Nov 18 2007
unpublished letter to NY times
Deeds and not words are the key to any argument
Leslie H. Gelb fails the same test of “backing up their premise†that he sets for professors Mearsheimer & Walt. In  “Dual Loyalties,†( NY Times September 23rd Book Review of “The Israel lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy)  he denies the power of the ‘lobby’ by arguing the US administration has since 1967 privately expressed support for Palestinian statehood.