TM the ewish VoiceDeuteronomy 32:1 JMAY THE EARTH HEAR THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH February 25, 2011| 21 Adar 1 5771Vol. 7, Iss. 8 www.JewishVoiceNY.com $1 Billionaire Tisch to DEFIANT QADHAFI Advocates for Civil be Next Jewish Liberties Holds Agency Board Chair VOWS TO FIGHT ON Historic Conference in Toronto Page 9 Charles “Joe” Hynes Received Prestigious Hogan Award Dr. Phyllis Chesler, emerita pro- fessor of psychology and women's studies at CUNY BY FERN SIDMAN In a lengthy address on state TV, Libya's Moammar Qadhafi vows On Wednesday February 16th, a not to resign, denounces protesters as 'greasy rats' and urges his most unique and historic colloqui- supporters to help the military crush the uprising. um was convened in Toronto by the Advocates For Civil Liberties Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi has Witnesses in Tripoli said Libyan helicop- (ACL), a new and dynamic organi- vowed not to leave his country and to die as ters and warplanes struck civilian areas zation of attorneys, professionals a "martyr" as anti-government protests Monday, while African mercenaries and pro- and concerned citizens dedicated to Page 12 rage in Libya. Qadhafi gunmen opened fire indiscriminate- spotlighting the egregious manifes- ly to terrorize the population. Libyan state- tations of anti-Israel propaganda e made a passionate speech on state run television said Tuesday that foreign on university campuses across Elie Tahari: television Tuesday, saying that he was media reports of massacres in the country North America. Ha "revolutionary." He urged Libyans were "lies" aimed at destroying the morale of Fashioning Success to help defend the country against those who the public. he day long symposium that drew were stirring the unrest, people he referred to Libyan diplomats in several countries say over 400 people was entitled, "When Middle East Politics Invade as "gangs" or "terrorists." they have severed relations with Mr. Qadhafi T Campus" and was held at the Hyatt The Libyan leader said he was speaking to protest attacks by his forces on protesters. from a home that was bombed by the United Regency Hotel in downtown Toronto. The Libyan Ambassador to the United States Ali forum featured a panoply of distinguished States and Britain in 1986. Aujali called on the Libyan leader to step speakers including such vibrant and eru- Mr. Qadhafi is losing the support of key down. Several other Libyan envoys said they dite intellectual personalities as Israel figures in his government as Libyan officials resigned, including the ambassadors to India National News op-ed contributor, Dr. at home and abroad resign or defect in and Indonesia and a senior diplomat in Phyllis Chesler, emerita professor of psy- response to his deadly crackdown on the China. chology and women's studies at CUNY, nationwide protests demanding his ouster. journalist, noted lecturer and author of 13 Page 16 The protests represent the greatest challenge Continued on page 7 books including, "The New Anti- to Mr. Qadhafi's rule since he took power in Semitism" and "The Death of Feminism". 1969. ISSN: 2155-434X Continued on page 28 February 25, 2011 The Jewish Voice BREAKING NEWS PAGE 3 Citigroup Executive Knew of Madoff Fraud, Trustee Says in Suit According to Bloomberg Business Week, was exposed in December 2008, Picard alleged. revealed, the Madoff trustee said in a lawsuit TM 2/22/11, warning signs as early as June 2007, Picard laid out in the complaint details of a law- accusing a second major U.S. bank of unsavory INC of Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, were suit he filed under seal in December against dealings with the financier. ignored by Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank. Citigroup and other banks. He is demanding Trustee Irving Picard said serious signs were $425 million from Citigroup. apparent to Citi as early as 2005 about Bernard he trustee liquidating Madoff’s firm stated Citi, in a statement on Tuesday still claims that L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC according EDITORIAL AND in a lawsuit that a bank executive knew the the allegations in the lawsuit were false and it to court papers unsealed on Monday. The lawsuit EXECUTIVE OFFICES Tcon man’s stated trading strategy couldn’t would "vigorously defend against these claims." seeks $425 million from the bank. Picard also generate the reported returns, The unidentified At the time of his arrest, Madoff’s statements has sued JPMorgan Chase & Co, Madoff's pri- 2154 East 4th Street, Citibank executive, responsible for making rec- reflected $65 billion in nonexistent balances of mary banker, for $6.4 billion, alleging the bank ommendations to clients on derivatives, “con- 4,900 accounts. Investors lost about $20 billion turned a blind eye as Madoff ran a Ponzi Brooklyn, NY 11223-4037 cluded” by June 2007 that returns reported by a in principal. The main case is Securities Investor scheme. Portions of both lawsuits were edited to Madoff feeder fund, Fairfield Sentry Ltd., could- Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff conceal the names of bank personnel and others. 1-800-998-0885 n’t have come from the strategy, trustee Irving Investment Securities LLC, 08-01789, and the The lawsuit against Citi was filed on December Picard said in a complaint unsealed yesterday. Citigroup case is Picard v. Citibank, 10-05345, 8 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. Madoff Later, the Citibank official communicated with U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of was arrested in December 2008 after admitting www.JewishVoiceNY.com Markopolis orally and in writing, specifically New York (Manhattan). Citigroup Inc tried to he ran a decades-long, multibillion-dollar swin- discussing the fraud before the Ponzi scheme pass on its exposure to Bernard Madoff to other dle, considered the biggest investment fraud in DAVID BEN-HOOREN banks just months before his epic fraud was history. Publisher AVI BEN-MORDECHAI Jittery Israel Spars with Iran’s Navy Editor-In-Chief Israel announced Tuesday it successfully expand its defense readiness. __________________________________ SHMUEL BEN-ELIEZER tested its Arrow anti-ballistic weapon in what The Arrow-2 test over the Pacific against a News Editor appeared to be a timely demonstration of its simulated Iranian ballistic missile had presum- “But what's happening there military might as Iranian warships deploy in ably been scheduled for some time but it may change the status of the Mediterranean for the first time in three assumed political overtones as Israel grappled NORMA OROPEZA decades. with a new reality. Egypt vis-a-vis Israel as Editorial Assistant Even before Hosni Mubarak was forced to he Jewish state is already alarmed by the step down as Egypt's president Feb. 11, Israel far as strategic balance STUART KATZ downfall of the Cairo regime, linchpin of had feared that its peace treaty with Egypt, and is concerned.” Sales Manager TIsrael's security policy since they signed a a 1994 pact with Jordan, could be in deep jeop- __________________________________ landmark peace treaty in 1979. ardy. That's the same year another key ally of If those agreements were abrogated, Israel's carry out exercises in which Israel is "the Copyright © Israel, the shah of Iran, was toppled under cir- entire regional policy would collapse. enemy." But its armed forces haven't seen com- The Jewish Voice, Inc cumstances not much different to those in play The possible emergence of hostile Arab bat since the 1973 war, when they took Israel by today, ushering in the era of Islamist terrorism regimes in Cairo, Amman and elsewhere would surprise by crossing the Suez Canal before being (ISSN- 2155-434X) with Israel a major target. mean the Jewish state would have to conduct a crushed. Published Weekly by So the arrival of the Iranian frigate Alvand sweeping upgrade of its military readiness. There seems little appetite in Egypt for a new The Jewish Voice, Inc./ and a supply ship, the Kharq, in the Suez Canal Forces would have to be deployed on its war. But while the treaty was a strategic boon for while the Arab world is gripped by unprecedent- southern and eastern borders again. But the Cairo, which was rewarded with some $60 bil- 2154 East 4th Street, ed political upheaval has heightened the consid- army disbanded its desert warfare brigades fol- lion of U.S. aid, the agreement has never been Brooklyn, NY 11223-4037 erable consternation sweeping Israel. lowing the 1979 treaty. It will take time to retrain popular with the people. The aging British-built ships, en route to units for fighting in the Sinai wastes. If the Jordanian monarchy falls because of Syria, hardly constitute a military threat but no After Israeli Prime Minister Menachem the ever-widening political turmoil in the Arab All material in this newspaper has world, Israel's problems would be dangerously Iranian vessel has used the canal since the Begin signed the peace treaty with Egyptian been copyrighted and is the exclusive Islamic Republic was established, while Israel President Anwar Sadat at Camp David March compounded. An estimated 60 percent of has sent missile boats and one of its Dolphin- 26, 1979, the Jewish state's defense budget fell Jordan's population is Palestinian. property of THE JEWISH VOICE class submarines southward into the Red Sea from 30 percent of its gross national product to "Israel's strategic environment is about to and cannot be reproduced without over the last two years. 7 percent. change," observed Daniel Levy director of the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu "For more than two decades, the structure of Middle East Task force at the New American the due consent of the publisher. declared, "We can see what an unstable region the Israeli forces was based on the assumption Foundation in Washington.