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In 1988, at the outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada, he criticized Israeli government policy. In a series of diary entries published in the New York Times Magazine, he wrote, "Whether we accept it or not, every night"s television news confirms it: Israelis now seem the oppressors, Palestinians the victims."
In response, Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Organizations, accused him of "too much public posturing and too little private discourse."
Several of Vorspan"s family members are also active in the Jewish community.
