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Breaking News President Obama said the international community is "not going to just wait indefinitely and allow for the development of a nuclear weapon" by Iran. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will discuss Iranian sanctions with leaders in Europe and the Middle East. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said an unilateral Israeli attack on Iran would be "an absolute catastrophe." Israel's army praised the job Palestinian security forces have been doing in the West Bank. An ad hoc group of rabbis is organizing a monthly communal fast to protest Israel's actions in Gaza. The IDF military attache in Washington has been named the Israeli Defense Forces' new deputy chief of staff. Six nongovernmental organizations and academic institutes demanded that Germany keep its promise to create a commission to combat anti-Semitism. Bernard Madoff will not appeal the 150-year jail sentence he was given earlier this month, his attorney said. Egypt arrested 26 alleged al-Qaida operatives accused of plotting attacks on foreign ships sailing through the Suez Canal. Four members of the Jewish Defense League were arrested in Paris for ransacking a pro-Palestinian bookstore.

A cleansing battle over settlements

J Street attacks The Israel Project for using the term "ethnic cleansing" when referring to the dismantling of settlements. In response, TIP's leader defends her organization, and accuses J Street of spending more time attacking other Jewish groups than worrying about Palestinian infractions and Iran's nuclear ambitions. Read more »

Iranian nukes: Inevitable?

Jeffrey Goldberg explains why he suspects the world will need "to learn to live with the Iranian bomb."

Self-hating leaks

Leaks are a perennial problem in Israel, but here's one that Bibi Netanyahu could especially do without: Ha'aretz reports on claims that the prime minister referred privately to two top Obama aides as self-hating Jews.

Obama needs Israeli Politics 101

Two Israeli journalists fault President Obama for not making efforts to sell his demands for a settlement freeze to the Israeli public.