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