Noga Tarnopolsky

By Noga Tarnopolsky

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  Schooled for Scandal, Israelis Barely Shrug in Face of Latest Charges

  JERUSALEM — In 1977, the Israeli press revealed that then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife Leah held a Washington bank account in their own names. The sum involved was under $10,000, but the money was clearly earmarked for private purposes, and Israelis were not permitted to hold foreign bank accounts at the time. Rabin…

  By Noga Tarnopolsky Jan 24, 2003 | 4 min read
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  For the Likud, the Plot Thickens

  Cronyism, influence-peddling, the buying and selling of votes and mobsters in high places: The recent scandals swirling around the Likud Party sound like the stuff of a dozen bad (but must-see) movies. A guide to the episodes and characters: Primary Colors A network of behind-the-scenes deal-making and chicanery was revealed when an unknown waitress, Inbal…

  By Noga Tarnopolsky Jan 17, 2003 | 2 min read
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  In Shadow of the Alps, a Swiss Family’s Private Underground

  Andre Cherbuliez is a lean, spare man of average height, completely bald, with astonishingly elastic, expressive features evocative of the young Yul Brynner. I came to the offices of the Allseas Shipping Company last month to talk with Cherbuliez about our shared alma mater, the International School of Geneva. Cherbuliez, now 73, attended the school…

  By Noga Tarnopolsky Jan 10, 2003 | 6 min read
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  Israelis Battling Their Own Indifference

  JERUSALEM — It is by now a sad routine. Israel’s Friday newspapers report, on Page 3, that nine Palestinians, most of them armed, were killed in Israeli military actions the previous day. Sunday morning’s papers report on the Friday night shooting deaths of four Israelis, students at a paramilitary hesder yeshiva in the West Bank…

  By Noga Tarnopolsky Jan 3, 2003 | 4 min read