Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Charities Held Liable for Cash to Terror Group’s Social Service Arm
In a landmark ruling likely to influence a series of ongoing terrorism financing legal battles, a Chicago federal appeals court upheld a judgment against three American‑based Muslim charities accused of bankrolling Hamas. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on December 3 that these American charities can be held liable if they gave money to…
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News Terrorist Group Moves Beyond Kashmir
Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the jihadist group suspected as perpetrator of the stunning terrorist attack last month in Mumbai, has expanded its ambitions greatly since the late 1980s, when it was founded, with Pakistani military sponsorship, to battle the Indian Army in Kashmir. The terrorist group is now closely intertwined with Al Qaeda and its global agenda, say…
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News After Israel Pulls Out, Obama Faces Tough Decision on Durban II Racism Conference
One of the first foreign policy issues facing Barack Obama when he takes office in January will be to decide whether the United States will participate in a United Nations conference on topics close to his heart: racism and discrimination. The Bush administration has indicated that American diplomats would not attend the so-called “Durban II”…
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News Finally, an Arrest in Bombing of Paris Shul
Canadian police, armed with an arrest warrant issued by two French judges, have arrested a university professor in connection with a bombing of a Paris synagogue 28 years ago, a fatal attack that caused shockwaves across France. Authorities arrested Hassan Diab, 54, who is wanted in France on murder and attempted murder charges on November…
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Breaking News A Red Outpost in New York
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — “We’re the only Americans here,” snapped Bernice Pfugl, bantering in a thick Brooklyn accent as she stood with friends outside the Shorefront Senior Center near Brighton Beach’s fabled boardwalk, a center of the Russian-Jewish émigré community. Not only was Pfugl one of the few non-Russian speakers at the polling place, she was…
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News Border Raid Seen as Message to Damascus
An unprecedented American military raid into Syria has halted a fragile diplomatic engagement between Damascus and Washington and prompted speculation that hawks within the Bush administration wanted to send a message to Syria and to the next president. The operation was conducted by American military helicopters against an alleged Al Qaeda-linked network funneling fighters and…
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News Israel To Attend Gathering Organized by Saudi Arabia
Israel will attend a high-level interfaith meeting sponsored by Saudi Arabia that is set to be held at the United Nations in November. The conference, formally organized by the president of the U.N.’s General Assembly, is a follow-up to another Saudi-sponsored interfaith meeting held in Spain over the summer. Israeli officials were not invited to…
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News Debate Flares Over Israel’s Access to American Secrets
A bestselling author writing about America’s most secretive intelligence agency is raising eyebrows with his claims that Israeli intelligence has potentially gained access to sensitive American communications information. Investigative writer James Bamford contends in his new book, “The Shadow Factory, the Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America,” that at least two high-tech…
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