Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-Up

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Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-Up
Formation1999
Dissolved2003
TypeForeign Policy
Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi
Chairman
Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Websitezayedcenter.org (via archive.org)

The Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-Up was set up in 1999 as the think-tank of the Arab League. It was named after and principally funded by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). His son, Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the deputy prime-minister of the UAE, served as its chairman.[1][2]

Based in Abu Dhabi, the center hosted lectures by notable personalities such as former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, and former French President Jacques Chirac. The think-tank, however, became embroiled in controversy when it became known that it also disseminated and provided a platform for anti-American, anti-Semitic, and extreme anti-Israel views.[3][4] As a result of international outcry, Sheikh Zayed shut down the center in August 2003, saying that the think-tank "had engaged in a discourse that starkly contradicted the principles of interfaith tolerance."[5]

Controversy and criticism

The Anti-Defamation League alleges that the center regularly published anti-Semitic and conspiracy-theory literature, and promulgated anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism through its speakers and official publications.

According to the ADL website, speakers at the center have described

Palestinian children by lacing the water "used by some Palestinian schools" with chemicals. Some Zayed speakers engaged in attempts to deny the Holocaust
.

Speakers included Mr. Rami Tahbob, advisor to Al Quds' File on Arab Affairs, who claimed that Israel was trying to control the Palestinian population through the use of "chemical drugs," according to the Zayed Center website;

foreign policy of the U.S. has been purchased by "Jewish gangsters" and "Christian Zionists."[8] LaRouche opposed its closing down.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ About Us | Zayed Center Home Page
  2. ^ ADL Backgrounder: The Zayed Center. Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ The Think Tank of the Arab League: The Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up (ZCCF) | MEMRI
  4. ^ "Arab Forum Assails Jews, '9/11' Propaganda" | Los Angeles Times
  5. ^ "Harvard to Return 2.5m given by Arab president" | Boston Globe
  6. ^ "Controversial American Author to Give Talk in Malaysia" Malaysia General News, August 22, 2004.
  7. ^ "The Middle East As A Strategic Crossroad" by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. June 2, 2002
  8. ^ "ADL Backgrounder: The Zayed Center" Updated: September 15, 2003
  9. ^ "LaRouche Defends Zayed Centre" by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Aug. 31, 2003 (EIRNS)

External links

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