Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Iraqi Crisis May Hinder U.S. Reform Of Mideast
The unfolding chaos in Iraq is threatening the Bush administration’s ambitious plan to promote democratic reforms in the Middle East, experts and diplomats said. The administration’s so-called Greater Middle East initiative, which is to be presented formally during a meeting of the G-8 group of industrialized nations in early June, has already elicited criticism from…
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News Facing Gaza Withdrawal, Egypt Eyes Larger Role in Peace Process
Egypt is stepping up its involvement in Israel-Palestinian negotiations and pressing to revive a postponed Arab League summit in advance of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s visit to the United States, which is set for later this month. The Arab nation has also reportedly proposed establishing a new leadership for the collapsing Palestinian Authority, comprising senior…
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News Bills Introduced on Jews Displaced by 1948 War
In a major victory for their advocates, twin congressional resolutions were introduced this week urging the president to raise the issue of the plight of some 900,000 Jews who left Arab countries 50 years ago in future Middle East peace talks. The parallel measures were introduced in the Senate by Rick Santorum, the Pennsylvania Republican,…
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News Israeli Says P.A. Used Swiss Accounts To Fund Terror
Money invested in Switzerland by the Palestinian Authority during the peace process is being used to finance attacks carried out by violent factions associated with Yasser Arafat’s Fatah party, according to an Israeli businessman who helped set up secret Swiss accounts worth several hundred million dollars for the P.A. The businessman, a former Israeli senior…
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News Al Qaeda Spinoff Sets Sights On Jews
The apparent evolution of Al Qaeda into a loose network of autonomous terrorist cells, as a result of U.S.-led attacks on Osama bin Laden’s inner circle, may be having the unintended effect of boosting the importance of Jewish targets as a primary focus of international Islamic terrorism. Declassified U.S. documents, German court testimony and interviews…
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News PLO Militant Turns Diehard Israel Supporter
Walid Shoebat is arguably the most unlikely diehard supporter of Israel. A former militant of the Palestine Liberation Organization who used to hate Israel, did time in Israeli jails and nearly beat an Israeli soldier to death, Shoebat is now singing Israel’s praises to North American audiences. “I am against a Palestinian state and I…
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News U.S. Plans To Pressure Iranians Over Nukes
In a bid to get Iran to halt its nuclear programs, the Bush administration is planning to expose the regime’s hidden nuclear activities in the run-up to a key meeting in June of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to people close to the issue. Two sources said that the United States and Israel have…
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News Europeans Seen Shifting On Mideast, Antisemitism
After several years of mounting criticisms and increasingly harsh condemnations, American Jewish groups are rushing to praise European governments for their efforts to combat antisemitism and strike a more “balanced” approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the wake of a high-level parley in Brussels last week to deal with European antisemitism, Jewish communal leaders commended…
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