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...the Saban Forum, a gathering of senior U.S. and Israeli government officials, intelliegence officers, and foreign policy experts. Among the American guests were former president Bill Clinton, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. The man behind the conference, media tycoon Haim Saban... Full story
Haim Saban
...is an Israeli-American media-mogul, one of the biggest contributors to the campaigns of pro-Israel politicans in the U.S. and has been described by a New York Times reporter as a "tireless cheerleader for Israel." He has also founded various centers and institutions to produce policy research favorable to Israel... In 2002 he pledged $13 million to found the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution."[1]
...In 2003 he bought ProSiebenSat.1, Germany's largest privately-owned television network. [2] In 2006, he acquired Univision Communications, the largest Spanish-broadcasting television company in the US for the price of USD 12.3 billion. [3]
...Saban was one of the major contributors to the former California governor Gray Davis, and in return Davis appointed him to the board of regents of the University of California. However, more recently, Saban, along with Steven Spielberg, have shifted their loyalties to Arnold Schwarzenegger after the new California governor's unequivocal support for Israel's latest invasion of Lebanon. [6]
Earlier, similar contributions had earned Saban rewards from the Clinton administration... Full story
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