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This week in power: Election results, Weberman verdict, Concert canceled, MLK Day message

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January 24, 2013

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Netanyahu reelected
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept his seat as a result of Tuesday's election, but he's been severely weakened, ” target=”_blank”>said MSNBC's Rula Jebreal. Nobody has forgotten how Netanyahu tried to single-handedly push the topic of Iran into American politics in recent months, ” target=”_blank”>disaster,” as he had hoped to gain more power than the party did. The peace process is front and center on everyone's minds. “This generation, and Israeli society as a whole, has lost hope in peace and has begun searching for other solutions, even ones as unviable as Bennett’s,” ” target=”_blank”>said Matt Hill at The Daily Telegraph. “Like all demagogues, Netanyahu (who is sure to remain prime minister after the vote) knows the value of fear, and has spent the last four years frightening his people with the spectre of Iranian nukes, Palestinian terror and international anti-semitism.”

Abuse case trial
The trial of therapist Nechemya Weberman, who was accised of sexually abusing a child, ” target=”_blank”>reportedly surprised by the length of the sentence that came down.

Losing Lollapalooza
The music festival that put its name on the map in America and was set to bring its theatrics to Tel Aviv this summer is no longer after Lollapalooza was ” target=”_blank”>said Marc Hogan at Spin. Jews around the world who intended to fly in for the festivities are bummed. “We will pour out some of our Manischewitz while mourning your loss, Israel,” ” target=”_blank”>said Marc Schneier at The Jewish Daily Forward. “We can only speculate how, had he lived, Dr. King might have helped heal the divisions between Jews and African-Americans – or even the contributions he could have made toward achieving Middle East peace,”

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