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U.S. and Israel agree on key issues -- for now

Caption: During his visit to Washington, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, June 11, 2010. (State Dept.)

The administrations in Washington and Jerusalem agree for the moment on the major agenda items, but differences are looming. Read more »

Visiting the family of the Hamas terrorist who tried to kill my wife

The author embarks on a quest for closure years after a Hamas bomber tried to kill his wife in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem that left nine dead. Read more »

Trial of synagogue bomb plotters is postponed

The trial of four men accused of planning to blow up two New York City synagogues was put on hold after prosecutors withheld evidence. Read more »

Editors' Picks

American betrayal (Jerusalem Post) The Obama administration has betrayed Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity, and as a consequence any promise President Obama makes to Israel -- in public or in private -- cannot be trusted, writes Knesset member Arieh Eldad.

Jews for Helen Thomas JTA's Ron Kampeas breaks down the facts in a video by Jews defending veteran journalist Helen Thomas for her remark about Jews that led to her resignation.

Turkey on the precipice (N.Y. Times) Rejected from the European Union and sensing a vacuum of leadership in the Arab world, Turkey is slouching toward Tehran, writes Thomas Friedman.

No to an Israeli constitution (Haaretz) Columnist Aluf Benn argues that writing a national constitution will make Israel's dangerous internal rifts much worse. Breaking News Jerry Brown has apologized for likening his opponent in the race for governor of California to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. The United Nations will handle the transfer to Gaza of humanitarian aid brought to Israel after Israel intercepted a flotilla that tried to breach its maritime blockade. Hate crimes in Canada jumped by 35 percent in one year, with Jews and blacks the leading targets. Israel has been pressuring other countries not to sell nuclear technology to Jordan, King Abdullah told The Wall Street Journal. France's broadcast authority has given a satellite company two weeks to stop carrying Hamas' Al-Aksa TV network. Yahoo has reunited Jerusalem on its weather application for the iPhone. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered haredi Ashkenazi parents who refused to send their daughters to school with Sephardi girls to go to jail. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has joined a growing list of politicians calling for the resignation of a senior member of Parliament who questioned Israel's right to exist. A Chabad-Lubavitch event is drawing hundreds of emissaries to Washington for meetings with Congress members and Obama administration officials. Israeli troops shot and killed a man attempting to infiltrate Israel from the Egyptian border. More than half of Israeli Jews believe that the term "pro-Israel" should apply only to Jewish groups that back the policies of the current Israeli government, a poll showed.