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The Israeli news site Ynet reported this morning that Israel-raised billionaire media mogul Haim Saban—whose investment group owns Univision—is negotiating to buy a 50 percent stake in the Al Jazeera television network from the emir of Qatar. The Ynet item cited a story from an Egyptian news site, Al Mesryoon, which apparently claims that Saban ...

If books could make peace, everyone in the Middle East would have been singing “Kumbaya” around a campfire for years now. Still, one can hope that the vast and ever expanding range of publications on the subject of Israelis and Palestinians might convince a few of the militaristically minded participants in the conflict to put down their rifles and pick up a pair of reading glasses.

If you’re going to sue one of the richest, most politically connected men in Hollywood, it’s probably a pretty good idea to do it as flamboyantly as possible, so that you get as much attention as you can before the mogul’s machine is inevitably mobilized to crush you and your wild claims. So far, the ...

Cheryl Saban knows exactly what she’s worth. Within minutes of sitting down recently for an interview in the second-floor lounge of the Ritz-Carlton in midtown Manhattan, overlooking Central Park, Saban—the wife of Israeli-born entertainment mogul and powerhouse political donor Haim Saban—leaned forward and said, conspiratorially, “He’s a multi-billionaire, so it makes me one, too.”
Saban is ...