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BREAKING NEWS The 250 or so Jews remaining in Yemen insist on staying despite the upheaval in their country, Jewish organizational officials say. Former President Jimmy Carter discussed the case of jailed American contractor Alan Gross with Cuban officials, but said that was not the reason for his visit. Dozens of residents of a Palestinian village near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Itamar were detained by Israeli soldiers. Facebook has removed a page calling for a third Palestinian uprising against Israel, but a new one quickly took its place. The leader of New York's Syrian Jewish community pleaded guilty to laundering money through a religious charity. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return a 17th-century Dutch painting looted by the Nazis to the heir of the Jewish art dealer. Rep. Michael Grimm became the first Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives to back the latest push for clemency for Jonathan Pollard. The head of the European Jewish Congress called on the Dutch prime minister to re-examine a proposed law that would ban kosher slaughter. Israel's Knesset approved a law that would permit revoking citizenship rights of Israelis convicted of terrorism, espionage or treason. The United States sanctioned a state-owned energy company in Belarus for doing business with Iran. A bipartisan slate of 27 U.S. senators signed on to a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to press the Palestinian Authority to address incitement. The Orthodox Union told Florida's House of Representatives that it backs a repeal of a law that bans public funds for faith-based schools, activities and charities. The Obama administration said it remains determined to end anti-Israel bias at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Nearly half of Latinos believe that the United States is "too supportive" of Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a new poll shows. Anti-Muslim bigotry in the United States is "significant," according to the Anti-Defamation League. The Hadassah Foundation has awarded $182,000 in grants for 2011 to help women from diverse cultural groups in Israel and the American Jewish community. Jewish settlers clashed with police at a West Bank outpost after police came to arrest a resident. The Reform movement is seeking clarification from the Pentagon on the treatment of the soldier accused in a massive leaks case.