Archive for June 28th, 2007

Tony Blair will be moving to Jerusalem to become the Quartet's special peace envoy to the Middle East. A statement released Wednesday by U.N. headquarters in New York confirmed Blair's appointment, which was reportedly agreed upon yesterday in Jerusalem at a meeting of the Quartet, the diplomatic grouping made up of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the...
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By The Associated Press   Tony Blair said in an interview published Thursday that he will begin his new job as special Middle East envoy for the Quartet immediately, and will probably travel to the region as early as next month. The former British prime minister who officially stepped down on Wednesday said he would begin preparing the ground...
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ADL Director slams American Christian group for Israel divestment call Yaakov Lappin The United Methodist Church's call to divest from companies linked to Israel "is bordering on anti-Semitism," Anti-Defamation League Director Abraham Foxman told Ynetnews on Wednesday.   Foxman furiously condemned recommendations made by the New England branch of the Methodist Church for its members to divest "from twenty companies identified...
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AMMAN, 28 June 2007 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, who arrived here yesterday on the last leg of his five-nation tour, urged Palestinian groups to stand united to protect their national interests. He warned that their continuing infighting would destroy all hope of setting up an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. The Saudi...
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By Cal Thomas        http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Sometimes, for those who pay attention, the stars align and produce spectacular effects in the cosmos and on earth. A similar effect can occasionally be produced through journalism. On June 26, the Washington Post featured three stories on its World News page that should teach a lesson to anyone who wishes to pay attention....
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David Horovitz, Sanctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to stop Iran's drive to nuclear weapons, the US's former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Worse still, according to Ambassador Bolton, the Bush administration does not recognize...
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by Robert E. Rector WebMemo #1523 Last week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers issued a report entitled "Immigration's Economic Impact" which defended the President's promotion of the Senate's "comprehensive" immigration legislation (S.1348). On June 25, the White House issued a follow-up editorial elaborating on the points made in the CEA report. These publications criticized Heritage Foundation research on...
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CHICAGO (AFP) - Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says.  Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation's largest doctors group said in a report. The...
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The White House sent out a message to "Jewish Leaders" last Wednesday. For some reason, I, an Arab-American Christian journalist, received a copy. (This won't surprise those who deride me as a "neocon," which has become a euphemism for Jew.) The message came from Jeremy Katz of the Office of Public Liaison, who identifies himself as the...
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 America's movie industry is a potent weapon of global reach that has shaped the world's imagination for generations. In that sense, "A Mighty Heart," the movie that pretends to tell the story of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and beheaded in 2002 by Islamic jihadists in Pakistan, ranks as a travesty. Pearl's story is...
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