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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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Featured Stories At White House, U.S. Jews offer little resistance to Obama policy on settlements President Obama met at the White House with Jewish organizational leaders after weeks of tense exchanges between his administration and Israel over freezing Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank. Read more » Guest list: The Obama meeting A list of the participants in Monday afternoon's White House meeting between Jewish organizational leaders and President Obama. Read more » Falash Mura falsehoods With advocates for Ethiopian immigration to Israel stepping up their pressure on the new Israeli administration to reopen the country's immigration gates, JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman clears up some of the inaccuracies in recent reports about the Falash Mura. Time is on the Palestinians' side Why should the Palestinians compromise if Israel consistently gives in? Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told a Jordanian newspaper. All the Palestinians have to do is wait, and Israel will offer more concessions. Are the Maccabiah Games too expensive? Blogger Amir Mizroch laments what he says is the transformation of the Maccabiah Games into the Rich Jew's Olympics. Mixing history and religion The Wall Street Journal reports on the push in Texas to bring religion and Bible into history classrooms. Breaking News A Ku Klux Klan member on the FBI's "100 Most Wanted" list was apprehended in Tel Aviv. Maccabiah softball games were canceled because the sports complex did not have the proper business license. U.S. Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak lit the torch at the opening ceremonies of the 18th Maccabiah Games. Tony Blair said Israel is not getting enough credit for easing restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank. A Jewish community security network will help Jewish camps deal with the swine flu virus. The bus driver who is accused of causing one of Israel's worst traffic accidents was charged with manslaughter. An Israeli spiritual leader who allegedly abused children will not receive refugee status in Brazil. Fourteen of 27 gang members convicted of abetting the murder of a French Jew will be retried. Two Israeli Navy ships crossed the Suez Canal, according to Egyptian port sources. Some 10 percent of Israeli youth regularly use drugs, according to figures from the government's anti-drug authority. A Swedish tourist to Israel was hospitalized in serious condition with the swine flu. Holocaust victims in Sevastopol were remembered in a ceremony in the Ukrainian city. The U.S. Senate passed a bill that increases funding for the protection of civil, religious and community institutions against terrorist attacks. The American Technion Society has received a $12 million gift to launch a business school at Israel’s premier technical college.