Letters

• Published in: The Jerusalem post
• Main Authors: Feinerman, Victoria, Wachtel, Marcella, Van Bers, Frank J, Feldstein, Jonathan, Bielawsky, Ed, Kahn-Oren, Elana, Hirsch, Jane S, Freedman, Chaim
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jerusalem The Jerusalem Post Ltd 26.08.2009

Sir, - Does Kenny MacAskill mean that had murderer Abdel Baset al-Megrahi's homecoming been a hush-hush affair, it wouldn't have been so bad to trample over the feelings of hundreds of family members of the victims? ("Scottish minister: Libya broke its promise," August 25). Moreover, it is symptomatic of Western ignorance in dealing with the Arab world that a promise is still seen as an undertaking to be kept on one's word of honor. Sir, - It seems that the Nazi idea of the "Big Lie" is alive and well in Sweden. While the Swedish government refuses to condemn, on the grounds of freedom of speech, the Aftonbladet article alleging Israel's trafficking in Palestinian organs, it had no trouble falling all over itself to apologize for the "Muhammad cartoons" which the Islamic community found offensive. Sir, - Rob Eshman, editor-in-chief of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, is correct in identifying the Jewish press demographic as one that is incredibly "literate, active and involved" ("North American Jewish press battered, not beaten," Zack Colman, August 10). Local Jewish papers and national publications are recognized by readers, advocates and advertisers as an anchor for Jewish communities around the country and the community as a whole.