I am thoroughly disgusted by what I read in Caroline Glick's article "How Olmert Defies Gravity" of January 14. I want to praise Caroline for stating what must be stated to the public. That Caroline has a backbone and that The Jerusalem Post is undaunted by Mr. Olmert and the media and is willing to publish this seminal article is a tribute to the editors of The Jerusalem Post. Sitting here at my computer in Skokie, I feel that my hands are not tied behind my back. How dare the Israeli government backed by the Israeli media silence the people of Israel through intimidation. How dare the democracy thousands of Israelis have died for, have been wounded for, have been displaced for be jeopardized by the inanity of an incompetent leader and an equally incompetent, petulant press ruled by individuals who are deadbent on the utter ruination of the Jewish state. A few days ago, I wrote a reply to an article about Norman Finkelstein's going to Lebanon and meeting with a key Hizballah military leader. My reply was very angry concerning such an action by a Jewish academic whose parents were both in the death camps. One of the people responded to my response by making fun of my title "professor," and Haaretz.com printed this offense. Another effort to question my intentions in another response I made had the title professor completely omitted from my name. Such total disrespect by the editors of Haaretz should not be permitted by those who care about the image Israel is protraying to the world via the Internet. I am a professor of English at two local colleges and have been teaching in colleges and universities for eleven years. At some point in the very near future, the people of Israel will have to speak out--nay, scream--for the necessary changes in the government and media in order to ensure that Israel remains a viable state. The alternative will be devastating for the sixty years of growth and development which Israel has painstakingly demonstrated to a world rather indifferent to its survival.