Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Syria Looks To Soothe Disappointed Iran
The news that Syria was opening talks with Israel via Turkey has been followed by a feverish week of ups and downs between Syria and its closest ally, Iran. Soon after the surprise announcement of the Israel-Syria talks, reports emerged that Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was miffed and concerned that one of his country’s key…
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News Probe of Cover-Up After 1994 Bombing Casts Suspicion on Argentine Ex-President
A prosecutor in Argentina is seeking the arrest of the country’s former president and several of his aides on suspicions that they were involved in a cover-up after the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina. Alberto Nisman, a longtime prosecutor on the case, claims in a petition filed last week that the…
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News Will Syria Talks Stall Palestinian Peace Process?
On its face, the simultaneous announcements by Israel and Syria this week that they were officially engaged in peace talks mediated by Turkey offered the most tangible evidence to date that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have stalled. Similar Israeli shifts in the 1990s between the Syrian and the Palestinian negotiating tracks typically meant the abandonment of one…
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News Olmert Corruption Probe Exposes Murky Role of U.S. Money in Elections
In the past two weeks, three American Jewish donors have been brought in for questioning by Israeli authorities investigating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s financial dealings. In addition to businessman Morris Talansky of Long Island, N.Y., who is a central actor in the probe, the police interrogated right-wing Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Slim…
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News Congress Seeks To Extend Free-Speech Protections to Libel Cases Overseas
An American author who has faced lawsuits for her writings about terrorism financing has sparked a burgeoning legal movement in the United States. In recent weeks, there has been a flurry of legislative activity taking aim at the growing number of libel lawsuits filed against American authors in foreign courts. Bills have been introduced in…
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Israel News Soccer Finals’ Jewish Flavor
The May 21 finals of the European Champions League, soccer’s most prized club competition, will have a decidedly Jewish flavor. Not on the field of the Loujniki stadium in Moscow, where none of the 22 players of English teams Manchester United and Chelsea will be Jewish — but on the sidelines. To wit, in the…
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News Outrage Rises at U.N. Over Libya’s Disruptive Presence On Security Council
United Nations -Libya’s place on the United Nations Security Council never promised to be a smooth ride, but the North African nation’s brashness since joining the council last year has become a major headache for the world body. Last January, Libya took its place on the 15-member council for a two-year term. While the United…
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News U.N. Anti-Racism Conference Won’t Be in Durban This Time Around
There will be no replay of the infamous Durban conference. After months of quiet lobbying from Western governments and United Nations officials, African countries announced last week that their continent would not host the follow-up meeting of the controversial anti-racism conference that was held in South Africa in 2001. That meeting was marred by anti-Israel…
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