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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Featured Stories Lieberman being sidelined as foreign minister Israeli media criticism of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, seen at a Knesset session on June 29, 2009, has mounted over his inability to advance Israel's foreign policy interests. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/JTA) If Avigdor Lieberman's appointment as foreign minister seemed odd when it was made, recent developments cast more doubt over his capacity to function as Israel's top diplomat. Read more » After weeks of watching, Israel and U.S. groups push forward on Iran U.S. Jewish groups are planning major rallies as part of a legislative push for tougher Iran sanctions. Read more » A new way to attack Iran? Dan Williams of Reuters examines the possibility that Israel will disable Iran's nuclear program through cyber-warfare. Breaking News Israel and the United States have agreed that 2,500 housing units now under construction in the West Bank can be completed, an Israeli newspaper reported. Israeli leaders have not asked the United States for approval to attack Iran for fear Washington will turn them down, according to a news report. A suspected arson fire to a Conservative synagogue in Israel caused minor damage. The cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon is in a fragile state, a United Nations report says. A natural gas reserve off the coast of Haifa is larger than first thought. European Jewish leaders met with Poland's president to discuss Holocaust commemoration, fighting anti-Semitism and the Iranian nuclear threat. A German court has ruled that another former Nazi SS officer is fit to stand trial for war crimes. A group of Jewish lawyers in Australia has urged a United Nations committee not to submit to the "lynch mob mentality towards Israel." Argentine Jewish officials have asked the mayor of Buenos Aires to stay the appointment of the city's new police chief, who is being investigated in the AMIA Jewish center attack. As many as 1,350 Iraqi Palestinians will be resettled in the United States. Leaders of several faith-based groups met with congressmen and government officials for a summit addressing the current state of health care.