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Sundown: Reconciliation Redux All Over Again?

Plus White House Jewish envoy steps out, and more

by
Marc Tracy
November 07, 2011
Fake Meshal and fake Abbas. They do real bar mitzvahs and fake funerals!(Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)
Fake Meshal and fake Abbas. They do real bar mitzvahs and fake funerals!(Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)

• The heads of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are set to meet on the topic of presidential and parliamentary elections. [JPost]

• Jarrod Bernstein, the White House’s Jewish liaison, debuted at a New York gathering of the hawkish Orthodox group Agudath Israel. Message: I care. [Capital New York]

• Bush looked into Putin’s soul. Wasserman Schultz looked into Obama’s kishkes. [JTA]

• You almost get the sense that Lanny Davis, defender of Dan Snyder, is just a gigantic hypocrite. [Washington City Paper]

• Nextbook Press author Hillel Halkin praises Nextbook Press book David Ben-Gurion. Such sport! [WSJ]

• An Israeli man sold over 400,000 counterfeit Viagra pills. I take it I’m supposed to make a joke now? [JPost]

Andrew Silow-Carroll wins headline of the day.

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