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Breaking News Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Tehran. Yale University censored a book featuring a controversial illustration of Muhammad. A Knesset committee held an emergency session on Israel's recent wave of violent crimes. The Obama administration complained about Israel's restrictive entry requirements for Americans of Palestinian ancestry. Six Arab families have appealed their eviction from a building in eastern Jerusalem. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised to reconsider the sale of air defense missiles to Iran, Shimon Peres said. The number of doctors per capita in Israel is dropping to serious levels, according to a Health Ministry report. A Russian court fined a man for having a swastika tattoo and ordered it removed. An Israeli boxer reportedly will fight for a world championship for the first time. Featured Stories Robert Novak: Feared political columnist, harsh critic of Israel Robert Novak ran a running battle with pro-Israel groups, claiming they were unduly influential in Washington. (Dori / Creative Commons) Columnist Robert Novak, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, was one of Israel's strongest critics, especially on the conservative side of the spectrum. Read more » Is the turbulent health care debate bad for the Jews? A video mocking a Mississippi lawmaker's trip to Israel is one of several recent examples of the increasingly bitter health care debate producing images and rhetoric sure to offend some segments of the Jewish community. Read more » Obama and Mubarak talk peace, Iran Talks between the presidents of Egypt and the United States focused on reviving Middle East peace talks and confronting Iran. Read more » Editors' Picks Mike Huckabee and the Palestinian question Writing in the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman asks: Just what did Mike Huckabee mean when he said that Palestinians deserve a place of their own -- just not in the middle of the Jewish homeland? Obama, the Joker and the Palestinians The Los Angeles Times profiles the Palestinian American student behind the "Obama as Joker" image being embraced by hard-right Web sites. Goldberg on Cohen The Forward's J.J. Goldberg revisits his recent column in which he has some harsh words for New York Times columnist Roger Cohen's take on U.S. policymaking toward Iran. Last Jew standing The Associated Press visits a 130-year-old Maryland synagogue down to its last member.