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Monday, July 20, 2009

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Featured Stories Bibi rebuffs U.S. on halting Jerusalem project Israelis may purchase property in all parts of Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu said. Read more » In Beit Shemesh, residents struggle to counter violent religious coercion A group of haredi Orthodox fundamentalists in Beit Shemesh uses violence and threats to impose an uncompromising brand of religious fundamentalism on their community. More moderate haredim and Modern Orthodox Jews are struggling to fight back. Read more » Op-Ed: Should the killers be the victims' heirs? Survivors' social needs should be treated with more urgency than real estate, art or other restitution issues, a declaration at the Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference concluded. The president of The Generation After is hoping the rhetoric can be changed to reality. Read more » Editors' Picks What do German spies think about Iran? The Wall Street Journal reports that German intelligence has amassed evidence of a sophisticated Iranian nuclear weapons program that continued beyond 2003 -- sharply contradicting a 2007 U.S. report. Z Street The latest pro-Israel advocacy effort is for those who don't like J Street and think that centrist Jewish organizations aren't tough enough. Breaking News A senior Palestinian official met with Iran's foreign minister, a news agency reported. The only surviving gunman from last November's Mumbai attacks pleaded guilty in an Indian court. Israel's attorney general closed a corruption case against Ehud Olmert. The Palestinian Authority's prime minister called on the United States to come up with an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan and impose a timetable. Palestinian security officials said Israeli settlers set fire to at least 1,500 Palestinian-owned olive trees in the West Bank, according to Israeli reports. The Munich trial of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk is set to begin in mid-October. Canada's Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian Jew who asked to list the birthplace on his passport as "Jerusalem, Israel." Some 30 Israelis suspected of being involved in human egg trafficking were detained for questioning in Romania. The Hebrew title for an ordained female rabbi is rabba, a religious women's forum decided. U.S. swimmer Jason Lezak, making his Maccabiah Games debut, and Australian golfer Roy Vandersluis, in his ninth Games, both won gold medals. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will visit Israel next week. Israel's foreign minister departed on a Latin America tour to increase trade and strengthen ties with several countries. Jewish leaders and Israeli officials expressed dismay at Germany's decision to honor a "fanatic Israel hater" with the nation's Order of Merit. A monument to Nazi victims was dedicated in western Ukraine. An Israeli Cabinet committee approved a toned-down version of the Nakba bill. Gaza Palestinians shot a rocket-propelled grenade at Israeli troops patrolling the border with Gaza. A suspicious fire destroyed the wooden barrack that Anne Frank stayed in while detained in a Dutch work camp. The woman dubbed the "Taliban Mother" by the Israeli media was convicted of severe child abuse and aggravated assault. Thousands from Israel and abroad will gather in Gush Etzion to participate in biblical studies. A thrown rock shattered the window of a Jewish community center in a southeastern Russian city. The Palestinian Authority will allow Al-Jazeera television to operate in the West Bank. Nuremberg prosecutors are investigating whether an art exhibit of garden gnomes giving a Nazi salute is against the law. A British director has withdrawn his film from an international festival because it receives funding from the Israeli government. West Bank Palestinians attempted to break the Guinness world record for the largest Knafeh cake.