• “I do not think Hamas is a terrorist organization,” said Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. [JPost] Turkey is threatening to totally cut ties. [Laura Rozen]
• Yair Lapid, a top Israeli TV journalist (and likely future politician), slams the government’s PR performance since the flotilla raid. [Ynet]
• The Flotilla Choir. Not … sure if this one works so much. [YouTube]
• Cross-Currents, a top Orthodox blog, responds to Peter Beinart’s essay. [Cross-Currents]
• The New Yorker’s Lawrence Wright talks Gaza. [News Desk]
• A new discovery off the coast of Haifa could turn Israel into one of the world’s main natural gas exporters. [JPost]
• Tablet Magazine contributor Diana Bletter writes wistfully of taking Arabic lessons in Haifa the week of the Gaza flotilla. [NYT]
The Wailing Wall plays Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge tonight.
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.