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Sundown: Bad Bedfellows

Plus Obama says Turkish arms sales are safe, and more

by
Marc Tracy
August 16, 2010
The front of today’s New York Post.(Ben Smith)
The front of today’s New York Post.(Ben Smith)

• A Hamas official vaguely endorses Park51; the New York Post goes large with it. [Ben Smith]

• Obama “emphatically denied” warning Turkey that its continued pro-Palestinian activism and opposition to Iran sanctions could threaten weapons sales. [Laura Rozen]

• Where would Park51 actually be located? Opinions differ! [The Awl]

• The Movement for Progressive Judaism, a Reform outfit, asked Israeli President Shimon Peres to intervene regarding chief Sephardic rabbi Shlomo Amar’s anti-Reform invective. [Ynet]

• IHH, the Turkish charity that backed the Flotilla, praised the founding of a new, Hamas-aligned Gaza-based militant group. [JPost]

• Carl Levin, the Jewish Democratic senator from Michigan, was hit with a pie in the face by a student named Ahlam Mohsen at a Big Rapids event. [The Detroit News]

AMAR’E FLOATING IN THE DEAD SEA!



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