The ADL educates to break the cycle of hate Join us in our educational efforts as we try to stem the tide of hatred and build a secure future for Jews is Michigan, America, Israel and the world. Cali and tell us how you want to get involved. Phone: 248-646-2440 Pro-Israel protest at the Hague: A group of protesters from the Christians for Israel movement hold up photos of Israelis killed by Palestinian suicide bombers during a demonstration on Feb. 23 at the Hague. to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace dur- ing eight years in the White House. Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader says the U.S. Congress and White House are "puppets" of Israel. Israel's high court rules that a stretch of the West Bank security fence causes undue hardship to Palestinians and must be rerouted, even if it means less security for Israelis. A trove of Judaica is found buried near the site of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland. July 2004 The International Court of Justice in the Hague says Israel's West Bank secu- rity barrier is illegal wherever it crosses the pre-1967 boundary and must be dismantled. Israel says it will ignore the U.N. court's decision, which is an advi- sory opinion and not binding, because the court lacks jurisdiction in the mat- ter. Two Israelis accused of being Mossad agents plead guilty to unlawfully trying to obtain New Zealand passports, and the country's prime minister imposes diplomatic sanctions against Israel. In the days after the verdict, several anti- Semitic attacks are carried out against Jewish cemeteries in New Zealand. Israel reroutes part of its West Bank security fence closer to the Green Line, as the pre-1967 boundary is known, to conform with a ruling of the country's High Court of Justice. The Central Council of Jews in Germany reaches an agreement to pro- vide funding for the Reform movement, ending a Reform threat to sue the German federal government. Some American victims of terrorism in Israel sue the Arab Bank in New York, claiming it helps finance terrorist attacks. Swiss authorities suspend a probe related to a bribe former Argentine President Carlos Menem allegedly took from Iran to cover up Iran's role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires. In a landmark move, Vatican leaders sign a document identifying anti- Zionism as a form of anti-Semitism. Argentine President Nestor Kirchner joins thousands of people attending a memorial for the 10-year anniversary of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos YEAR IN REVIEW on page 64 The Anti-Defamation League . Michigan Region E-mail: detroit@adl.org Fax: 248-646-2462 www.adi.org WISHING YOU A HAPPY, HEALTHY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! 27659 Woodward Ave. Berkley, MI 48072 (248)547-1000 21755 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI 48124 (313)274-6100 14925 Middlebelt Livonia, MI 48154 (734)524-1000 21770 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI 48124 (313)278-3815 882010 9/10 2004 63