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Daybreak: Behind Freeing Pollard

Plus Turkish intransigence on Iran, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
October 21, 2010
A pro-Pollard Israeli demonstrator.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
A pro-Pollard Israeli demonstrator.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)

• How several somewhat influential Israelis and Americans have stirred the campaign to free Jonathan Pollard, the convicted Israeli spy, back to life. [LAT]

• Iran is trying to skirt sanctions by setting up secret banks around the world. [WP]

• In honor of Tablet Magazine’s Turkey Week, Turkey resisted U.S. entreaties to slow its trade with Iran. [LAT]

• Israel’s U.S. Embassy confirmed that a loyalty oath bill, if passed, wouldn’t threaten the U.S. citizenship of anyone seeking to become a dual American-Israeli. [JPost]

• A Hamas official alleged that Israel killed a deal over kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit by refusing to release the Palestinians’ 15 most desired prisoners. [Haaretz]

• The Rent Is Too Damn High Guy is still saying anti-Semitic things … . [Jewcy]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.