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TNR Letter

This week's issue of The New Republic has published my letter about the Samaria town of Ariel (the "Esq." was included only because of an automated signature in my e-mail):


Peter Beinart quotes Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon assuring a lawmaker from the settlement of Ariel, "You can build [there] for your children and grandchildren, and I hope even for your great-grandchildren." Beinart points out that "Ariel sits well inside the West Bank," suggesting that Sharon's statements might contradict his desire for peace ("Empty Cabinet," June 16). However, even under the Clinton plan in which Israel would have relinquished more than 95 percent of the West Bank Ariel, which has nearly 20,000 residents, would have been annexed to Israel as part of the Western Samaria settlement bloc. Therefore, Sharon's comments about Ariel should certainly not be seen as contradicting his support for territorial compromise for real peace.

Joseph S. Schick, Esq.
New York, New York
posted on 7/13/2003