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 Al-Watan, August 12, 2005 (Oman)
In Arabic, on the door: "The Iranian Nuclear File". | | Click to Enlarge | - Falwell Urged To Retract Call to “Vote Christian”
The Reverend Jerry Falwell was strongly criticized for his recent appeal to his constituency to "vote Christian in 2008.” The League urged him to retract his "divisive and un-American" call to action.
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In the News: Associated Press
- Dobson Compares Stem-Cell Research to Nazi Experiments
In a Focus on the Family radio broadcast, the religious organization’s founder and chairman, Dr. James C. Dobson, compared embryonic stem-cell research to the medical experiments carried out by Nazi doctors during the Holocaust. In a letter to Dobson, ADL said there is no legitimate comparison between stem-cell research, which seeks to find a cure for disease and to counter human suffering, and the perversion of science represented by the actions of Nazi doctors.
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In the News: Associated Press
- Dutch Action Sought Against Internet Video Satirizing the Holocaust
ADL has urged the Dutch government to take swift action against a video on a Dutch Web site. Titled "Housewitz," it presents the Auschwitz concentration camp as the venue for a house music party. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor, said that the video "directly insults the Jewish people and denigrates the memory of the six million Jews and others who perished at the hands of the Nazis." More>>
- Belafonte Hits Sour Note With Nazi Imagery
Harry Belafonte's statement that "Hitler had a lot of Jews high up in the hierarchy of the Third Reich," was called "ignorant and offensive.” The League urged the singer to apologize. More>>
- Animal Rights Group Should Stop Using Holocaust Imagery
ADL called on the National Primate Research Exhibition Hall to stop comparing the abusive treatment of animals to the suffering of millions during the Holocaust. More>>
- Catholic School Educators Travel to Israel for “Bearing Witness”
Thirty educators from Catholic schools across the country traveled to Israel as part of an advance course of study on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust through the League’s acclaimed study program, Bearing Witness Advanced: Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust & Contemporary Issues.
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In the News: The Jerusalem Post
- Campus Newspaper Editors To Visit Israel During Gaza Disengagement
A group of campus newspaper editors from the U.S. will be on the ground in Israel to witness the immediate impact of Gaza disengagement as part of a program designed to give college journalists an up-close look at the issues surrounding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. More>>
- Israeli Arab Murders in Shfaram Condemned
ADL strongly condemned the murder of four Israeli Arabs by a Jewish terrorist in Shfaram, calling it an "unspeakable act." More>>
- Law Enforcement Training In the Spotlight
ADL’s efforts to bring law enforcement professionals in the U.S. into contact with their counterparts in Israel were featured in a report on National Public Radio's Morning Edition. The report featured an interview with Brig. Gen. Dov Lutzky of the Israel National Police, a participant in the officer exchange program in the U.S. More>>
- ADL and Abercrombie & Fitch Join Forces On Campus
ADL and the retailing giant Abercrombie & Fitch have joined forces in the battle against prejudice with a partnership that will bring the League’s A CAMPUS OF DIFFERENCE™ anti-bias diversity training to college campuses across the United States. Washington University in St. Louis is the first of five colleges to have committed to bring the highly acclaimed anti-bias workshop programs to their institutions this fall. More>>
- ADL Granted DPI Status By U.N. Information Department
The League was approved as an NGO associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI). As such, ADL can attend all open meetings of the UN bodies as an observer, and can attend NGO briefings organized by the Department, featuring UN officials, Government delegates, and other experts. ADL is expected to keep the DPI/NGO Section informed of its activities related to the U.N. and send relevant publications and other materials.
- ADL's Peace And Diversity Academy In The News
The Peace and Diversity Academy, a New York City public high school and the first in the country to base its scholastic curriculum in part on its work with the Anti-Defamation League's A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Institute, was featured in a front page story in the New York Times.
In the News: NY Times
- Prosecutor Urged To Reconsider Case Against Anti-Immigration Activist
ADL’s Arizona Office urged the Maricopa County Attorney to reconsider his decision not to prosecute Patrick Haab, an anti-immigration activist who held seven illegal immigrants at gunpoint. The League said the decision, “sets a dangerous precedent and could set the stage for increasing anti-Hispanic violence and civil rights violations.”
- Media Watch:
Letters to the Editor
NY Times: Weapons and Palestinian Police 07/28/05
The toughest decision facing Israel is whether to allow weapons in the hands of Palestinians, when in the past such weapons have been used against it.
Pastor Injects Holocaust Into Evolution Debate 08/03/05
Pastor Russell Johnson's attacks against public schools for failing to teach that Adolf Hitler was "an avid evolutionist" thoughtlessly injects the Holocaust into a situation in which it has no place.
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