• 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.