Letters, Feb. 6, 1956

The Place of the Prophet

Sir:

"Prophet with a Gun" [Jan. 16] is a masterly handling of the most complex political problem of our times. Where hopes and fears, religion and politics, dreams and nightmares are so grievously mixed, any complete story is impossible. It may be too idealistic to ask for a solution through love, but, having long known Palestine, I feel that the present hatred endangers not only the small, struggling state of Israel but the world as well.

MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS

Garrett Park, Md.

Sir:

I resent the distorted picture TIME is...

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