• Goldstone: My bad. (More at 10.) [WP]
• How Iran lies behind all of the United States’ calculations during this time of regional upheaval. [NYT]
• In Egypt, the religious radicals are very much involving themselves in the political process, and are likely to achieve success (and the grand mufti says this is all workable). [NYT]
• Ever since Hezbollah toppled Lebanon’s Western-backed government, the U.S. has halted weapons shipments. [WSJ]
• Israel will likely soon approve nearly one thousand new houses in East Jerusalem. [AP/WP]
• Israel is appealing to the U.N. to stop a planned May Gaza flotilla, like last year’s. [Reuters/NYT]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.