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Daybreak: King of Jordan To Meet Abbas

Plus, clashes in Tahrir Square, Iran’s nuclear timeline, and more in the news

by
Stephanie Butnick
November 21, 2011

• In Egypt, three days of clashes between protesters and the military in Tahrir Square have led to 33 deaths. [NYT]

• Ehud Barak, Israel’s defense minister, told CNN that a nuclear Iran could be a reality in less than one year. [AP]

• Jordan’s King Abdullah II is in the West Bank today, meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. [Haaretz]

• Prime Minister Netanyahu has postponed, indefinitely, appeals hearings on two bills that would place restrictions on foreign funding to nongovernmental organizations in Israel. [JTA]

• The Actor’s Synagogue, the temple in New York City’s theater district once packed with stars like Sophie Tucker and Jack Benny on the High Holidays but now struggling to stay in business, is holding a fundraiser this Saturday. [NYT]

• New Jersey parents, whose three children have Nazi-inspired names and are in foster care, lost custody of their fourth child 17 hours after he was born. [AP]

Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.