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Daybreak: Kerry Aims to Revive Peace Process

Meanwhile, 3,000 Gaza teenagers graduate Hamas training school

by
Adam Chandler
January 25, 2013
Design for Italy's Holocaust Museum(Rome City Government)
Design for Italy's Holocaust Museum(Rome City Government)

• During his confirmation hearing, Senator John Kerry who is expected to pass through the nomination process for his appointment as Secretary of State, emphasized restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and stopping Iran among his top priorities. [BBC]

• The Hamas military training high school program graduated its inaugural class in Gaza this week. The program, a weekly elective for Gaza students, had 3,600 participants. [AP]

• Could the strength of Italian bureaucracy possibly have been a match for Italian fascism? Planners of the Italian Holocaust Museum might think so. JTA takes a look at the $30 million project, which has already taken seven years to start and is expected to take another four years to finish. [JTA]

• Jesse David Fox takes a look at the HBO show Girls, asking residents in the main character’s neighborhood in Brooklyn what they think of the show. [NYMag]

• This cat-related ‘Letter to the Editor’ has got to be one of the best ever posted by the Sunday Times Book Review. [NYT]

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.