Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
-
News Instability Threatening Development in Gaza
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is worried that the Palestinian Authority’s reluctance to confront terrorism and lawlessness in Gaza Strip thwart international efforts to transform the area’s failing economy. There is widespread international agreement that vigorous economic development is necessary for Gaza to function effectively after Israel completes its pullout from the area. The international…
-
News Sharon Hailed, But Faces Party Revolt
WASHINGTON — Fresh off the rapid dismantling of 25 Jewish settlements, Israeli Prime Minister Sharon appears to be picking up political and diplomatic steam on several fronts. Israeli diplomats and Jewish activists in Washington say that Sharon’s government has been assured by the White House that the Bush administration will not pressure Jerusalem into additional…
-
News Peres Asking U.S. Jewry To Push Aid For Galilee
TEL AVIV — As Israel prepares for the Gaza pullout and presses Washington for an unprecedented $2 billion supplemental aid package to help develop its outlying regions, Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres is urging American Jews to support his government on both fronts. In an interview with the Forward, Peres said that Israel’s plan to…
-
News In a New Twist, Israeli Civil Rights Group Stands Up for Settlers
JERUSALEM — After more than three decades of defending Israel’s deprived minorities — Arab citizens, Palestinians in the territories, gays, foreign workers and the Reform and Conservative movements — the Association for Civil Rights in Israel has a new cause: the settlers and their allies. As the August 15 start date for the Gaza pullout…
-
News Israel Targets U.S. Foes of Gaza Plan
WASHINGTON — As settlers and their supporters ratchet up efforts to stop Israel’s planned Gaza pullout, Jerusalem is intensifying its efforts to build support for the plan and neutralize any American Jewish opposition. Last week, in a conference call with leaders of Jewish organizations, Israel’s minister of construction, Yitzhak Herzog, urged American Jews not to…
-
News Jewish Groups Backing Away From Talk of Opposing Court Pick
WASHINGTON — As rumors escalate of additional Supreme Court retirements, officials at Jewish organizations say they think it is increasingly unlikely that they will directly oppose or endorse any of the President Bush’s nominees. Bush is expected soon to nominate a successor to retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. In recent days, Washington has been abuzz…
-
News Hezbollah May Open Second Front To Foil Withdrawal
WASHINGTON — With Israel’s planned Gaza pullout just weeks away, officials in Jerusalem and Washington fear that either Hezbollah attacks or inept Palestinian Authority policing could dash hopes for an orderly withdrawal. Israeli and American officials are cautioning that Hezbollah militants in Lebanon may be trying to open a “second front” to complicate Jerusalem’s plan…
-
News Evangelicals Eye Middle Ground On Middle East
WASHINGTON — The nation’s main coalition of evangelical Christian churches is under internal pressure to adopt a Middle East policy for the first time, and observers expect the group to emerge more centrist and moderate than its current image. In recent weeks, key members of the National Association of Evangelicals, a loose federation of 52…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan
- 2
News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
- 3
News Antisemitism group keeps board member who emailed Epstein on the legality of transporting minors for sex
- 4
Fast Forward Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Credit Suisse had many more bank accounts with Nazi ties than previously known, investigation finds
-
Fast Forward Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert a million Russians discussed in Epstein files recording
-
Looking Forward Why am I so much better at singing in Hebrew than in English?
-
Fast Forward Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer headline as Team Israel announces its World Baseball Classic lineup
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
