Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Vatican Distances Itself From Praise Of Gibson’s Movie
The Vatican is distancing itself from the comments of two Catholic officials who recently praised the controversial Mel Gibson movie “The Passion.” In a letter sent to the Anti-Defamation League, Cardinal Walter Kasper, the top Vatican liaison to the Jewish community, said that any endorsements of the film from top church leaders represented “purely personal”…
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News Terrorism Experts Meet in Vacation Destination
PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina – Earlier this month, tourists returning to the luxurious Tropical Das Cataratas Hotel from an excursion to the scenic Iguazu waterfalls separating Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay were greeted by a chilling sight — a throng of men in dark suits crowded around a large black message board with the ominous message: “Conference:…
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News Argentina Ripped For Coddling Iran In Bombing Case
BUENOS AIRES — After promising to throw its full weight behind the investigation of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, Argentina’s new government is now under fire from Jewish groups that say it appears unwilling to confront Iran, the country suspected of responsibility for the attack. The unexpected arrest by British authorities…
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News Trial of Bombing Suspects Faces Failure
BUENOS AIRES — While the international angle of the investigation into the 1994 bombing of the Jewish communal center here received an unexpected boost with the arrest in Britain of Iran’s former ambassador to Argentina, the trial of Argentineans accused of abetting the attack may be heading toward failure, observers said. A court is expected…
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News International Agency Eyes Israeli Nukes
Even as the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs cast a pall over world security, an upcoming meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency will discuss the “threat” of Israel’s nuclear capability. The IAEA’s board of governors is expected to meet September 8 to debate a much-awaited report on Tehran’s nuclear forays, but the Vienna-based…
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News New Afghan Constitution Is Worrying U.S. Panel
The U.S. government’s top human rights body is warning that the new constitution being drafted in Afghanistan may fail to protect basic human rights while allowing conservative Islamic clerics to curtail religious freedom. A delegation from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan body set up by Congress to monitor human rights…
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News Diplomats: Focus on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS — Despite a growing sense of shared fate in the war against Islamic terrorism, last week’s deadly bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad appears to have sharpened rather than reduced the debate between America and the world body over how to proceed in Iraq. The reason, diplomats here say, is the…
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News Activists Mourn U.N. Envoy Killed in Iraq
Jewish activists mourned the violent death of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights and expressed hope that his successors will pursue his efforts to reach out to Jews and Israel. The high commissioner, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was among at least 18 people killed in Tuesday’s bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad,…
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