Adelson and Saban Try To Out-Hawk Each Other

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Adelson and Saban Try To Out-Hawk Each Other

By Nathan Guttman


What do you get when you put two of the largest pro-Israel donors — Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban — on one stage?


For participants at the Israeli American Council’s inaugural conference, this meeting of Jewish finance titans produced several historical insights about the roots of the Palestinian people (Adelson: they have none); a bit of advice on how to deal with Iran (Saban: “bomb the sons of bitches”); and some media criticism (Adelson: “I don’t like journalism” — especially not the Forward.)

Adelson and Saban, one a mega donor to the Republican Party, the other a top backer of the Clintons, may have their differences when it comes to U.S. politics. But on Israel, both engaged in one-upmanship, trying to outdo each other’s hawkishness. http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/208924/adelson-and-saban-try-to-out-hawk-each-other/