Vol. 14, No. 28
April 6, 2009
Cover Story
The Missing Mahatma
Searching for a Gandhi or a Martin Luther King in the West Bank
By Gershom Gorenberg
Also in This Issue
- Look to Lincoln, Not FDR — William J. Stuntz
This issue examined the absence of nonviolent leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Gershom Gorenberg exploring why figures comparable to Gandhi or Martin Luther King had not emerged in the West Bank. The magazine also featured William J. Stuntz's analysis comparing Abraham Lincoln favorably to FDR as a model for contemporary American leadership.