Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News Court Faces Fight Over Teen Executions
WASHINGTON — In an effort to end America’s status as the only Western nation to execute juveniles, more than 30 religious organizations have come together to urge the Supreme Court to outlaw the practice. The coalition of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist organizations signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday, which argued that such…
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News Senate Report on Iraq Intel Points to Role of Jerusalem
WASHINGTON — Cooperation between Israel and the United States helped produce a series of intelligence failures in the lead up to the Iraq war, according to separate reports issued by members of the Senate and the Knesset. The Senate Intelligence Committee, in its report issued last week, blasted the Central Intelligence Agency for poor intelligence…
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News Pro-Israel Activists Start Media Campaign
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of American Jewish activists launched a concerted pre-emptive media campaign this week to minimize negative publicity for Israel, as the International Court of Justice in the Hague rules on Israel’s West Bank security fence. The activists set off a newly created network and applied skills that they acquired during a three-day pro-Israel…
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News Sharon Faces American Diplomatic Chill
WASHINGTON — In a sign of what could be an emerging chill in U.S.-Israeli diplomacy, the Bush administration is expressing disappointment with the slow pace at which Israel’s government is dismantling illegal outposts in the West Bank. The administration also is rejecting an Israeli demand that international financial aid to the Palestinian Authority be conditioned…
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News Muslim Students Get Apology In a Tiff Over ‘Shahada’ Scarf
WASHINGTON — The Anti-Defamation League last week issued an unusual retraction and apology for suggesting that Islam’s declaration of faith, the Shahada, is an “expression of hate” that is “closely identified” with terrorism. The ADL did not apologize, however, for suggesting that Muslim students at the University of California, Irvine, who wore stoles carrying their…
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News White House Cool to Palestinian Proposal To Hold General Elections
WASHINGTON — In another diplomatic victory for Israel’s government, the Bush administration is turning a cold shoulder to a Palestinian initiative that would schedule general elections in the West Bank and Gaza as soon as January 2005. The Palestinians are touting the idea as a tool to produce a new, reformed leadership, but the administration…
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News Conservatives Cut Social Action Officer
WASHINGTON — As the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly steps up its social action, the movement’s association of synagogues has axed its social-action officer to save money. The two unrelated developments represent a temporary shift in the gentle contest between the Conservative movement’s congregational arm and its rabbinical union over social action and involvement in public…
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News Bush Pushing Israel on Terms Of Disengagement From Gaza
WASHINGTON — As Israel prepares to withdraw from Gaza, the Bush administration is laying down a stiff series of expectations that could set the stage for a rocky few months between Washington and Jerusalem, pro-Israel activists say. President Bush expects Israel to start taking steps to rehabilitate Gaza’s shattered economy by setting up mechanisms to…
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