Mideast envoy George Mitchell continues his meetings with Israeli
leadership (1) (2), and is set to meet with Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas today (7). The Washington Post profiles the first-year
accomplishments of new Jewish lobby J Street (3), while the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency reports on J Street's new campus initiative (5). Rahm
Emmanuel is reported to have told a Jewish leader that President Obama
is determined to see a Palestinian state created in his first term (4).
A Palestinian man is shot dead after allegedly trying to stab residents
of a West Bank settlement (6), while The Yesha Council of Settlements
blames the attack on Israeli cooperation in the efforts to create a
Palestinian state (13). A Palestinian protestor in Bilin is killed by
the IDF (14).
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