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To: LindyBill who wrote (52330)	10/16/2002 8:50:59 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Good column by Friedman in the NYT today. I will be interested to see if you agree. October 16, 2002 Campus Hypocrisy By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN No, as you guessed, I do not. I agree that Syria in Lebanon and human rights issues in Egypt, among a host of other international issues, need to be addressed. But, as I understand, Friedman, he tries to walk a fine line between saying (1) because the petition fails to address those issues as well, it still should not be considered anti-semitic, to (2) saying because it does not, it must be anti-semitic. He clearly winds up with (2) I do agree with the last couple of paragraphs, that we should all urge, with some degree of haste, that folks who can do so, move toward a two-state solution. As for the petition drive itself, it does not strike me as a wise political move. But I don't see it as anti-semitic.