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A neocon split on Barack and Iran Leading neoconservatives WIlliam Kristol and Robert Kagan are disagreeing about President Obama's approach toward Iran.

Can Bibi take a hint? According to Laura Rozen at ForeignPolicy.com, at their recent meeting, Benjamin Netanyahu failed to pick up on the fact that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wanted adviser Uzi Arad out of the room. Arad hasn't been allowed into the United States for two years because of concern that he might be an intelligence risk.

More questions about reduction in charitable deduction Two new studies say that President Obama's proposed reduction in the tax deduction on charitable contributions would hurt charities.

Settlements and tax exemptions The Washington Post's David Ignatius points out that while U.S. policy prohibits aid money going to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, U.S. organizations that raise money for those settlements get a tax exemption.

Breaking News

Eight police officers were among those charged in connection with an act of vandalism at the largest synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said President Reagan raised the plight of the Soviet Jewry in every meeting the two held.

The head of a pro-Israel lobby group testified on Capitol Hill about the importance of U.S. aid to Israel.

President Obama said Arabs and Israelis should "take inspiration" from the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, which was signed exactly 30 years ago.

A Canadian Jewish group is asking the government to consider barring two Palestinian clerics scheduled to speak in Toronto next month from entering the country.

The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a resolution that criticized President Obama's proposal to reduce the charitable tax deduction for wealthy taxpayers.

The executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council is recovering from a heart attack.

Anonymous U.S. officials told the New York Times that Israeli warplanes attacked a convoy in Sudan believed to be smuggling arms to Gaza in January.

A U.N. body has passed a resolution condemning "defamation of religion" as a human rights violation.

Six Jewish settlers from a West Bank outpost were arrested for throwing stones at Palestinian cars after another Jewish outpost was evacuated.

Israeli police have confiscated 15,000 bongs in a raid on a factory in Haifa.

Israel Aerospace Industries will develop and manufacture air defense systems for India.

Israel's ambassador to Ukraine recognized six families as Righteous Among the Nations.

The state archive of Ukraine's Nikolayev region returned a Torah scroll to the local Jewish community.