A critic of Saudi Arabia was kicked off a panel about the kingdom co-sponsored by the Saudis and The New Republic magazine. Stephen Schwartz, who has written a book linking the Saudis to the funding of the terrorist group Hamas, told the Forward that the magazine agreed to drop him from an Oct. 2 forum at the Saudis’ request.
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