A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 14, 1980

For this week's cover story on the people who hold the key to any lasting Middle East peace, the Palestinians, TIME'S editors drew on reporting by many of our bureaus, especially those in the region itself. From Jerusalem came files not only from Bureau Chief Dean Fischer but also from two people who, Fischer says, help make his post a "private seminar on the Middle East dilemma." One is Correspondent David Halevy, a native Israeli who has reported for TIME since 1969; the other is Nafez Nazzal, a U.S.-educated Palestinian who was born on the West Bank, heads the Middle...

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