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U.S.-Israel crisis: This time, it's serious

Israeli officials and pro-Israel groups are calling for the Obama administration to dial down its public criticism of Jerusalem as the fallout over Israel's announcement last week of new construction in eastern Jerusalem shows no sign of abating. Read more » >> Netanyahu: Construction in Jerusalem will continue >> Jewish groups, pundits weigh in Editors' Picks C.S.I. Dubai (L.A. Times) The L.A. Times shows how Dubai police cracked the case of a murdered Hamas operative. Where's Madoff's money? (The Daily Beast) A year after Madoff's conviction, only a fraction of the stolen money has been recovered. Where's the rest? Breaking News Austrian politics is roiling over the question of whether the lone challenger to Austria's president in the upcoming election is a Nazi sympathizer. An Iranian Jewish family was arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport after trying to smuggle more than 30 pounds of opium into Israel. Members of a Jewish nationalist group have written to Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli urging her not to marry her non-Jewish boyfriend, actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Patented technology developed for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation for indexing and searching its vast archived collection of video testimonies is being auctioned off. Germany is challenging a journalist's request to declassify files pertaining to the 15 years Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann spent as a fugitive. Brazil's president said he would not visit the grave of Theodor Herzl during his first official visit to Israel. Indian security took up positions around an ancient synagogue in Kochi following a terror alert that turned out to be a hoax. Egypt canceled the official opening of a restored Cairo synagogue over what it called Jewish "provocative" actions. Palestinians held a ceremony near Ramallah honoring a terrorist involved in killing 37 Israelis. Two Maryland lawmakers were attacked in mailed fliers as "bagel brain Jews" for sponsoring tough firearms legislation. Israel's Cabinet approved a national plan to reverse Israel's scientific brain drain. Israel's army has declared two West Bank villages that are the site of weekly protests against the West Bank security fence closed military zones. The principal of an Arabic-language public school in New York City was discriminated against, leading to her resignation, a U.S. commission found. Demonstrators held signs reading "Israel is not Tehran" during a protest against gender-segregated bus lines in Jerusalem. Israel arrested a senior Hamas terrorist who was said to be responsible for the deaths of more than 70 Israelis. Holocaust monuments at a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland were defaced with anti-Semitic slogans.