Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News ‘Anonymous’ Agent Blasts Israel Lobby
Since stepping down last week from his post as a senior CIA analyst, Michael Scheuer has hit the airwaves to criticize what he describes as America’s inept approach to fighting the war on terror. The arguments are not new — he laid them out in his recent best-selling book, “Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is…
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News European Agreement Will Fail To Stop Iran From Getting WMDs, Critics Warn
This week’s nuclear deal between Iran and three European countries has triggered a wave of criticism from Israeli and Jewish communal officials, who warn that the pact will fail to halt Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Iran’s agreement with France, Germany and England requires Tehran to immediately freeze its uranium enrichment activities pending negotiations on…
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Israel News Slain Filmmaker Left Complex Legacy
Several Muslim activists with possible connections to international terrorist networks have been arrested in the wake of the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Earlier this month in Amsterdam, the anti-Islamic filmmaker was killed by a Muslim militant, igniting a wave of violent incidents against churches and mosques in the Netherlands. Ruben Vis, the…
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News Israeli Envoy: Vatican Agreement Near
Israel and the Vatican are nearing a comprehensive agreement on a range of issues after a decade of arduous negotiations, according to Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See. Oded Ben Hur told reporters on Monday that he was expecting both sides to conclude their talks toward the end of the year or in the first…
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News President Re-elect Bush Faces Benchmark Test On Iranian Nukes Policy; Washington Urges Israel To Cultivate Post-Arafat Ties
Fresh off of victory, President Bush will face a major test in the coming weeks on the multilateral approach he has adopted toward Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons. Even as Washington is backing European efforts to pressure Tehran, the newly re-elected president is looking to the United Nations Security Council to pick up the…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — With polls showing that this most crucial of swing states could once again determine the presidency, both the Bush and Kerry campaigns are bombarding the region with high-profile emissaries in an effort to boost Jewish support. The frenzied push to harvest Jewish votes comes in a state in which Bush won by…
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News Al Qaeda Threat Rises on Israel’s Borders
Al Qaeda is working to build up its presence in countries bordering Israel, fueling fears that the international terrorist network eventually will find a way to strike inside the Jewish state. The group is blamed for the October 8 bombings of hotels in Sinai, a stone’s throw from Israel. American and Israeli officials say it…
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Culture Banks Eyed In Lawsuits On Funding For Terror
Major European and American financial institutions, including Citigroup, are facing the threat of lawsuits alleging that they housed accounts used to finance terrorist activities. The lawsuits would be based on allegations that Western banks allowed their Saudi subsidiaries to funnel money to Palestinian terror groups and suicide bombers after the beginning of the intifada in…
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