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Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
President Obama said that within the next few weeks, the United States and other world powers would be formulating new sanctions on Iran. Read more »
Obama: Settlement expansion could be ‘dangerous’
President Obama said additional Israeli settlement building "embitters the Palestinians in a way that could end up being very dangerous." Read more »
ADL: Anti-government hostility sweeping U.S.
A "current of anti-government hostility" has swept across the United States in the year since Barack Obama was elected president, a new Anti-Defamation League report found. Read more »
ADL to GOP: ‘Forcefully’ condemn Holocaust imagery
The Anti-Defamation League is urging Republican congressional leaders to "condemn forcefully the invocation of Holocaust imagery" at last week's rally against health care reform. Read more »
Obama appoints Jewish preservation advocate to panel
President Obama appointed a Jewish preservation advocate to the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Read more »
Ex-JCPA chief in running for anti-Semitism envoy post
A former Jewish communal leader reportedly is a top candidate for the U.S. secretary of state's anti-Semitism monitor. Read more »
Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
The unusual circumstances of the Obama-Netanyahu meeting this week reflect the predicament faced by both sides: Neither wants to make it too obvious that the Obama administration has adopted the Israeli position on returning to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiating table. Read more »
Abbas’ threat to resign sparks fears
Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama both fear that Mahmoud Abbas' resignation could lead to instability, chaos and even violence in the Palestinian-populated territories. Read more »
Jewish groups oppose abortion amendment
Three Jewish organizations are opposing an amendment to House health care legislation restricting federal funding of abortion. Read more »
Jewish candidate files against alleged supremacist
A Jewish candidate for the U.S. Congress filed an objection against the candidacy in the same district of an alleged white supremacist. Read more »
- IAEA head to Iran: Accept enrichment offer
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
