Daybreak: More Military Money for Israel?

• While saying the right things about seizing positive opportunities from the changes in the Arab world, defense minister Ehud Barak also suggested Israel may request $20 billion in additional U.S. security aid to upgrade the military. [WSJ]

• An update on the Palestinians’ new statehood strategy, which relies on going outside the peace process to the United Nations and other iterations of the international community. [LAT]

• The U.N.’s top nuclear inspector contradicted a U.S. intelligence report in musing that Iran may have continued work on a nuclear weapons program later than 2004. He also said Iran is not cooperating with his inspectors. [AP/NYT]

• Seven Palestinians and one Jewish settler were wounded following a clash in the West Bank prompted by a dispute over olive trees. [NYT]

• The beleagured former Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem—dramatically, he has locked himself up in his old compound—was accused of selling long-term leases in East Jerusalem to Jewish settlement groups. [NYT]

• The Anti-Defamation League accepted fashion designer John Galliano’s apology. [Ynet]