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Daybreak: Officers Face Music Over U.N. Building

Plus still unclear who killed Hamas weapons guy, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
February 02, 2010

• The Israeli military formally reprimanded two officers for their roles in the shelling of the Gaza U.N. compound during last year’s conflict. [NYT]
• Israel also said it would not file any charges related to a 38-year-old American who sustained brain damage while participating in a West Bank protest. [WP]
• The Hamas weapons connection-guy killed by Mossad? He may actually have been killed by an Arab-government squad, Hamas now says. [Haaretz]
• After numerous reports suggesting he did, Turkey was forced to deny that its ambassador requested to leave Israel shortly after his deliberate humiliation there. [JPost]
• Guitarist Carlos Santana cancelled an Israel show, and one figure in the music industry there says this was due to “anti-Israel pressure.” [Ynet]
• Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter. Sorry. [CNN]

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