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Uphill battle to build Palestinian nonviolent movement

Palestinian and Israeli protesters try to break down a section of Israel's West Bank security fence during a demonstration near Bil'in, Feb. 19, 2010. (Omer Messinger / Flash90 / JTA)

Unlike the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Palestinians who support nonviolent resistance against Israel see it as part of a calculated strategy to achieve Palestinians goals, not a philosophy. Read more »

Former attorneys general request leniency for Rubashkin

Six former U.S. attorneys general have criticized prosecutors' recommendation that a kosher meatpacking plant executive receive life in prison for bank fraud.Read more » Liberators gather, perhaps for last time, to recall the camps More than 100 liberators of Nazi death camps gathered at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Read more » Op-Ed: What to do about Jewish teens For Jewish education to undergo a much-needed paradigm shift, we must talk to the teens themselves, the head of The Curriculum Initiative writes. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Debating Jim Jones' joke Was the national security adviser's Jewish joke funny, offensive or both? Check out the video and decide for yourself. 'South Park' vs. jihad Jon Stewart, "The Simpsons" and Ayaan Hirsi Ali weigh in on the threats against the creators of "South Park" over the show's recent depiction of Muhammad. So much for the Kentucky Derby (Baltimore Sun) An observant Jew gets some bad news after Shabbat: His horse, the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, will miss the race due to injury. BREAKING NEWS A senior Hamas leader has condemned the cartoon video released by the terrorist organization's armed wing showing Gilad Shalit returning in a coffin. Tikkun magazine will give its 25th annual ethics award next year to Richard Goldstone, author of the U.N. report on the Gaza war. President Obama told Israel's defense minister that the United States is committed to Israel's security. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has established an endowment fund in memory of a security guard slain there. The U.S. Senate majority leader has called on Hillary Clinton to "reduce recent tensions with Israel." Seventeen U.S. Congress members sent a letter to Harvard University urging divestment from Iran's energy sector. J Street has placed full-page ads in Jewish weekly newspapers on the topic of securing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel under a two-state solution. An Israeli military investigation into the recent deaths of four Palestinians concluded that the soldiers were not prepared and made mistakes. Jerusalem city officials visited a Jewish building in eastern Jerusalem in order to plan for its evacuation. A Palestinian teen told police in Afula that he was sent to the city "to kill Jews." Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed a law that bans products made in West Bank settlements.