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The Link ArchivesTitle: Epiphany at Beit Jalla About This Issue Donald Neff tells us that Time magazine, in the late 70s, paid for its two bureau chiefs in the Middle East, Neff in Jerusalem, Wilton Wynn in Cairo, to meet every six weeks on neutral ground, such as Athens, to insure that each correspondent was exposed to the views of the other side in the Arab-Israeli conflict. This issue of The Link is Neff’s personal account of his road of discovery from those meetings in Athens to Beit Jala, a small village outside Bethlehem. He is by no means the first journalist whose integrity in reporting on Israel's treatment of Palestinians resulted in professional blackballing or even physical harassment. (See The Link, vol. 21, no.2, June-July 1988, and vol. 26, no. 3, July-August 1993.) Yet his account may resonate more poignantly with Americans in light of his position as Time's bureau chief in Jerusalem with over 20 years of journalistic experience behind him. Following his tour of more than three years in Jerusalem, Neff returned to Washington, D.C., and wrote three major works on the Arab-Israeli wars of 1956, 1967 and 1973. Most recently, he has written a survey of U.S.-Israeli relations, "Fallen Pillars," which is reviewed on page 13 by Talcott Seelye, former U.S. ambassador to Syria.--John F. Mahoney, Executive Director, November 1995. Contents
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