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Sundown: Bibi Looks To Deal

Plus Dems defend J Street, and more

by
Marc Tracy
October 05, 2010
Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday.(Ammar Awad-Pool/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday.(Ammar Awad-Pool/Getty Images)

• Prime Minister Netanyahu is seeking more from the United States in exchange for extending the freeze two months, including a pledge to veto unilateral Palestinian independence and acceptance of a long-term military presence in the Jordan Valley. [JTA]

• Top Jewish Democrats denied that J Street had anything to do with their meetings with Richard Goldstone last year. [JTA]

• Several West Bank rabbis presented 20 new Qurans to replace those damaged after yesterday’s mosque arson. [AP/Vos Iz Neias?]

• Speaking with Egyptian President Mubarak, President Clinton linked the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to motivating terrorism around the world. [AP/Vos Iz Neias?]

• Greed, Lawrence Schiffman, Raphael Golb, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. [GreedWatcher]

• On the Jewishness of Dr. Faye Miller, Don Draper’s latest paramour on Mad Men. [XX Factor]

Last night, Jon Stewart was magnanimous in his treatment of Rick Sanchez (who called to apologize).

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