The shirts are to be worn at the Israel Day Parade this Sunday and the subsequent concert. "The goal is to flood the area with orange in support of our brethren in Gush Katif," say the organizers. Participating communities include Lawrence, Woodmere, Passaic, Teaneck, Bergenfield, Monsey, Engelwood, Edison/Highland Park, Brooklyn, Milford and Manhattan. For more information, contact "randbk@aol.com" or "smarstan@aol.com".
Ladaat.net reports that Rabbi David Druckman, Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Motzkin and a strongly vocal opponent of the disengagement plan, plans to move to Gush Katif tomorrow.
Ladaat.net reports that Rabbi David Druckman, Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Motzkin and a strongly vocal opponent of the disengagement plan, plans to move to Gush Katif tomorrow.


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By John F. Harris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 1, 2005; Page A01
In 2001, in the opening months of his ex-presidency, Bill Clinton confided to an aide that he had decided on his dream job for the next chapter of his life: secretary general of the United Nations.
The goal may not be realistic, he acknowledged, but he then went on to analyze all the factors in minute detail, as though he were preparing for a political campaign: whether a U.S. president would ever see fit to back him, for one, and what it would take to persuade other nations to bend the long-standing tradition that the top job does not go to someone from a country with permanent status on the U.N. Security Council.

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By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, SEOUL
North Korea on May 31 accused the United States of planning a war under the guise of a new strategic military proposal for South Korea, days after protesting the deployment of U.S. stealth fighters there.
The United States and South Korea have been negotiating a “strategic flexibility” plan, to turn U.S. bases here into a regional hub for sending joint U.S.-Korean forces under American command into potential regional conflicts.
Pyongyang, which is engaged in a tense standoff with Washington over its nuclear program, on May 31 again charged through its state-run media that the Western superpower is preparing to invade the Stalinist state.

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Dozens of other intersections feature impromptu protests at various times during the week. These and other "turning the country orange" activities are detailed on a weekly "Orange email" list, written and distributed by Yoni Goldblatt, a student of the Technion University in Haifa.

"It's important that everyone find two weekly hours to join in and paint the country orange!" Goldblatt writes. The email list is sent out, in Hebrew, to some 5,000 people around the country, "and the more we send out, the more people will arrive at our activities - so tell your friends!"
Some 100 members of the Machal group - Mateh Chiloni Leumi (Secular Nationalists Against the Disengagement) - protested against the expulsion this past Sabbath at the Shefayim Mall north of Raanana. Participants reported surprisingly high cooperation among the shoppers, who received much literature explaining the dangers of the retreat/expulsion plan. Machal founder Yaron Olami explained:

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DEAD SEA (JT) — European Parliament President Josep Borrell Fontelles on Saturday announced plans to hold the next meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly in Jericho, as a "symbolic" gesture to show Europe's determination to help the Arab-Israeli peace process.
"Notwithstanding all the difficulties, I believe it is important that the Euro-Med Parliamentary Assembly meets in Jericho, at the core of the [Palestinian-Israeli] conflict," Borrell, a Spaniard, told a press conference at the World Economic Forum here. "It would be highly symbolic."  

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By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is sitting out the argument in Europe this week over the fate of the long drive to unite 25 nations under a single constitution, but the Bush administration stands to lose if the drive collapses.
The United States, as the premier world power and Europe's closest ally, would prefer to deal with one main authority in Europe on trade, political and security matters. The proposed constitution also would smooth the way toward the U.S. goal of an expanded European alliance.

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Nancy Levant
In the 2005-2006 school year, all parents will receive written notice of new policies from your children’s schools. Many schools will ask you to sign permission slips, allowing school counselors or “advocates” to have conversations with your children. You will be told how your local schools are now involved in vision and dental screenings, learning disabilities and speech impediment screenings, and other acts of kindness, but watch for the small print or the extra little blurb, which states that your children will also be evaluated for emotional wellness. Watch for wording like “happiness indicators” or “family participation.” 

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By Julie Blim and Scott Ross
The 700 Club
CBN.com – Scott Ross sat down with Katrina, author of Married to Muhammed, to learn more about her 14-year marriage to a Muslim, her brave escape, and her new life today.
KATRINA: My weekly allowance was $1,200.
SCOTT ROSS: To do what with? What did you buy?
KATRINA: Anything I wanted.
SCOTT ROSS (reporting): That was just her spending money. Katrina’s new husband also showered her with fabulous gifts.
KATRINA: Nine-carat tennis bracelets, limousine trips, a trip around the world, build any home I wanted. I had seven homes at one point in my life.

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By Meron Rapaport, Haaretz Correspondent  
The Knesset will Wednesday debate an urgent motion for the agenda filed by MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) about the plan to destroy some 90 houses of Palestinian residents in Jerusalem's Silwan quarter.
Zahalka said the plan is a "declaration of war" on the Palestinians of East Jerusalem and called on the owners of the houses earmarked for demolition to entrench themselves inside to prevent the destruction

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JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST  May. 31, 2005

Israel could defend itself without the Golan Heights, outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon told Asharq Al-Awsat in a rare interview with the London-based pan-Arab daily, which is seen as the most important newspaper in the Arab world.
Responding to Ya'alon's statement, MK Gideon Sa'ar said the "Chief of Staff acted irresponsibly and inappropriately."
Deputy Agriculture Minister Gila Gamliel estimated that Ya'alon's comments were a move toward a political career in the Labor party, Israel Radio reported.

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A smuggling ring specializing in bringing Iranians into the U.S. over the Mexico border has been broken up in an FBI sting operation.
A 39-year-old Iranian with permanent legal residency status who is suspected of having smuggled 60 other Iranians into the U.S. was arrested Thursday in Mesa, Ariz., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
At his arraignment yesterday, Zeayadali Malhamdary, who owns a tailoring business, pleaded not guilty. He faces a detention hearing tomorrow.
Iran has long been designated a terrorist state by the U.S. State Department and FBI.
The FBI began investigating Malhamdary after a source told immigration officials that Malhamdary had sought help getting false Mexican visas so he could bring Iranians into Mexico and then across the border into Arizona.
The source also told investigators that Malhamdary had asked for help bringing his sister into the United States. According to the probable cause statement by FBI Agent Aaron Kellerman, the source didn't help him, but the sister did arrive in Arizona.

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TEHRAN (AFP) May 31, 2005
Iran announced Tuesday it had successfully tested a new solid fuel missile motor for its arsenal of medium-range ballistic missiles, a technological breakthrough that sparked fresh alarm in Israel.
"It was a test of a motor and not a test of a missile," a defence ministry official told AFP, clarifying earlier reports in the Iranian press that a missile itself was tested on Sunday.
A defence ministry statement quoted Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani as saying that "the more durable fuel allows the missile to be more accurate", and said the new technology could be built into Iran's Shahab-3 missiles.

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