EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton: We may use trade ties as leverage.

ADL slams Obama administration: We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States.

Negev farmers raise camels, sell Argan oil and host vacationers.

ADL: We can't remember when such harsh language was directed at friend, ally of US.

EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton: We may use trade ties as leverage.

Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah.

Hayom Yom, an expression which translates as 'Day by Day,' is a collection of concise thoughts, often relevant to the season or portion of study when it appears, which gives the reader food to sustain the soul each day of the year.

Today's Psalms: Chapters 120 - 134

Today's Lesson: MaAchalot Assurot Chapter 16

Downplaying anxiety and uncertainty about potential, as-yet-undetermined future harm is unconscionable.

What does the Arab (or Muslim) street think? Whom does it hate and whom does it admire? These questions have reverberated among us from the days of Gamal Abdel Nasser to Hassan Nasrallah today. But who speaks on behalf of this "street"? Due to the lack of reliable public opinion polls, authoritarian rule and media outlets that are trained what to say, it's not surprising that the assessments of the man on the street are so incomprehensible and based merely on impressions and gut feelings. ...

As left-wing protest disperses, Jews hurl rocks at Arabs in J'lem neighborhood.

They estimate that the number of participants in the demonstrations in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah was 3,000; and they stress that for a long time, no one has seen such a large protest here. Yallah! We have a fight. ...

The Israeli consulate in Los Angeles held a cocktail party in a restaurant in honor of the creators of the film "Ajami," an Oscar candidate for Best Foreign Language Film. During the celebration, actor Elias Saba, who looks particularly young, lifted a glass of champagne to toast his friends. Before he could say a word, the owner of the restaurant stopped him and asked whether he was 21, the minimum age for serving alcohol in California. Because he had no such ID, he was insulted. Even though the consul explained to him that those are state laws, the actors left the restaurant angrily, one for all and all for one - the motto of the Three Musketeers that is applied in Israel, too, when it comes to violating the law in public. ...

It's time laws were more rigorously enforced. Delinquent drivers must be removed from the roads and their cars confiscated. It may even be advisable to charge drivers with murder in extreme cases

Two or three times a day, Shimon Peres stands in the President's mansion, receiving groups of blushing beauty queens, farmers and international parliamentarians. Each group gets its share of smiles, joint photographs and the standard joke, always some reference to the great man's age.

In the absence of a royal family, only the 86-year-old mega-statesman can lend grandeur to the informality of Israeli official events.

But no one ever expected him to be just a figurehead. The man eternally branded by Yitzhak Rabin as "a tireless schemer" could not stop playing politics even if he tried.

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I am sorry, but I can't". With these six words, Robert MacKenzie, Professor of Political Sociology at the London School of Economics, changed my life.

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How far out does charedi outreach reach? Just how prepared are charedim to reach out to their Jewish brethren, and on what terms?

Here is a selection of the many news stories that have landed on my desk over the past couple of weeks:

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Israel could not have asked for a better beginning to Biden’s visit this week. Now it must rebuild Washington's trust.

Benjamin Pogrund, distinguished campaigner against South African Apartheid and now a citizen of Israel, was on hand this week to deliver a harsh dose of reality to the misguided and destructive campaigners taking part in the spuriously titled “Israel Apar