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ID126895
Title ProperJerusalem
Other Title InformationWiesel's option
LanguageENG
AuthorMutawi, Samir
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)It's been weeks since Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel published his "Jerusalem" open letter addressing US President Obama in full-page adverts in the influential and globally read American newspapers: The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The International Herald Tribune. Some may wonder why it took me all this time to write a response to the content and purpose of that letter. Many of my friends in London, Washington, New York, Berlin, and even Sydney in Australia, who knew I am ? Jerusalemite, born and raised as a boy who learned the history and meaning of every single stone in the Old City, urged me to respond. The same people were also puzzled by Wiesel's motives in embarking on an expensive advertising campaign when he had dinner with the American president one or two nights before and had conveyed his thoughts and made his request first hand in a face-to-face encounter and, as he claimed, got the impression that President Obama "respected his advice to postpone discussions on Jerusalem" until the end of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
`In' analytical NotePalestine Israel Journal Vol.17, No.1-2; 2011: p.148-153
Journal SourcePalestine Israel Journal Vol.17, No.1-2; 2011: p.148-153
Key WordsWiesel's Options ;  Jerusalem ;  Israel ;  Palestine ;  Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations ;  Arab - Israel Conflict ;  Conflict ;  War ;  United States - US ;  Old City