• Having formally pledged to go the hardcore Security Council/independence route, the Palestinian Authority is now looking into watering down their U.N. actions next month. [Ynet]
• Prime Minister Netanyahu refused an entreaty from Secretary of State Clinton to apologize to Turkey. [Haaretz]
• Hosni Mubarak opined that Syrian President Assad should quit. Well, he would know! [Ynet]
• The young Israeli protesters think the cost of living should be lower. How expensive is it to live in Israel? [JTA]
• So Ralph Branca, the sorta-Jew. Is he Jewish? Alan Dershowitz, among others, weighs in, and further notes Sandy Koufax’s distinctively Jewish pitching style. [NYT]
Marv Levy, the only NFL coach to reach four straight Super Bowls (he lost all four), is now a novelist. Here’s some highlights from the second Super Bowl he lost:
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.