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US 2008 ELECTION

	McCain and Iran: ‘We cannot allow a second Holocaust' Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned a nuclear-armed Iran would unleash the threat of a "second Holocaust” as he clashed with his Democrat rival Barack Obama on how to deal with Iran.

How McCain and Obama match up on top foreign issues

Here are the positions of Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain on foreign policy issues.

Obama: ‘you don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington’

'You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq,' he said.

Jewish groups condemn Madonna’s use of Hitler in concert photo montage

The images were projected on a screen as Madonna launched her world tour with a live concert in Cardiff, Wales.

More US 2008 ELECTION:

	Obama, McCain court Florida's key Jewish votes
	McCain and Iran: ‘We cannot allow a second Holocaust'
	US election: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel waits for debates to make his choice
	McCain to announce VP pick Friday, Joseph Lieberman seen as dark horse
	Barack Obama chooses strong supporter of Israel as running mate
	Ex-Democrat VP hopeful Lieberman to address Republicans
	Obama-backed congressman wins primary marked by anti-Semitic campaign

Obama vows to tighten Israel ties White House hopeful Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to tighten US bonds with Israel, during an intense day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, a key moment in his international campaign swing.		Obama/McCain: two visions to face the current challenges While both presidential candidates declare that the alliance with Israel constitutes the unshakable basis of the American geopolitical approach in the Middle East, they diverge on various issues.

EJP PICTURE OF THE DAY

TEL AVIV--- Posters of abducted Israel soldier Gilad Shalit hang on a stage during a rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on October 6, 2008. Hundreds of Israelis gathered for a rally in central Tel Aviv tonight to ask for Shalit's forgiveness ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.

Shalit was abducted by Palestinian in June 2006 and has since been held in the Gaza Strip, now controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas.