BREAKING NEWS

JTA DAILY BRIEFING
Friday May 15, 2009

BREAKING NEWS
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A nationalist party in the Israeli government coalition said it would propose legislation banning Israeli Arab commemoration of the Nakba.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/15/1005186/liebermans-party-wants-to-ban-nakba-an-ultranationalist-party-in-the-israeli-government-coalition

A U.S. judge will not rescind his decision ordering the PLO to pay $116 million to the family of victims of a terrorist attack.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/15/1005176/judge-upholds-116-million-lawsuit-against-plo

The personal Web site of MSNBC commentator Pat Buchanan removed its discussion forums after a critic pointed out that the site was hosting a forum on Holocaust denial.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/15/1005179/buchanan-web-forum-disappears-after-holocaust-denial-thread-surfaces

A candidate in Arkansas for the U.S. Senate reportedly referred to Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew."
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/14/1005163/arkansas-candidate-refers-to-schumer-as-that-jew

The National Jewish Democratic Council named David Harris its new president.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/15/1005178/njdc-adds-to-leadership

Egyptian forces shot dead an African man attempting to cross Israel's border.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/15/1005175/egyptians-shoot-african-infiltrator

Egyptian authorities uncovered an arms cache with hundreds of rockets along its border with Israel.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/15/1005174/egyptians-find-arms-cache-on-border

Orthodox Jews are expected to rally in Baltimore to protest the potential opening of the Owings Mills JCC on Shabbat afternoons
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/14/1005171/orthodox-jews-will-rally-against-jcc-shabbat-hours

Palestinians marked the Nakba, the day that Israel became an independent country.
Read more: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/14/1005169/palestinians-mark-nakba