Tag Archives: Discrimination

Education ministry revising textbook for being too critical of Israel

By Gideon Swift | Published: August 31, 2010
Source: Israel News The Education Ministry is rewriting the country’s main civics textbook, and the chairman of the ministry’s pedagogical secretariat will begin publishing updates on the ministry’s Web site as early as the upcoming school year. The main contention of the chairman – Zvi Zameret – is that the textbook dwells too much on [...]
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Calderon visit marred by ‘poor translation’

By Gideon Swift | Published: May 19, 2010
  Source: Yahoo! News …here’s how Calderon’s comments on the tough new immigration law in Arizona were rendered by his translator during the opening ceremony: "We can do so with a community that will promote a dignified life and an orderly way for both our countries, who are, some of them, still living here in [...]
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Governmentt Posts Airport Screening Guide on Internet in Error

By Gideon Swift | Published: December 9, 2009
The Transportation Security Administration is investigating after they say an outdated version of their standard operating procedures manual was posted on the Internet. Who gets more scrutiny in line? What countries’ passports are singled out? Who’s exempt from screening? The answers to those questions and more were posted online for everybody to see. The document [...]
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Anti-terror strategy warns of chemical attack threat

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 24, 2009
So, do you see how the stage is set for persecution ? Source:  guardian.co.uk Changing technology means the prospect of a chemical or biological terrorist attack in Britain is now more realistic, says the government’s updated counter-­terrorism strategy published today. It also discloses that serious ­preparations are under way in the UK to protect against [...]
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