1. Steven Plaut was an Israeli economist, academic and writer.
11 Facts About Steven Plaut
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Steven Plaut was an associate professor of Business Administration at the University of Haifa as well as a member of the editorial board of the Middle East Quarterly, a publication of the Middle East Forum think tank.
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Steven Plaut died on January 17,2017, in Haifa, Israel at the age of 65 after battling cancer for many years.
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Steven Plaut was an outspoken critic of the Israeli-Arab peace process and Israel's unilateral withdrawal policy.
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Steven Plaut was critical of many Israeli left-wing figures, as well as some Americans such as Michael Lerner and Norman Finkelstein, whom he described as self-hating Jews and apologists for terrorism that are promoting the destruction of Israel.
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Steven Plaut was opposed to what he saw as left-wing extremism in Israeli universities, and was actively involved in Isracampus, a self-proclaimed watchdog organization that publicizes anti-Israel people and groups.
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Steven Plaut was sued for libel by Neve Gordon, a faculty member at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Politics and Government, claiming that Steven Plaut slandered him in certain articles and alleged e-mails.
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In May 2006, the Nazareth Magistrate's Court ruled in favor of Gordon, and ordered Steven Plaut to pay Gordon 80,000 shekels in compensation plus 15,000 shekels in legal fees.
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In March 2013, a letter from Steven Plaut was received by the office of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey.
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Steven Plaut apologized for Israel not killing a larger number of "terrorists" on the flotilla ship.
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Steven Plaut claimed it was time to give back "occupied Constantinople" to its "true owner", namely, Greece.