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Featured Stories Groups silent in face of Obama calls for settlement freeze President Obama, since his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009, has stepped up public pressure on Netanyahu to stop settlement activity in the West Bank. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90/JTA) Even as it publicly stakes out a hard-line position against Israeli settlement expansion, the Obama administration is avoiding serious criticism from most U.S. Jewish groups and pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers. Read more » Israeli bills aimed at limiting dissent spark fierce debate While not expected to pass, the proposal of several Knesset bills aimed at limiting public dissent in the Jewish state has sparked fierce debate about what it means that they emerged on the Israeli political horizon at all. Read more » Breaking News President Obama said he was "confident" that the United States and Saudi Arabia can "make progress on a whole host of issues and mutual interests." Israel is not planning to bomb Iran, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told reporters during a visit to Russia. Secular Jews will be a minority in Israeli primary schools and among young voters in two decades, according to a newly published study. Two Jewish passengers are among those aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, Chabad.org reported. Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe prevented a movie theater from screening a film about the Anti-Zionist Party leader known as Dieudonné. The four men arrested for plotting to blow up synagogues in New York City were indicted. The Orthodox Union said it was "deeply troubled" by President Obama's approach toward Israel's policy on settlements. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had an impromptu meeting with President Obama. An Israeli television star admitted to ordering attacks on local TV executives. The Covenant Foundation announced the winners of its annual awards for excellence in Jewish education. Israel's army removed two roadblocks in the Ramallah area. The Palestinian Authority has had to take out $350 million in loans to meet its 2009 budget. Jewish groups expressed their shock and sadness at the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller. Young Jewish innovators will receive some $400,000 through two new grant programs. Editors' Picks Why Israelis are nervous about Obama Expectations are high as the American president kicks off his first Middle East tour since taking office. Perhaps nowhere will Obama's trip be followed more closely than in Israel. Obama: Stop the Kabuki dance President Obama tells Tom Friedman of The New York Times that it's time to stop saying one thing behind closed doors and another thing in public.