Tuesday, 13 October 2009



Breaking News

Russia believes it is "counterproductive" to threaten Iran with more sanctions, its foreign minister said.
The U.N. Human Rights Council will reopen the debate on the Goldstone report in a special session.
An internal Fatah Party memo reportedly says Palestinian hopes in the Obama administration "have evaporated."
Tzipi Livni urged Turkey to join moderate elements in the Middle East in the war on terror.
Israel asked the United Nations to investigate an explosion at the home of a Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon.
U.S. community and religious institutions will receive an additional $4 million in federal funding for security.
A new poll finds that more than 80 percent of Israeli Jews support freedom of religion.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Rome's main synagogue on the Catholic Church's annual day of study and dialogue between Catholics and Jews.
Israel should release all Palestinian prisoners, the country's new Nobel laureate said.
An Atlanta Jewish day school principal was selected as a 2009 National Distinguished Principal.
The European Jewish Congress is opening offices in Brussels.

Featured Stories

'Lebanon' latest film to explore Israel's Vietnam

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Scene from "Lebanon" illustrates the anguish of war. (Etiel Zion)
Three recent Israeli films on the Lebanon War are a reminder that its impact on Israeli society and those who fought in the war are still playing out 25 years later. Read more »

Obama's Nobel, Israel's problem?

Israel is worried about the Obama administration being sucked into a seemingly aimless dialogue with Iran -- and new pressure from the Nobel Peace Prize winner on concessions to the Palestinians. Read more »

Jewish security network to be national model

A Jewish security network will be used as a national model by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Read more »

Editors' Picks

If AIPAC ain't broke...

A former Israeli deputy national security adviser slams J Street and praises AIPAC.

Jewcy lives

The Fundermentalist reports that the edgy webzine has officially joined the JDub family.

Dalai Lama sukkah hops

Apparently, the Dalai Lama holds you sit in a sukkah on Shemini Atzeret.

West Bank tourism

Britain plans to market the West Bank as a tourist destination, according to the U.K. Telegraph.

Palestinian love story

Before she could walk down the aisle, West Bank bride May Warda first had to crawl through a tunnel under the Egypt-Gaza border to meet her groom in the Gaza Strip, Der Spiegel reports.