On July 1, one hundred anti-Israel activists met in Boston to protest against the world's only Jewish state. They were part of an international day of demonstrations, known as Al Quds Day. What is this? Who are the protestors? And should Massachusetts Jews be worried?
Every year, on the last day of the Islamic month of Ramadan, in cities throughout the globe, political and religious extremists sally forth to observe Al Quds Day. Initiated by the Iranian regime after the revolution in 1979, Al Quds Day is now a prominent annual event for supporters of Syria's Assad, Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Mullahs in Tehran.
Last week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts stopped voters from weighing in on a citizen-backed initiative to repeal Common Core.
In her opinion, Chief Justice Margot Botsford blocked on a technicality the petition to let voters decide whether to keep Common Core or revert to the state's own educational standards. Her reasoning? The measure, she wrote, was unconstitutional because the portion of the ballot question that required the state to release used test items is unrelated to the transparency of state tests.
