Haim Saban ‘Deeply
Disturbed’ by Obama’s ‘Biased’ Actions Against Israel
by Daniel Nussbaum 4 Jan 2017
Billionaire media mogul Haim
Saban, one of the Democratic Party’s biggest Hollywood donors, says
he is “deeply disturbed” by the Obama administration’s recent actions on Israel, including allowing a
“biased” resolution to pass in the United Nations Security Council.
The 72-year-old Israeli-American mogul — who donated more
than $10 million to Hillary Clinton’s losing presidential campaign
and hosted a
fundraiser for her in August — issued a statement through his
publicist on Wednesday sharply criticizing the Obama administration for the
December move at the UN and for Secretary of State John Kerry’s subsequent
speech, which he called “one-sided.”
“As a longstanding Democrat who has supported and
defended President Obama on his treatment of Israel throughout his presidency,
I am deeply disturbed by the Administration’s decision not to veto UN Security
Council Resolution 2334 and
Secretary Kerry’s subsequent one sided speech,” Saban said.
“These actions undermine our country’s long-standing
support for Israel and harm any long-term prospects for peace, which is in our
national interest,” he added. “Further, I urge the Obama Administration to stay
true to our decades old policy by vetoing any additional biased UNSC
resolutions that may be introduced at the Paris summit later this month, and
refrain from issuing any other policy statements that would only make things
worse.”
UNSC Resolution 2334 passed
in December by a 14-0 vote, with the U.S. departing from
longstanding Israel policy by abstaining from the vote. The resolution called
for a halt to housing construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,
areas it called “occupied Palestinian territory,” and deemed Israeli building a
“major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just,
lasting and comprehensive peace.”
Saban is hardly the only Democrat to have rebuked the
Obama administration following the passage of the resolution. A group of six
Democratic senators — including Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-VT)
and Chris Coons (D-DE) — each issued condemnations
of the resolution in the days following the vote.
In his statement Wednesday, Saban called the successful
resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a “core American interest” and
urged the U.S. to “maintain its credibility as an intermediary between the
parties.”
Saban has continued his political advocacy in the wake of
Hillary Clinton’s loss in the presidential election. At a Brookings Institute event in
December, the media mogul sharply
criticized Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN),
calling him “clearly an anti-Semite, anti-Israel individual.” Ellison, one of
the leading contenders to chair the Democratic National Committee, has
previously expressed support for the Nation of Islam and
its leader, Louis Farrakhan.
“Words matter and actions matter more,” Saban said then.
“Keith Ellison would be a disaster for the relationship between the Jewish
community and the Democratic Party.”
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan
is the acting head for the Nation of
Islam, and was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah
Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from Trumpeter
Newsmagazine.
Note: Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. is a senior pastor at the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago), and was a member of the African American Religious Leadership
Committee.
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Barack
Obama was a parishioner at the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago), the candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the president of the Crown
Family Foundation.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Economic Policy Institute.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cameron F. Kerry
is a fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and John F. Kerry’s
brother.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
John
F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother,
the secretary at the U.S. Department of
State for the Barack Obama
administration, and married to Teresa
Heinz Kerry.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is married to John F. Kerry,
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Haim
Saban is a benefactor for the Saban
Center for Middle East Policy, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a board
member for the Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces, and was a friend of Shimon
Peres.
Crown
Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends
of the Israel Defense Forces.
Newton N. Minow is
the president of the Crown Family
Foundation, a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
Cameron F. Kerry
is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
a fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and John F. Kerry’s
brother.
Cass R. Sunstein
is a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), married to Samantha
Power, and was an adviser for the 2008
Barack Obama presidential campaign.
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Samantha Power
is married to Cass R. Sunstein, and
the U.S. ambassador for the United
Nations.
United Nations
is the body for the United Nations
Security Council.
Richard Schifter
was a deputy U.S. representative for the United
Nations Security Council, and a member of the Committee on the Present Danger.
John C. Whitehead
was a member of
the Committee on the Present Danger,
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Haim
Saban is a benefactor for the Saban
Center for Middle East Policy, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a board
member for the Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces, and was a friend of Shimon
Peres.
Shimon Peres was a
friend of Haim Saban, and the
president for Israel.
Crown
Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends
of the Israel Defense Forces.
Lester
Crown is the VP for the Crown Family
Foundation, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Andrew L. Stern
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director
at the Economic Policy Institute.
Keith Ellison is a
director at the Economic Policy
Institute, and a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives.
James S.
Crown is the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Crown
Family Foundation.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, the candidate for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Trumpeter award from Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, and is the acting head for the Nation of Islam.
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