NYT Covers Alison Weir's Talk in Connecticut: Zionists Create Backlash

I was introduced to the work of the indefatigable Alison Weir through her superb 2005 article in The Link on the coverage and non coverage of Israel-Palestine.

http://www.ameu.org/summary1.asp?iid=262

So I was pleasantly surprised to see a relatively fair feature article in the New York Times reporting on her appearances in Greenwich, Connecticut last week.

Speech on the Mideast Brings Opinions to a Boil
By PETER APPLEBOME

February 17, 2008 Greenwich, Conn.

Read the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/nyregion/17towns.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=speech+on+the+Mideast+brings+Opinions+to+a+Boil&st=nyt&oref=slogin

As reporter Peter Applebome points out, her critics’ attempt to censor her talk created a backlash which resulted in a crowd 10x bigger than she might have expected.

At the end of his article, Applebome draws the appropriate lesson for his fellow Zionists: don’t draw unnecessary attention to your opponents.

Applebome was fair enough to record the reaction of the crowd when she finished:

When the speech ended, Ms. Weir was met with thunderous applause, and across the room there was a widespread sense of satisfaction that someone was saying what needed to be said.

“It’s true that our money is going there to kill little kids,” said one well-dressed woman, who spent the speech nodding in agreement and gave only her first name, Jean. “It’s the side we don’t hear, that doesn’t get on the news.”

Read more:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/nyregion/17towns.html?_r=1&sq=speech%20on%20the%20Mideast%20brings%20Opinions%20to%20a%20Boil&st=nyt&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print