Category: In the Media
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AP: NY Judge Rules Against Principal Seeking Arabic School Job Back
December 5th NEW YORK (AP) — The free-speech rights of the founding principal of the city’s first Arabic-themed school were not violated when she was forced out after being criticized for what she said during a newspaper interview, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein made the finding as he read a…
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CAIA: Protesting the JNF: Community Groups Oppose Fundraising for Illegal “Canada Park”
On December 2nd, two hundred people from a host of community organizations braved the first snowstorm of the winter to protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Negev Dinner held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto. This year’s JNF dinner aimed to raise 7 million dollars for the refurbishment of the illegal “Canada Park”.…
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Ha’aretz: Dichter cancels U.K. trip over fears of ‘war crimes’ arrest
By: Barak Ravid Public Security Minister Avi Dichter canceled a trip to Britain over concerns he would be arrested due to his involvement in the decision to assassinate the head of Hamas’ military wing in July 2002. Fifteen people were killed in the bombing of Salah Shehade’s house in Gaza, among them his wife and…