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Featured Stories Fatah congress focuses on split with Hamas Fatah members meet in Bethlehem in the party's first congress in 20 years, Aug. 4, 2009. (Issam Rimawi / Flash90 / JTA) The rivalry with Hamas, along with discussion of how to resolve the Palestinian political deadlock, was front and center at the Fatah movement's first congress in 20 years. Read more » Israel supporters rip White House honor for Robinson The White House is facing mounting criticism over its decision to give a prestigious award to the former United Nations official who presided over the infamous 2001 Durban conference and has a history of criticism of Israel. Read more » U.S. vigils remember slain gay Israelis An Orthodox rabbi spoke out against anti-gay rhetoric in the Orthodox community at a Washington vigil mourning two Jews slain at a gay center in Tel Aviv. Read more » Editors' Picks Mitchell is optimistic, the El(l)iot(t)s are not George Mitchell, Obama's top Middle East envoy, tells the New York Times not to listen to Arab leaders' public recalcitrance -- privately, he suggests, they're putty in his hands. But Elliott Abrams and Eliot Cohen -- two former aides in the Bush administration -- see hard times ahead. Bill O'Reilly vs. Keith Olbermann: Good for the Jews? JTA's Ron Kampeas turns to Glenn Greenwald to explain: The feud shined a light on how General Electric has bypassed sanctions on Iran's energy sector and on exporting dual use technology through the sleazy cover of foreign subsidiaries. Beirut synagogue to get facelift With little fanfare, Beirut's oldest Jewish house of worship is undergoing a renovation. The gentleman will speak English What happens when a Jewish congressman employs a Yiddish phrase during a committee hearing? Find out. Breaking News A leading contender for the leadership of the Palestinian Fatah movement said armed struggle against Israel is still an option. A Chasidic rabbi pleaded guilty in an $8.5 million tax evasion scam. Iran will reach the nuclear threshold by the end of the year, Israel's military intelligence chief said. An environmental group warned that the Jordan River may cease flowing this summer. The mayor of New York City violated government contracting rules in funneling money to two Jewish groups, The New York Times reported. A planeload of 238 immigrants from North America arrived in Israel. Mahmoud Abbas said resistance, consistent with international law, is a Palestinian right. The former Pentagon official at the center of the classified information case involving AIPAC staffers accused some FBI agents of displaying anti-Semitism. The Obama administration reportedly plans to introduce tougher Iran sanctions if its outreach does not bear fruit by September. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel's evacuation of Palestinians from their homes in eastern Jerusalem was "deeply regrettable." The Obama administration is planning a public relations campaign in Israel and the Arab world to explain its peace moves. Sidney Zion, a newspaper columnist and activist, has died.