Michael Koplow of the Israel Policy Forum, which advocates for a two-state solution, tweeted in response to Omar's
op-ed: "I'm glad that Ilhan Omar's
op-ed stresses the importance of two states and backs Israel's fundamental legitimacy.
Therefore, he formulated his opinions in accordance with Slovakia's interests and statements in the published
op-ed."Fortunately, we do not live in the times before 1989 when the Russian/Soviet Embassy dictated who could say, or write, what in Slovakia," Ondrejcsak claimed on Facebook.
Take the following paragraph from an
op-ed of December 7, titled To end Nairobi traffic woes, let's put the right brains in City Hall: "Can I ask Mike Sonko Mbuvi to give me back my vote?
"The president's threats both underscore why we must safeguard the identity of the writer of this
op-ed and serve as a reminder of the importance of a free and independent press to American democracy," the statement said.
This letter quoted random passages from the
op-ed and from a subsequent interview I gave to the school newspaper, condemned both, and categorically rejected all of my views.
Zarif's goal in the
op-ed, he made clear, was to convince Americans that the disorders prevalent in the Middle East are not the result of some Sunni-Shia rift and have nothing to do with the Islamic Republic but stem exclusively from Saudi Arabia's efforts to promote Wahhabism across the Islamic world.
Unfortunately, the Rea/Freyssinier
op-ed failed to mention this undisputed, published fact, and instead purported to prove the opposite by means of an inappropriate statistical argument, involving the correlation of [R.sub.f] and [R.sub.a] scores for a particular set of lamps.
The paper dropped its second section, which had local news, editorial and
op-ed, and has moved local news and editorial into the first section.
In response to the
op-ed piece from earlier this month critisising US carrier Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) an analyst for the US Department of Transportation said that the department is looking into the matter.
Kraus, Jerelle, All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't): Inside The New York Times
Op-Ed Page, Columbia University Press, New York, 2012, ISBN 9 7802 3113 8253, 280 pp., A$47.95.
Five top EU officials defended the eurozone's crisis response, which they believe "has ensured the integrity of the euro," in an
op-ed in The New York Times, on 18 April.
Tips for getting an
op-ed published in a local newspaper include starting early and submitting an
op-ed or letter-to-the-editor to only one newspaper at a time, reaching out to the editorial page editor to ask about specific guidelines, following the submission guidelines and being persistent.
