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Monday, June 8, 2009

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Featured Stories Holocaust museum propaganda exhibit has modern echoes The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum chronicles the role of Nazi propaganda in Germany with its exhibit, "State of Deception." Left, a 1932 election poster featuring Adolf Hitler stood out for its simplicity and emotional appeal. Right, in another election poster from the same year, Nazi designers incorporate the number of the Nazi slate, "1," into the party symbol, a swastika. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) A special exhibition at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum examines the Nazis use of propaganda from the early 1920s to 1932 and beyond, raising unsettling questions -- especially after the recent Bush and Obama campaigns -- about the perils of resorting to emotional political appeals to sway the masses. Read more » Netanyahu to outline thinking on peace, security Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a "major diplomatic speech" to outline his government's "principles for achieving peace and security."

Netanyahu to outline thinking on peace, security

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a "major diplomatic speech" to outline his government's "principles for achieving peace and security." Read more »

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Hezbollah's defeat at the polls What are Middle Eastern analysts saying about the close election in Lebanon?

Obama's pro-Israel bad cops Two friends of Israel and the pro-Israel lobby -- Hillary Clinton and Rahm Emanuel -- are now serving as President Obama's heavies when it comes to tussling with Jerusalem. Newsweek recently examined Emanuel's role, and Clinton again played bad cop over the weekend in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

The Bibi debate: Washington Post vs. Ha'aretz The Washington Post says it's time for the Obama administration to give Benjamin Netanyahu some space. Ha'aretz says it's time for Bibi to step up.

JPost: Netanyahu's move to put Sharansky atop Jewish Agency is in danger Earlier this year The Fundermentalist reported on how the reform efforts being pushed by U.S. Jewish donors could end up hurting Natan Sharansky's chances of becoming the chairman of the Jewish Agency. Now, according to a new report from The Jerusalem Post, Sharansky's nomination could be in jeopardy.

Cuban Jews reunite The Miami Herald has the story of a reunion of students from Cuba's first and only Jewish high school.

Jews and blacks unite The NYPD has launched a new joint patrol between blacks and Jews in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, but can the program survive the longstanding tensions between two competing Chasidic crime patrols? Breaking News Preliminary election results in Lebanon show that an American-backed alliance has defeated Hezbollah. Right-wing parties made gains in Hungary and several other countries in European Parliament elections. Iran has stepped up its production of nuclear fuel, according to a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog. A U.N. agency said there is new evidence to support claims that the Syrian installation Israel bombed in September 2007 was a secret nuclear site. President Obama wants "immediate" Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, according to U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell. Jimmy Carter will visit Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Any verbal agreements between the United States and Israel on settlement growth no longer apply, Hillary Rodham Clinton said. Violent protests continued for a second day in a rigorously Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood over the opening of a public parking lot on Shabbat. Israel will propose providing the United States with reports on the status of building in settlements and inviting U.S. officials to verify them. An Israeli-American intelligence contractor killed in Afghanistan was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Israel's Finance Ministry reportedly seized the assets of one or more Catholic Church institutions in Israel over tax issues. Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate. A former Israeli finance minister was convicted of fraud and theft. A major Israeli defense company was blacklisted by the Indian government. At least four Palestinian gunmen were killed in an exchange with Israeli troops. Left-wing activists marked "42 years of occupation" during a march in Tel Aviv. The first African-American female rabbi in the United States was ordained. An Israeli court indicted 12 Israeli Arabs in the death of a Jewish man who killed four on a bus in the Arab-Israeli town of Shfaran. A group of Jewish Irish students who were "quarantined" over Shabbat are taking a state English exam a day late. A Jewish charity center was vandalized in Ukraine. Brazil has established a special commission to investigate neo-Nazi incidents in the country. President Obama extended a waiver delaying the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.