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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSheldon Adelson meddles in Israel's elections
(Bloomberg) Sheldon Adelson, the U.S. casino mogul who has called himself the worlds richest Jew, couldnt vote in Israels parliamentary elections in January. That didnt stop his free daily newspaper, Yisrael Hayom, from publishing a front-page editorial last year arguing in favor of bombing Irans nuclear facilities -- an option voiced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Since its inception in 2007, Adelsons Tel Aviv-based paper has supported Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party. The paper had the highest weekday readership in the country last year, according to a Target Group Index Israel survey.
Yisrael Hayom has had a huge effect, Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said by telephone. It has to be one of the best investments anybody has ever made in terms of trying to have a political impact. Its basically a pro-Likud paper.
Adelson, the 79-year-old chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), who has a net worth of $25.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, is one of at least five American billionaires who have spent their money trying to shape Israels political landscape. Some of the moguls donate directly to candidates and non-profits; another funds the construction of settlements in contested Jerusalem neighborhoods. .....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-21/adelson-led-billionaires-spend-cash-in-israel-elections.html
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Sheldon Adelson meddles in Israel's elections (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2013
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec. nt
R Merm
(405 posts)2. It's only the most read because it is free.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)3. When he's not meddling in US elections.
Sheldon is the latter-day operator of the Meyer Lansky/Bugsy Siegel Vegas wing of Crime, Inc. Solid citizen. A real humanitarian.