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...with Islamic extremists. "The U.S. has to stop its one-sided support of Israel," said Ganji, speaking in a large screening room adorned with an original Jasper Johns and other post-modernist art. That comment and others raised the hackles of many in attendance, including multibillionaire media mogul Haim Saban, who asked, "When was the last time you saw a Christian or a Jew put a belt around their stomach, go on a bus, and kill innocent women and children...
...Gaza would inevitably spill into Israel, they claim. Says Col. Yossi Daskal, former head of the anti-terror wing in Military Intelligence, "The friction can only get worse. Neither side is willing to compromise." Martin Indyk, former Assistant Secretary of State and now director of the Brookings's Saban Center for Middle East policy, points out that while Hamas and Fatah were feuding for years, "They've always stepped back from civil war. But at the moment they're breaking that taboo on a daily basis...
...Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to Israel during the Clinton administration, says that while President Bush deserves credit for using his bully pulpit, Syria's departure from Lebanon wouldn?t necessarily lead to democracy, or peace. Indyk, now director of the Washington-based Saban Center for Middle East Policy, talked to TIME's Elaine Shannon...
...year is out. Until then, airlines will have to, well, wait. I Want My TV Auf Deutsch Forget Sex and the City and Donald Trump - what American TV viewers really crave is German-language programming, right? ProSiebenSat.1 Media, the German TV network controlled by U.S. media mogul Haim Saban, launches its first channel in the U.S. this week. The Welt channel will show movies, news, comedy and live matches from Germany's first division soccer league over the DISH Network satellite system. Its target audience: the estimated 800,000 German speakers in the U.S., German corporations, and hotel chains catering...
...Saban's German TV networks eked out a $57 million profit in 2002 amid a stagnant global ad market. But revenue has recovered somewhat in recent months, and Saban sees great potential in Kirch's licensing business, which was untended during the bankruptcy proceedings. The film library "has tremendous value," says a top Saban aide. If the next global kids' hit is hidden there, you can bet Saban will spot it. --With reporting by William Boston/Berlin