Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Leader’s Exit Muddies Diplomatic Picture
Three years ago, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf came to New York, shook then Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s hand and delivered a keynote address to an American Jewish group, fueling hope that the second largest Muslim country in the world and the Jewish state were on their way to establishing formal relations. Last week, Musharraf…
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News Neocons Lash Out at White House for Diplomatic Overtures to Iran
The Bush administration’s recent diplomatic overtures toward Iran have unleashed a torrent of criticism from neoconservatives and have fueled concerns in Israel that Washington is shelving the option of using military force against Tehran’s nuclear facilities. After months of rejecting the possibility of negotiating with Iran until it suspends nuclear enrichment, the administration sent a…
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News Nazi-Hunter Claims Most-Wanted Prey Is Alive and Free in South America
After decades of false sightings, the Simon Wiesenthal Center claims it is closing in on Aribert Heim, a former physician nicknamed the “Butcher of Mauthausen” because of the torture experiments he conducted on Jewish prisoners at the concentration camp in Austria. According to Efraim Zuroff, director of the center’s office in Jerusalem, a recent visit…
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News U.S. Bank Sued for Allegedly Helping To Fund Hezbollah
An American bank is being sued in a United States court for allegedly helping to finance a Middle Eastern terrorist organization, in what appears to be the first case of its kind. The target of the suit is the American Express Bank, which is being sued alongside the Lebanese-Canadian Bank in New York’s Supreme Court….
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News Saudi King Brings Rabbis and Imams Together in Spain
Despite reservations from conservative Jewish and Muslim quarters and controversies over the guest list, an unprecedented interfaith conference convened by Saudi Arabia was attended by nearly 300 representatives from the world’s major faiths in Madrid this past week. The meeting, which was hastily organized in recent weeks, featured calls for peaceful coexistence and steered clear…
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News Tensions Mount Over Lithuanian Probe
A meeting between Jewish communal officials and Lithuania’s prime minister did not dispel increasing tension over Lithuania’s investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Jewish partisans during World War II. During a visit to New York, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas made stops at both the American Jewish Committee and the YIVO Institute for Jewish…
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News UNICEF Criticized After Banning Mogul
The United Nations’ Children Fund, UNICEF, has landed in troubled Middle Eastern waters. On June 19, UNICEF swore off any relationship with a controversial Israeli diamond mogul, Lev Leviev, because of his construction of settlements in the Palestinian territories. UNICEF officials said the reason for the move was that Leviev’s construction activities in the West…
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News Israeli Art Critic Wins Legal Battles
Israeli scholar Gannit Ankori has been an advocate of Palestinian art and culture, but it has not protected her from criticism by advocates for the Palestinian cause. During the past year, Ankori, chair of the art history department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been the subject of critical reviews in two prominent art…
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