Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Sudan Fight Unites Hawks, Left in Push For Divestment
In what its supporters hope will be a repeat of the successful divestment campaign against apartheid-era South Africa, security hawks and human-rights advocates are joining forces in an increasingly successful grass-roots campaign to convince universities and public pension funds to divest from Sudan. Liberal groups are pressing universities and states to divest from Sudan over…
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News Antisemitism Conference Loses Its Sharp Focus
Diplomatic efforts to fight antisemitism in Europe appeared to suffer a setback this week, as a region-wide conference drafted a declaration lumping the age-old prejudice with Islamophobia and racism. Insiders said the draft declaration to be issued at the end of the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in Cordoba, Spain…
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News Bush Rapped For Support Of Saudi Deal To Join WTO
The Bush administration is under fire from a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress for supporting a deal for Saudi membership in the World Trade Organization despite Saudi Arabia’s anti-Israel stance and tepid counter-terrorism efforts. A letter to U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman, co-signed by 47 House members from both parties, called it “premature to…
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News Uzbek Unrest Shines Light on Leader’s Ties to Jewry
The recent violence in Uzbekistan has cast a spotlight on the cozy relationship between the authoritarian regime of President Islam Karimov and Israel and its American supporters. Earlier this month, Karimov unleashed his security forces to quell an opposition demonstration in the east of the Central Asian republic, causing hundreds of civilian deaths. Even before…
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News Possible Bush Pick Irks Neocons
Neo-conservatives are reportedly marshaling forces against the possible appointment of an ideological opponent as ambassador to the European Union. C. Boyden Gray, who was White House counsel in the administration of George H.W. Bush, is a top contender to be named to the increasingly important diplomatic position in Brussels. This is said to have angered…
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News U.S. Suspends Cooperation With Israel on Fighter Jet
In a clear sign that the Bush administration’s anger over Israeli-Chinese military ties is nearing a boiling point, the Pentagon is suspending information-sharing with Jerusalem on a key fighter-jet program. The seriousness of the rift had been downplayed for months by both American and Israeli officials. Last week, however, the Pentagon announced that it was…
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News Use of Child Soldiers Sparks Global Debate
GULU, Uganda — Grace Aciro was 13 when rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army roaming the countryside abducted her from her village near here in 1995. After several years as a foot soldier, she was chosen by a commander named Opiro to become one of his 10 “wives.” She bore three children with him. The…
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News Sinking Into Africa’s ‘Poverty Trap’
PABBO, Uganda — Ana quietly joined the line, her 2-year-old daughter, Margaret, in tow. She carefully placed her green and yellow plastic containers behind the hundreds of others, and then joined the other women to chat and to wait for water. It is a daily ritual by which Ana receives water for her family of…
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