This week in power: Iran and Israel, Mic fallout, Nelson mystery, Baseball

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

The Israel question
On Saturday night during the latest Republican presidential debate, Gov. Rick Perry ” title=”http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/political_insider/romney_perry_confused_and_confusing_aid_israel”>said Douglas Bloomfield in The Jewish Week. What’s this mean for the campaign? ” title=”http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/focus-u-s-a/obama-makes-his-jewish-outreach-work-harder-1.395188″>changed since Sarkozy and Obama were caught talking about Netanyahu last week on an open mic? Well, everyone has ” title=”http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-11-15/goldberg-obama-microphone-slip-shows-scary-israel-rift.html”>said Jeffrey Goldberg at Bloomberg. But Jennifer Rubin at The Washington Post ” title=”http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/11/v-fullstory/2498177/whodunit-over-sen-bill-nelson.html”>rejected. Or so they say. There’s no ways to know who is telling the truth, but in a state with such a strong Jewish population, Nelson is treading carefully. “It’s a completely bogus political charge,” said a Nelson spokesman. “Bill Nelson through his entire life has been an unwavering supporter of Israel. This is a xenophobic political smear.” Florida remains an important state for the Democrats to keep happy heading into election season.

Cancer vaccine
sraeli researchers working on a cancer vaccine just started Phase III clinical trials at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, ” title=”http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/11/israel-develops-cancer-vaccine.html”>said Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs. “There are a 12 Million Jews in the world, and yet they have received 192 Nobel Prizes. The Muslims number 1.4 Billion … or 117 times the number of Jews!” Is the next one on its way?

Pros join Israel baseball
Former MLB players Shawn Green, Brad Ausmus, and Gabe Kapler ” title=”http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/sports/national_sports/article_e78c03b6-0fa8-11e1-b70d-001cc4c03286.html”>said Les Levine in the Cleveland Jewish News. But there are even better players to be had, like Kevin Youkilis,