BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

The Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation
was established in 1989 by Slim Fast Foods Chairman S.
Daniel Abraham and Utah Congressman Wayne Owens. A
World War II combat veteran, Mr. Abraham had experienced
the horrors of war and committed himself to the prevention of
future conflicts. When he met Congressman Owens, who
served on the then House Foreign Affairs and Select
Intelligence Committees, the two men recognized that they
shared a determination to achieve a peaceful resolution to
the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Ms. Sara Ehrman, long time peace activist and former Senior
Political Advisor at the Democratic National Committee,
became Senior Advisor at the Center in early 1997. Toni
Verstandig, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
during the Clinton Administration, joined the Center in 2001.
Notably, Dr. Stephen Cohen served on the Center’s staff
between 1990 and 2000. Robert Malley, a Special Assistant
to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs and Director for
Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security
Council also served on the Center’s staff from 2001 to 2002.
Now we turn to Dr. Cohen. And if JTS staff and students
don't think they've been shanghaied by Peres, follow the trail:
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Stephen Cohen has over the years also enjoyed financial
backing from US business tycoon Daniel Abraham. Abraham
is also one of the largest backers of the Peres Center. Then
too, Cohen's close colleague Nimrod Novick was Peres's
chief of staff during the 1984-1988 unity government with
Yitzhak Shamir and a close associate of Yossi Beilin's.
Yossi Beilin himself has used his Oslo advocacy to draw
large foreign contributions to his think tank the Economic
Cooperation Foundation. It has been reported that in his
capacity as a chief researcher at ECF, Beilin receives a
ministerial salary and an unlimited expense account for his
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