Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News New Report Documents Saudi Funds For Hatred
WASHINGTON — A new report charging Saudi Arabia with funding the spread of anti-American and anti-Jewish invective in mosques across the country is prompting angry reactions in Congress and fueling legislative efforts to sanction the kingdom. The 90-page report published by the Freedom House, a Washington-based nonpartisan institute advocating freedom and democracy worldwide, is a…
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News Poll Finds Jewish Political Gap
WASHINGTON — The Bible Belt might represent the heart of Bush country, but a new study suggests that even among Jews, blue quickly turns to red at the sanctuary door. Released by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the new study found that while Jews generally tend to be more liberal than any…
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News Palestinians, Israelis To Seek Additional American Aid
WASHINGTON — As President Bush plans to ask Congress for additional aid for the Palestinian Authority, Israel is preparing the ground for its own supplemental request to help underwrite its planned withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank. Israel will ask for funds to establish a series of new crossing points along its…
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News Differences About Mideast Policy Divide U.S. Communal Groups
WASHINGTON — Sometimes, it seems, even good news is bad news when it comes to organized Jewish life. As Israel’s government prepares to pull out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank and resume talks with the Palestinians, American Jewish communal leaders are striving to protect their community from polarizing and to create a…
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News CIA-Linked Study Warns Of Bio-Terrorist Attacks During the Next 15 Years
WASHINGTON — A CIA-affiliated think tank is predicting that America is “likely” to be hit by bio-terrorist attacks at some point in the next 15 years. According to two recently released reports from respected think tanks, the country is still unprepared for strikes involving biological agents such as anthrax and smallpox. Taken together, the think…
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News Groups Sign on to Abortion Rights Effort
WASHINGTON — America’s two largest synagogue movements and several major national Jewish agencies are joining a campaign to oppose attempts to outlaw abortion, arguing that reproductive rights are a religious freedom. The campaign was launched this week by the National Council of Jewish Women on the 32nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court…
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News Opposition Developing To Bush Plan On Safety Net
WASHINGTON — With President Bush set to unveil his plan to overhaul Social Security, several key Jewish organizations are expressing opposition to any significant changes in the system and are gearing up for what they describe as a major fight to protect the nation’s chief safety net. But while most Jewish groups oppose the president’s…
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News Israel Trying To Reduce Expectations
WASHINGTON — With the world cheering Mahmoud Abbas’s victory this week, Israel is seeking America’s assistance in reducing Arab and European expectations of a major peace-process breakthrough. Since Abbas was elected head of the Palestinian Authority on Sunday, Arab and European governments have been focusing on an accelerated resumption of political negotiations between Israelis and…
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