Hodes is an Israeli writer.

Hodes reports that Schoenman was asked by the Mayor of Jerusalem, Mr. Ish-Shalom, to omit reference to "nuclear disarmament in the Middle East" during his speech at the Jerusalem Prize Ceremony.

Hodes notes that Schoenman read a passage from BR's writings "... in which Russell referred inter alia to the Israeli-Arab dispute and called upon men to stress what they have in common and to overcome their differences, lest all of mankind be destroyed."