[Berosus]

As a former reader of The Orlando Sentinel, I remember Charley Reese well. Before 1989 he was the strongest supporter of Israel that any Zionist could hope for. Then he suddenly reversed his stance, and was pro-PLO, anti-Israel after that. Finally he retired from The Orlando Sentinel in the summer of 2001, just a few weeks before 9/11, so I never heard his views on that tragedy.

Charley's change on Israel and the Palestinians was so abrupt and complete that I suspected he was replaced by an imposter. So pray tell, which Charley Reese did the quote in the puzzle come from?

[GOP Congress]

Not sure what happened with Reese, to be honest. While I generally try to source quotations from constitutionalists whenever possible (other than showcasing outrageous quotes from decidedly NON-costitutionalists, like Che Guevara), the quote itself is what matters.

In any case, I went back to the Wikipedia page where I sourced basic information to create the bio snippet of the puzzle. Curiously, I saw nothing with regard to Reese's position, which is where I would imagine would have been prominent, as it would indicate an acceptance of a very Leftist position by a conservative. Even the talk page was devoid of any indication to Reese's Israel position.

I did see the last article, in which Reese cited a "new generation of Israeli historians," and used the term "Zionist," a term which most conservative Westerners do not use as outside the scholastic reference is generally meant as a smear against Jewish individuals and organizations; in most cases, using the term in this way is synonymous with "anti-Semitism." I am puzzled, so if you have links to more details on Reese's anti-semitism, I'd appreciate it.

(NOTE: As a rule, I don't source Wikipedia itself, but the citations in which the Wiki articles are created, if I need documentable corroboration for anything. Keep in mind that the main staff contrlling the editorializing on Wikipedia is decidedly communist. But for bio snippets, I generally don't need them.)