By ALAN VAN CAPELLE I am grateful that the Senate Judiciary Committee successfully passed a bill that, for millions of aspiring Americans, will create a path to citizenship. But the bill is incomplete and unjust. I am gravely concerned that Judiciary Committee members failed to stand up and fight for immigration equality for LGBT couples. [...]
By ANAV SILVERMAN Tazpit News Agency In early May, Turkish Airlines hosted an unusual group of passengers flying from Israel to Istanbul. A special group of wildlife animals from Israel’s Ramat Gan Safari and the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo were flown to Turkey on May 7. Turkish zookeepers located at the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Natural Life [...]
By NANCY K. KAUFMAN The best anti-poverty program we have ever had just turned 78, and many in Congress as well as the president want to cut its essential benefits. At a time when millions were near starvation during the depths of the Depression, the U.S. adopted the system of social insurance we know today [...]
It is increasingly difficult for Iranians to access popular websites like Google, Facebook, and YouTube to find information about the elections outside of state-run and semi-official news outlets. Read more here.
In a 15-to-3 vote Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed legislation that would provide Syrian rebels with “limited lethal and non-lethal assistance” as well as military training for certain groups. Read more here.
An Israeli security official says security forces are altering their previous “silk gloves” approach to rioters such as a group of Palestinians who entered Jerusalem on Friday without passing through a security checkpoint. The Palestinians used hammers to make a hole in the security barrier between Jerusalem and Abu Dis. The Palestinian fence breach and [...]
The newly released International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 by the U.S. State Department study found an increase in antisemitism as well as persecution of Christians and other minorities. “Holocaust denial and glorification remained troubling themes, and opposition to Israeli policy at times was used to promote or justify blatant antisemitism,” the report says. It [...]
Over the past three months, some 200 firebombs and 80 explosive devices have been thrown at worshippers and Israeli soldiers at Rachel’s Tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The figures were provided by senior Israel Defense Forces and Border Police officers during a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense [...]
The Zionist Organization of American has had its tax-exempt status reinstated by the IRS, the organization says. The ZOA, which was founded in 1897, is one of the oldest Zionist organizations in the world. It lost its tax-exempt status in early 2011 after it failed to provide the IRS with tax filings for three consecutive [...]
The request to formally add Hezbollah’s military wing to the EU’s list of terror groups was initiated by the United Kingdom and will be discussed in early June, several European Union (EU) diplomats told AFP. Read more here.