Letter to the Associated Press

Dear Editor, In "Shadowy al-Qaida-linked group claims Israel attack"(6/19/12), Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak concludes his article by saying that, "Israeli construction on lands the Palestinians claim for a future state is at the heart of the current peacemaking deadlock." That is correct - if you are taking the Palestinian side. But reporters are supposed to be neutral. That is a key principle in the Journalistic code of ethics. The more objective reason of why there is a peacemaking deadlock is because one side - the Palestinian side - refuses to sit down and negotiate. Thank you, Michael Berenhaus