Monday, September 19, 2005

The Observer | Comment | Philanthropy lives

The Observer | Comment | Philanthropy lives: "Tom Hunter is a welcome throwback to the days of Carnegie

Ruaridh Nicoll
Sunday September 18, 2005
The Observer

The first meeting between Bill Clinton and Scottish entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter took place on a December night at the Glasgow Hilton, a burning effigy of the former President warming those waiting in the chill outside.

It was 2001 and Clinton was in Glasgow to speak at a fundraising dinner for the Jewish National Fund.

The JNF is accused of but denies maintaining links with settler groups buying land on the West Bank. Hunter ignored the protesters. The two men met and Hunter joined Clinton for a trip in Africa in July. Then, the week before last, Clinton slipped into Prestwick to visit Hunter at home in Troon."

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