Sundown: Latest Flotilla Calmly Steered Away
November 04, 2011
The two vessels off the Gaza coast today.(Israel Defense Forces/NYT)
• Apparently without violence or injuries, IDF soldiers boarded the two Gaza-bound humanitarian boats; they will divert them to Ashdod, in Israel. [NYT]
• The Bidens and the Cantors had dinner last night. It was the greatest assemblage of intellect at the Naval Observatory ever—except when Quayle dined alone. [TPM]
• Two Pakistani Muslims save Brooklyn bialy store. Whatta town. [NYT City Room]
• Mitt Romney’s campaign gained Tablet Magazine contributor Tevi Troy as an adviser. Next step: make President Obama fail the Koch Test. [Politico]
• Egypt’s foreign minister condemned Israel’s accelerated building of East Jerusalem housing units, which was itself in response to the Palestinians’ gaining membership to UNESCO. [Ynet]
• A compelling prediction that the Muslim Brotherhood will be successful in the Egyptian parliamentary elections later this month. [Foreign Policy]
• Gov. Rick Perry pledged to back an Israeli decision to take military action against Iran’s nuclear weapons program should he ever become president, which appears to get less likely every day. [Reuters/Vos Iz Neias?]
• How the founder of Leica cameras helped Jews escape the Nazis. [YouTube]
• Eyal Press takes stock of the summer’s social justice movement in Israel. [NYRB]
• U.S. diplomats call Tel Aviv “Miami of the Middle East.” Weirdly, they mean it as a compliment. [JPost]
• Jack Abramoff and Dan Snyder were good friends. Well of course. [DC Sports Bog]
Don’t forget to “fall back” one hour Saturday night.
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
