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the Persian Gulf, to discuss the critical Palestinian financial
situation with both Israel and Palestinian officials.
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ACTING PM OLMERT WILL TOMORROW (WED), 8.2.06,
AT 13:30, AT IND., TRADE & EMPLOY. MIN., ATTEND
CEREMONY MARKING TRANSFER OF DISCOUNT BANK
OWNERSHIP TO CHARLES BRONFMAN GROUP.
Which brings us to the Bronfmans' organization, the World
Jewish Congress. On Feb. 1, thanks to the courageous
efforts of longtime reader Isi Leibler, Israel Singer, the WJC's
former Chairman of the Board, was found culpable, by the
NY State Attorney General, of transferring $1.2 million of
WJC funds into his own pocket. He was banned from all
financial duties in the organization.
Instead, Edgar Bronfman (CFR) immediately appointed him
head of the new WJC Policy council, which according to the
Jerusalem Post, 2/2/06 includes Vatican agent Shimon
Peres and former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer.
The following is Singer's first assignment:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=59824
World Jewish Congress' Israel Singer Meets Senior Vatican
Officials in Rome; Joint Initiative for Talks With Muslim World
Discussed.
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Israel Singer, the
Chairman of the Policy Council of the World Jewish
Congress, has held talks in Rome with senior Vatican
officials. He met (for the first time) with Archbishop Leonardo
Sandri, Substitute for General Affairs at the Secretariat of
State of the Holy See, and Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo,
Secretary for Relations with States (foreign minister). Singer
also met with Cardinal Kasper, president of the Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity; and Archbishop
Michael L. Fitzgerald, president of the Pontifical Council for
Inter-Religious Dialogue.