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Unifying factor in 2010 election: Never before

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Political Points: Waxman waxes partisan, KO for Kirk U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) launches attacks on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at its Israel event. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wins the argument over whether he shaped Iran sanctions law. Ron Kampeas has the stories on JTA's Capital J blog.

Charity drop In its annual report, The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that fund raising at the largest American Jewish charities showed a decline about twice as steep as large U.S. charities generally, JTA's Jacob Berkman reports.

Jewish groups on the Philanthropy 400 Here are the Jewish organizations that made it to the Chronicle of Philanthropy's 400, with their ranking on the list, fund-raising totals for 2009 and percentage increase or decrease from 2008 to 2009.

Breaking News Iran has rejected Argentina's proposal to place on trial in a neutral country those accused in the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. After meeting with Israeli leaders, ADL National Director Abraham Foxman called on the Obama administration to “close all doors” to a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. China agreed to investigate U.S. findings that some of its companies were assisting Iran in its efforts to develop nuclear weaponry. Canadian police officials have denied arresting a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai. Israel's army will block soldiers' access to social media sites while they are on base A new law passed in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre will require its public schools to teach about the Holocaust. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is partnering with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to help children in Haiti as the island country recovers from last winter’s devastating earthquake. The warehouse of a Palestinian girls' school in the West Bank was set on fire and spray-painted with graffiti, allegedly by Jewish settlers. Iran topped the agenda at a session of the U.S.-Israel strategic dialogue Israel and the United States marked 25 years of their free trade agreement with plans to remove remaining barriers between the two countries. Louis Henkin, a pioneer in human rights law, died at the age of 92.