADL's survey on attitudes toward religion.

Jerusalem Post: Hillel Halkin Gets It Wrong 11/11/05
Hillel Halkin gets it wrong in his assault on ADL's concern about efforts to Christianize America.

Ha'aretz Misreads 'Christianize America' Concerns 11/07/05
Shlomo Shamir's November 6 article on ADL's warning about efforts to Christianize America begins with a large misreading of what Abraham Foxman said, which must be corrected.

Sun-Sentinel: Iranian Threat Real 11/04/05
The latest Iranian threat should trigger a shift in international dealings with Iran through U.N. sanctions and the application of pressure to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear program.

Air Force Chaplain Undermines Guidelines on Religious Intolerance 11/01/05
It is not the guidelines seeking to redress religious intolerance in the Air Force which are a problem. The problem is how the Air Force's Chief of Chaplains is interpreting these directives.

Nations Should Send Iran A Message 10/28/05
It is time for the international community to serve Iran a wake-up call. Western leaders should deliver an ultimatum to Iran's hard-line clerics - say, by giving them 30 days to retract their anti-Israel statements or suffer immediate consequences.

NY Times Editoral on Sharon 'Disturbing' 09/28/05
For those who recognize how much Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has already done for peace, the New York Times' approach is disturbing.

Florida Sun-Sentinel Wrong on Hamas 09/27/05
The Sun-Sentinel editorial, declaring that "Israel should drop its opposition to Hamas' participation in Palestinian elections" gives moral legitimacy to terrorism.

NY Times: Rothstein Off-Base on Hate Crime 09/20/05
Edward Rothstein is off-base when he claims that "a hate crime is prosecuted because of a forbidden belief."

Times Editorial: Insulting View of Sharon 08/31/05
The New York Times editorial, "The Battle for Israel's Future" managed to condense two-thirds of Israel's history to the single issue of territorial expansion and offered an insulting view of Prime Minister Sharon.

Gaza Disengagement Dismissed (L.A. Times) 08/22/05
Saree Makdisi's dismissal of the significance of Israel's disengagement from Gaza totally disregards why Israel has been forced to defend itself and its people.

IHT: Barghouthi Blames Israel 08/19/05
If not for the continued Palestinian delegitimization of Israel, Mustafa Barghouthi's hope of a sovereign Palestinian state could have been realized years ago.

Gaza Reality Check (The New York Times) 08/18/05
The Times should be focusing on what the Palestinians have to do rather than criticizing Israel.

Only the Beginning (The New York Times) 08/15/05
The New York Times' assertion that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel is using the Gaza disengagement to deflect international pressure to make West Bank territorial concessions is belied by the prime minister's own statements.

Sharon's Concessions on Gaza (FT) 08/15/05
Contrary to assertions in the Financial Times, the Gaza disengagement demonstrates Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's commitment to make painful concessions.

Helena Cobban's Distortions on Gaza 08/12/05
Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, Helena Cobban distorts the forces at play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Pastor Injects Holocaust Into Evolution Debate 08/03/05
Pastor Russell Johnson's attacks against public schools for failing to teach that Adolf Hitler was "an avid evolutionist" thoughtlessly injects the Holocaust into a situation in which it has no place.

NY Times: Weapons and Palestinian Police 07/28/05
The toughest decision facing Israel is whether to allow weapons in the hands of Palestinians, when in the past such weapons have been used against it.

Times' Logic On Disengagement Flawed 07/25/05
While a New York Times editorial recognized the importance of stopping Palestinian violence, its understanding of the Gaza disengagement was misguided.

CAIR Not Upfront With Its Views 07/18/05
Although Ibrahim Hooper claims that the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has thoroughly and sufficiently condemned terrorism, the organization has not been upfront about its views.

Ventura Reporter Spotlights Anti-Israel Activists 07/14/05
An article in the Ventura newspaper gave anti-Israel activists an entire page to distort facts and make unverified accusations without examining any of the history or realities which put Israel's actions into context.

Hartford Courant Unfairly Criticizes Israel 07/13/05
The characterization of Israel's security barrier in "The Price For Gaza Pullout" was unfair and inaccurate.

Writer Attempts to Justify Hezbollah Terrorism 07/06/05
A writer's attempt in the National Catholic Reporter to justify Hezbollah's terrorist activities completely ignores realities on the ground.

Op-Ed Distorts Air Force Report on Religion 07/06/05
In his Washington Times op-ed, Robert Maginnis grossly distorts the recent Air Force report confirming a climate of religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy, calling it "an anti-evangelical witch hunt."

Jerusalem Post Wrong On Divestment 07/06/05
It is wrong to suggest that American Jewish advocacy groups should "stop wasting their breath on high-level meetings with Protestant leaders and turn instead to the laity and the local leadership" when it comes to divestment.

Anti-Semitism in Europe Comes In Many Forms 06/27/05
The recent decision by a French court against Le Monde for publishing an op-ed article which it ruled defamed Jews is but one example of the new form of anti-Jewish sentiment taking root in Europe.

Why Did The Foward Print A Pro-Farrakhan Letter? 06/27/05
We are at a loss as to why the Forward would print a letter from someone claiming that Minister Louis Farrakhan has no record of anti-Semitism.

Denver Post Misses Mark on Air Force 06/24/05
A casual reader would never have realized that the Air Force report on religious intolerance was at all critical of the Air Force Academy.

Farrakhan's Record of Bigotry Ignored 06/10/05
In her rush to attack ADL National Director Abraham Foxman, Margaret Kimberly ignores Minister Louis Farrakhan's long record of anti-Jewish bigotry.

Charley Reese Wrong on Middle East 06/07/05
Syndicated columnist Charlie Reese's explanation for the troubles in the Middle East is dangerously wrong on all counts, ADL tells the Milton (PA) Standard.

Intolerance in Muslim World 06/02/05
Aijaz Zaka Syed's argument in the International Herald Tribune that the Western world fails to empathize with the Muslim commitment to faith would have far more credibility if the Muslim world demonstrated respect for other faiths.

Drawing the Line On Nazi Comparisons 05/27/05
ADL has never argued that there should be a taboo against using the terms "Nazi" and "Holocaust" in the public sphere, as Jonathan Chait suggests in his column in the Los Angeles Times.

Response To Mahmoud Abbas in WSJ: Palestinians Must Renounce Terror 05/26/05
Although Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has consistently expressed his conscientious opposition to Palestinian terrorism, it is not yet clear that the Palestinian people have embraced democracy.

NY Times: Pape Blames the Victim 05/18/05
Robert A. Pape's implicit blame-the-victim theory to explain the phenomenon of suicide bombings -- that it only occurs when there is foreign occupation --is absurd in the extreme.

Israel Misrepresented in Nebraska 05/15/05
A journalism instructor, writing in the Lincoln Journal Star, presented a skewed and inaccurate history of the state of Israel.

Sugihara's Legacy Endures 05/02/05
Among those righteous gentiles who helped save Jews during the Holocaust, the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara may be lesser-known. But his legacy is not forgotten.

'Intelligent Design' Not Science 05/02/05
An op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune wrongly asserted that 'Intelligent Design' depends on science.

NY Times: Public Editor's Irony 04/28/05
In his column on the Arab-Israeli conflict, New York Times Public Editor Daniel Okrent manifested the very bias that he was writing about.

Policy Concerns About Religion in Schools 04/27/05
In her Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune, Jean Bethke Eishtain overlooks some important legal and policy concerns that are triggered by teaching about religion in the public schools.

Has the Forward No Shame? 04/26/05
Has the Forward no shame in publishing the advertisement from the "Stop the Explusion" organization?

Philadelphia Paper Off-Base On New Pope 04/21/05
The Daily News editorial, "A New Pope but Old Doctrine" was off base in suggesting that Jews have reason to be concerned about Pope Benedict XVI.

Novak's Anti-Israel Bona Fides 04/18/05
While Robert Novak describes Rep. Henry Hyde as a staunch supporter of Israel, Novak's own bona fides as an Israel basher remain unquestionable.

Times Profile Omits Anti-Semitism 04/18/05
The New York Times profile of Michael Howard, the leader of Britain's Conservative Party, made no mention of the anti-Semitic motifs that surfaced in the attacks against him.

Historical Fallacies in USA Weekend 04/13/05
There is simply no evidence from biblical or other texts that "the Jews … put to death any non-Jews who passed beyond the first courtyard" of the ancient Temple.

Financial Times' One-Sided Approach 04/12/05
The Financial Times' recent editorial on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking was an example of the same one-sided approach that has failed to bring progress in the conflict for years.

Israeli Clerics Fight Gay Festival 04/02/05
The top leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths in the Holy Land gathered in an unprecedented show of solidarity in order to bash homosexuals.

NY Times Takes Pot Shots at Sharon 03/23/05
Despite everything that Ariel Sharon is doing to change the dynamic between the Israelis and the Palestinians, The New York Times can't resist taking pot shots.

Threats to Religious Freedom Understated 03/21/05
Writing in Ha'aretz, Nathan Diament buys into the false rhetoric that church-state separation really means hostility to religion.

Writer's Analysis of Mideast Peace Process Flawed 03/15/05
In his op-ed in the New London Day, Jeff Halper showed a profound lack of understanding of the peace process between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors.

Mel Gibson's Selective Listening 03/15/05
In re-releasing his film in time for the Christian holy days, Mel Gibson had an opportunity to, and indeed did make changes. Yet "The Passion Recut" is awash with the same anti-Jewish themes of the original.

Misguided Comparisons in Stem-Cell Debate 03/11/05
A recent letter in the Colorado Statesman made a highly offensive, disrespectful and inappropriate comparison between stem cell research and the Holocaust.

Guantanamo Allegations Shocking If True 03/08/05
Reacting to a report in The New York Times, ADL says the allegation that American military interrogators in Guantanamo have been advising detainees not to trust their lawyers because "they're Jews" is shocking.

In Story About Wrong-Doing, Ethnic Background Is Irrelevant 03/07/05
While charges against a plastic surgeon are serious, his ethnic and religious backgrounds are irrelevant to the story.

Georgia Spokesman Misrepresents Faith-Based Legislation 02/28/05
ADL was astounded by the hostility, distortions and misinformation in the column by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue's spokesman, Dan McLagan.

The Presidents Conference and the Gaza Debate: Setting the Facts Straight 02/24/05
ADL sets the facts straight regarding the controversy about the Conference of Presidents and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza disengagement plan.

Inappropriate Linkage: Smoking Ban and Nazis 02/20/05
In a letter to the Philadelphia Daily News, ADL says a reference to "Nicotine Nazis" in a debate over a public smoking ban is inappropriate and offensive.

Saudi Counterterrorism Effort Disingenuous 02/17/05
The Saudi ad, "Taking on Terrorism," published in The New York Times on February 17, lacks credibility.

LA Times Op-ed Ignores Palestinian Violence 02/11/05
Saree Makdisi's Los Angeles Times op-ed ignores continuous Palestinian violence and terror as an explanation for the failures of past negotiations with the Israelis.

Mideast Truce Important First Step 02/09/05
In a letter to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ADL says the words expressed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at their meeting at Sharm-el-Sheikh are an important step forward from violence to peace.

Klinghoffer's Outrageous Accusations 02/07/05
David Klinghoffer's outrageous statement that ADL predicted that Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ" would lead to "medieval pogroms" is just not true.

Intelligent design: Not An Alternative To Evolution 02/02/05
It would be highly inappropriate, as well unconstitutional, for a public school to teach religious doctrine as scientific fact.

John Leo Mischaracterizes ADL 02/02/05
Syndicated columnist John Leo's charge that ADL is a "Democratic hit group" is outrageous and inflammatory and shows a profound misunderstanding of the League's approach.

Prince Harry's Behavior Offensive Not Only To Jews 02/02/05
Our reaction to Prince Harry's choice to wear a German uniform with a Nazi swastika armband was not that it was a Jewish issue. He offended all the victims of the Nazis and all who fought them.

Defense Agencies and Judicial Nominations 01/24/05
In an "open letter" Mark J. Pelavin of the Religious Action Center urges Jewish defense agencies to become deeply involved in the judicial nominations process. His letter is neither accurate nor particularly constructive.

ZOA Ad in Foward Shocking 01/24/05
We were shocked that the Forward chose to publish an advertisement placed by the Zionist Organization of America's Brandeis district that was filled with hateful imagery and incitement.

NY Times: Intimidation Is The Issue at Columbia U. 01/18/05
In a letter to The New York Times, ADL says that the alleged intimidation of students - not academic freedom - is the real issue in the Middle East studies controversy.

Upsetting Nazi Image In Houston Newspaper 01/14/05
ADL was dismayed that the Houston Press would accept an ad using Nazi imagery to promote t-shirts criticizing Houston Mayor Bill White's Safe and Clear towing program.

Prince Harry Shows Need for Holocaust Education 01/14/05
Prince Harry's Nazi costume is a sad reminder that in many countries, Holocaust education is woefully lacking.

Anti-Semitism in Hot Springs, Ak, Newspaper 01/13/05
We were shocked to read a letter in the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record which claimed that "secular humanist Jews" control Hollywood and the media.

Vatican Directive on Jewish Children Raises New Questions 01/10/05
In a letter to the New York Times, ADL's Abraham H. Foxman calls for the release of wartime baptismal records by the Vatican.

Op-Ed Distorts America's Religious History 01/09/05
A recent op-ed in the Tribune & Georgian sadly distorted American history, constitutional law principles and the state of religion in our country.

Settlers' Stars Taint Memory of Holocaust 01/06/05
The residents of Gush Katif who have taken to wearing an orange star are sending an appalling and misguided message to the people of Israel and the world.

LA Jewish Journal: Holidays Must Be Inclusive 12/29/04
Joel Kotkin’s charge that ADL is “spearheading the anti-Christmas secular jihad” distorts our approach to the December dilemma.

NY Times: Other Factors in Decline of Bethlehem 12/23/04
Re, "A Sad New Carol: Go Ye From Bethlehem:" Another factor that has contributed to the erosion of the Christian population of Bethlehem is the treatment of Palestinian Christians by their fellow Muslims.

Writers to Local Newspaper Blame Israel 12/23/04
Blaming the situation in Israel for terrorism in the U.S. and for the war in Iraq is simply absurd, ADL says in response to a series of "Blame Israel" letters in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Skewed Mideast Analysis in LA Times 12/23/04
David Hirst's analysis of the situation in the Middle East is shockingly distorted, using purported facts and inaccuracies to support his theories.

Incitement In Palestinian Textbooks Continues 12/21/04
Roger Avenstrup's argument, in the International Herald Tribune, that the textbooks being used in Palestinian classrooms are free of anti-Israel incitement is disingenuous.

LA Times: Hate Crimes Laws Work 11/29/04
JoAnn Wypijewski is wrong when she claims that hate crimes laws are ineffectual.

Inappropriate Allusion to "Protocols of Zion" 11/24/04
A Washington Times op-ed compares criticism of evangelical Christians with the notorious "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

Thanksgiving Held As Model for Religious Tolerance 11/24/04
In his Wall Street Journal op-ed, Yale Professor David Gelernter uses a deeply problematic analogy of the First Thanksgiving as a model for contemporary religious tolerance.

U.S. State Dept. Must Combat Anti-Semitism 11/24/04
An editorial in the Sacramento Bee wrongly argues that the establishment of a State Department office to counter global anti-Semitism is unnecessary.

NY Times: Schindler's List Saved Lives 11/24/04
While David M. Crowe's research into Oskar Schindler has revealed that he "had almost nothing to do with the list," nevertheless, 1,100 Jews were saved on Schindler's watch.

Ford Foundation's Moral Leadership Against Terror 11/22/04
When the ACLU declines future funding from the Ford Foundation and says it is making a "painful but principled decision," many observers see a disconnect.

NY Times Puts Burden On Israelis 11/19/04
The Times editorial places the onus for further action on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon while putting no burden on the Palestinians.

Letter Writer Promotes Anti-Jewish Theories 11/18/04
In a letter to the editor of the Mobile Register in Mobile, Alabama, a writer asserted that the U.S. involvement in Iraq was principally motivated by President Bush's interests in protecting Israel and by his desire to garner Jewish campaign contributions.

Holiday Displays Op-Ed Misreads the Law 11/17/04
By implying that proponents of inclusive December holiday displays in public schools are anti-religion, an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution misreads the First Amendment.

FT: The Real Price of Middle East Peace 11/17/04
The Financial Times editorial "The Real Price of Middle East Peace," disturbingly mischaracterizes U.S. and Israeli statements on the need for democracy as a prerequisite for peace.

Activist's Characterization of Immigrants Offensive 11/12/04
Anti-immigrant activist Ray Wysolmierski's characterization in Newsday of immigrants as "low-level terrorists" is an example of activism crossing the line into scapegoating.

LA Times: Arafat's Missed Opportunities 11/12/04
Robert Malley's musings on the reasons why Yasir Arafat might have turned down Ehud Barak's offer at Camp David in July 2000 do not change the facts.

In Atlanta, Hopes for New Palestinian Leadership 11/12/04
In a letter published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ADL says the eulogies for Yasir Arafat cannot whitewash his responsibility for the deaths of thousands.

Jimmy Carter's Selective Memory 11/12/04
In his New York Times op-ed, Carter offers a selective assessment of events in the Middle East over the last decade that amounts to a rewriting of history.

Arafat's Death and Hope for the Future 11/12/04
In a letter published in the Miami Herald, ADL says the death of Yasser Arafat presents an opportunity for a stable Palestinian leadership, committed to peace and the end of terrorism, to emerge.

ADL Still Troubled by Quote in California Courthouse 11/11/04
The League remains troubled by the quotation in the Riverside County Courthouse, which reads, "The true Christian is the true citizen."

NY Times Ignores Successes of Gaza Plan 10/28/04
'Pulling Out of Gaza' (editorial, Oct. 28) ignores the successes of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan.

Thomas Friedman Blames the Victim 10/24/04
Considering how much he knows about the history of anti-Semitism, it is surprising and disturbing that Mr. Friedman falls into the trap of blaming the victim.

Offensive Historical Analogy in El Diario 10/19/04
Rev. Luis Barrios compared the misdeeds of Christopher Columbus with those of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, suggesting that there is no real difference between the two.

Duke Student's Op-Ed Rehashes Stereotypes 10/18/04
Philip Kurian's offensive article in The Duke Chronicle contains a number of classic stereotypes about Jews including charges of excessive wealth, power and a lack of concern for anyone but themselves.

NY Times Editorial Overlooks Gaza Plan 10/18/04
"The Middle East Awaits" completely ignores a major development that aims to transform Israel-Palestinian relations -- Israel's plan to disengage from the Gaza Strip

Rush to Condemn Reflects FT's Anti-Israel Bias 10/12/04
How quick the Financial Times was to say "we told you so" when an aide to the Israeli Prime Minister made some loose comments about Israel's Gaza withdrawal.

ADL To Jewish Week: It's Time To Back Sharon 10/12/04
Support for Ariel Sharon's Gaza disengagement plan comes from 60-80% of the Israeli public, the Bush Administration, the U.S. Congress and most of the European community. When will it be the American Jewish community's time?

Mideast Misconceptions in Michigan Daily 10/11/04
Sravaya Chirumamilla's opinion column demonstrates her lack of understanding about the situation in the Middle East.

Holocaust Remark by Sinclair Exec "Inappropriate" 10/11/04
The statement by the vice president of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, reported by the Washington Post, that television networks were "acting like Holocaust deniers" with regard to coverage of anti-Kerry veterans groups is grossly inappropriate.

IHT Op-ed Argues for One-State Solution 10/05/04
If harmony is truly the goal of Michael Tarazi and the Palestinian Authority he advises, the Palestinians should stop the hatred and terror and finally recognize the State of Israel's right to exist.

Leonard Pitts Miscasts CAIR 09/29/04
It is not unreasonable to ask the Council on American-Islamic Relations to denounce, by name, terror organizations that target civilians in the Middle East and to acknowledge that fighting them is an American interest.

NY Times: Arab Press Fuels Anti-Semitism 09/27/04
In the Arab Press, articles, op-eds and caricatures propagate the notion that America's elections and Democratic system are controlled behind the scenes by a manipulative Jewish lobby and the Israeli government.

French Columnist Attempts to Divert Readers 09/21/04
In an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune, Jean Daniel sets up a straw man in his effort to defend France and criticize American Jews.

Challenges to Jewish-Muslim Relations 09/13/04
In his column in Jewish Week, Editor and Publisher Gary Rosenblatt raises many of the challenges surrounding Jewish-Muslim relations in America. But enhancing such relationships are more difficult than he suggests.

Pat Buchanan Blames the Jews 09/08/04
Pat Buchanan engages in his usual game of blame everything on Israel and the Jews in a recent Miami Herald column.

NY Times Fails to Grasp Truth About Terror 09/02/04
One day after suicide bombers killed 16 innocent Israelis, it is an outrage to accuse Israel of expanding "suicidal West Bank settlements" as if a comparison can be made between horrific murder and housing developments.

Writer Appears to Justify Palestinian Violence 08/31/04
In an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune, Jonathan Cook appears to justify violence as the only effective strategy for achieving Palestinian statehood.

Financial Times Again Blames Sharon 08/26/04
Once again, the Financial Times focuses blame on the Israeli prime minister with no mention of the Palestinians and their policy of terrorism of the past four years.

Post Wrong to Criticize Israeli PM 08/25/04
Rather than criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a "reckless leader," support should be given for his historic decision to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza.

FT Paints Arafat and Sharon With Same Brush 08/20/04
An editorial in the Financial Times makes no distinction between Arafat and the democratically elected prime minister of Israel.

Op-ed Misleads on Presbyterian Divestment Issue 08/19/04
Ray Hanania's defense of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in the Orlando Sentinel was false and misleading.

Guardian Op-ed Unfair 08/18/04
George Monbiot's characterization of ADL as a group that "smears opponents of Israel" was unfair and offensive.

Misguided Critique of Dennis Ross in FT 08/17/04
Ahmad Samih Khalidi's critique of "The Missing Peace" is another example of a Palestinian intellectual trying to rationalize Yasser Arafat's historical mistakes.

WSJ Wrong on Florida Vouchers 08/17/04
Redirecting funds away from troubled schools is not the way to solve the crisis in public education.

NY Times: Israelis Cope With Terrorism 08/06/04
Every day, Israelis brace themselves for the possibility that they, their children, their family, friends and neighbors, might be killed in a suicide bombing.

LA Times Op-Ed Ignores Palestinian Violence 08/05/04
David Newman focuses exclusively on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the consequences of his policies, while ignoring Palestinian unwillingness to stop terror.

Former Ambassador's Revisionist History 08/03/04
Former U.S. Ambassador Dan Simpson attempts to revise history, suggesting in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Israel has never made peace overtures to the Palestinians.

Album Review Omits Beenie Man's Homophobia 07/30/04
A review of his new album in the Village Voice fails to even mention the violently anti-gay elements in his music.

Inappropriate Nazi Comparison in Washington Times 07/29/04
The racist musings of a Nazi had no place in a column about anti-Bush sentiment at the Democratic National Convention.

Palestinian Adviser's Op-Ed Misses Point 07/19/04
In his New York Times op-ed, PLO legal adviser Gregory Khalil misses the critical point that the U.N. has done nothing to foster peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Court's Bias Against Israel "Shocking" 07/15/04
In a letter ot the Miami Herald, ADL expresses shock at International Court of Justice's political and one-sided decision on Israel's security fence, which easily dismissed the arguments of Israel.

New York Times Gives Court's Decision Undue Credit 07/12/04
The International Court of Justice decision on Israel's security fence gave no credence to the very real threat of terrorism and to the security needs on the ground.

WSJ Fails to Accurately Characterize Holocaust Denial 07/09/04
The Wall Street Journal's Timothy Ryback adeptly addresses the issue of preserving forensic evidence of the Holocaust, but he fails to characterize clearly the nature of Holocaust denial.

Rocky Mountain News: Anti-Semitism Does Exist at U.N. 07/09/04
ADL responds to a letter writer who tried to convince readers that anti-Semitism does not exist at the United Nations.

Article on Gaza Lacks Historical Context 06/30/04
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel did not provide adequate historical context in its description of the current situation in the Gaza Strip.

Chicago Columnist Trivializes Hate Crime Laws 06/23/04
The Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman trivializes the very real impact of hate crimes on the individual and wider society.

Belief in God Not Prerequisite for Patriotism 06/18/04
The Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger is wrong to link belief in God with Patriotism. There should be no religious test for commitment to national security.

Remarks in Financial Times Distort Facts 06/15/04
Ambassador Ali Muhsen Hamid's comments on democracy in the Middle East are classic "blame it all on Israel" and is a clear example why the region is in such trouble.

Kudos to Tom Friedman for "ABC's Of Hate" 06/04/04
Those in Saudi Arabia who understand the dangers of teaching hate must be supported and those who want to perpetuate hate must be isolated.

Writer Skews Facts about Israel 05/26/04
A letter in the Palm Springs, Calif. Desert Sun crudely suggested that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a result of the U.S. relationship with Israel.

Times' Editorial Oversteps on Gaza 05/20/04
The Times editorial, "Gaza Quagmire" greatly oversteps when it accuses Israel of carrying out a deliberate plan to unilaterally destroy Palestinian territory.

ADL Outraged by Anti-Semitic Cartoon in Austrian Newspaper 05/20/04
ADL was outraged by the blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon by Petar Pismestrovic in the Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung ("Past and Present," May 19).

Tom Friedman's Comparison of Israeli Settlers to Iraqi Extremists "Offensive" 05/17/04
The Israeli settlers may well be going against the majority of the people in Israel, but they are functioning within the framework of a democratic society and using democratic instruments.

Wall Street Journal Wrong on School Vouchers 05/17/04
The Journal's attempt to expropriate the anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights ruling in Brown v. Board of Education to support vouchers for private and religious schools is offensive and wrong.

Jewish Press Mischaracterizes ADL 05/06/04
An editorial in the New York-based Jewish Press inaccurately referred to ADL as being "in the Democratic Party 'amen corner.'" ADL is a non-partisan organization.

Washington Post's Criticism of Israel Unfair 05/04/04
The editorial unfairly targets Israel's leaders and President Bush as responsible for failed peace initiatives and not Palestinian leaders who have consistently rejected peace proposals.

Criticism of Sharon in IHT Unfair 04/27/04
H.D.S. Greenway and Henry Siegman unfairly reject a bold yet realistic scenario for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestinian Demonizes Israel in Washington Post 04/26/04
Saeb Erekat is the most recent example of a Palestinian leader preferring to demonize Israel and the United States, rather then seizing on an opportunity to move forward towards peace.

Times Op-Ed Wrong in Analysis of Mideast 04/21/04
In his New York Times op-ed, Walter Russell Mead incorrectly assumes that there has been a lack of U.S. initiatives to address Palestinian grievances.

Lenora Fulani No Bridge Builder 04/20/04
In a paid advertisement in the New York Times, Lenora Fulani represents herself as a bridge builder between Black and Jewish communities. Her record demonstrates that she is not.

Hanania's Outrageous Charges (Newsday) 04/20/04
Ray Hanania is off the mark with his outrageous accusations against Israel and his gross distortion of the intentions of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Columnist Accuses Israel of Harming Arab Children 04/15/04
Khalid Amayreh's column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrongly accused Israel of targeting Palestinian children. The Israeli Army goes to great lengths to avoid harming civilians.

NY Times Editorial Reinforces Mideast Illusions 04/15/04
The Times' editorial "Settlements Over Peace" erred by reinforcing Palestinian illusions that have cost them so dearly for decades.

USA Today Misses Point of Israel's Plan 04/15/04
The editorial, "Sharon's Flawed Plan" unfortunately focuses on potential negative consequences of the Israeli decision and thereby contributes to Palestinian illusions.

Novak Distorts Discussion Between Israel and the Church 04/02/04
Robert Novak distorts an issue under discussion between Israel and the Catholic Church into a non-existent public confrontation.

El Diario Columnist Labels Notorious Hamas Terrorist a "Peacemaker" 04/01/04
Vicky Pelaez's depiction -- in the New York-based Spanish-language newspaper El Diario/La Prensa -- of Hamas terrorist mastermind Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as a potential peacemaker is completely false and destructive.

Astonishing Headline in Washington Post 03/25/04
By use of an astonishing headline "Israelis Help Palestinian Youth Defuse Bomb," the Post distorted an AP story about a young Palestinian suicide bomber.

NY Times Wrong to Criticize Israel for Death in Gaza 03/23/04
The New York Times editorial criticizing Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin was misdirected.

Washington Post's Criticism of Sharon Misdirected 03/23/04
The Washington Post's editorial should have focused on the failure of the international community, particularly the Europeans, to pressure the Palestinians to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure

Financial Times: Israel's Actions Not At Odds with Fight Against Terror 03/23/04
It is absurd that Israel's actions are perceived as being at odds with the fight against terrorism.

CSM Columnist Fails to Understand Forces at Play in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 03/18/04
Helena Cobban fails to understand the forces at play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that have led to the restrictions put on the Palestinians.

Oliphant Cartoon Reinforces Outlandish Stereotype of Catholics 03/17/04
An Oliphant cartoon published in The Hartford Courant, The Boston Globe and elsewhere used an outlandish stereotypical depiction of a nun to make a weak satirical comment on Mel Gibson and "The Passion of the Christ."

Freund's Attack on ADL's Role in 'Passion' Controversy Misguided 03/10/04
Michael Freund's attack in the Jerusalem Post on ADL's role in the Mel Gibson controversy is profoundly misguided. At a time when there is an explosion of global anti-Semitism we cannot afford to remain silent.

Hartford Courant Cartoon A License to Bigotry 03/03/04
Englehart's cartoon blamed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for contemporary anti-Semitism and trivialized concerns about Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."

LA Times: Misguided Approach to 'Judeophobia' 02/24/04
Michael Paley and Jonathan Jacoby's call for a different approach to responding to "Islamic Judeophobia" underplays the severity of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel beliefs in the Arab and Muslim world.

Bill O'Reilly Wrong on "Passion" 02/24/04
Religious scholars who have seen Mel Gibson's film state that it deviates substantially from religious teachings and historical fact.

Chomsky's Incendiary Rhetoric on Security Fence 02/23/04
Noam Chomsky's incendiary assertion in The New York Times that Israel's security fence is meant for any purpose other than protecting the lives of Israeli citizens is absurd given the realities on the ground.

Mezvinsky in USA Today: Longtime Critic of Israel Off Base on Issues 02/12/04
It is not surprising that Norton Mezvinsky, a long-time critic of Israel, once again demonstrates his clearly one-sided understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

ADL to Financial Times: Sharon's Policies Not to Blame 02/10/04
Henry Siegman can certainly disagree with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's policies, but Sharon's policies are not at the root of the conflict and the cause of Israel's vilification by the international community.

Washington Post Ignores Palestinian Failure to Combat Terror 02/09/04
The editorial "Mr. Sharon's Plan" ignores the failure of the Palestinian leadership to end violence and terrorism and resume peace negotiations with Israel.

Tom Friedman Should Praise, Not Castigate, Sharon's Decision to Dismantle Settlements 02/05/04
At a time when Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is taking significant political risks, including unilateral concessions to the Palestinians, it is disturbing that Tom Friedman is casting these developments in a negative light.

Michael Medved Errs on "Passion" 02/02/04
It is outrageous for Michael Medved to suggest that ADL's criticism of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" will be the main source of anti-Semitism stemming from the film.

Int. Herald Tribune Column Minimizes Threat of Anti-Semitism 01/29/04
Rarther than justify the current high level of anti-Semitism, a number of European countries are now setting up ministerial committees to deal with this scourge.

LA Times op-ed Flawed on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 01/26/04
George Bisharat's rejection of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amounts to a call for the demise of Israel's sovereignty and independence.

Wall Street Journal Wrong on Vouchers 01/23/04
The Journal's attempt to expropriate civil rights slogans in support of vouchers for private and religious schools is offensive and wrong

NY Times: Troubling Anti-Semitism in France 01/21/04
One of the most pressing questions that needs to be asked is why unprovoked attacks against identifiably Jewish individuals and institutions continue to be a blight on France's religiously pluralistic society.

Critique of Israeli Checkpoints Appears in IHT on Same Day As Suicide Bombing 01/15/04
It was ironic that the International Herald Tribune published a strong critique of Israeli checkpoints on the same day of a suicide bombing attack at a checkpoint in Gaza.

Washington Times Misleading on USS Liberty 01/14/04
The Washington Times article about the State Department's conference on the USS Liberty incident was highly misleading.

NY Times: Switzerland Must Rehabilitate All Rescuers 01/14/04
The Swiss government has not gone far enough in fully rehabilitating those who risked their lives and citizenship rights to save Jewish and other refugees from the grip of the Nazi regime.

Washington Post Avoids Issue on Mideast Institutes 01/13/04
For decades, there have been untold complaints about Middle East institutes where only an Arabist approach was accepted as legitimate.

Wall Street Journal cites Notorious Holocaust Denier 01/08/04
The Journal's editorial in praise of Winston Churchill's opposition to high taxation chose to cite David Irving -- the notorious Holocaust denier, racist and anti-Semite.

NY Post: Ralph Peters' Use of Nazi Images Offensive 01/06/04
We were outraged by the repeated references to Nazis, the Gestapo and Hitler's Brownshirts in Ralph Peters' column accusing Howard Dean of trying to muzzle his critics.

Farrakhan's History of Hate 01/06/04
Askia Muhammad argues in the Chicago Tribune that Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan does not teach hatred of white people or Jews. But Farrakhan's record of espousing hate tells a far different story.

Forward Distorts ADL Position on Gibson's "Passion" 12/30/03
ADL's statement on the Vatican's apparent positive reaction to Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of Christ" does not waver from our longstanding and steadfast position that the film could promote anti-Semitism.

Appeals to Religion in Campaigns Risk Alienating American Public 12/29/03
Jim Wallis's argument in the New York Times that the Democratic presidential candidates are making a mistake by not discussing their political views in terms of their religious beliefs is flawed and deeply troubling.

Schools Should Mirror All Faiths During Holidays 12/25/03
The Palm Beach Post's recent article about ADL's principled position regarding religion in the public schools has been misinterpreted by some readers.

Response to John Leo: ADL is not 'anti-Christmas' 12/22/03
The Anti-Defamation League is not "anti-Christmas," as John Leo suggests. If anything we are strongly pro-religion.

ADL to NY Times: Sharon Struck the Right Balance 12/19/03
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon struck the right balance in his Herzliyah speech. The Times' editorial failed to deal with what the leader of a country like Israel has to face.

Washington Post: Nobel Prize Winner Wrong to Attack U.S. 12/11/03
It is shocking that in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi felt it necessary to rebuke the United States and Israel in her acceptance speech in Oslo.

NY Times: Arafat's Messenger An Unfortunate Choice 12/11/03
It is unfortunate that Yasir Arafat used Henry Siegman as a means through which to convey a message about his respect for the Jewish religion and the Jewish historical attachment to Israel, rather than issuing his statement directly to the public

Leader of Swiss People's Party Has History of Anti-Semitism 12/10/03
Along with the pronounced xenophobia and ultra-nationalism in his party platform and pronouncements, Christoph Blocher has a record of making anti-Semitic statements.

Wall Street Journal Mischaracterizes Blaine Amendment 12/04/03
Contrary to the assertions in "Blaine Game," Washington's so-called "Blaine" amendment does not burden Joshua Davey's religious activity or expression.

Rothstein's NY Times article on Israel 'Surprising and Disturbing' 11/25/03
Only in the very last paragraph does Edward Rothstein raise objections to this latest version of the effort to destroy Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.

American Muslim Leaders Are Right To Be Outraged by Johnny Hart 11/21/03
American Muslim leaders are right to be outraged about the anti-Muslim message that can be inferred from Johnny Hart's recent "B.C." comic strip.

Forward Misreads Poll on Anti-Semitic Attitudes 11/21/03
A Forward editorial misused a poll finding to lend support to George Soros' blaming Israeli policies for anti-Semitism.

Seattle Times Op-ed Gives Distorted View of Israel 11/19/03
What Israel resents is when the excuse of exceptionalism is used to justify excessive criticism of the Jewish State.

Letter in the Westchester Journal News Stokes Fires of Anti-Semitism 11/13/03
Victor Lama, a long time activist with Al-Awda – The Palestinian Right of Return Coalition, argues that Jews in America have too much power and control both the Republican and Democratic parties in America.

New York Times Columnist Friedman Misses Crucial Point 11/13/03
Friedman misses a crucial point about the Middle East. The Saudi problem and the issue of anti-Semitism are not polar opposites that require tradeoffs but are products of the same deep problem that plagues the region.

Lerner and West Ignore the Obvious in Washington Post Op-Ed 11/11/03
Michael Lerner and Cornel West ignore the obvious when they look to the underlying motivations for the Bush Administration and Congressional leadership not taking an "impartial" position on the Israeli-Palestinian policy.

Philip Stephens/Financial Times: Criticism of U.S. 'Surprising' 11/10/03
It is surprising that Philip Stephens would criticize the U.S. for repeating mistakes of the past.

Financial Times: Mazower wrong on U.S. role in Mideast 11/04/03
Mark Mazower got it wrong concerning decision-making in Washington regarding the Middle East.

Novak Trivializes A Serious Problem 11/03/03
Robert Novak trivializes a serious problem regarding Mel Gibson's new film "The Passion of Christ."

Washington Post's Diehl Creates False Parallelism on Crisis 10/27/03
Jackson Diehl creates a false parallelism between Yasir Arafat and Ariel Sharon in defending the efforts of non-govermental Israelis and Palestinians to reach their own accord.

ADL Disappointed by Krauthammer's Defense of Easterbrook 10/24/03
We are surprised and disappointed by Charles Krauthammer's criticism of ADL for our reaction to Gregg Easterbrook's stereotyping of Jewish moviemakers ("L' Affaire Easterbrook," The Washington Post).

NYTimes Columnist Underestimates Malaysian's Anti-Semitism 10/21/03
In his obsession with criticizing U.S. policy, Paul Krugman underestimates the significance of the anti-Semitic diatribe by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad before the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

IHT: "Revenge Begets Revenge" Shows Moral Obtuseness 10/17/03
H.D.S. Greenway shows moral and practical obtuseness in his critique of Israel's policies in the face of suicide bombs (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 14).

Washington Post Editorial Doesn't Help Getting Peace on Track 10/17/03
"Back on the Sidelines" makes the mistake of parallelism which doesn't help in understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or in getting peace on track.

Palestinian Rejection of Statehood Omitted in New York Times 10/13/03
"War-Weariness, Beneath the Rage," (Week in Review, Oct. 12) omits that the Palestinians could have had a state in 1948, 1967 and 2000.

Setting the Record Straight on Berlusconi Award 10/13/03
The letter "Berlusconi didn't deserve award" in the New Jersey Record misses several points about ADL's award to the Italian prime minister.

Letter to Miami Herald: CAIR tolerates anti-Semitism 10/13/03
CAIR has tolerated anti-Jewish sentiments since it was founded by leaders of the Chicago-based Islamic Association for Palestine.

Helena Cobban's Poor Diagnosis of Mideast Conflict 10/10/03
Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, Helena Cobban makes a poor diagnosis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and offers a wrong solution.

Newsday editor mischaracterizes approach to conflict 10/09/03
Newsday's James Klurfeld mischaracterizes the Bush Administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Rohrer whitewashes Waldheim and Haider controversies in NY Times Op-Ed 10/09/03
In her description of Austria's pride at Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory, Anneliese Rohrer whitewashes the controversies regarding Kurt Waldheim and Joerg Haider.

Furor over racial slur not surprising 10/08/03
The furor in Boston over an on-air racial slur that led to suspensions for WEEI's John Dennis and Gerry Callahan comes as no surprise to us.

Richard Cohen Blames the Victim 10/07/03
In his syndicated column, the Washington Post's Richard Cohen movingly emphasizes with the suffering of the Israeli people, but ends up blaming the victim.

New York Times Editorial Unfair Assessment of Israeli Airstrike 10/07/03
President Bush was right, and the New York Times wrong, in the assessment of Israel's targeting a terrorist training camp in Syria.

Boaz Dvir Wrong to Blame Israeli 'Occupation' for Conflict 10/03/03
In an op-ed in Newsday, Boaz Dvir blames the Israeli "occupation" for the ongoing conflict and reinforces Palestinian illusions that they need not, first and foremost, dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.

Financial Times Wrongly Criticizes Israel's Security Fence 10/03/03
The Financial Times editorial was wrong on both of its arguments: That the security fence does not provide for Israel's security and that it pre-empts a two-state solution to the conflict.

Forward's Criticism of Berlusconi Tribute "Outrageous" 09/25/03
The editorial criticizing the Anti-Defamation League for its Tribute to Italy dinner and award to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is outrageous in its substance and tone.

LA Times/Stille Op-Ed: Wrong to Criticize Italian PM 09/22/03
In his op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Alexander Stille misses the point of ADL's giving its Distinguished Statesman Award to Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Mr. Berlusconi's leadership has been critical and outstanding.

NY Times: Berlusconi's Apology Accepted 09/19/03
In a letter published in the New York Times, ADL says it has accepted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's apology to Italy's Jewish community for his remark that Mussolini was a "benign dictator."

Times Editorial Reinforces Palestinian Illusions 09/18/03
The New York Times, by focusing on issues like settlements and prisoners, diverts attention from the reality that nothing can move forward while Israelis are being murdered in their streets.

ADL Letter to The New York Times 09/17/03
Re: Racist Computer Games

Liz Smith Wrong on Gibson Controversy 09/15/03
Though acknowledging that the Jewish people "have been through so much," Liz Smith insists she is "sure they can endure" Mel Gibson's controversial film.

Letter to The Philadelphia Inquirer 09/12/03
Re: Michael Lerner on the road map

ADL Letter to The Boston Globe 09/10/03
Re: "Who should wear a terrorist label?"

ADL Letter to San Francisco Chronicle 09/09/03
Re: "Watch 'Passion' before judging it"

ADL Letter to The Los Angeles Times 09/09/03
Re: Editorial "Leadership for Peace"

Financial Times Blames Israel for Impasse 09/09/03
The editorial was not only incorrect in blaming Israel for the current impasse in the road map, but it also reinforced the illusion that the Palestinians need not do anything to end terror.

ADL Letter to The New York Times 09/08/03
Re: "Putting the American in 'American Muslim'"

ADL Letter to International Herald Tribune 09/03/03
Re: Hanan Ashrawi

ADL Letter to The Jewish Week 09/03/03
Re: Mel Gibson

ADL Letter to The New York Times 08/27/03
Re: Arthur Hertzberg's "Price of Not Keeping the Peace"

ADL Letter to The New York Sun 08/27/03
Re: Laura Ingraham/”Bush’s Faith”

ADL Letter to the Chicago Tribune 08/27/03
Re: Editorial, "Settling Moses’ Debt"

ADL Letter to The Washington Post 08/26/03
Re: Robert Novak "Middle East Morass"

ADL Letter to the Jerusalem Post 08/26/03
Re: Editorial, "This Battle is Christian, Not Jewish"

ADL Letter to The Daily News 08/22/03
Re: Richard Cohen

ADL Letter to The Washington Post 08/22/03
Re: Richard Cohen

ADL Letter to the Chicago Tribune 08/18/03
Re: Georgie Ann Geyer

Letter to The Philadelphia Inquirer 08/05/03
Re: Star of David cartoon by Tony Auth

ADL Letter to the Jerusalem Post 07/08/03
Re: Baraka's invitation to speak in Israel

ADL Letter to the Forward 07/03/03
Re: CAIR’s short memory on terror

ADL Letter to Suncoast News, FL 07/02/03
Re: “Jew invasion of Palestine”

ADL Letter to the Chicago Tribune 06/26/03
Re: Don Wycliff on Muhammad Salah

ADL Letter to the New York Press 06/23/03
Re: "Suicide Jews"

ADL Letter to the New York Post 06/19/03
Re: Eric Fettmann on Mel Gibson

Letter to the Winston-Salem Journal 06/14/03
Re: Dick Locher Cartoon "Mideast Gulch"

ADL Letter to The New York Times 06/12/03
Re: Editorial, "Downward Spiral in the Mideast"


Denver Post apologizes for offensive cartoon , 6/6/03

Letter to the Los Angeles Daily News , 6/3/03
Re: Editorial cartoon by Dick Locher
Letter to the Chicago Tribune , 5/30/03
Re: Editorial Cartoon by Dick Locher
Letter to Haaretz Daily, Israel , 5/26/03
Re: "Anti-Semitism, Right Here At Home"
Letter to The Washington Post , 5/20/03
Re: Editorial, “Mr. Bush and the Middle East”
Letter to the Financial Times , 5/20/03
Re: Editorial, “Time Bush Told Sharon to Choose”
Letter to the Christian Science Monitor , 5/16/03
Re: Editorial, “Getting Israel to Yes”
Letter to The New York Observer , 5/16/03
Re: "Are Critics of Israel Smeared as Anti-Semites?"
Letter to the New York Times , 5/12/03
Re: Friedman’s "Fathers and Sons"
Letter to the Washington Post , 5/8/03
Re: Israel’s 55th in "The Reliable Source"
Letter to Ha’aretz , 5/5/03
Re: British Minister Tam Dalyell
Letter to the New York Times , 5/5/03
Re: Scott Atran

Letters to the Editor Poughkeepsie Journal , 05/02/03
Re: Julie Adams
Charleston Gazette (W.Va.) , 4/22/03
Re: Annette Zavareei
Letter to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 4/14/03
Re: Jay Bookman
Letter to the Chicago Tribune , 4/11/03
Re: Molly Ivins
Letter to the Atlanta Journal Constitution , 4/2/03
Re: Edward Sayre, “Victory in Iraq…”
Letter to the New York Daily News , 3/28/03
Re: Richard Cohen
Letter to The Washington Post , 3/27/03
Re: Richard Cohen/Road Map for Colin Powell
Letter to the Toledo Blade , 3/20/03
Re: Editorial, "Whose national interest?"
Letter to USA Today , 3/19/03
Re: Justin Raimondo’s "War is not in U.S. Interest"
Letter to the New York Times , 3/18/03
Re: Council on American-Islamic Relations

Letter to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 3/18/03
Re: Fred Donner
Letter to The New York Times , 3/17/03
Re: Editorial, “Middle East Peacemaking”
Letter to The Washington Post , 3/13/03
Re: Richard Cohen
Letter to The Los Angeles Times , 3/12/03
Re: Editorial on U.S. Rep. James Moran
Letter to The New York Times Magazine , 3/12/03
Re: "Is the Pope Catholic … Enough?"
Letter to the New York Times , 3/10/03
Re: Bill Keller column, “Is it good for the Jews?”

Letter to The Chicago Tribune , 3/10/03
Re: Fred Donner
Letter to the San Diego Union Tribune , 3/3/03
Re: James Goldsborough/”Beginning a Modern Religious War”
Letter to the New York Times , 2/28/03
Re: "Bush's Warsaw Pact"
Letter to the Buffalo News , 2/26/03

Letter to the Washington Post , 2/10/03
Re: Deep in Gaza, A Lopsided Battle
Letter to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , 2/7/03
Re: Edward Hanuaer
Letter to USA Today , 1/31/03
Re: Umpire suspended for anti-Semitic remark
Letter to the New York Times , 1/29/03
Re: Editorial, “Ariel Sharon’s Paradoxical Victory”
Letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , 1/27/03
Re: Jan. 20 Commentary, "Only through Mutual Respect..."
Letter to the Louisville (KY) Courier Journal , 1/15/03
Re: Editorial cartoon by Nick Anderson
Letter to the New York Times , 1/14/03
Re: Scalia Attacks Church- State Rulings
Letter to the New York Times , 1/9/03
Re: Gretta Duisenberg’s anti-Semitic statements
Letter to the Financial Times , 1/7/03
Re: Editorial, "Revive Peace Talks"
Letter to the Washington Post , 12/26/02

Letter to the New York Times , 12/20/02
Re: Saeb Erekat’s “Two-State Solution”
Letter to Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel , 12/16/02
Re: Jim Mullins
Letter to the Rocky Mountain News , 12/10/02
Re: Speakout column by Wadi Muhaisen
Letter to the Washington Post , 12/2/02
Re: "Condemned to Violence"/Ramzy Baroud
Letter to the Chicago Tribune , 12/2/02
Re: Salim Muwakkil on anti-Semitism
Letter to The Washington Post , 11/22/02
Re: Egyptian series/Protocols
Letter to The Journal News , 11/22/02
Re: Communtiy Voices

Letter to the Christian Science Monitor , 11/22/02
Re: Anti-Semitism in Egypt

Letter to the Arab News (Saudi Arabia) , 11/22/02
Re: Anti-Semitism in Egypt

Letter to The Financial Times , 11/19/02
Re: John Lloyd/European anti-Semitism

Letter to the New York Times , 11/4/02
Re: Editorial "Chance for Change in Israel"
Letter to the New York Times , 10/22/02
Re: "Are Saudis the Enemy?"
Letter to the Los Angeles Times , 10/17/02
Re: "U.N. Resolutions Frequently Violated"
Letter to The New York Times , 10/1/02
re: David Grossman op-ed
Letter to the International Herald Tribune , 9/26/02
re: Henry Siegman
Letter to The Washington Post , 9/26/02
re: Editorial, "Rolling the President"
Letter to the New York Observer , 9/23/02
re: "Holy or Unholy, Jews and Right in an Alliance"
Letter to The New York Times , 9/19/02
re: Safire's "The German Problem"
Letter to the Washington Post , 9/17/02
re: Op-ed "Allied Against Terrorism"
Letter to the New Haven Register , 9/13/02
re: Stereotyping of Arab Americans wrong
ADL Letter to The Journal News , 9/9/02
re: letter to editor by Abbas Hamideh
Letter to the Los Angeles Times , 9/5/02
re: Editorial, "Lies Poison Mideast's Hopes"
Letter to the New York Times , 9/3/02
re: Zbigniew Brzezinski op-ed
Letter to The New York Times , 8/25/02
re: Criticism of Jewish contributions in Georgia campaign
Letter to Newsday , 8/23/02
re: Sheryl McCarthy
Letters to the Editor Pocono Record , 8/14/02
re: Farid Hourani's op-ed crosses the line and becomes an anti-Israel diatribe
Letter to the Washington Post , 8/7/02
re: William Rasberry's assumption that Israel spurns negotiated peace.
Letter to the New York Times , 8/2/02
re: "Hamas Regrets Toll in Attack/Hails Bombing"
Letter to The New York Times , 7/31/02
re: Op-Ed "In Defense of Gabfests"
Letter to Newsday , 7/30/02
re: "World Tolerates Israel's Use of State Terror"
Letter to the Albany Times Union , 7/30/02
re: "Bombing Shatters Illusions of Peace"
Letter to The New York Times , 7/29/02
re: Op-Ed by Caleb Carr
Letter to USA Today , 7/25/02
re: Editorial "Sharon goes too far, again"
Letters to The Philadelphia Inquirer , 7/25/02
Re: Arjan El Fassed's outrageous accusation of Israeli state terrorism
Letter to New York Times , 7/17/02
re: "Peace in the Middle East" Advertisement
Letter to the Christian Science Monitor , 7/10/02
re: Op-ed "UN Terrorist connections? Unlikely"
Letter to The Washington Post , 6/24/02
re: Op-ed by Ambassador Francois Bujon de L'Estang
Letter to the New York Times , 6/24/02
re: "Conspiracy Theories Grip French"
Letter to the New York Times , 6/20/02
re Editorial, "The Palestinian Death Knell"
Letter to The Washington Post , 6/17/02
re: Op-Ed by Hubert Vedrine
Letter to the New York Times , 6/13/02
re: Public Lives profile of Henry Siegman
Letter to the Los Angeles Times , 6/12/02
re: Use of Ambulances to Promote Terrorism
Letter to The New York Times , 6/7/02
re: Editorial on Egypt's President Mubarak
Letter to The New York Times
re: Mubarak's Push for Palestinian Statehood, 6/4/02
Letter to The New York Times
re Anne Bayefsky on the U.N. Human Rights System, 5/29/02
Letter to the Denver Post
re Guest Commentary by Mohamed Jodeh, 5/21/02
Letter to The New York Times
re "Arafat Finally Leaves Ramallah", 5/14/02
Letter to the International Herald Tribune
re "Where abuse is too big to be ignored", 5/8/02
Letter to the New York Times
re Editorial, "Hijacking Mideast Peace", 5/8/02
Letter to the Chicago Tribune
re Salim Muwakkil, 5/6/02
Letter to the Los Angeles Times
re editorial, "The Risks of U.S. Silence", 5/3/02
ADL Letter to The Washington Post
re: Richard Cohen, "Who's Anti-Semitic?", 5/1/01
ADL Letter to the New York Times
re: "When Letter of the Law Does not Spell Clarity", 5/1/02
Letter to the International Herald Tribune
re: "They took our land, so why shouldn't I kill them", 4/29/02
Letter to the Rocky Mountain News
re: Steve Laudeman’s Speakout column, 4/26/02
Letter to the New York Times
re "Israel's Historic Miscalculation", 4/26/02
Letter to The New York Times
re Editorial, "Israel's Historic Miscalculation", 4/26/02
Letter to Financial Times
re Editorial "Dangers of Myth-making", 4/26/02
Letter to The Washington Post,
re "Terrorism and Nationalism" editorial, 4/24/02
Letter to the Stamford Advocate
re: Pat Oliphant cartoon equating Sharon with Arafat, 4/24/02
Letter to New York Observer, re Rabbi Lerner and Cornel West , 4/22/02
ADL Letter to The New York Times , 4/22/02
ADL Letter to the Christian Science Monitor , 4/21/02
ADL Letter to The New York Times , 4/15/02
ADL Letter to The Indianapolis Star , 4/12/02
ADL Letter to the Antelope Valley Press, CA , 4/12/02
ADL Letter to the Los Angeles Daily News , 4/12/02
ADL Letter to the Albany Times-Union , 4/10/02
ADL Letter to The Washington Post , 4/9/02
ADL Letter to the New York Times , 4/9/02
ADL Letter to The Straits Times , 4/9/02
ADL Letter to the New York Times , 4/08/02
ADL Letter to The Scarsdale Inquirer , 4/01/02
ADL Letter to the Los Angeles Times , 3/25/02
ADL Letter to The New York Times , 3/20/02
ADL Letter to the New York Times , 3/14/02
ADL Letter to Lafayette Daily Advertiser (Louisiana)
re Charlie Reese , 03/12/02
ADL Letter to The Day (New London, Conn.) , 03/07/02
ADL Letter to The Arizona Republic About Editorial Cartoon , 02/25/02
ADL Letter to The Washington Post , 02/25/02
ADL Letter to The New York Times , 02/21/02
ADL Letter to the Christian Science Monitor , 02/13/02
ADL Letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 02/07/02
ADL Letter to the Los Angeles Times , 02/01/02
ADL Letter to the Albany Times-Union , 2/01/02

ADL Letter to Al Ahram Daily , 02/01/02
ADL Letter to the Rocky Mountain News , 01/20/02
ADL Letter to the Houston Chronicle , 01/19/02
ADL Letter to the Los Angeles Times , 01/25/02
ADL Letter to Long Island Newsday , 01/17/02
ADL Letter to The Washington Post , 01/16/02
ADL Letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 01/15/02
ADL Letter to the Indianapolis Star , 01/13/02
ADL Letter to the International Herald Tribune , 01/11/02
ADL Letter to the West Virginia Charleston Gazette , 01/08/02
ADL Letter to The Salt Lake Tribune , 01/06/02
ADL Letter to the Santa Fe New Mexican , 01/02/02