Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News ‘Faith’ Plan Puts Groups in Bind: Rights v. Funds
WASHINGTON — The latest twist in the White House drive for faith-based social services is putting Jewish organizations in an awkward dilemma, forcing them — so observers say — to choose between their traditional civil rights commitments and their growing dependence on taxpayer dollars to fund social-service programs. The debate has come to the surface…
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News Right To Fight Bush Palestinian Aid Plan
WASHINGTON — Right-wing groups are gearing up to fight a Bush administration plan to increase American aid to the Palestinians and channel it directly to the Palestinian Authority. The Zionist Organization of America and several Christian evangelical groups are planning to “try to convince Congress not to finance the evolution of a terrorist state,” said…
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News Bush Plans To Introduce Christian Rehab Program In Federal Prison System
WASHINGTON — Emboldened by the reported success of a Christian rehabilitation program in state prisons, the Bush administration is seeking ways to expand such programs to inmates in federal prisons. The head of the White House office for faith-based initiatives, Jim Towey, told reporters last week that President Bush had asked Attorney General John Ashcroft…
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News Views of Cease-Fire Differ Dramatically
WASHINGTON — Despite intense efforts by the Bush administration to broker a temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the extremist Hamas organization, officials on all sides are making it plain that Palestinian visions of the cease-fire differ drastically — and perhaps dangerously — from Israeli and American views. The United States has…
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News Groups Unite Over Day-Care Reform
WASHINGTON — Opposition to a Republican plan for reforming Head Start, America’s chief day-care program for poor children, is reuniting Jewish groups that have not worked together on domestic policy issues for some time. Many Jewish liberals are opposing the initiative because they are concerned that the proposed changes to Head Start, including an experiment…
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News Feith Seen as War-Plans Fall Guy
WASHINGTON — Douglas Feith, one of the leading hawks in the Pentagon, is coming under increasing criticism from within the administration, leading some to speculate about his future. Administration officials, particularly in the State Department, claim that Feith and his staff mishandled preparations for postwar Iraq on several fronts, including law enforcement and the recruitment…
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News Calls Mount for Int’l Troops in Territories
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration stepped up its pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to accept a cease-fire this week, pressure was mounting on Capitol Hill for an international military force to patrol the troubled territories and separate the sides. The proposal, which Israel rejects and President Bush has not embraced, was endorsed this…
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News American-Israeli Relations Strained Following Attack
WASHINGTON — The sudden surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence this week, and President Bush’s decision to criticize Israel for its role, appear to be driving Israel’s allies in Congress and the Jewish community toward a confrontation with the White House that most had sought to avoid until now. Bush angered pro-Israel groups on Tuesday by criticizing…
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