Israeli American Relations

What Israel has done to achieve rapprochement with the Palestinians has been a sham: a cosmetic mask to hide the desire to have it all. And nobody knows cosmetics better than you, Mr. Lauder.

With the third intifada knocking at the door, the old American pattern -- an ever-renewable forgetfulness about the conduct of Israel and de facto postponement of the question of Palestine -- is less tenable than ever.