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Daybreak: IDF Cleared in Rachel Corrie Trial

Plus the plot against the President and the ‘Zionist Occupied Government’

by
Adam Chandler
August 28, 2012
The alleged plotters (AP)
The alleged plotters (AP)

• A Haifa court ruled against the family of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza in 2003. [JPost]

• The Atlantic reports on a plot by four United States soldiers to kill President Obama and overthrow the “Zionist Occupied Government.” Signaling the severity of the threat, the soldiers stockpiled nearly $90,000 worth of weapons and prosecutors are alleging that they killed two people who learned of the plot. [Atlantic]

• Nine Israeli teens were indicted in the attempted lynching of three Arab teenagers in West Jerusalem two weeks ago [Times of Israel]

• A Michigan State University student is alleging that he was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack at a party off-campus this past weekend. [JTA]

• Natalie Portman is front and center in a campaign to deliver female voters to President Obama. [Jewcy]

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.