To the Editor:I would like to highlight a significant inaccuracy in Stephen Heyman's April 20 column "Horowitz' ad reject solely on policy issue" concerning the Editorial Board's refusal to print David Horowitz's advertisement. In the column, Heyman claims that in its decision not to print the ad, the Justice was wrongly accused of "harboring a liberal bias" and that the Editorial Board "would have rejected an ad from an opposing viewpoint with the same justification." So then, Mr. Heyman, why did your paper print an ad paid for by Jewish Voices Against the Occupation on page 16 of the Oct. 1, 2002 issue entitled "Jewish Voices Against Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territories"?

When I read the ad, I was thoroughly disgusted at both the content and the fact that the Justice Editorial Board would print such an opinionated, slanderous piece against Israel and Israelis. When I questioned some Justice staff, they responded that it was their Editorial Board's decision as to which politically motivated ads are fit to print. As the editor, would you have printed this ad considering its content?

Again, this was not published as an op-ed piece or within a column, but instead was an advertisement. Besides the fact that I can contest every point in it, the ad is political in nature and sponsored by a liberal organization, thereby disproving your contention that accusations of the pro-Horowitz ad students were "baseless."

And you may ask, "how do you know about this ad?" In response, I actually saved a copy of the ad and have used it before in several presentations on college campus media bias, along with several other Letters to the Editor that I have written in response to what I deem as anti-Israel articles in the Justice over the years. Therefore, I urge the editors of the Justice to remember the actions of their predecessors and to be truthful to their readers. Please continue to do your best to include both sides in the news and forum sections, but ban political advertisements entirely. Unfortunately, despite your assurances, you were one-sided this time.

-Jonathan Waldstreicher '04
former vice president, ZaHaV