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LETTERS, Page 5Double-Talk
The discrepancies in the quotations you provide (WORLD, Aug.
7) from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and P.L.O. chairman
Yasser Arafat lead me to conclude that all outside powers should
stand back from the Middle East and allow the two sides to settle
their dispute in whatever way they wish.
Edward J. Cooper
Chicago
The P.L.O. leader and the head of the Israeli government are
portrayed as political equals -- in stature, responsibility and
capacity for error. To criticize them equally not only shows
remarkable courage but also reflects the dramatic changes that have
taken place in American public opinion since the start of the
intifadeh.
Laura Drake
San Rafael, Calif.
Although political double-talk and lies are indefensible, no
country, democratic or totalitarian, is without them. What troubles
me is that while Shamir is the democratically elected Prime
Minister of a legitimate state, Arafat is not the head of
government of any nation or even the Palestinian people, but only
the leader of a terrorist group. Byu treating him equally, you
cloak him with a legitimacy to which he is not entitled.
Gerald S. Shacter
San Luis Obispo, Calif.