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Featured Stories Demolitions are at center of battle over Jerusalem An illegally built house that was demolished recently in Silwan, an Arab neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, is one of 88 slated for destruction to make way for an archeological garden. (Dina Kraft) The dispute over evictions and demolitions in Arab areas of eastern Jerusalem is the most recent marker in the long-running battle over the city. Read more » It's almost unanimous: Jewish Dems on board with Obama A new survey finds that 92 percent of Jewish Democrats approve of the president's job performance, with a strong majority giving a thumbs-up to his "promoting peace in the Middle East." But the conservative organization behind the poll points to a few findings that it says suggest a potential rift over Israel. Read more » Op-Ed: Israel advocacy is needed on non-Hillel campuses The Jewish community's Israel advocacy work is ignoring the majority of colleges where most of America's leaders are being educated, and that can be dangerous, writes a Chicago Jewish leader. Read more » Editors' Picks No crisis here Israel's deputy foreign minister takes to YouTube in efforts to stamp out the perception that U.S.-Israel tensions are up. Mary Robinson: 'You just don't understand!' Mary Robinson, the former Irish president and the U.N. commissioner for human rights, talked to CBS News about receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A former Bush aide wasn't pleased with what she had to say. Salary reductions at D.C. federation Misha Galperin, the executive vice-president and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, has sent out a message announcing an 8.5 percent salary reduction and a shortened work week. Big problem with a small world Blogging for Ha'aretz, Alex Sinclair complains about Judaism and the Jewish people being represented on Disney World's "It's a Small World" ride by a haredi-looking couple getting married. Breaking News Israeli officials reportedly have agreed to freeze construction in the West Bank until the beginning of 2010. Robert Novak, the Jewish-born influential conservative columnist who often criticized Israel, has died. Israeli President Shimon Peres and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed strengthening strategic relations between the two countries. A high-profile delegation of East African leaders is visiting Israel. Israel's Tourism Ministry has asked musician Leonard Cohen to perform a concert in the Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth. A Russian man who planned a suicide bomb attack on a local courthouse was sentenced to four years in prison. The last member of a terrorist cell planning to attack Jewish targets in Los Angeles and military bases was sentenced to nearly six years in prison. The death of a woman in a Jerusalem hospital was recorded as Israel's 10th related to the swine flu. An independent committee will investigate a report that Dimona nuclear reactor employees drank uranium as part of an experiment. Israeli writer Amos Oz is in Italy working on the libretto of an opera based on his novel "The Same Sea." The trial in Tehran of seven Baha'i adherents accused of spying for Israel has been postponed. U.S. Jewish leaders urged Egypt's president to take the lead in encouraging other Arab nations to make conciliatory gestures to Israel. American singer Lady Gaga said she will tone down her image while in Israel.