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Daybreak: Rockets Cast Glare on Talks

Plus a Chernobyl in Iran? and more

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The Bushehr reactor.(IIPA via Getty Images)

• Rocket-fire from Gaza is on the upswing as direct peace talks commence in Jerusalem. [Haaretz]

• Some are worried that Iran’s soon-to-be-operational Bushehr nucler reactor could become, due to the opacity and haste with which it was built, a second Chernobyl. [LAT]

• The Bronx synagogue bomb plot trial was delayed as the judge considers how to deal with one defendant whose apparent mental illness has caused him to be unresponsive. [NYT]

• Jorge Puello, the maybe-leader of the Dominican Republic’s Jewish community, was extradited to the United States to face child-trafficking charges. [AP/Failed Messiah]

• A Saudi diplomat requested asylum in the U.S. (he works at the L.A. consulate) since he received death threats after revealing that he is gay and good friends with a Jewish Israeli woman. [NYT]

• Start drinking less coffee today! (Yeah, right.) [JPost]

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Daybreak: Rockets Cast Glare on Talks

Plus a Chernobyl in Iran? and more