Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman
<youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="Zuckerman tells Fox News: 'In fact, I helped write one of [Obama's] speeches'">kP79FUZzgD0</youtube> Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman is (born 4 June 1937, Montreal) is an American media mogul and real estate magnate who was listed in 2008 by Forbes as the 147th richest man in the country.[1] Between 2001-2003, Zuckerman was the chairman of the Israel lobby group Presidents Conference.
Zuckerman supported Barack Obama in the 2008 elections, but has grown highly critical because of what he perceives the administration to be insufficiently supportive of Israel. He was leading defender of the massacre of nine humanitarian activists by Israeli commandos on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.[2]
Affiliations
- US News & World Report - publisher and editor-in-chief since 1984
- New York Daily News - publisher
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy - board of advisors
- Herzliya Conference - panelist
- The Atlantic - publisher (1980-1999)
- Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations - chairman (2001-2003)
References
- ↑ The 400 Richest Americans: Mortimer Zuckerman , Forbes, 17 September 17
- ↑ Mortimer B. Zuckerman, [http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/mzuckerman/articles/2010/06/04/mort-zuckerman-why-no-outrage-for-anti-israel-phony-flotilla.html Quantcast Mort Zuckerman: Why No Outrage for Anti-Israel, Phony Flotilla?], U.S. News & World Report, 4 June 2010
