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 [[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. He is also a major Republican party donor with close ties to US President [[Donald Trump]].
-Adelson owns casino chains in both Nevada and Macao. In 2007 his estimated net worth of $26.5 billion made him the third richest man in the US and the sixth richest in the world according to ''Forbes'', though losses of £10-16 billion resulting from the global financial crisis<ref>Ron Kampeas, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20071116ackermanadelsonerlbaum.html AIPAC stance irks donors], ''JTA'', 16 November 2007</ref><ref>Iain Dey and Dominic Rushe, [5 days that shook the world], ''Sunday Times'', 12 October 2008</ref><ref>Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035641.html Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2008</ref> saw his richlist ranking drop to 13th in the US.)<ref name="bs">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45623.html GOP figure shakes up Israeli media], ''Politico'', 28 November 2010</ref>
+Adelson owns casino chains in both Nevada and Macao. In 2007 his estimated net worth of $26.5 billion made him the third richest man in the US and the sixth richest in the world according to ''Forbes'', though losses of £10-16 billion resulting from the global financial crisis<ref>Ron Kampeas, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20071116ackermanadelsonerlbaum.html AIPAC stance irks donors], ''JTA'', 16 November 2007</ref><ref>Iain Dey and Dominic Rushe, [5 days that shook the world], ''Sunday Times'', 12 October 2008</ref><ref>Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035641.html Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2008</ref> saw his richlist ranking drop to number 13 in the US.)<ref name="bs">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45623.html GOP figure shakes up Israeli media], ''Politico'', 28 November 2010</ref>
-A member of the Board of Directors of the conservative Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Adelson is also a generous contributor to such Israel lobby projects as [[AIPAC]], [[One Jerusalem]], [[Freedom's Watch]], [[Taglit Birthright]] and the Jerusalem-based [[Adelson Institute]]. Adelson is a staunch opponent of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. <ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], ''New Yorker'', 30 June 2008.</ref>
+A member of the board of Directors of the conservative [[Republican Jewish Coalition]] (RJC) Adelson is also a generous contributor to such Israel lobby projects as [[AIPAC]], [[One Jerusalem]], [[Freedom's Watch]], [[Taglit Birthright]] and the Jerusalem-based [[Adelson Institute]]. Adelson is a staunch opponent of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. <ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], ''New Yorker'', 30 June 2008.</ref>
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 [[Image:Sheldon adelson.jpg|right|thumb|250px| [[AIPAC]] donor Sheldon Adelson pictured in 2010]]
-According to Bruck Adelson's focus on Israel intensified with his marriage to Miriam in 1991, his political views becoming more conservative. He began spending a lot of time in Israel, where he also developed a close friendship with Netanyahu helping him in his successful 1996 bid for Prime Minister against Labor's Shimon Peres. Adleson has invested in high-tech companies, but his lobbying for the legalization of gaming have so far foundered in the face of Orthodox Jewish opposition to gambling.
+According to Bruck Adelson's focus on Israel intensified with his marriage to Miriam in 1991, his political views becoming more conservative. He began spending a lot of time in Israel, where he also developed a close friendship with Netanyahu helping him in his successful 1996 bid for Prime Minister against Labor's Shimon Peres Adelson has invested in high-tech companies, but his lobbying for the legalization of gaming have so far foundered in the face of Orthodox Jewish opposition to gambling.
 Through his charitable foundation Adelson also funds Israeli causes and groups; he regularly appears at charitable events in Israel and makes lavish donations. In 2006 Adelson donated $25 million - the largest donation ever given by an individual - to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, where a museum of Holocaust art is named after his wife Miriam's parents as well as family members who perished in the Holocaust. Adelson gave [[Taglit-Birthright Israel]] - the program that flies Jewish youth to Israel for free tours - $60 million over a period of two years. He is the single largest donor to the program whose annual budget stands at $86 million.<ref>Kampeas, op. cit.; Zohar op. cit.; Bruck op.cit.</ref>

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	[[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. He is also a major Republican party donor with close ties to US President [[Donald Trump]].		[[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. He is also a major Republican party donor with close ties to US President [[Donald Trump]].

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-{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYYAr8_ftA|450|right|Sheldon Adelson}}
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYYAr8_ftA|450|right|''Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson at an Birthright Israel event''}}
 [[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. He is also a major Republican party donor with close ties to US President [[Donald Trump]].
-Adelson owns casino chains in both Nevada and Macao. In 2007 his estimated net worth of $26.5 billion made him the third richest man in the US and the sixth richest in the world according to ''Forbes'', though suffered losses of £10-16 billion as a result of the global financial crisis.<ref>Ron Kampeas, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20071116ackermanadelsonerlbaum.html AIPAC stance irks donors], ''JTA'', 16 November 2007</ref><ref>Iain Dey and Dominic Rushe, [5 days that shook the world], ''Sunday Times'', 12 October 2008</ref><ref>Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035641.html Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2008</ref> (He is now ranked 13th in the US.)<ref name="bs">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45623.html GOP figure shakes up Israeli media], ''Politico'', 28 November 2010</ref> A member of the Board of Directors of the conservative Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Adelson is also a generous contributor to such Israel lobby projects as [[AIPAC]], [[One Jerusalem]], [[Freedom's Watch]], [[Taglit Birthright]] and the Jerusalem-based [[Adelson Institute]]. Adelson is a staunch opponent of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. <ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], ''New Yorker'', 30 June 2008.</ref>
+Adelson owns casino chains in both Nevada and Macao. In 2007 his estimated net worth of $26.5 billion made him the third richest man in the US and the sixth richest in the world according to ''Forbes'', though losses of £10-16 billion resulting from the global financial crisis<ref>Ron Kampeas, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20071116ackermanadelsonerlbaum.html AIPAC stance irks donors], ''JTA'', 16 November 2007</ref><ref>Iain Dey and Dominic Rushe, [5 days that shook the world], ''Sunday Times'', 12 October 2008</ref><ref>Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035641.html Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2008</ref> saw his richlist ranking drop to 13th in the US.)<ref name="bs">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45623.html GOP figure shakes up Israeli media], ''Politico'', 28 November 2010</ref>

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 {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYYAr8_ftA|450|right|Sheldon Adelson}}
-[[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. Owner of casino chains in both Nevada and Macao, Adelson, whose estimated net worth of $26.5 billion which, according to Forbes, made him the third richest man in the US and the sixth richest in the world, has suffered losses of between £10-16 billion this year as a result of the world financial crisis.<ref>Ron Kampeas, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20071116ackermanadelsonerlbaum.html AIPAC stance irks donors], ''JTA'', 16 November 2007</ref><ref>Iain Dey and Dominic Rushe, [5 days that shook the world], Sunday Times,12 October 2008</ref><ref>Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035641.html Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2008</ref> (He is now ranked 13th in the US.)<ref name="bs">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45623.html GOP figure shakes up Israeli media], ''Politico'', 28 November 2010</ref> A member of the Board of Directors of the conservative Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Adelson is also a generous contributor to such Israel lobby projects as [[AIPAC]], [[One Jerusalem]], [[Freedom's Watch]], [[Taglit Birthright]] and the Jerusalem-based [[Adelson Institute]]. Adelson is a staunch opponent of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. <ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], ''New Yorker'', 30 June 2008.</ref>
+[[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. He is also a major Republican party donor with close ties to US President [[Donald Trump]].
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 Through his charitable foundation Adelson also funds Israeli causes and groups; he regularly appears at charitable events in Israel and makes lavish donations. In 2006 Adelson donated $25 million - the largest donation ever given by an individual - to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, where a museum of Holocaust art is named after his wife Miriam's parents as well as family members who perished in the Holocaust. Adelson gave [[Taglit-Birthright Israel]] - the program that flies Jewish youth to Israel for free tours - $60 million over a period of two years. He is the single largest donor to the program whose annual budget stands at $86 million.<ref>Kampeas, op. cit.; Zohar op. cit.; Bruck op.cit.</ref>
-A staunch opponent of the two-state solution, Adelson has reportedly also tried to influence Israeli policy away from negotiating a peace with the Palestinians. In order to wield greater influence in Israel's internal politics Adelson has invested in the local media via Yisrael Hayom (Israel Today, a free daily paper) after a failed bid to take over major Israeli newspapers. The paper is seen widely as established solely to provide Likud's hardline leader Benjamin Netanyahu - a close friend of the Adelson's - with a platform. Netanyahu, reportedly, was also the middleman between Adelson and another friend of his, Shlomo Ben Zvi, in the failed partnership that produced the now-defunct freebie Yisraeli.
+A staunch opponent of the two-state solution, Adelson has reportedly also tried to influence Israeli policy away from negotiating a peace with the Palestinians. In order to wield greater influence in Israel's internal politics, Adelson has invested in the local media via ''Yisrael Hayom'' (Israel Today, a free daily paper) after a failed bid to take over major Israeli newspapers. The paper is seen widely as established solely to provide Likud's hardline leader Benjamin Netanyahu - a close friend of the Adelson's - with a platform. Netanyahu, reportedly, was also the middleman between Adelson and another friend of his, Shlomo Ben Zvi, in the failed partnership that produced the now-defunct freebie Yisraeli.
 Furthermore, writes Amir Zohar:
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 One of Adelson's former business associates Shlomo Ben-Zvi has revealed that the paper loses $3 million per month.<ref>Chen Ma'anit, [http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000687186 "Israel Today loses $3m a month"], ''Globes'', 2 October 2011</ref>
-The paper brooks no dissent. In September 2011 it terminated the column of Ido Rosenblum Toro for expressing centre left opinions.<ref>Emily Grunzweig, [http://b.walla.co.il/?w=/3050/1862936 יקירתי, ביוש], ''Israel Today'', 22 September 2011</ref>
+The paper brooks no dissent. In September 2011 it terminated the column of Ido Rosenblum Toro for expresscentre-leftleft opinions.<ref>Emily Grunzweig, [http://b.walla.co.il/?w=/3050/1862936 יקירתי, ביוש], ''Israel Today'', 22 September 2011</ref>
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 *Sheldon Adelson ,[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/7485.html Right Web Profile], Somerville, MA: Political Research Associates, 15 February 2008.
 *Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1035641 Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], Haaretz, 9 November 2008.
-*Maya Shwayder, [http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Adelson-US-should-drop-atomic-bomb-on-Iran-329641 Adleson: US should drop atomic bomb on Iran], Jerusalem Post, 24 October 2013.
+*Maya Shwayder, [http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Adelson-US-should-drop-atomic-bomb-on-Iran-329641 Adelson: US should drop atomic bomb on Iran], Jerusalem Post, 24 October 2013.
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+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYYAr8_ftA|450|right|Sheldon Adelson}}
 [[Sheldon Adelson]] (born August 1933 in Boston, USA) is a US casino mogul, a hardline Zionist and a key bankroller of several Israel lobby initiatives. Owner of casino chains in both Nevada and Macao, Adelson, whose estimated net worth of $26.5 billion which, according to Forbes, made him the third richest man in the US and the sixth richest in the world, has suffered losses of between £10-16 billion this year as a result of the world financial crisis.<ref>Ron Kampeas, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/20071116ackermanadelsonerlbaum.html AIPAC stance irks donors], ''JTA'', 16 November 2007</ref><ref>Iain Dey and Dominic Rushe, [5 days that shook the world], Sunday Times,12 October 2008</ref><ref>Ophir Bar-Zohar, Noam Rodeh and Nimrod Halpern, TheMarker, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035641.html Global financial storms threaten empire of Jewish billionaire, philanthropist Adelson], ''Haaretz'', 9 November 2008</ref> (He is now ranked 13th in the US.)<ref name="bs">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45623.html GOP figure shakes up Israeli media], ''Politico'', 28 November 2010</ref> A member of the Board of Directors of the conservative Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Adelson is also a generous contributor to such Israel lobby projects as [[AIPAC]], [[One Jerusalem]], [[Freedom's Watch]], [[Taglit Birthright]] and the Jerusalem-based [[Adelson Institute]]. Adelson is a staunch opponent of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. <ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], ''New Yorker'', 30 June 2008.</ref>
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 :Adelson has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican National State Elections Committee...according to the FEC, Adelson gave $300,000 to the Elections Committee before Bush took office, and one of those gifts, $100,000, was made in December 2000, right as Bush was awarded the White House by the Supreme Court. At that very moment, [[Douglas Feith]] says vaguely in his new book, Feith...got "feelers" from the Bush team. And lo and behold, Feith became an Under Secretary for Defense...Did Adelson's gift play a part?<ref>Philip Weiss, [http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/07/in-salon-there-is-a-long-article-about-obama-cultivating-jews-with-his-acrobatics-on-jerusalem-and-israel-and-again-the-pri.html  'Salon' and Other Right-Thinking Journalists Insult Readers' Intelligence on the Role of Jewish Money in Politics], ''MondoWeiss'', 3 July 2008</ref>
-Although the prime beneficiaries of Adelson's munificience are the Republicans, he also takes bipartisan Congressional delegations to Israel. Adelson also contributed generously enough to Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign to qualify as a "Bush Pioneer".<ref>Bruck, op.cit.</ref> According to Haaretz,
+Although the prime beneficiaries of Adelson's munificence are the Republicans, he also takes bipartisan Congressional delegations to Israel. Adelson also contributed generously enough to Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign to qualify as a "Bush Pioneer".<ref>Bruck, op.cit.</ref> According to Haaretz,
 :the door of [Bush's] office is always open to them. Bush invites Miriam to the White House for events related to her medical concerns. She, for her part, encourages decision-makers to visit her clinics. Cabinet ministers, senators, Knesset members, judges, mayors, even the chancellor of Germany - all are happy to visit.<ref>Zohard, op.cit.</ref>
-In October 2007 Adelson and his wife accompanied a group of Republican donors to the White House to meet with George W. Bush to dissuade him from  organizing the Annapolis conference, an effort to re-start the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. According to Connie Bruck of the New Yorker,
+In October 2007 Adelson and his wife accompanied a group of Republican donors to the White House to meet with George W. Bush to dissuade him from organizing the Annapolis conference, an effort to re-start the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. According to Connie Bruck of the New Yorker,
 :Adelson protested to Bush that Rice was thinking of her legacy, not the President’s, and that she would ruin him if she continued to pursue this disastrous course. Then, as Adelson later told an acquaintance, Bush put one arm around his shoulder and another around that of his wife, Miriam, who was born in Israel, and said to her, “You tell your Prime Minister that I need to know what’s right for your people—because at the end of the day it’s going to be my policy, not Condi’s. But I can’t be more Catholic than the Pope.” (The White House denies this account.)
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 Adelson is also a "generous supporter" of disgraced terrorologist [[Steve Emerson]]. After the Prague conference Adelson and Miriam attended a fundraiser for Emerson in Los Angeles, where apropos his desire to attack Iran, he told [[Pooya Dayanim]] a Jewish-Iranian regime-change activist:  “I really don’t care what happens to Iran. I am for Israel.”
-In July 2012, though initially a supporter of [[Newt Gingrich]], Adleson lent financial support to presumptive Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]], donating $10 million to pro-Romney PAC Restore Our Future<ref>Alicia Mundy and Sara Murray, [http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/06/13/adelson-gives-10-million-to-pro-romney-super-pac/ Adelson Gives $10 Million to Pro-Romney Super PAC], Wall Street Journal, accessed 31 July 2012</ref>. The [[Republican Jewish Coalition]] funded an anti-Obama ad campaign in key swing states with $6.5m as Romney sought to win American Jewish votes by portraying himself as more supportive of Israel.<ref>Paul Harris, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/28/mitt-romney-israel-jewish-vote Romney on to Israel as Republicans launch bid for Jewish Vote in US], ''The Guardian'', accessed 29 July 2012</ref> Adelson also attended a fundraiser for Romney's campaign at the Kind David Hotel in Jerusalem on 30 July 2012.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/mitt-romney-israel-economic-success?intcmp=239 Mitt Romney 'providence' comments in Israel outrage Palestinians], ''The Guardian'', accessed 31 July 2012</ref>
+In July 2012, though initially a supporter of [[Newt Gingrich]], Adleson lent financial support to presumptive Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]], donating $10 million to pro-Romney PAC Restore Our Future<ref>Alicia Mundy and Sara Murray, [http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/06/13/adelson-gives-10-million-to-pro-romney-super-pac/ Adelson Gives $10 Million to Pro-Romney Super PAC], Wall Street Journal, accessed 31 July 2012</ref>. The [[Republican Jewish Coalition]] funded an anti-Obama ad campaign in key swing states with $6.5m as Romney sought to win American Jewish votes by portraying himself as more supportive of Israel.<ref>Paul Harris, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/28/mitt-romney-israel-jewish-vote Romney on to Israel as Republicans launch bid for Jewish Vote in US], ''The Guardian'', accessed 29 July 2012</ref> Adelson also attended a fundraiser for Romney's campaign at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 30 July 2012.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/mitt-romney-israel-economic-success?intcmp=239 Mitt Romney 'providence' comments in Israel outrage Palestinians], ''The Guardian'', accessed 31 July 2012</ref>
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 *[[AIPAC]] - Major funder
 *[[Freedom's Watch]] - Funder
 *[[One Jerusalem]] - Funder
 *[[Republican Jewish Coalition]] - Board of Directors