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Affair May Slow Push for Regime Change in Tehran

The disclosure this week of an FBI investigation into the activities of a Defense Department official involved in Iran policy is being seen as a blow to advocates of regime change in Tehran. A key Pentagon supporter of such a policy, Lawrence Franklin, is reportedly under investigation for allegedly passing classified information about American policy…

By Marc Perelman Sep 3, 2004 | 4 min read
News
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

WASHINGTON — As the FBI intensifies its investigation of Washington’s pro-Israel lobby, Jewish organizations are charging elements of the government with orchestrating a borderline-antisemitic smear campaign against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The community’s wall-to-wall defense of the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse comes in response to media reports that the FBI is investigating the possibility…

By E.J. Kessler in New York., and Marc Perelman, and Ori Nir, and With Reporting From Ami Eden Sep 3, 2004 | 6 min read
Culture
Israeli Envoy Vexed by Role Of U.S. Jews In France

The growing involvement of American Jewish groups in nascent pro-Israel lobbying efforts in France is fueling concerns of a possible backlash among some French Jewish leaders and Israeli officials. In a letter to the Israeli Foreign Ministry two months ago, Israel’s ambassador to France, Nissim Zvili, warned about the potential negative consequences if American Jewish…

By Marc Perelman Aug 27, 2004 | 6 min read
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Labor Leader To Press Welfare Agenda

Israel’s newest prime ministerial contender was in New York last week trying to woo American Jewish leaders by telling them he does not want his country to be like theirs. Moreover, he said, he’s not alone in his view. Amir Peretz, chairman of Israel’s powerful Histadrut labor federation, said in an interview last week that…

By Marc Perelman Aug 27, 2004 | 3 min read
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Group Delays Appointment Of Diplomat

The appointment of Alon Pinkas to head the American Jewish Congress was put on hold this week pending resolution in Jerusalem of accusations that the former high-profile Israeli diplomat violated his country’s civil-service regulations. The AJCongress decision comes after the Israeli press reported that Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel Hollander was considering criminal proceedings against Pinkas…

By Marc Perelman Aug 20, 2004 | 3 min read
Israel News
A Novelist Who Wrote His Way Into Peacemaking

For months, Marek Halter, the Polish-born best-selling author and longtime peace activist, has been trying to convince Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat to meet. Though, predictably, the two refused to meet face to face, they both agreed to do something else: Surprisingly, both leaders met with Halter. The son of a printer and a Yiddish…

By Marc Perelman Aug 20, 2004 | 3 min read
News
Bush Tries Diplomacy To Tackle Iran Nukes

The Bush administration is working with European governments on a plan to kick the question of Iran’s nuclear ambitions to the United Nations Security Council as a part of a broader examination of nuclear proliferation. The strategy — combining gradualism, multilateralism and a reliance on the United Nations — contrasts sharply with the approach the…

By Marc Perelman Jul 23, 2004 | 5 min read
News
Groups Launch Advocacy Effort To Head Off U.N. Vote on Fence

Israel and Its American Supporters are Waging a Major Advocacy Campaign to Thwart Palestinian Efforts to Have the Security Council Act on the International Court of Justice’s Ruling Against the West Bank Security Fence. The immediate goal of the campaign is to secure a high number of abstentions at the General Assembly, where the Arab…

By Marc Perelman Jul 16, 2004 | 3 min read

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