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Bias in the Waterbury Observer

The Waterbury Observer published a highly biased, error-filled anti-Israel commentary by Marilyn Aligata in its September, 2006 issue. A response by PRIMER President Alan Stein led to a repeat from Aligata in the November, 2006 issue.

Aligata's diatribe was refuted, point-by-point, in a PRIMER Comment & Analysis, which was published in part by the Observer and is available in unabridged form on the PRIMER web site.

In frustration, both Aligata and George Hajjar lashed out with ad hominem attacks, which were irresponsibly published by the Observer in February, 2007. Their attacks were supported by another hate-filled letter published in the March, 2007 which in the height of chutzpah accused respected attorney and human rights advocate Alan Dershowitz of fraud and plagiarism.

The series, including intelligent, well-reasoned letters by some pro-Israel writers, is included here.

Issue	Author	Description
September 2006	Marilyn Aligata	Op-Ed Entitled Close to the Brink of Destruction
October 2006	Alan Stein	Letter to the Editor
December 2006	Marilyn Aligata	Agony of Conflict
January 2007	Alan Stein	Peace, Not Propaganda — Comment & Analysis
January 2007	Joel Abramson	Letter to the Editor responding to Aligata rant
February 2007	Marilyn Aligata	Challenging Observer Readers to Examine Jimmy Carter's Book on the solutions to the Israeli and Palestinian Conflict
February 2007	George Hajjar	Different Facts On Middle East and Israel — Error-filled ad hominem attack
March 2007	May Michael	Letter to the Editor accuses Alan Dershowitz of fraud and plagiarism
March 2007	Steve Laitman	Letter to the Editor
March 2007	Alan Stein	Response to Aligata and Hajjar as submitted to the Observer, including telling quotations omitted from the published version

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