MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE AIR. The Islamic Society of North America is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Trial in Texas.

o But that doesn't stop Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee Chairman, from attending the annual Labor Day weekend gathering of the Islamic Society of North America.

o Nor does it stop Rabbi Eric Yoffie, leader of the Reform movement from attending that same meeting:

The leadership of ISNA and the Union for Reform Judaism are planning a joint dialogue and education program for synagogues and mosques, Yoffie said. He asked the ISNA to help solve the Middle East crisis.

Yoffie also took the opportunity to bash the religious right for demonizing Muslims.

o Meanwhile, Danny Rubinstein--member of the editorial board of Haaretz--told the United Nation's Conference on Palestinians that Israel is an apartheid state.

The attendance of the ISNA meeting is made easier by the fact that the Justice Department itself is co-sponsoring the event, and possibly undermining the case against the Holy Land Foundation.

According to an e-mail from Susana Lorenzo-Giguere, acting deputy chief of the Voting Rights Division, the sponsorship will involve sending government lawyers to man a booth for the Labor Day weekend event in Illinois.

"This is an important outreach opportunity, and a chance to reach a community that is at once very much discriminated against, and very wary of the national government and its willingness to protect them," Mrs. Lorenzo-Giguere said in an e-mail obtained by The Washington Times.

"It would be a great step forward to break through those barriers. And Chicago is lovely this time of year," Mrs. Lorenzo-Giguere said. [emphasis added]

The same could be said of Sderot, once upon a time.
But when it comes to pushing agendas--Dean, Yoffie, and Lorenzo-Giguere cannot miss an opportunity.

Maybe Rubinstein will catch the next one.

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