(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/17/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced that Muslim contract employees at a Dell Inc. plant in Nashville, Tenn., have reached a settlement on issues related to a recent dispute over prayer in the workplace. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the 31 Muslim employees, who […]

The stacked deck produced a whitewash. That’s the take many observers have of things at Columbia University, where last week a panel of Israel-phobic academics found “no evidence” that professors in the Middle Eastern studies department made anti-Semitic remarks meant to bully Jewish students. Here’s the wrinkle: How can anyone trust the committee’s findings, given […]

A major dispute has flared between leaders of the nation’s security establishment regarding easing restrictions for Palestinian Authority residents. At stake: Jewish lives vs. Palestinian poverty. Two weeks ago, at a meeting that took place in Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz’s office just prior to the Purim holiday, the heads of the security establishment were asked […]

Karol Wojtyla, better known as Pope John Paul II, it is said, had good relations with Jews back in his native Poland, in the “old days”. And although I might not be the most in favor of inter-reliMIngious dialogue (I believe religions exist because of their differences and blurring those differences is an untruth), this […]

Israel Railways has announced a 280 million shekel ($65 million) plan to connect terror centers Jenin and Gaza with the national railways. Railway officials hope the trains will promote economic growth, while critics of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan point to parts of the plan to suggest that, even after Israeli withdrawals, Israelis and […]

TEL AVIV [MENL] — Israeli police have procured vehicles, weapons and horses for the expulsion of 10,000 Israelis from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. Officials said German-bred horses would bolster the police force of 6,000 officers trained to remove the residents from 21 communities in the Gaza Strip and four in the northern […]

In the coming days Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to meet with President George Bush to finalize arrangements for a unilateral Israeli pull out from the Gaza Strip. Under the Sharon plan, Israel would withdraw its military forces from Gaza, remove all Jewish settlements and permit the Palestinians to administer the area as […]

April 11, 2005 Protest Rally in Crawford, Texas LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Dear Friends, In today’s Jerusalem Post, Tuesday March 29, 2005, there was an article entitled, “PM’s OFFICE WORRIES ABOUT PROTESTS DURING U.S. VISIT.” “Officials in the Prime Minister’s office said they have received intelligence information […]

It may be against U.S. law to use American weapons or aid to carry out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan to remove Jewish settlers from their homes in Gaza and parts of the West Bank, legal analysts and key Israeli politicians told WorldNetDaily. The Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli police, many of whom use American-made […]

JERUSALEM – Responding to the Knesset’s overwhelming decision Monday to deny Israelis the chance to vote on surrendering land to the Arabs, the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip (Yesha) said it would prevent the planned retreat nonetheless. Spokespersons for the council said on the day Prime Minister Ariel Sharon […]