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Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone in an interview decried what he called the Jewish lobby's control over Washington's foreign policy and said that Hitler's actions should be put "into context."

A day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not extend a West Bank building freeze, violence broke out in an outpost there following the demolition of an illegally built home.

A former American spy chief says the path to U.S. military action against Iran is inescapable.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the team named by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the Turkish flotilla incident.

New Zealand's Jewish community is mounting a legal case against the country's new law banning kosher slaughter.

The Obama administration will allow the PLO office in Washington to fly the Palestinian flag and assume the title of "delegation."

The elected leader of Australian Jewry blasted his Christian counterpart over an "ill-considered" resolution asking churches to boycott goods produced by West Bank Jews.

Yemen's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a Yemeni man who killed a Jewish fellow citizen after demanding that he convert.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is returning to Washington to coordinate ways to isolate Iran.

Vandals painted red swastikas on the walls of the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens.

Haredi Orthodox youth are being blamed for a massive fire near Jerusalem that nearly led to the evacuation of Hadassah Hospital.

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) called on her opponent in their congressional election to stop writing for Andrew Breitbart's conservative website.

The president of Egypt's Jewish community allegedly has fled the country after being convicted of fraud and ordered to prison.

Israel lost to Turkey in the Euroleague women's volleyball bronze medal game in an empty arena amid tight security.

A Chabad rabbi has become the first rabbi since World War II to join the Canadian armed forces full time.

Israeli airstrikes reportedly destroyed a weapons manufacturing site and two smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip.

A firecracker exploded on the steps of the synagogue in Malmo, Sweden, a day after a bomb threat was taped to the building.

Israel's Cabinet agreed to send a group of police officers to Haiti to maintain public order.

A Netanya man was arrested for murdering his three young children.

Ahead of midterm elections, a Democratic leader distributed talking points to fellow House Democrats stressing support for Israel by President Obama and the party.

Two Jewish schools were ranked among the best high schools in Brazil.

A leading rabbi of the settler movement was arrested for writing a book that says Jewish law allows the killing of non-Jews.

The Palestinian Authority has granted travel documents and honorary citizenship to Irish anti-Israel activists who participated in a Gaza aid flotilla.

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Religious passion combines with politics at CUFI parley

Pastor John Hagee, CUFI's founder, speaks at the organization's Night to Honor Israel at the Washington Convention Center, July 21, 2010. (Paul Wharton)

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Op-Ed: Making the case for 'Yes'

Alan Dershowitz-style advocacy cements his position as part of the "Chorus of No" that is working hard to frighten American policymakers and politicians from speaking out on Middle East issues, the head of J Street writes in response to a Dershowitz Op-Ed.. Read more »

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Arab convicted of rape tells his side (Guardian) Saber Kushour, convicted by an Israeli court of rape for posing as a Jew to have sex with a Jewish woman, says he never posed as anything and that the encounter has ruined his life.

An alternative Tu B'Av wedding (Jerusalem Post) On the Jewish equivalent of Valentine's Day, a young Israeli couple marries in a pluralistic Jewish ceremony that will not be recognized by the Rabbinate since they are not considered halachically Jewish.

Israel Museum opening ceremony - LIVE (webcast at 12:30 PM EST) Watch a live webcast of the ceremony marking the reopening of the Israel Museum following a five-year, $100 million renovation. Featured speakers will include the Israeli prime minister and president. Tune in at 12:30 p.m. EST.

College cop still fighting for reinstatement (Baltimore Sun) In a nearly 4-year-old battle, a Jewish Towson University police officer has filed a new federal complaint alleging that the university backed out of a deal and discriminated against him based on his religion.

The barrier to conversion (Haaretz) Israel has a historic and Jewish responsibility to complete the process of fully accepting hundreds of thousands of immigrants into society, Haaretz editorializes.