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HOW TO SELL ANTI-SEMITES

By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

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March 23, 2007 -- THE past few years have seen a concerted
international PR campaign to promote Dubai as a tolerant new Mecca
of Middle East moderation and amazing economic growth.

And it's working. Corporate giant Halliburton is moving its
headquarters there; the famed Louvre is opening a branch in the
emirate. Tourists are flocking to Dubai's luxury hotels.

But don't be fooled. Dubai, which is one of the seven princedoms of
the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is anything but tolerant and
progressive.

To put it bluntly: They don't like Jews.

In fact, Dubai, like the rest of the UAE, is blatantly anti-Semitic.
It bars all Israeli citizens from ever setting foot in the country.
People from other nations whose passport have stamps indicating
they've even visited Israel must notify Dubai immigration
authorities of the stamp before entering.

Dubai is also actively involved in the Arab boycott of Israel: It
bans all products made in Israel and even ones with parts made in
Israel.

But the emir of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
understands the value of using prominent Americans to legitimize his
country and burnish its image in the American media.

That's why former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton have
been the objects of Dubai largesse. Their Dubai friends have given
millions to each of their presidential libraries. And Bill Clinton
has raked in more than $1 million for speeches he's given in Dubai
and the UAE.

Dubai's PR machine went into high gear after 9/11 - in part to
distract attention from the extensive use the terrorists made of the
emirate. More than half of the hijackers traveled to the United
States via Dubai. The 9/11 Commission noted that $234,500 of the
$300,000 wired to the hijackers and plot leaders in America came via
Dubai banks.

Several months after 9/11, Dubai's newest best friend began his
public association with the country. In January 2002, Bill Clinton
gave his first Dubai speech (for $300,000). He' been legitimizing
the country ever since.

Clinton was the rainmaker who introduced the emir to his friend and
employer, Ron Berkle, the owner of Yucaipa companies and a major
fund-raiser for Bill and Hillary.

Last year, Yucaipa and the emir formed a new company, DIGL, for
their joint ventures. So Bill Clinton is now an adviser and member
of the board of directors of a company that is in partnership with
the anti-Israeli government of Dubai.

The Clintons won't reveal how much the former president pocketed for
setting up this deal, except to report on Hillary's Senate
disclosure form: "more than $1,000."

A lot more. According to San Francisco Examiner columnist P.J.
Corkery, Clinton makes $10 million a year from Yucaipa.

Bill isn't alone in legitimizing Dubai. Other Clinton pals -
including disgraced former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger,
ex-Secretary of State Madeline Albright and Al and Tipper Gore -
have attended highly publicized events there.

So have some Republicans - including former Bush Sr. Chief of Staff
John Sununu, presidential brother Neal Bush and Rudy Guiliani.

Republican ex-Sen. Bob Dole and Democratic ex-Rep. Tom Downey lobby
for Dubai; so does The Glover Park Group, home of Hillary Clinton
spokesman Howard Wolfson and former President Clinton press
secretary Joe Lockhart.

Major U.S. business leaders populate the many conferences sponsored
by Dubai and its industries.

All of this helps legitimize Dubai. And no one mentions the problem
with Israel.

Bill Clinton even created a Dubai Scholars Program at the American
University in Dubai under the sponsorship of the William Jefferson
Clinton Foundation. Laura Tyson, Clinton's chairman of the Council
of Economic Advisers, created a similar Dubai study program at the
University of London.

But not everyone is blind.

Last month, the University of Connecticut correctly abandoned plans
to open up a campus in Dubai after serious complaints about Dubai's
state-imposed discrimination of people based on their national
origin and religion and its documented violations of human rights.
(For example, Human Rights Watch has said Dubai abuses tens of
thousands of migrant workers from India and Pakistan.)

The Clinton Foundation certainly wouldn't sponsor a program in
America that banned Israeli students. It shouldn't sponsor one in
Dubai, either.

It's time to stop legitimizing an anti-Semitic state.

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