Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Pope’s Statements Raise Concerns About Interfaith Relations
Two separate documents issued by the Vatican last week are raising concern among liberal Catholics, Protestants and Jews that Pope Benedict XVI is turning back the clock on four decades of ecumenism. On July 10, the Holy See reiterated a controversial statement from 2000 that the Protestant and Christian Orthodox denominations are not “true” Christianity….
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News U.N. Allegedly Rethinking Status of Disputed Border
United Nations – As the first anniversary of last summer’s war between Israel and Hezbollah approaches, the United Nations’ recognition of Israel’s full withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 reportedly may be revoked, threatening to provide new ideological ammunition to the militant Shi’ite group. The U.N. cartographer in charge of delineating the Israeli-Lebanese border is scheduled…
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News U.N. Rights Chief Takes Her Case to Congress
United Nations – It took three years for the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, to make her first official visit to Washington. When she finally made her way to the capital last month, the cause she found herself advocating was none other than her own. The House and Senate have introduced…
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News Allegations of Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activity in Iraq Are Met With Skepticism
Last week an American general in Baghdad announced that a veteran Hezbollah commander had been caught in Iraq and had admitted to training and directing anti-American Iraqi militias in coordination with Iran’s hard-line Revolutionary Guard. The presence of Hezbollah in Iraq has been alleged by American officials before, but last week’s announcement marked the first…
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News Europe Turns Toward Mideast With High-Level Appointments
Led by last week’s naming of Tony Blair as special envoy to the Middle East, a string of personnel changes in capitals across the continent has Europe poised to play a greater role in Israeli-Palestinian affairs. In Brussels last month, the European Union agreed to grant more power to its foreign policy chief, who has…
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News Peruvian Town’s Health Goes Up in Smoke
As far as Peruvian Rabbi Elias Szczytnicki could tell, Ira Rennert seemed like a guy with whom he could develop a rapport. Rennert, a controversial Orthodox billionaire, has served as chairman of the tony Fifth Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan and has been described by Elie Wiesel as “a deeply, deeply religious man.” But while on…
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News U.N. Chief Shows Readiness To Side With Washington On Middle East
United Nations – When he was elected secretary general of the United Nations last fall, Ban Ki-moon struck veteran Middle East hands as having a rather limited grasp on the volatile region. But less than a year into office, the former foreign minister of South Korea has raised more than a few eyebrows at the…
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News La Paix? Nyet.
In the run-up to next week’s election for the European Jewish Congress, the race for president has turned into a grudge match between a Frenchman and a Russian, both freshly minted millionaires. On one side is the incumbent, Pierre Besnainou, a Tunisian-born Internet tycoon who lives in Paris. His challenger is Moshe Kantor, a Russian…
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