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Daybreak: Bibi Rallies the Faithful

Plus DSK in big trouble, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
May 24, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn.(Richard Drew-Pool/Getty Images)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn.(Richard Drew-Pool/Getty Images)

• Prime Minister Netanyahu told the AIPAC Policy Conference that Israel will not retreat to “indefensible” 1967 borders. Good thing no one asked it to! [Haaretz]

• Members of Move Over AIPAC successfully interrupted his speech several times. [Ynet]

• There is said to be DNA evidence (oh boy) tying Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the maid who is accusing him of attempted rape. [NYT]

• The European Union followed the U.S. in imposing sanctions directly on Syrian President Bashar Assad. [NYT]

• Prominent Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa blamed Israel for the peace process’s failure. [JPost]

• The IDF released actual video of Iron Dome, the missile defense system, working. [NYT]

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