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• Editorial: Palestinian unity and peace

  and Congress has forbidden aid to terrorists.The prospect of losing that aid should increase pressure on Hamas to meet U.S. and Israeli demands that it recognize Israel, abandon violence and accept the Palestinian Authority's previous agreements. That's a   Read more »

• Jordan's king receives Hamas leader

  U.S. Mideast ally, has a signed peace treaty with Israel. It strongly advocates a negotiated settlement to the lingering Arab-Israeli conflict.A revival of contacts with Hamas would also allow Jordan to mediate between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ,   Read more »

• Deadline looming over Israel settlement evacuation

  other hand," he told Israel Radio.The settlers believe it is their religious duty to settle this patch of the biblical Land of Israel and say they won't abandon their stronghold 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of Jerusalem , overlooking the main north-south   Read more »

• Tel Aviv emerges as top gay tourist destination

  . Kirchick, who is gay, accused Schulman and her supporters of having an "ulterior agenda.""So consumed are they by hatred of Israel that they are willing to distort the truth about the horrible repression of homosexuals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip . If   Read more »

• Dempsey heads to Israel, likely to talk Iran

  JERUSALEM -- The top U.S. military commander is scheduled for talks in Israel this week, Israel said yesterday, at a time when the United States is concerned that Israel might be preparing to attack Iran over its nuclear program.   Read more »

Around the web

• CNN Israel all but confirms firing Jewish journalists

  Tip: Jewish Press): In response to inaccurate reports, CNN has strongly denied since Friday rumors that it no longer employs Israeli Jews in its Jerusalem bureau. The company has said: "CNN has recently reviewed its worldwide operations, an exercise we do 7:10 PM from Israel Matsav Read more »

• Wash. Post resorts to guilt by association to tar an Israeli religious community

  against the rest of Israeli society, including many ultra-Orthodox Jews and their rabbis who denounced the Sicarii. Israel's secular press and liberal politicians exploited the incidents by launching attacks against Israel's religious sector. In turn, foreign 7:09 PM from American Thinker Read more »

• You have to hand it to Luis Suarez, he has a unique ability to unite the world in loathing

  stand, only partially mitigated by his brief apology on Sunday. A shared loathing of Suárez could ultimately be what brings Israel and Palestine back to the negotiating table. There is another character that devotes itself to inspiring scorn and desecrating 6:25 PM from The Telegraph Read more »

• Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

  will say that Israel now needs to satisfy the demands of all Egyptians when it makes, more likely Egyptians will go on hating Israel regardless. And until they have a government in place that they like, the fate of the Palestinians will mean little or nothing 6:08 PM from Israel Matsav Read more »

• Israel bars Al-Quds University doctors from practicing in East Jerusalem

  Court and I can't recall any case in which he was the sole judge and ruled in favor of an Arab that appealed against an Israeli governmental institution," he said. "I hope for the best, but I wouldn't bet against him changing his policy. This time he will 5:56 PM from Haaretz Read more »