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Israeli soldiers spark fears, shift debate with protests

Top Israeli political and military leaders are increasingly worried about several recent incidents involving soldiers publicly declaring their refusal to evacuate Jewish settlers from the West Bank. Read more » New anti-Semitism monitor sees role as reactive, proactive The Obama administration turns to Hannah Rosenthal, the former head of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and member of J Street's advisory council, to be its top envoy in fighting anti-Semitism. Read more » At annual parley, Chabad emissaries reflect on recession The Fundermentalist reports from the epicenter of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.Read more » BREAKING NEWS The incidence of hate crimes in the United States in 2008 hit a seven-year high, according to data released Monday by the FBI. The Anti-Defamation League is urging the Supreme Court to uphold an anti-terrorism law prohibiting material support or resources to foreign terrorist organizations. Boxer Dmitriy Salita will wear the Maccabi Haifa Israeli basketball team logo in his world championship bout. Israel's Air Force bombed a Hamas weapons factory and two smuggling tunnels in Gaza in response to the firing of two Kassam rockets at Israel. Hadassah said women should continue to have regular mammograms beginning at age 40, contrary to new guidelines. Venezuela’s main Jewish organization is protesting the upcoming visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Canadian leaders have asked the country's prime minister to disavow a taxpayer-funded Conservative flyer they say portrays the opposition Liberal Party as anti-Semitic. A nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable, Germany's new foreign minister said on his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Germany restored the 1936 high jump record to a Jewish woman. Parents who lost children in terrorist attacks have asked Israel's Supreme Court to require public debate on a prisoner exchange deal. Iran would send its uranium to another country for enrichment if it gets nuclear fuel in a simultaneous exchange, according to reports.