Israel will not freeze settlement construction for natural growth, despite intense pressure from the Obama administration to do so, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Archive for May, 2009
PM won’t freeze settlement construction for natural growth
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Obama decries murder of abortion doctor
Sunday, May 31st, 2009The White House issued a statement Sunday evening from President Obama on the murder of George Tiller. Here’s what the president said:
Abortion doc George Tiller gunned down at church
Sunday, May 31st, 2009WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, a prominent advocate for abortion rights wounded by a protester more than a decade ago, was shot and killed Sunday at a church in Wichita where he was serving as an usher and his wife was in the choir, his attorney said.
Lebanon on ‘full alert’ ahead of IDF Home Front Command drill
Saturday, May 30th, 2009Lebanese army sources said on Saturday that the country’s military had been placed “on full alert,” ahead of Israel’s large-scale Home Front Command drill expected to begin on Sunday.
Gates: Nuclear-armed N. Korea not acceptable
Saturday, May 30th, 2009The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday at an international conference.
Obama sure Sotomayor would restate 2001 comment
Friday, May 29th, 2009WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under intensifying scrutiny for saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better decision than a white male judge. “I’m sure she would have restated it,” Obama flatly told NBC News, without indicating how he knew that.
Bibles Destroyed in Afghanistan… By U.S. Military
Friday, May 29th, 2009On May 4, Al Jazeera English ran a report suggesting that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan may have been violating anti-proselytizing rules by distributing Dari-and Pashto-language New Testament Bibles
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BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon Burns Soldiers Bibles – Military Chaplains Attacked
Friday, May 29th, 2009
A Pentagon spokesman under the Obama Administration has just acknowledged seizing and burning the privately owned Bibles of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The Bibles had been printed in the local Pashto and Dari languages, and sent by private donors last year to American Christian soldiers and chaplains, for distribution to American troops on overseas military bases during optionally-attended Christian worship services. Had the Bibles not been recently seized and destroyed, they could have legally been given as gifts during off-duty time to Afghani citizens who welcome our troops in their homes, as an expression of American gratitude for Afghani hospitality, promoting the democratic ideals of freedom of religion and freedom of the press.
Oil Is Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up?
Friday, May 29th, 2009Storage tankers across the globe may be brimming with oil that no one is buying because of the global economic downturn, but the traditional laws of supply and demand don’t always apply to oil prices. Drivers have faced rising prices at the gas pump in recent months, as investors and oil-producing countries hoard supplies in anticipation of a global economic recovery later this year.
Abortion Rights Backers Get Reassurances on Nominee
Friday, May 29th, 2009The White House scrambled yesterday to assuage worries from liberal groups about Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s scant record on abortion rights, delivering strong but vague assurances that the Supreme Court nominee agrees with President Obama’s belief in constitutional protections for a woman’s right to the procedure.