Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
WASHINGTON — As the FBI intensifies its investigation of Washington’s pro-Israel lobby, Jewish organizations are charging elements of the government with orchestrating a borderline-antisemitic smear campaign against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The community’s wall-to-wall defense of the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse comes in response to media reports that the FBI is investigating the possibility…
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News American Authorities Ratchet Up Pressure on Hamas
A recent spate of arrests, indictments and convictions of Hamas operatives is shining fresh light on the terrorist organization’s presence in the United States, experts said. The legal moves against the Palestinian group are also the latest indication that the aggressive anti-terrorism policies put in place to track down Al Qaeda are also being applied…
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Culture Israeli Envoy Vexed by Role Of U.S. Jews In France
The growing involvement of American Jewish groups in nascent pro-Israel lobbying efforts in France is fueling concerns of a possible backlash among some French Jewish leaders and Israeli officials. In a letter to the Israeli Foreign Ministry two months ago, Israel’s ambassador to France, Nissim Zvili, warned about the potential negative consequences if American Jewish…
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News Labor Leader To Press Welfare Agenda
Israel’s newest prime ministerial contender was in New York last week trying to woo American Jewish leaders by telling them he does not want his country to be like theirs. Moreover, he said, he’s not alone in his view. Amir Peretz, chairman of Israel’s powerful Histadrut labor federation, said in an interview last week that…
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News Group Delays Appointment Of Diplomat
The appointment of Alon Pinkas to head the American Jewish Congress was put on hold this week pending resolution in Jerusalem of accusations that the former high-profile Israeli diplomat violated his country’s civil-service regulations. The AJCongress decision comes after the Israeli press reported that Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel Hollander was considering criminal proceedings against Pinkas…
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Israel News A Novelist Who Wrote His Way Into Peacemaking
For months, Marek Halter, the Polish-born best-selling author and longtime peace activist, has been trying to convince Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat to meet. Though, predictably, the two refused to meet face to face, they both agreed to do something else: Surprisingly, both leaders met with Halter. The son of a printer and a Yiddish…
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News Bush Tries Diplomacy To Tackle Iran Nukes
The Bush administration is working with European governments on a plan to kick the question of Iran’s nuclear ambitions to the United Nations Security Council as a part of a broader examination of nuclear proliferation. The strategy — combining gradualism, multilateralism and a reliance on the United Nations — contrasts sharply with the approach the…
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News Groups Launch Advocacy Effort To Head Off U.N. Vote on Fence
Israel and Its American Supporters are Waging a Major Advocacy Campaign to Thwart Palestinian Efforts to Have the Security Council Act on the International Court of Justice’s Ruling Against the West Bank Security Fence. The immediate goal of the campaign is to secure a high number of abstentions at the General Assembly, where the Arab…
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