Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Iranian Parliamentarian Says Tehran May Free Last Five Jewish Prisoners
The five remaining Jewish prisoners held in Iran on spying charges may be freed within the next two months, according to the sole Jewish member of the Iranian parliament. “From the discussions I had in Iran, I sincerely hope they will be released either on the occasion of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution on…
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News Egypt Wants Labor To Join Unity Gov’t
Egypt wants the Israel Labor Party to join a national unity government under Ariel Sharon, in order to boost the prospects of an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire agreement that Cairo and Jerusalem have been negotiating quietly in recent weeks. “Our reading is that Israel will have a coalition government and that Sharon prefers to have a coalition…
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News U.S. Seen Close To Deal On Lockerbie With Libya
Working to close the books on the Lockerbie case, the Bush administration is nearing an agreement that could lead to the re-establishment of relations with Libya, one of America’s most implacable enemies during the 1980s. American officials are slated to meet in London with Libyan and British envoys in coming weeks to iron out the…
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News Eizenstat’s Book Cover Is Target of Swiss Lawsuit
In the latest twist to the Holocaust restitution saga, the main American negotiator of a landmark agreement with Switzerland has become embroiled in a scandal over the cover of his recently published book. A Swiss lawyer is suing Stuart Eizenstat, a former deputy treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, on the grounds that the jacket…
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News U.S. Hand Seen in Paraguay’s Pursuit of Terrorism Suspect
ASUNCI”N, Paraguay — His cell is ready. So is his indictment. Ahmed Assad Barakat, a 35-year-old Paraguayan of Lebanese descent, is sitting in a Brazilian jail trying to fight off extradition to Paraguay, where he is wanted for financial crimes and criminal association. But the charges do not indicate the real reason behind the move:…
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News Clandestine Operation Targeted Arab Suspects
Following the 1994 bombing of Argentina’s AMIA center, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay launched a secret operation in coordination with Washington to disrupt the activities of suspect Arabs in the region, according to officials closely associated with what was called “Operation Double Top.” “We realized the best way was to hit their dirty businesses in the…
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News Terrorism Link Seen in Attack On Paris Rabbi
A series of assaults against a Paris rabbi may be the work of an organized group rather than the latest in a long list of seemingly spontaneous antisemitic acts, say French Jewish communal officials. Rabbi Gabriel Farhi, 34, was lightly wounded when he was attacked in his Reform synagogue on Rue Pétion last Friday by…
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News Feds Call Chile Resort a Terror Hot Spot
IQUIQUE, Chile — The Bush administration has designated this windswept resort town and free-trade zone on Chile’s northern Pacific coast as a terrorist hot spot, second in South America only to the notorious tri-border region where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. Indeed, American and regional officials say, Iquique — pronounced “ee-KEE-kay” — a booming free-trade…
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