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Daily Briefing

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

FEATURED STORY For Obama, Bibi tensions subside, political problems begin In two successive speeches Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had nothing but praise for President Obama, even as Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- were rushing to emphasize their differences with the president on Israel policy. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Netanyahu holds firm JTA's Uriel Heilman reports on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress. Reporters' Notebook: AIPAC 2011 JTA's Ron Kampeas and Uriel Heilman offer their observations from the 2011 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington. What was new in Bibi's speech? JTA's Ron Kampeas talks with four Jewish members of Congress about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. Shadowboxing with the Palestinians Historian Benny Morris writes in The National Interest that the Palestinians won't make the compromises necessary for peace but suggests that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should nevertheless soften his stance on Jerusalem in order to garner international sympathy for Israel. The other O peace plan President Obama says he's looking for peace in the Middle East and his family's Irish apostrophe... Maybe he should look in the JTA Jewish News Archive. This week in Torah: Bamidbar In the first Torah portion from the Book of Numbers, Moses conducts the first census in history -- and no one had to fill out a form. MyJewishLearning.com has commentaries from across the denominational spectrum. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content No Springtime for Palestinians? Don't the Palestinians, at least as much as any of the other peoples of the Middle East, need a new beginning of consensual government? Read more BREAKING NEWS Two Jewish brothers who were reported missing in the wake of a deadly tornado in Joplin, Mo., are safe. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said there was nothing for peace talks to build on in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the U.S. Congress. Iran has conducted work on a trigger for a nuclear weapon and Syria "very likely" was building a nuclear reactor in 2007, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog formally concluded. An Israeli company is among seven newly sanctioned by the United States for dealings with Iran. President Obama said in London that it would be a "mistake" for the Palestinians to go to the United Nations to proclaim a state. Venezuela's largest Jewish advocacy group protested to the government a state-run radio broadcast that positively referenced the anti-Semitic "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was released from a Texas hospital, where he had been admitted with chest pains.