A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk with reporters in the Oval Office after their meeting, May 20.

Is Obama charting a new course on Israeli-Palestinian issues?

By Uriel Heilman, JTA, WASHINGTONPublished May 25, 2011

President Barack Obama knew he had some damage control to do when he took the podium before thousands of Israel supporters on Sunday morning at the opening plenary of the annual AIPAC conference. But he wasn't offering any apologies for his speech three...

Benjamin Netanyahu

Bibi to Congress: No compromise on Jerusalem, refugees or Jordan River presence

By Uriel Heilman, JTA WASHINGTONPublished May 24, 2011

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that any peace deal with the Palestinians must grant Israel a military presence along the Jordan River, exclude repatriation of Palestinian refugees to Israel and leave Jerusalem as Israel's united capital. However,...

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