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An axe-wielding Palestinian worker killed an Israeli boy and injured another in the West Bank.

The top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Israel might attack Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear capability.

The peace process is in jeopardy, Middle East envoy Tony Blair warned.

President Obama called Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on becoming Israel's new prime minister.

A group of Orthodox Jews will march through an Arab-Israeli town to show solidarity with its residents.

AIPAC urged U.S. senators to reject proposed cuts to foreign assistance.

The Israeli army's chief education officer criticized soldiers for printing shirts featuring images of dead Palestinians.

Arab doctors were scheduled to meet to investigate suspicions that Yasser Arafat's death was caused by poisoning.

Palestinians who sell their property to Jews are committing a crime punishable by the death penalty, the Palestinian Authority warned.

The United States reportedly will lift its ban on a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Jewish pilgrims stopped for speeding in a Ukrainian town say they were beaten by police.

Argentina's president compared the British occupation of the Malvinas Islands with Israel and the Palestinians.

The mother of Ilan Halimi says police would not admit the anti-Semitic nature of the crime in which her son was killed.

A Brooklyn rabbi was sentenced to two years in prison for a tax fraud and money-laundering scheme.

A prominent Sydney rabbi took his cash-strapped Orthodox synagogue to court over a vote to lay him off.

Israel's Chief Rabbinate will use bar codes to prevent the sale of chametz on Passover.

Israeli customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons to the West Bank from Jordan.

A U.N. official wants "friends of Palestine" to visit Israel and "friends of Israel" to visit Gaz

Editors' Picks

Avigdor Lieberman's first speech: Take 2 Ami Eden says that many media outlets (including JTA) underplayed a major piece of news in Avigdor Lieberman�s first speech as foreign minister: He announced that Israel continues to be bound by the 'road map' process, which calls for the eventual creation of a Palestinian state.

Bibi on Iran: Take 2 JTA's Ron Kampeas takes a second look at Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with Benjamin Netanyahu -- and questions whether Bibi actually issued a direct ultimatum to Barack Obama on Iran.

Waiting for the Palestinian Gandhi Gershom Gorenberg (on the cover of The Weekly Standard!?!) tackles the question of why the Palestinians have so far been incapable of nurturing a tradition of nonviolence.