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Obama: Future Palestinian State Should Be Based on 1967 Borders

President Obama said the future state of Palestine should be based on the pre-1967 border with mutually agreed land swaps with Israel. In his address Thursday afternoon on U.S. policy in the Middle East, Obama told an audience at the State Department that the borders of a “sovereign, nonmilitarized” Palestinian state “should be based on…

By JTA May 19, 2011 | 2 min read
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Obama Freezes Assets of Assad and Other Syrian Leaders

President Obama extended a freeze on Syrian assets to the country’s government and its entire leadership. The order issued Wednesday is the most expansive yet targeting Syria, naming President Bashar Assad and including any “senior official of the Government of Syria” or “any agency or instrumentality of the Government of Syria, or owned or controlled,…

By JTA May 18, 2011 | < 1 min read
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Philip Roth Wins Man Booker International Prize

Jewish author Philip Roth has won the Man Booker International Prize for the body of work in his more than 50-year-long career. The biennial award to be presented in June in London to Roth, 78, was announced Wednesday. The author of the widely read and controversial “Potnoy’s Complaint” has also won two National Book Awards…

By JTA May 18, 2011 | < 1 min read
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White House Hosts Jewish American Heritage Month Reception

President Obama hosted a reception for Jewish American Heritage Month. The reception Tuesday was less formal than the inaugural one last year, with brief remarks and a small Marine Corps band playing klezmer music. The 300 invitees included “grass-roots Jewish community leaders from across the country, rabbis, Members of Congress, and a broad range of…

By JTA May 18, 2011 | < 1 min read
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Syrian Infiltrator Turns Himself in to Tel Aviv Police

A Syrian infiltrator who breached Israel’s border during Nakba Day protests turned himself in to police in Tel Aviv. A Tel Aviv court on Tuesday ordered Hassan Hijazi, who said he entered Israel to look for a job, held until later in the week. Two other infiltrators discovered to still be in Israel were returned…

By JTA May 17, 2011 | < 1 min read
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Rahm Emanuel Sworn In as Mayor of Chicago

Rahm Emanuel was sworn in as the first Jewish mayor of Chicago. Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, took the oath of office on Monday. He was elected mayor of the country’s third-largest city in February after sitting mayor Richard Daley declined to seek a seventh term in office. Emanuel, 51, also worked…

By JTA May 17, 2011 | < 1 min read
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U.S. Airs Concerns on Chabad-Russia Text Feud

American officials have weighed in for the first time on a Chabad court victory over the ownership of Chasidic texts, reportedly saying it could jeopardize Russia-U.S. cultural ties. The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Justice Department’s response Monday to the Chabad-Lubavitch victory about the dangers to cultural relations between the two countries underlines the…

By JTA May 16, 2011 | 2 min read
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Israel Files Complaint With U.N. Over Border Infiltrations

Israel filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council against Syria and Lebanon over the breach of its border by protesters. The delegation said Monday it filed the complaint in the Security Council and with the U.N. Secretary General’s office for violation of international law. The complaint comes after demonstrations on Sunday for Nakba…

By JTA May 16, 2011 | < 1 min read

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