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Submitted by Larry Cohler-Esses, Nov 7, 2007 03:13

As the author of two articles you criticized in your editorial "Colonizing Barnard," may I point out two important errors in your description of my stories?

You state that my articles in The Jewish Week and The Nation dealing with Barnard anthropologist Nadia Abu El-Haj "sought to portray her opponents as McCarthyites. In fact, she is on the record accusing Israel of being a colonial project"

Only my article in The Nation---an opinion piece---made the charge regarding McCarthyism. Neither article rejected the accusation that she accuses Israel of being a colonial project. My story in The Jewish Week, in fact, strongly affirmed this fact. My story in The Nation did not address it. The false accusations Abu El-Haj's critics make against her book are other than this---and not rebutted by your editorial.

Sincerely,
Larry Cohler-Esses

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