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Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) participated on Sunday in a conference held by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in New York. Speaking during the event, Shaked slammed the BDS movement, calling it “a new extension of terrorism.” “BDS is the new face of terror. While in Gaza [terrorists] are digging underground tunnels into Israel, the BDS movement is digging tunnels to undermine the foundations and values of Israel. We have to stop these tunnels as well.” …

A House bill introduced last year by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist entity cleared the House Judiciary Committee today. The bill details many links of the Brotherhood to terrorism, including the endorsement of violence in Egypt last year in response to a "war against Islam's principles." It notes that Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have banned the Brotherhood. Not more than 60 days after enactment of the bill, the State Department would have to submit a report to Congress on whether the Muslims Brotherhood meets the criteria to be designated...

President Obama and his administration continue to support the global Islamist militant group known the Muslim Brotherhood. A White House strategy document regards the group as a moderate alternative to more violent Islamist groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State. The policy of backing the Muslim Brotherhood is outlined in a secret directive called Presidential Study Directive-11, or PSD-11. The directive was produced in 2011 and outlines administration support for political reform in the Middle East and North Africa, according to officials familiar with the classified study. Efforts to force the administration to release the directive or portions of...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim civil rights group that has frequently drawn fire from conservatives, has regained its tax-exempt status. The Washington, D.C.-based CAIR and its related foundation were two of about 275,000 nonprofits that lost tax exempt status last year for not filing tax returns for three years in a row. Last month, the Internal Revenue Service sent a letter to the CAIR-Foundation Inc., saying the nonprofit had regained its tax-exempt status.

Nuclear power is always unsafe, says Greenpeace * From: AAP * March 14, 2011 10:22AM ENVIRONMENTALISTS say the possibly catastrophic failure of a Japanese nuclear reactor shows that nuclear power can never be safe. Two reactors at the Fukushima plant in north-eastern Japan have been damaged by the devastating earthquake which struck nearby on Friday, and at least one is in danger of meltdown. Radiation has been released into the air after an explosion at one reactor, and although authorities have said it is not intense enough to affect human health, they have ordered evacuations of people living within 20km....

WELL, THEY GOT ME... The First Amendment and I have been evicted from ABC Radio in Washington, DC. On July 25th, the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded that I be “punished” for my on-air statements regarding Islam and its tragic connections to terrorism. Three days later, 630 WMAL and ABC Radio suspended me without pay for comments deemed “hate radio” by CAIR. CAIR immediately announced that my punishment was insufficient and demanded I be fired. ABC Radio and 630 WMAL have now complied. I have been fired for making the specific comments CAIR deemed “offensive,” and for refusing to retract...

The Palestine Liberation Organization United Nations observer mission is sponsoring a Security Council discussion about the separation plan, and agreements exchanged by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. President George W. Bush. Informed sources in New York told Haaretz that the PLO observer intends to initiate a Security Council meeting on April 23. On that day, the UN secretary-general's Middle East envoy, Terje Larsen will present Security Council members his monthly briefing on circumstances in the territories. The PLO mission intends to convert Larsen's briefing into an open discussion about Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and the issue of the right...

The Arab Legue has published a memo stating that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's threats against PA Chairman Yasser Arafat are aggravating the security situation in the Palestinian territories. "Arafat is the Palestinian elected leader," the memo states, "and a threat upon him is equal to a threat upon the Palestinian nation, a threat which leads to a further deterioration in relations between Israel and the Palestinian Administration, and to a deterioration in the regional situation in general." Prime Minister Sharon stated this week in interviews that anyone who plans to kill Jews, or sends others to kill Jews, "is marked...

Parents of ISM activist Rachel Corrie, killed in Gaza by IDF bulldozer in March, call for independent U.S. probe into death

Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has endorsed a plan to overhaul the Fatah movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials in Ramallah disclosed Thursday. They said the changes are aimed at reorganizing Fatah and replacing many of its veteran operatives. The move is seen by some officials as an attempt by Arafat to tighten his grip on Fatah and flush out activists who appear to have shifted their loyalty to PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and his Minister of State for Security, Muhammed Dahlan. According to one official, Arafat has allocated $1.5 million for the plan. He...