"United States wars are getting repetitive. Always the same old scenario. The mainstream media alert public opinion to the latest "villain" supposedly threatening to slaughter "his own people". The U.S. does the job instead with its drones and missiles. The new "villain" is soon…
Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-and news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But rarely do these debates incorporate an on-the-ground perspective of what and who newsmaking entails. Studying how journalists work in…
"Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--and news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But rarely do these debates incorporate an on-the-ground perspective of what and who newsmaking entails. Studying how journalists work …
"In November 1993, on the lawns of the White House, Israel and the Palestinians signed the Oslo agreement. A year later, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres received the Nobel Prize in recognition of this historic achievement. What happened on the road to peace?" "Norm…
This timely look at how the failure of Mideast diplomacy helped ignite the Muslim terrorist movement, from an eyewitness observer. Spector's insider's perspective, as former publisher of The Jerusalem Post, informs this selection of his best columns. An illuminating collection, …
This prescient narrative reveals how crumbling Mideast relations dashed the promise of peace and fostered the terrorist movement. Norman Spector -- previous Canadian ambassador to Israel -- documents how the inability to gain peace in the Mideast has caused death and destruction…
"In November 1993, on the lawns of the White House, Israel and the Palestinians signed the Oslo agreement. A year later, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres received the Nobel Prize in recognition of this historic achievement. What happened on the road to peace?" "Norm…