Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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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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News Schools Chief Boosts Christian Values
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Education Rod Paige is refusing to resign or even apologize for comments he made in an interview praising schools that teach Christian values over public schools. In an interview published earlier this month in the Baptist Press, a news service of the Southern Baptist Convention, Paige said: “All things equal, I…
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News U.S.-Israel Differences Deepen on Peace ‘Map’
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration turns its attention from war in Iraq to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, differences seem to be deepening between Washington and Jerusalem over the terms of the American-led “road map” to peace. The main dispute between the two allies hinges on what conditions, if any, the Palestinians must…
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News Long Path Ahead for Establishing Rule of Law in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Looting, vandalism and murderous retribution — the visible expressions of lawlessness that immediately followed the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime — do not even begin “to touch the tip of the iceberg” of the legal challenge that America and its allies face in Iraq, says Neil Kritz, one of the nation’s leading experts…
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News Jerusalem Urges Bush: Next Target Hezbollah
WASHINGTON — Israel is urging the Bush administration to target Hezbollah following the war in Iraq, arguing that the militant Shiite organization threatens the stability of the Middle East and the security of the United States worldwide. Based in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has stepped up its anti-American rhetoric since the start of the war in…
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News Foreign Policy Scholars Criticize Pipes Nomination
WASHINGTON — Foreign policy hands and Middle East pundits responded with surprise and disbelief this week to the presidential nomination of Daniel Pipes, an outspoken Middle East hawk, to the board of the United States Institute of Peace, a federal institution dedicated to preventing, managing and peacefully resolving international conflicts. Some scholars say that there…
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News Foreign Minister Brings Word Of Concessions on ‘Road Map’
WASHINGTON — Despite its public criticisms of the internationally sponsored “road map” to Middle East peace, the Israeli government quietly has agreed to accept the plan and help shore up the new Palestinian prime minister. These concessions came in a surprise meeting Monday between Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and President Bush. Apparently in response, the…
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News U.N. Envoy See Opening as Blair Prods for Peace
WASHINGTON — With fresh signs that the White House is set to release a controversial new Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, tension mounted this week among American Jewish activists preparing to gather in Washington for an annual show of political strength. About 5,000 activists are expected to arrive in Washington Sunday for what is being billed as…
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