Last month Margaret Wente visited the West Bank and Israel, and reported what she saw in a series of columns in The Globe and Mail. Her purpose was to talk to as many people as possible about their lives and hopes. She also visited the home of a young suicide bomber, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl who has since become a local heroine. In her speech to the Canadian Club Ms. Wente will describe some of what she saw, and the conclusions she reached about peace and war in the Middle East.
Margaret Wente is one of Canada’s leading columnists, and for the past two years in a row has won the National Newspaper Award for column-writing. Over her long journalism career, she has edited two leading business magazines, Canadian Business and ROB Magazine. She has been editor of the Globe’s business section and managing editor of the paper. For the past four years she has been writing a column three times a week, and is a frequent commentator on television and radio.
