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Daybreak: Settlers and Israeli Security Clash

Plus Iran offers the U.S. aid in the aftermath of Sandy?

by
Adam Chandler
November 01, 2012

• During the destruction of a West Bank outpost, resident settlers and Israeli security forces clashed with settlers throwing stones at IDF soldiers. The settlers are claiming the IDF and police used excessive force. [JTA]

• According to reports, Iran has reached out to offer emergency aid to the United States in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. A State Department spokesman claims that the administration has not formally received such an offer. [NYT]

• Eli Valley is back with a new (and controversial) comic in the Forward, which features a scientific experiment that involves Judah Maccabee and Anne Frank. [Forward]

• Our own David Samuels appears in The Atavist for a podcast on longform nonfiction. Check it out! [Atavist]

• The AP is reporting that the recent bombing of a state-run weapons factory in Sudan is a larger sign of a rivalry between Israel and Iran that is taking shape beyond borders of the Middle East. [AP]

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.