Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Liberal Hawks Rethink Stance on Iraq
The elusive search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and mounting questions about pre-war intelligence are prompting some liberal supporters of military intervention in Iraq to reassess their positions. Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official in the Clinton administration who wrote an influential book in 2002 advocating military action…
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News After Rebuke, Bush Officials Voice Support For Israel Plan Israeli Sends Signal to Iran Over Airwaves — In Persian
When Israel’s defense minister chatted on-air with radio listeners last week about the possibility of a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, he did more than just send a warning to the leaders in Tehran. He also shed light on one of the strangest media phenomena in the Middle East: the Farsi-language program of Israel…
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News Sen. Santorum Blasts France On Religious Symbol Ban
A leading Republican senator is blasting the French government for its efforts to impose a ban on the wearing of religious symbols or garments in public schools. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, the Senate’s third-ranking Republican, told the Forward that the French decision was “very dangerous.” “This is further evidence of the postmodern culture in Europe,”…
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News Former Bosnian Official Rails From Jail
Ten years ago, when his native Bosnia was wracked by bloody ethnic warfare, Muhamed Sacirbey was able to fly from New York to Sarajevo and back without a moment’s fear. Today the war is over, yet Sacirbey, a former Bosnian foreign minister, is scared to go home. Once the Balkan nation’s most visible spokesman, Sacirbey…
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News Arab States Mulling Endorsement of Geneva Initiative
several middle east countries are discussing ways to endorse the recent unofficial peace agreement known as the geneva understandings, according to an american scholar who played a key role in promoting a previous arab-backed peace initiative. Henry Siegman, a former head of the American Jewish Congress and longtime supporter of a two-state solution, told the…
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News Fear of Olympics Terror Hits Greece
The recent bombings in neighboring Turkey have triggered heightened concern among Greek authorities and Western intelligence officials about possible terrorist strikes during next summer’s Olympics games in Athens. Security experts and Western officials have long warned that a world event held in the heart of the Mediterranean, spread over more than two weeks and 50…
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News Envoy Says Antisemitism Threatens France
In a dramatic admission, the French government’s newly-appointed liaison to the worldwide Jewish community is saying that Paris underestimated the scope of domestic antisemitism and finally has decided to respond appropriately. While Jewish community leaders have expressed alarm about the growing antisemitism repeatedly during the past three years, French officials have consistently downplayed the wave…
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News E.U. Accused of Burying Report on Antisemitism Pointing to Muslim Role
The growing debate over antisemitism in Europe took a new twist this week after the authors of a study on antisemitism commissioned by the European Union accused the E.U. of burying their work for political reasons. A professor at Berlin Technical University and one of the report’s authors, Werner Bergman, said that the E.U.-sponsored European…
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