Angola-gate case goes on without ‘extraordinary operator’

By Peter Newbatt Smith

That was then . . . One chapter of the Center’s 2002 report Making a Killing: The Business of War was devoted to Arcadi Gaydamak, whom we de

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"… And this is now . . .Gaydamak is still an “extraordinary operator.” If Jerusalem were New York, he would be some combination of Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoc …"

"… terests, he acquired a Moscow newspaper and soccer and basketball teams in Jerusalem. In 2007, he founded his own Israeli political party. Earlier this year, t …"

"… ay, Gaydamak filed as a candidate in the November 11 election for mayor of Jerusalem. On the same day, in Paris, court proceedings began in the Angola-gate cas …"

Interview: Unprecedented opportunity

Rami Khouri, a veteran editor and reporter who currently serves as editor-at-large for the Lebanese English language newspaper, The Daily St

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"… that call on the Israelis to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem and tell them if you’re going to raise an army to implement U.N. Securit …"

Hier's higher connections

By Yossi Melman

TEL AVIV, Israel, December 1, 1999 — This article was originally published in Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper on December 1, 1999. It is reprin

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"… verage for his plan to build a museum on some of the most-valuable land in Jerusalem and the alleged political contributions to help smooth the process.Two mon …"

"… idea of building a huge, state-of-the-art center for Holocaust research in Jerusalem, as an extension of a Los Angeles based organization he had founded more t …"

"… ranches of the center were opened in different countries, including one in Jerusalem.Hier gathered around himself a distinguished list of American Jewish commu …"

"… minister in 1996, Hier found an open door in all the corridors of power in Jerusalem. However, the mayor of the city, Ehud Olmert, opposed the establishment of …"

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Longtime Australian policy: Kidnapping children from families

By Philip Knightley

LONDON, February 8, 2001 — In the United States, Native American children, "Red Indians," had been forcibly taken from their parents and pla

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"… er and simplicity it is hard to beat Hannah Arendt. Writing in Eichmann in Jerusalem, she said that genocide was the desire to make a distinct people disappear …"

Family trips

By Marina Walker Guevara

House rules on travel companions were skirted — then loosened

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"… tions Committee, was given the Friend of Zion award by the municipality of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah, a Jewish cultural organization.The …"

"… as given the Friend of Zion award by the municipality of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah, a Jewish cultural organization.The trip cost the cul …"

"… Clerk, Ros-Lehtinen filed an amendment stating that she had reimbursed the Jerusalem Fund for her daughters' expenses, a total of about $10,000.Alex Cruz, a sp …"

The curious bonds of oil diplomacy

By Sunday Dare

U.S. oil firms had invested over $3 billion in Equatorial Guinea in 2002

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"… the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, a conservative Jerusalem-based think tank which maintains that West African oil "can help stabilize …"

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The influence peddlers

By Yossi Melman and Julio Godoy

Arcadi Gaydamak epitomized the business of war in the post-Cold War era – an entrepreneur with global ties to resource exploitation

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"… . …"

"… de Center towers, killing thousands, Giuliani's visit resonated throughout Jerusalem. Israel's elite turned out for the Dec. 10, 2001, banquet in his honor, in …"

"… ec. 10, 2001, banquet in his honor, including Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Jerusalem's Mayor Ehud Olmert and, one of the most extraordinary operators in world …"

"… nister Abba Ebban. His third home is an apartment in the Mamila section of Jerusalem, overlooking the old walled city – a view that gives him pleasure, he sa …"

An interrogation role model

By Yossi Melman

U.S. picked up tactics — including torture — from Israeli intelligence

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"… Israel — The King Hussein bridge is the most direct route from Amman to Jerusalem, but it was not a trip Marwan Ibrahim Mahmoud Jabour wanted to make — he …"

FACT CHECK: Fanciful ‘facts’ at Fox News debate

By FactCheck.Org

Candidates play fast and loose with facts about each other, history

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"… te Condoleezza Rice said that Israel’s plan to build 1,300 homes in East Jerusalem was “simply not helpful to building confidence” in the peace negotiati …"

Home loans brokered by nonprofits helped fuel the housing crisis

By Jeff Horwitz and Dave Jamieson

Billions of dollars in defaults on no-money-down mortgages weigh on FHA's books

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"… rris named his organization after the Biblical figure Nehemiah who rebuilt Jerusalem. He sought to revitalize blighted pockets of the California capital by tur …"

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