Daybreak: Bibi Opposes Palestinian Unity
Plus U.S. plots talks with Hezbollah, and more in the news
March 18, 2011
• Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Palestinian moderates had to choose between peace with Israel and peace with Hamas. [AP/Newser]
• A forthcoming National Intelligence Estimate that portrays Hezbollah in several different ways is prompting discussion in Washington, D.C., about engaging the Lebanese group, much as Britain engaged Sinn Fein. [WP]
• How the Shiite uprising in Bahrain has pitted the U.S. against Saudi Arabia and strenghtened Iran. [NYT]
• President Obama has a track record of not calling bullies’ bluffs, Aluf Benn argues. And both Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas have taken note. [Haaretz]
• The U.N. Security Council approved airstrikes against Muammar Gadhafi’s forces in Libya. [NYT]
• And the Libyan rebels are already being armed by the Egyptian army, with U.S. knowledge. [WSJ]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
