Drawing on his myriad experiences with the Arab world, author and former Deputy Regional Coordinator at the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative Ben Orbach urged students to rethink the “Arab Street” in last night’s lecture sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy.

To the Editor:

Re: “Race, Empire and Palestine: A World View,” Opinion, Oct. 22

We are former Sun columnists who have written in the past about the Arab-Israeli conflict, and understand that the issue is fraught with complexity. While we are proud that The Sun publishes a range of viewpoints, rambling columns that feature demonstrably false “facts” undermine the credibility of the Sun as a whole.