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Name:   Samuel G. Freedman
Title: Professor of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Position: Pro Israeli Wall / Fence to the question "What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?"
Reasoning:

"A security buffer between Israel and Palestine would force Israel to abandon far-flung settlements, and Palestinians to see that terror doomed their chance for a prosperous, peaceful state."

"The Case for the Wall"
Salon.com
May 3, 2002
Credibility
Ranking:		  Organization/VIP/Other
Those individuals and organizations involved in the Israeli-Palestinian debate that do not fit into the other star categories.

Involvement:
  • Professor of Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
  • Staff Reporter for The New York Times, 1981-1987

Education: B.A., Wisconsin

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Member of USA Today's Board of Contributors
  • Board member of Institute for American Values and the Jewish Book Council
  • National Jewish Book Award, 2000
  • Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award, Society of Professional Journalists, 1997
  • New Jersey Humanities Council Book Award, 1997
  • Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, 1993

Contact Info:
Phone: none listed Fax: none listed
E-Mail:   feedback@samuelfreedman.com.
Web Site: http://www.samuelfreedman.com/

Other: Select Publications:
  • Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life, Spring 2005
  • Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry, 2000
  • Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School, 1991
  • Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church, 1994
  • The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond, 1996
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