Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Campaign Launched To Help Liberians
The American Jewish World Service, a nonprofit group providing support to developing countries, is hoping that the media spotlight on Liberia will help it launch a successful emergency campaign to assist the war- and poverty-stricken West African country. “As Jews, we have a duty to respond to those emergency situations,” Ruth Messinger, president and executive…
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News U.S., E.U., Russia Seen Heeding Israel’s Warning
Israel is stepping up its effort to gather international support to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear program. The intensified diplomatic effort is based on the assumption — reportedly adopted this month for the first time as part of Israel’s official political-military strategic planning — that Iran will have a nuclear weapon and the means…
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News Poles Open Probe Into Jewish Role In Killings
Poland’s official National Institute of Remembrance, created to investigate historic crimes of the Nazi and communist eras, is currently investigating allegations that Jewish partisans participated in a massacre of civilians in Poland in early 1944. The institute launched the investigation in February 2001 at the request of the Canadian Polish Congress. Robert Janicki, deputy commissioner…
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News Austrian MP Calls for Inquiry Into Sharon’s Vienna Dealings
An Austrian lawmaker is calling for a formal inquiry into charges that Vienna is blocking an Israeli investigation of alleged campaign finance violations by Prime Minister Sharon — purportedly in exchange for Jerusalem’s agreement to restore diplomatic ties with the alpine nation. The lawmaker, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, formally requested a parliamentary investigation…
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News Dems Call Bush Soft on Saudis But Split on His Israel Stance
Seizing on what they see as a rare opportunity to attack President Bush’s foreign policy without appearing unpatriotic, Democrats and liberals are rushing to condemn the White House for its stance on Saudi Arabia — and in some cases, on the Middle East peace process. The attacks are opening up a rift within the liberal…
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News Community Head: France No More Antisemitic Than U.S.
The message is crystal-clear. Point one: French society is not more antisemitic than American society. Yes, there is anti-Jewish violence in France, but nearly all of it comes from socially estranged Arab youths, inflamed by the intifada. And in France, unlike America, no Jews have been killed or seriously wounded. Point two: American Jewish groups…
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News State Department Hawk Under Fire in Intelligence Flap Over Syria
The uproar over the administration’s handling of intelligence on Iraq is prompting the intelligence community to try to regain the upper hand over the more hawkish elements in disputes over other “rogue” countries, analysts said. Last week, several media outlets reported that objections from the CIA and other agencies had blocked planned congressional testimony by…
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News 9/11 Report Ups Heat On Saudis, Washington
The Bush administration, already embattled over its use of doubtful intelligence in building its case for the war against Iraq, is gearing up for renewed scrutiny over reports that it has hampered investigations of the September 11 attacks. A congressional report on the attacks is set to be released in the middle of next week,…
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