Volume 53, Number 15 · October 5, 2006
Avigdor and Victor
By Eve Fleisher, Reply by Amos Elon
In response to What Does Olmert Want?
(June 22, 2006)
To the Editors:
In reference to the article "What Does Olmert Want?" [NYR, June 22], the head of the Israel Beitenu party is not Victor Liebermann—his name is Avigdor Lieberman—and the Hezbollah is not a Palestinian organization; it is based in Lebanon.
Eve Fleisher
Jerusalem
Amos Elon replies:
As far as I know, Lieberman is known under both names, Avigdor being Hebrew for Victor. Hezbollah may be based in Lebanon but its bombs kill Israelis in Israel.