The NYT has posted a 2000 op-ed piece by Charles Freeman printed in its pages. Tough but realistic about Israelis and Palestinians, and truer today than when it was written.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E7DB173EF93BA25753C1A9669C8B63And this gets at some of the choppy waters behind Freeman’s withdrawal or disposal depending on what happened.”Allies Clocks Tick Differently on Iran”http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/weekinreview/15SANGER.html?_r=1&ref=weekinreview function getSharePasskey() { return \’ex=1394856000&en=a955b89560b81614&ei=5124\’;} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent(\’http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/weekinreview/15SANGER.html\’); } function getShareHeadline() { return encodeURIComponent(\’Allies Clocks Tick Differently on Iran\’); } function getShareDescription() { return encodeURIComponent(\’With the news that Iran has passed another atomic milestone, Israel is pushing for action while the U.S. is focusing on a new diplomatic approach.\’); } function getShareKeywords() { return encodeURIComponent(\’Defense and Military Forces,United States Defense and Military Forces,Embargoes and Economic Sanctions,Iran,Israel\’); } function getShareSection() { return encodeURIComponent(\’weekinreview\’); } function getShareSectionDisplay() { return encodeURIComponent(\’Week in Review\’); } function getShareSubSection() { return encodeURIComponent(\’\’); } function getShareByline() { return encodeURIComponent(\’By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD\’); } function getSharePubdate() { return encodeURIComponent(\’March 15, 2009\’); }

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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