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of top internationalurban artists recentlyheaded to the danger-ous hot zone in theGolan Heightsbetween Syria andIsrael. Their missionwas to bring mes-sages of hope to theSyrian people suffer-ing through a brutalcivil war and to offercomfort to Israeliswho have been affect-ed by proximity to theclashes between rebelSyrian forces andAssad's army."Graffiti has alwaysbeen the art of thepeople," says CraigDershowitz, founderof Artists 4 Israel(A4I), which assem-bled this artistic taskforce to bear witnessto the destructionalong the Syrian bor-der and to do whatthey could to addcolor and vibrancy tocombat bleakness.

remains undeclared and talks takeplace away from public view. Indeedsources suggest that Saudi Arabiahas even agreed to open its air spaceto the IAF

Some in Israel worry thatSaudi Arabia and its Gulf State allieswould not hesitate to turn on Israelshould circumstances in Iran change.They argue that the Israeli-GulfStates link could be a fleeting one ifthe nuclear threat from Iran fades.

We share the belief, however,that consultation between Israel andthe Sunni axis will continue to growand that both sides recognize thebenefits of long-term strategic andeven economic cooperation. Whilethe United States fiddles on Iran,while Obama’s “red lines” in Syriaare shown to be mere rhetoric, Israelhas proven to the Gulf States that itis no paper tiger. Sunni nations seeIsrael’s destruction of Syria’snuclear program in 2007, its waragainst Hezbollah in 2006 andagainst Hamas in 2009 and 2012,and its assaults on Iranian-Syrian-Hezbollah weapons stockpiling asevidence of a willingness to act whilethe current occupant of the WhiteHouse holds up the white flag.“There is a lot of cynicism”, saysMishaal al Gergawi, a United ArabEmirates analyst, “and it feeds intothe notion that Obama is naive...hewas naive with the MuslimBrotherhood, naive with Bashar al-Assad and he is now naive withIran”. The Saudis may not, as theIranian government official Englishlanguage press told readers sarcasti-cally, be advocating a merger of thetwo countries into Saudi Israeliawith the state religion of Zio-Wahabbism. But it just might not bethat far fetched to suggest that thesounds of Hatikva will, in the nottoo distant future, be heard inRiyadh’s halls of power.

It is often assumed that Israelis alone in its refusal to accept atface value Iranian president HassanRouhani’s all out PR offensive. It isBenjamin Netanyahu who tells theworld that the “P5 plus 1” hasnegotiated the “deal of the century”for Iran. It is Israel that scolds theUnited States for “folding” on Iran.

But the fact is that many ofIsrael’s neighbours also fear thatthe “P5 plus 1” has fallen for a“pretty face”. Sunni Gulf States -Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UnitedArab Emirates, Qatar - shareIsrael’s concern that the UnitedStates and others will be making a“grave mistake” if they are gullibleenough to believe that Iran nowsubscribes to the same moral codeas do decent men and civilizednations. These countries have“joined” Israel in asking how civi-lized nations can sit, basicallywith arms folded, while Iran’snuclear ambitions go unchecked,threatening regional and worldstability and leading inevitably toa Shiite hegemony in the MiddleEast. Along with the region’sminorities - Kurds, Christians,Druse, Sufis and Baluchis -Sunni nations see Israel as theonly country prepared to makeIran pay for its folly. It is Israel,Sunni states have come to therealization, that has the militarypower to prevent the Middle Eastfrom becoming helots of theAyatollahs and their “bloodthirsty,baby-eating Shiite monsters”.

The shared interests of Israeland the Sunni Arab gulf states donot mean that formal diplomaticrelations are imminent. ThePalestinian issue will likely have tobe resolved before the gulf statescan be seen sitting at the same tablewith the Israelis. But consultationson security and intelligence issuescont inue , e v en i f t h e a l l i ance

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Friedlander’s loyaltyto Germany does have onelimitation. When she pass-es away, she wants to bereturned to the UnitedStates to be buried with herlate husband.

Friedlander read from hermemoirs and asked her if hecould do a documentary onher life. But doing the doc-umentary required a returnto Berlin.

In 2003, at the ageof 82, Margot Friedlanderagreed to go back to Berlin.The work on the documen-tary, called “Don’t Call ItNostalgia”, made her feel “Iwas home again”. And, so,despite the fact that herfriends in New York urgedher to reconsider, threeyears ago, at age 89,Friedlander moved back toBerlin.

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Margot Friedlanderwas 21 when the Gestapoarrested her family. Margot,however, had gone out. Shereturned as the Nazis werepreparing to leave. She cov-ered her Jewish star andwalked past the house as ifshe were heading home toher German family. For thenext 13 months, with dyedhair and her crucifix on dis-play, Margot Friedlander,with the help 16 righteousGermans, managed toevade the Gestapo. In Aprilof 1944, she emerged from abomb shelter and was cap-tured by the Germans. She

admitted she was Jewishand was sent toTheresienstadt.

Margot Friedlandersurvived Theresienstadtand even met her futurehusband there. After thewar they immigrated to NewYork. They both vowednever to return toGermany.

But in the late1990s Margot had a changeof heart. Her husbandpassed away in 1997 andshe began writing a memoir.It was entitled “Try to Makea Life”, her mother’s partingmessage to her. Germandocumentary producerThomas Halaczinsky, wholives in New York, heard


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If you click on theIsraeli army’s newHizbullah website, you willsee a red and black logothat reads, “Hizbullah,Army of Terror.” The site isa combination of graphics,text and videos, all focusingon the Lebanese-based,Iran-proxy terrorist organi-zation and its leader,Sheikh Hassan Na’srallah.

One link refers backto what Israelis call theSecond Lebanon War of2006, and in fact, the sitewas launched on the sev-enth anniversary of that 34-

day war between Hizbullahand Israel that was trig-gered by a cross-border raidby Hizbullah fighters thatleft eight Israeli soldiersdead and two captured. Itended with a United Nationsbrokered cease-fire.

The website warnsthat Hizbullah today isstronger than ever.

“Seven years later,Hizbullah has developedcapabilities to strike any-where in Israel,” it says. Aneon-green graphic that fol-lows the text shows the dif-ferent weapons Hizbullah

now has in its arsenal andhow far each one is able toreach. The missile with thelongest range, the Scud-D,can travel more than 430miles, potentially penetrat-ing deep into Egypt andSaudi Arabia as well asIsrael, as well as targetingAmerican military assets inthe region.

“Since the war,Hizbullah has tripled thesize of its missile arsenal,”the website says. “In 2009,an IDF intelligence reportrevealed that Hizbullah hadbuilt close to 1,000 military

facilities throughout south-ern Lebanon. The installa-tions included more than550 weapons bunkers and300 underground facilities.Since the report’s release,Hizbullah has continued tobuild facilities in the region,enhancing its ability tostrike at nearby Israelitowns and cities.”

The website saysthat Israel is in more dangerthan ever before.

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A highlight of mysynagogue’s mission toIsrael and the west bankearlier this month was ourvisit to Rawabi, a modelPalestinian city emergingout of the “hills” (Rawabimeans “hills” in Arabic)between Ramallah, Nablusand Tel Aviv.

This city will eventu-ally house 40,000 middleclass young Palestiniansand families in 6000 condo-miniums on 1560 acres.There will be banks, shops,offices, eight public and pri-vate schools, playgrounds,parks, hiking trails, an artscenter, two mosques, aGreek Orthodox Church, ahospital, movie theaters,and a 20,000 seatamphitheater for sporting

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using 10,000 workers, andthe builders hope that even-tually 3000 to 5000 newjobs will be created in thecity.

The man behind thisproject is Bashir al-Masri, a52 year old charismaticNablus born and Americaneducated businessman whoraised more than $500 mil-lion from the oil-rich nationof Qatar and contributed$300 million from his pri-vate conglomerate, MassarInternational.

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same as Nazi Germany, butthat does not mean thelessons of the 1930s areirrelevant. Unfortunately,Bloomberg News seems tobe learning the wronglessons from the experienceof the Hitler years.

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The website is theproduct of Israel’s newinteractive media branch, aspin-off from the IDFSpokesman’s Unit.Lieutenant Colonel AvitalLeibovich, the head of thenew branch, says some 30soldiers work there, and putout content in English,Hebrew, Arabic, French,Spanish and Russian. Twoof the soldiers, she says, arenative Egyptians whomoved to Israel about sevenyears ago.

“This is the first timea military invests in such aplatform using confidentialinformation.” Leibovich toldThe Media Line. “Wheninformation will be interest-ing and high quality it willcreate a buzz aboutHizbullah, and raise aware-ness about this organizationthat is sitting on our borderwith 60,000 rockets [point-ed in Israel’s direction].”

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The website alsoincludes animations andvideos showing howHizbullah uses civilianhomes from which tolaunch weapons. It waslaunched as Israel hasundertaken a campaignto convince more of theinternational communityto define Hizbullah as aterrorist organization.Seven states, includingthe US and Israel, alreadydefine Hizbullah thatway.

Leibovich says theinteractive media branchhas gained a large followingwith 340,000 followers onFacebook and more than 35million page views onYouTube.

“This initiativeshows the military has toadapt to a new media warzone which is interactivemedia,” Leibovich said.

A similar website onHamas is currently beingplanned. The Hizbullahwebsite can be found athttp://www.idfblog.com/hezbollah/

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cluding combat intelligencetroops based on theLebanese border.

On the other side ofthe border, however,Lebanese journalists werenot impressed with the web-site.

“This is the kind ofinformation that any personcan get on the web,” FaridChedid, the editor ofLebanon Wire told TheMedia Line. “There is noth-ing new – it’s just a compi-lation of anti-Hizbullah pro-paganda.”

In Lebanon, Chedidsays, Hizbullah is seen asan Iranian proxy, but it alsoruns a network of schoolsand clinics, providingsalaries to thousands ofLebanese and social ser-vices to many more.

The website was puttogether by Pvt. GabrielFreund, 25, an immigrantto Israel from Australia witha background in computergraphics.

“We tried to tell thestory of the terrorist organi-zation Hizbullah to theworld in a way that is easyto share,” Freund told TheMedia Line. “We tried tomake it as interactive as

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We met for morethan an hour with Bashirthanks to Felice Friedson,co-founder and ExecutiveProducer for “The MediaLine “ (TML) and her hus-band, Michael Friedson, co-founder and ExecutiveEditor and Director ofMedia Services for TML.TML is a well-respectednon-profit news organiza-tion in the Middle East thatfeeds stories daily to AlJazeera, CNN, the BBC,Israeli, and American newsservices.

To a person, ourgroup was impressed notjust by the scope of this pro-ject (a modern wonder of theworld!?), but by Bashir’sstaff, organization, exper-tise, intelligence, optimism,and drive.

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Though Rawabi is inArea A, controlled by the PAper the Oslo Accords, thewest bank is under Israelimilitary authority. Bashirhas had co-operation fromIsraeli authorities, butIsrael approves construc-tion of roads that passthrough Area C, which isIsraeli controlled. There isan access road for construc-tion equipment; however aroad wide enough to accom-modate the 40,000 futureRawabi residents has not asyet been approved.

The second obstacleis water. Trucks are bring-ing water in for constructionpurposes, but there are noarrangements with Israel asyet to provide water to thecity.

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Israeli architect MosheSafdie who volunteered tohelp in any way he couldbecause he was moved andimpressed by the scope andvision of the project and itsimportance to the futurestate of Palestine.

I see no down sidefor the Palestinians andIsrael because Rawabi willbe a stabilizing element fora state of Palestine. Bashirsaid that though he ishappy to contribute toPalestinian nation building,he is not motivated here byaltruism. He is a businessman and out to make aprofit.

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operates on the terrace forhis visitors." One wonders ifHitler could see Poland orCzechoslovakia from there.

The article contin-ued: "The guest bedroomsare hung [with] the Fuhrer'sown water-colour sketch-es…The Fuhrer has a pas-sion about cut flowers in hishome…The curtains are ofprinted linen or fine damaskin the softer shades…" Italso described how on somedays, "the Squire himself[Hitler] will stroll throughthe woods into hamlets"nearby, where he "gives a'Fun Fair' to the local chil-dren."

The New York Timeswas not much better. Sixweeks before the Homes &Gardens article, a Timescorrespondent in Berlinfiled his own gushingdescription of Hitler'smountain retreat. The home"is simple in its appoint-ments and commands amagnificent highlandpanorama," he wrote. "HerrHitler in principle deteststhe big cities, where 'thehouses are thick and thesewers annoy the air.' Hecraves moderate altitudesand highland breezes."

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Winkler is blocking publica-tion of an investigativereport that would reveal"the hidden financial tiesbetween one of the wealthi-est men in China and thefamilies of top Chinese lead-ers."

In a recent confer-ence call with Bloombergreporters in Hong Kong,Winkler reportedly said, "Ifwe run the story, we'll bekicked out of China."Winkler said he had read alot about foreign journalistsworking under the ThirdReich and wanted to formu-late a strategy for staying inChina as long as possible.

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75th anniversary ofKristallnacht. That nation-wide pogrom againstGermany's Jews was facili-tated by Hitler's perceptionthat the international com-munity - including theWestern media - was afraidto confront him. The behav-

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inform Beijing that they willall withdraw from China ifthey are censored or pun-ished, the Chinese wouldhave to sit up and takenotice. China, after all, isdesperate to be treated bythe rest of the world as anormal, reasonable coun-

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said the hospital is set up todo surgery and that, asmuch as possible, doctorswill do surgery together witha Filipino colleague, inhopes of leaving knowledgebehind once they leave.

So far, the team hashelped 14 women give birth,including the first babybelieved to be born since thedisaster, named Israel.

“We are seeingwomen with due dates amonth or six weeks away,”Lieut. Libby Weiss, of theIDF Spokesman’s Unit, whois also in the Philippinestold The Media Line. “Wecame with five obstetri-cians, incubators and otherequipment. We will leave asmuch of the equipment hereas we can.”

Merin, the medicalmanager, said the team has22 physicians and 15 nurs-es as well as dozens of logis-tical support personnel. TheIsraelis participating in themission are either doingtheir mandatory army ser-

vice or are in the reserves,as he is. One logistics officerleft for the Philippines justtwo days after his wedding.

Merin said they setup camp in a small localhospital that had been dam-aged but not completelydestroyed. He said the twoor three doctors on eachshift who are responsible forproviding medical care for250,000 people at theIsraeli field hospital arereporting seeing three typesof injuries.

“Some of them aredirectly from the typhoonand many of them are rela-tively minor injuries but ifthey are not treated theycould become infected andthe patients could die,”Merin explained. “We arealso seeing chronic illnessthat had been under controlbut are now getting worsebecause of the lack of waterand medicine. In somecases we are also seeingpeople who have serious ill-nesses like advanced can-


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He said word thatthe Israelis had arrived inCebu spread quickly, withlines of would-be patientsseeking treatment alreadyforming by 5 a.m. Merinsaid officials have not yetdetermined how long theIsraeli contingent will stay,but in past situations, itremained for two weeks. Heestimates it will be aboutthe same this time.

Closely following thenews from the Philippinesare the 30,000 Filipinoswho are working as care-givers in Israel and whomaintain a close-knit com-munity organized aroundthe Catholic Church.

At the Rosary SistersChurch in Jerusalem, sev-eral Filipinos have orga-nized a drive to collectmoney, clothing, and schoolsupplies to send to thePhilippines.

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“I saw the news onTV and my heart was justbleeding,” Levene told thoseassembled on the sidewalk.“I felt like I had to do some-thing. This clothing is justthe beginning. Just tell mewhat you need and what wecan do to help.”

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SODASTREAM, THE POPULAR ISRAELI CARBON-ated drinks company, has announced that it willkick off its 2014 advertising campaign with a $4million Super Bowl ad for the second year in arow. “The Super Bowl is a proven venue forSodaStream to deliver our beverage revolutionmessage to over 100 million viewers, empoweringconsumers to enjoy a smarter, ‘better-for-you alter-native’ to packaged soda,” SodaStream CEODaniel Birnbaum said in a statement. Picturedabove is the Soda-Club plant in Mishor Edumim.SodaStream was bought by SodaClub in 1998.Supporters of the boycott movement have targetedSodaStream and Soda-Club because of their pro-duction facilities in the West Bank. But what theBDS advocates fail to mention is that the companyemploys hundreds of Palestinians who would like-ly lose their jobs, and the high wages they earn, ifthe boycott movement spread.

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Still, many remainedskeptical. There were con-sistent rumours thatMueller had fled north afterthe war. Adolf Eichman toldinterrogators after his cap-ture that Mueller,Eichman’s commandingofficer, was still alive. Alliedintelligence reports came tothe same conclusion.

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Nonoo’s appointmentsignalled Bahrain’s willing-ness to cultivate ties with theWest. She appeared regular-ly at Jewish functions in theWashington area.

Bahrain’s Jewishcommunity today numbersbetween 36 and 50 people.The modern communitydates back from the begin-ning of the 20th centurywhen families immigratedfrom Baghdad in Iraq. At itsheight there were over 600Jews in Bahrain.

Bahrain is the onlyPersian Gulf state with asynagogue and while theGovernment has not enact-ed any laws specifically pro-tecting Jews, it has notinterfered with the right toreligious freedom. KingHamad ibn Al Khalifa hashelped ensure that Jewscan live productive lives in

Bahrain. The Palestinianissue has created someanti-Semitism in Bahrainbut it has not yet become aserious problem for theJewish community.

THE PARKING LOT OF THE RAMI LEVY SUPER-market at Sha’ar Benjamin has Israeli andPalestinian cars parked side by side. Both Israelisand Palestinians living in the West Bank roam thestore’s aisles in search of better prices. The PA dis-courages its citizens from buying goods from anIsraeli-owned company but that does not deterthem from both shopping - and working - at thethree Rami Levy markets. Recent attacks on Israelisettlers in the West Bank have led some to arguethat Palestinians travelling freely in the West Bankshould be subject to more intense scrutiny.

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reparation of the victims ofterror in her diplomaticeffort with the Iranianregime in the most currentround of negotiations. Asthe negotiations with Iranled by Under SecretarySherman continue, we callon Congress to ensure thatthe U.S. government isworking to keep the inter-ests of the terror victims’families on the table.

As a result of law-suits taken by Americanvictims of terror in U.S.courts, the Iranian regimecurrently owes billions ofdollars from decades of ter-rorist activity resulting indozens of victims and sev-ered families. This debt hasyet to be recognized or paidby the Iranian governmentwith no sign of an intentionto do so.

Our letter called forjustice. We wrote that “Iranmust not be allowed underany circumstances to avoidmaking payment of repara-tions and due compensa-tions to the families of thosewhose lives they havedestroyed through terror-ism…and through the terrororganizations it supports:Hamas, Islamic Jihad andHezbollah”.

Our letter called forthe abandonment of crimi-

nal activity and remindedUnder Secretary Sherman,that “if Iran truly desires tobe reinstated as a memberof the international commu-nity, it must certainly aban-don its criminal behav-iors…”

Moreover, we calledon Sherman to learn fromthe lessons of U.S. foreignpolicy towards Libya, ratherthan North Korea. PresidentGeorge W. Bush movedtoward an improvement inrelations with the Libyangovernment with the repeal-ing of any sanctions condi-tional upon the payment ofreparations to the victims ofLibyan terror. This moveresulted in the payment of$1.5 billion dollars to thefamilies of victims.Conversely, we warnedwhat might happen if repa-rations are ignored as wasthe case with North Korea.When North Korea wasremoved from the list ofState Sponsors of Terrorismin 2008, the victims ofNorth Korean terrorismwere simply thrown beneaththe bus and a “deal” wasstruck, without compensa-tion being paid to theseAmerican families.

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ED MILIBAND IS THEleader of the BritishLabour Party and, if cur-rent polls are correct,could become Britain’snext prime minister. Inwhat was regarded asan upset, Ed defeatedhis brother David forthe leadership of theparty following the res-ignation of GordonBrown. The Milibandswere born to parents ofPolish descent who fledHitler. His father’sMarxist leanings mayhave led the two boys tojoin Labour at a youngage. David turneddown his brother’s offerof a shadow cabinetpost and has left politi-cal life. Ed Milibandargues that the Labourparty today is under anew command, one that“understands the rootsof change.”

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Controversy contin-ues to swirl around theWashington Redskins foot-ball team as pressuremounts on the team tochange its name. Now theOneida Nation is askingJewish communitiesthroughout the UnitedStates to join in the “boycott

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the advice of Washingtonarea rabbis Aaron Frankand Shmuel Herzfeld whourged their fellow rabbis tostop using the team nameor logo in public forums andto encourage members oftheir congregations not tobuy Washington Redskinsproducts. “The name repre-sents a derogatory term andrecalls a brutal history ofgenocide and torture”, therabbis wrote. “The Bible’sBook of Proverbs states:‘Death and life are in thehand of the tongue.’”

Halbritter believesthat with the help of rabbisand lay leadership theircause will “resonatethrough the Jewish commu-nity.”. The Oneida CEOalso indicated that thegroup would be launchingcommunity outreach incities where the Redskinsplay away games and thathe would be calling on theJewish communities inthese cities to help him inthe cause.

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A former hotel secu-rity guard from Jackson,Tennessee has been foundguilty of a federal civil rightscharge for defacing a Torahscroll and prayer booksbelonging to the MargolinHebrew Academy’s CooperYeshiva High School inMemphis.

Justin Baker wasarrested in January afterstudents and faculty discov-ered the scroll and prayerbooks damaged and coveredwith graffiti as they enteredthe Double Tree Hotel forShabbat services. The graf-fiti included “Gentiles win,Jews lose” and “Submit toSatan”.

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in response to protests fromJewish and other organiza-tions, responded that itdoes not approve ofWilloughby’s pledge to “talkabout Jesus Christ” while atwork and maintains that it“absolutely does not tolerateproselytizing among ourranks”. But it apparentlysees no need to take disci-plinary action againstsomeone who insists that“God will always be a part ofthe U.S.military”

Mikey Weinstein,who founded the MilitaryFreedom Foundation orMRFF, doesn’t buy the AirForce Academy’s argumentthat because Willoughbymight have been speakingin his personal capacity andnot as a representative ofthe Academy that no actionis required. “We want anapology to me, my familyand the foundation,” saidWeinstein. “And we wanthim disciplined.”

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