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• A rocket from Gaza hit Ashkelon—the first in more than a year—causing damage and panic, though no casualties. [NYT]
• Staten Island’s Democratic congressman fired his communications director for leaking a list of his midterm opponent’s Jewish donors under the title, “Grimm Jewish Money Q2” (“Grimm” is the opponent’s unfortunate last name). [Politico]
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• Former President Bill Clinton will officiate at the wedding of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) and longtime Hillary Clinton adviser Huma Abedin—this summer’s second-most-anticipated half-Jewish nuptials. [AP/Maggie Haberman]
• A “humanitarian” ship organized by Muammar Qaddafi’s son will depart Greece for Gaza tomorrow. [JTA]
• Yehuda Amital, a formidable leader in the religious Zionist movement, died ...

For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this week has been one long, continuous photo-op: Visiting President Obama at the White House; chatting with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America; facing off with Katie Couric on CBS Evening News; kibitzing with Larry King. This afternoon, he’ll be at the Council on Foreign Relations in Manhattan, where ...

• “I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus,” reveals Tablet Magazine contributor Christopher Hitchens. There’s something poignant about his omission of the word “cancer.” Get well soon, Hitch. [VF Daily]
• As House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) readies a book tour, a colleague predicts, ...

• At a private gathering in Washington, D.C., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas won high marks from AIPAC, the ADL, and like-minded activists. [Foreign Policy]
• In what has become something of a counter-conventional wisdom view, two authors argue that U.S.-led energy sanctions against Iran (which are unlike the just-passed U.N. ones) could go a long way ...

On Tuesday afternoon, after The Scroll was already off celebrating Shavuot, President Obama met with 37 Jewish senators and congressmen at the Old Executive Office Building to reassure him of his unequivocal for support for Israel’s security. (All of the over 40 Jewish legislators were invited; notably absent was Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), the Minority ...

• We learn that two of the suspected (and allegedly Mossad) assassins of Hamas’s chief weapons man escaped to Iran after the killing. The Scroll will have more on the yet more bizarre mystery later in the day. [NYT]
• In public and private, the Obama administration tsk-tsked Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to landmark two Biblical ...

• Two of the most high-profile mixed political couples all dined together in Manhattan: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) and fiancée Huma Abedin, and Chelsea Clinton and fiancé (and tastefully named) Marc Mezvinsky. Abedin is an aide to Clinton’s mother. [Page Six]
• Israel clarified that it will not reopen a crossing between it and Gaza ...

Okay, so admittedly there was a slight smile on the face of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) when Jon Stewart asked him last night, “Is Lieberman a dick?” and he answered, “Yes, Jon.” But he didn’t qualify it! And certainly Weiner might feel sourly toward Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut), given the latter’s brazen health-care flip-flopping.
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• Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein reports from his travels that while the problem of pluralism and gender discrimination in Israel gets little attention among Israelis, it is very important to Diaspora Jews. [Haaretz]
• Some former Obama supporters among Orthodox Jews are feeling buyer’s remorse. [The Jewish Star/Failed Messiah]
• The Dubai police commissioner pledged to seek ...