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Daybreak: E.U. Links Iran to Syria Repression

Plus Gaza tensions persist, what the Arab Spring has wrought, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
August 25, 2011
Gazans examine rubble from the early-morning Israeli bombing.(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
Gazans examine rubble from the early-morning Israeli bombing.(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

• The European Union sanctioned an Iranian military group, alleging it is helping President Assad to carry out his brutal crackdown. [LAT]

• More than 20 rockets from Gaza fell in Israel this morning, prompting Israeli air strikes in response. [Haaretz]

• The Arab Spring still has an uncertain fate, though it seems clearly to have lent power to the extremely radical Salafists. [NYT]

• An Egyptian report claims three Egyptians helped plan last week’s deadly attacks in Israel, while the Gaza-based group which Israel accuses of orchestrating it denies it. [Haaretz]

Haaretz editorializes against the Israeli right’s alliances with evangelical-Christian Zionists like Glenn Beck. [Haaretz]

• By the end of the year, the four-year, $5 million restoration of Jerusalem’s ancient walls will be completed. [AP/WP]

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