Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Clinton Sticks to Deadline For Answers to Peace Outline
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
With less than four weeks left in office, US President Bill Clinton is holding to a Wednesday deadline for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to agree to accept his "outline of principles" for resolving their differences. The short time…
Israel Follows US Lead in Approving War Crimes Tribunal
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
The Israeli government reversed its stand at the last minute and decided on Sunday night to sign a charter establishing the International Criminal Court to try individuals for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Arafat, Arab League Closing Door on Clinton
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Outgoing US President Bill Clinton's hasty drive to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by January 20 sputtered again on Thursday when Arab foreign ministers enshrined the Palestinian right of return as "sacred." The decision reinforces PLO chief Yasser…
Clinton Runs Out of Time and Options For Mideast Peace
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Outgoing US President Bill Clinton appears to have finally given up on his long quest to forge a landmark Israeli-Palestinian peace pact before leaving office, as his special Mideast envoy Dennis Ross on Wednesday postponed a planned trip…
Rare Blip Appears In Powell Nomination
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In the first spot on an otherwise squeaky clean record, US Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell has run into a flap for recently accepting a large sum of money for delivering a university lecture subsidized by a senior…
Bush May Have Different Take on Sharon
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Many leaders in the international community are troubled with the increasing probability that Likud chairman Ariel Sharon will be elected prime minister of Israel in early February, but US President-elect George W. Bush may have a different opinion,…
More Fallout From Jerusalem Rally
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani hosted a gallery of guests from Israel at a gathering in New York City Hall on Thursday afternoon in a display of unity and support for undivided Jerusalem and Jewish sovereignty over the…
Bush Administration to Steer New Course in Mideast
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
On his last full day in office, US President Bill Clinton gave the incoming Bush administration some unsolicited advice on how to handle foreign policy, but with the Middle East still sliding towards conflict, clearer heads are urging…
More Fares Money Thrown at Bush Team
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares' associations with high ranking US Republican officials continue to raise suspicions, especially after a donation of $100,000 was made under his name to the inaugural fund for newly-installed US President George W.…
Israel Suspends Contact with Mitchell Committee
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Israel has frozen cooperation with the Mitchell Committee appointed to investigate the causes of the current violence, following an unauthorized visit by the committee's technical team to the Temple Mount last week.
Bush Shuts Office of Special Mideast Envoy
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
US Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed on Tuesday the Bush Administration will not appoint a new Middle East peace envoy to replace Dennis Ross, signaling that America will play a less active role in the peace process…
Agreement Reported at Sharm Summit
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
US President Bill Clinton announced at the summit's close this afternoon that a ceasefire agreement had been reached between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The major points are as follows:
Europe, US Parting Ways Over Peace Process
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In what appears to be a growing divide between US and European approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union this week expressed support for the Palestinian position that Israeli concessions made since the Camp David talks should…
Mission Impossible Film Promotes Digital Angel Technology
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
Midway through Mission Impossible 2 Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) injects a biometric chip into the foot of love interest Thandie Newton. The action is perceived as necessary and ultimately saves the damsel in distress. This is due to…
Digital Angel months ahead of schedule
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
Wouldn't life be grand if you didn't have to worry about being robbed? What if you didn't have to worry about losing your money? Or that there would be no more fraud which in turn would cause the…
Speakers at NAE meeting discuss ‘charitable choice’
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
DALLAS (ABP) -- Social-service programs that seek to evangelize their clients will not qualify for direct federal grants, the head of President Bush's White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives told a gathering of conservative Christian leaders.
