Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News No Discussion Of Settlements, Diplomats Say
WASHINGTON — Despite the road map’s requirement of Israeli steps toward a settlement construction freeze, Israel and the United States have not held any detailed discussions of the steps that would be involved in such a move, senior Israeli diplomatic sources said. American administration sources confirmed the Israeli account. The text of the “road map”…
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News Muslim Clergymen Repudiate Schoolbooks’ Bigoted Content
Two of New York’s most prominent Muslim clerics have publicly spoken out against antisemitic content in Islamic textbooks used in local Muslim schools, after the issue was brought to their attention by a group of Jewish community leaders. The textbooks, used in Muslim parochial schools in Brooklyn and Queens, contain claims that Jews “killed their…
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News U.S. Groups Seek To Cast Peace ‘Map’ As a Threat
WASHINGTON — Despite American assurances that Israel will not be endangered by President Bush’s “road map” to peace — and despite Israel’s in-principle acceptance of the road map — several leading American-Jewish organizations are working to cast doubt on the plan and depict it as a threat to Israeli security. American assurances to Israel under…
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News Misquoted About Schools, Paige Is Hearing Apologies
WASHINGTON — Two national Jewish organizations are apologizing to Education Secretary Rod Paige for their criticisms of him over a public endorsement of schools that teach “the values of the Christian community,” after it was disclosed that he had been misquoted. The Anti-Defamation League and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism issued the apologies…
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News Exhibit Sheds Light on Nazi Suppression Of Free Speech
WASHINGTON — For the past decade, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has focused on the Nazi campaign to persecute and murder Europe’s Jews. But this week, the museum marked its 10th anniversary by opening an exhibition on a topic that is not explicitly and specifically Jewish: Hitler’s war on free thought and free speech….
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News U.S. Set To Verify Fulfillment of Peace Plan Requirements
WASHINGTON — A special addendum to the “road map,” the American-led plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, says that the United States will take the lead in verifying that Israel and the Palestinians fulfill the plan’s requirements. This leading American role — especially on the question of whether the Palestinian Authority is meeting the plan’s…
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News New Welfare Plan Said To Deal Blow To Single Mothers
WASHINGTON — Republican efforts to tighten America’s chief welfare plan could drive poor single mothers deeper into poverty, according to a new report. The current welfare plan, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, was enacted as part of the celebrated welfare reform legislation passed by the Clinton administration in 1996. It ended nearly six…
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News WELCOME TO WASHINGTON
Senate Approves ‘Faith-Based’ Bill The Senate last week passed an amended version of the Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act, a bill that encourages charitable donations to faith-based organizations by offering donors tax breaks and other incentives. Ninety-five senators backed the bill. Only five were opposed. The bill, which is the legislative centerpiece of…
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