This week in power: UN address, Virginia race, Hebron house, Fake LinkedIn

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Obama at the UN
President Obama had some harsh words during a ” target=”_blank”>wrote Jonathan S. Tobin at Commentary.

Rouhani speech
“There was no such mass walkout this time,” ” target=”_blank”>advocated taking a strong stand against it. “Despite the charm offensive of the new Iranian president, the policies of the regime have not changed at all,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ” target=”_blank”>publicly said that non-Christians are engaged in a “false religion.” “Any time you say, ‘There is no other means of salvation but through Jesus Christ, and if you don’t know him and you don’t follow him and you don’t go through him, you are engaged in some sort of false religion,’ that’s controversial,” Jackson said. “Jackson forgets that the state he is aspiring to lead has plenty of atheists, Buddhists, Jews, Hindus and Muslims,” ” target=”_blank”>according to reports. Netanyahu said, “Those who attempt to uproot us from the city of our forefathers will achieve the opposite effect. We will continue on one hand to fight terror and to harm terrorists and on the other hand to strengthen settlements.” Some worry about the future. “The chilling affect it would have on the peace process scarcely bears mentioning. Netanyahu thinks letting settlers back into Beit Hamachpela won’t escalate tensions in the West Bank. Let’s hope that his assessment is based on more than wishful thinking,” ” target=”_blank”>listed it on their official Washington embassy web site. “I’m a career politician, expert public relations professional, leading international salesman and longtime advocate of nuclear proliferation,” the Rouhani page says. “Who needs to encounter new developments in international relations with patience and diplomacy when you can leverage pre-existing brand associations to capture eyeballs in a truly epic way?” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Philip Weiss at Mondoweiss.