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April 13, 2010
Lebanon charges three as spies for Israel
A military court in Lebanon charged three men for collaborating with Israel.\n
Rabbi gets maximum sentence in molestation case
A Brooklyn rabbi was given the maximum prison sentence for sexually assaulting a male teenager.\n\nRabbi Baruch Lebovits was sentenced to 10 years and eight months to 32 years in prison on Monday by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Patricia DiMango, the New York Daily News reported. He received consecutive sentences on eight counts of sexual abuse.
Israeli allowed to visit Beirut
Israel\’s Supreme Court has given an Israeli-Arab writer permission to visit Beirut to attend an Arab writers\’ conference.\n
Israeli officials reject U.S.-imposed plan
Israeli officials reportedly rejected the idea of a U.S.-conceived peace plan being applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Poll: Obama struggling with Jews, but not on Israel
A new survey shows President Obama struggling with American Jews — but not on Israel-related matters.\n\nThe American Jewish Committee poll of U.S. Jews found that Obama\’s approval rating is at 57 percent, with 38 percent disapproving. That\’s down from the stratospheric 79 percent approval rating among Jews that Obama enjoyed about a year ago, in May 2009. The AJC poll was conducted March 2-23 and surveyed 800 self-identifying Jewish respondents selected from a consumer mail panel.\n
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