At 08:19 AM 9/20/02 -0400, Pat wrote:
But since this is an encyclopedia I would expect to find an unbiased account of the background of the Palestinian/Israeli situation--"encyclopedia" suggests definition...if I want opinions I will turn to monographs or other sources clearly identifiable as opinion.
We're trying. It's very difficult, because each side insists that their version is unbiased, and there's little agreement even on the facts, let alone the meanings.