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N.Y. Times: Tax-Exempt Gifts Bolster Settlements

By JTA

Tax-exempt donations from the United States have helped Jews to strengthen West Bank settlements, preventing the creation of a Palestinian state, The New York Times reported.Read More


Netanyahu Arrives in DC To Meet Obama

By JTA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington for his fifth meeting with President Obama.Read More


Report: Abbas Would Support Deal That Keeps Kotel Under Israel's Control

By JTA

Mahmoud Abbas offered the Western Wall and Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter to remain under Israel’s control as part of a peace settlement, an Arabic newspaper reported.Read More


Turkey Threatens To Cut Ties If Israel Doesn't Apologize

By JTA

Turkey’s foreign minister has threatened to cut ties with Israel unless it apologizes for its deadly interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, a Turkish newspaper reported.Read More


Obama Will Press Bibi on Direct Talks, Says Ambassador Oren

By Natasha Mozgovaya (Haaretz)

Moving from proximity talks to direct peace talks will be the main issue that U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to discuss in his upcoming meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. told Haaretz on Friday.Read More


German Parliament Demands an End to Gaza Blockade

By JTA

Germany’s Parliament has passed a cross-party motion demanding that Israel end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.Read More


J Street PAC Doles Out Money to Midterm Candidates

By JTA

J Street’s political action committee has raised $650,000 so far for this year’s elections and is backing a slate of 61 candidates, including 10 Jewish lawmakers.Read More


J Street PACS Doles Out Money to Midterm Candidates

By JTA

J Street’s political action committee has raised $650,000 so far for this year’s elections and is backing a slate of 61 candidates, including 10 Jewish lawmakers.Read More


Obama Signs Into Law Enhanced Iran Sanctions

By JTA

President Obama signed enhanced Iran sanctions into law.Read More


Gilad Shalit's Father Expresses Outrage at Bibi's Address on Prisoner Swap

By Jack Khoury and Fadi Eyadat (Haaretz)

Noam Shalit, father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, on Thursday responded to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks on the prisoner exchange to free his son by saying that Israel knows the price required to free Gilad - and also the price of abandoning him.Read More






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