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Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
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Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
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Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
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Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
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Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
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Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
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Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
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Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
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Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
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Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
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Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)

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Jewish World Opinions

Obama, affirm the Jewish people's 3,200 year old connection to the Land of Israel

President Obama should affirm the Jewish people's historic connection with its homeland, absent from his 2009 Cairo speech, as well as to call for religious freedom for all Jews, a renewal of the peace process, and an effective response to Iran’s nuclear military ambitions.

By Rabbi Rick Jacobs | Mar 16, 2013 | 05:04 PM | 56

Obama at URJ conference - Mozgovaya - Dec. 16, 2011

Converts to Judaism are victims of Israel's insulting and cruel Rabbinate

New York's The Jewish Week reports on another case of an American convert whose Orthodox conversion is being rejected by Israel's religious authorities. As long as Israel's power-hungry Rabbinate demands and receives authority to accept or reject Orthodox conversions, there will be inevitable abuses and needless suffering.

By Rabbi Marc Angel | Feb 8, 2013 | 01:32 PM | 26

Stuck between a rock and a holy place: The impact of Australia’s decision to hold Election Day on Yom Kippur

The Australian government’s decision to hold the next federal election on Yom Kippur has riled some within the country’s small but influential Jewish community. How will hearts, minds and therefore ballots be affected?

By Judd Yadid | Feb 7, 2013 | 01:33 PM | 18

Why hasn't the Orthodox egalitarian 'synagogue revolution' taken hold in America?

Modern Orthodox synagogues are pushing the boundaries of custom and religious law to create a more egalitarian prayer experience. But most of these pioneering communities are found in Israel, rather than in the U.S.

By Vered Kellner | Feb 7, 2013 | 10:55 AM | 10

Israel is waiting for its Holocaust survivors to die

There are three different days committed to remembering the Holocaust, but during the rest of the year, the Israeli government only thinks of Holocaust survivors as a financial burden.

By Amos Rubin | Feb 6, 2013 | 04:12 AM | 7

Equal rights for all, including the Women of the Wall

The law allows free access to the Western Wall. Now it needs to be enforced without political interference.

By Ofer Larinman | Feb 4, 2013 | 05:15 PM | 6

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