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The '''Saban Center for Middle East Policy''' is a research organization established at the [[Brookings Institution]] in 2002 through the donation of $13 million by the Israeli media-mogul [[Haim Saban]]. <ref>'[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_June_23/ai_103998774 Saban Family Foundation Announces $100 Million in Charitable Gifts; Major Gifts Made To Research, Healthcare and Education Organizations In The U.S. and Israel]', Business Wire, 23 June 2003</ref>
 
The '''Saban Center for Middle East Policy''' is a research organization established at the [[Brookings Institution]] in 2002 through the donation of $13 million by the Israeli media-mogul [[Haim Saban]]. <ref>'[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_June_23/ai_103998774 Saban Family Foundation Announces $100 Million in Charitable Gifts; Major Gifts Made To Research, Healthcare and Education Organizations In The U.S. and Israel]', Business Wire, 23 June 2003</ref>
  
Its current director is [[Kenneth M. Pollack]]. He took over from veteran pro-Israel lobbyist [[Martin Indyk]], who had earlier founded the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], an [[AIPAC]] spinoff, to counter the Brooking Institution which was seen as not pro-Israel enough.
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Its current director is [[Kenneth M. Pollack]]. Pollack took over from veteran pro-Israel lobbyist, [[Martin Indyk]], who founded the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], an [[AIPAC]] think-tank.
  
 
Explaining his rationale behind the center, Saban told the ''New York Times'':
 
Explaining his rationale behind the center, Saban told the ''New York Times'':
  
 
:"I've heard from leaders on both sides of the aisle in the United States and leaders in Europe about what Sharon shouldn't do, I haven't heard one educated suggestion about what he should do."<ref>Andrew Ross Sorkin, '[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/business/yourmoney/05sab.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5059&en=7ab42d495625fb44&ex=1094443200&partner=AOL Schlepping to Moguldom]', ''New York Times'', 5 September 2004</ref>
 
:"I've heard from leaders on both sides of the aisle in the United States and leaders in Europe about what Sharon shouldn't do, I haven't heard one educated suggestion about what he should do."<ref>Andrew Ross Sorkin, '[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/business/yourmoney/05sab.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5059&en=7ab42d495625fb44&ex=1094443200&partner=AOL Schlepping to Moguldom]', ''New York Times'', 5 September 2004</ref>
 
  
 
== People ==
 
== People ==

Revision as of 18:58, 18 September 2010

The Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a research organization established at the Brookings Institution in 2002 through the donation of $13 million by the Israeli media-mogul Haim Saban. [1]

Its current director is Kenneth M. Pollack. Pollack took over from veteran pro-Israel lobbyist, Martin Indyk, who founded the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an AIPAC think-tank.

Explaining his rationale behind the center, Saban told the New York Times:

"I've heard from leaders on both sides of the aisle in the United States and leaders in Europe about what Sharon shouldn't do, I haven't heard one educated suggestion about what he should do."[2]

People

  • Kenneth M. Pollack, Director (2009- )
  • Martin Indyk, Senior Fellow, former director (2002-09)

References