The Bush administration is reacting coolly to Mahmoud Abbas’ call for a referendum on a Palestinian ‘peace plan,’ urging the Palestinians to first quell their growing internal chaos.
Imad Moustapha, Damascus� new ambassador in Washington, is reaching out to American Jews as part of a charm offensive launched during a low point in Syria�s relations with the West, and the United States in particular.
The young writer described recently as a “one-man shock-and-awe invasion of North American literature” talks about life in Canada’s Jewish community as a young immigrant from the former Soviet Union.
