Friedman's 4/3 NYT column

[Nathan Newman]

Friedman has actually had reasonably decent politics around the Palestinians,
ultimately choosing Israel security over Palestinian rights if the choice was
made (Alterman's note), but also hard-headed enough to recognize that Israel
will never be secure until it makes real peace with the Palestinians.

Frankly, this fits into his pro-globalization views, where Israel will be
most secure if it creates strong economic ties in the region-- choose the
Lexus over the nationalistic olive tree in Friedman's parlance.

-- Nathan Newman

----- Original Message -----
From: <ajacobson at igc.org>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: Friedman's 4/3 NYT column

Did Friedman call for U.S./Nato intervention to form a Palestinian state? Did
I read it correctly or not?  Isn't that a significant position to take at
this time?

Alan Jacobson
Detroit