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Sundown: Iran Amps Up Enrichment Ability

Plus Israeli talks, Israeli Apartheid Week, and more

by
Marc Tracy
February 24, 2012
Tehran celebrates the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution earlier this month.(Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
Tehran celebrates the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution earlier this month.(Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)

• A new IAEA report finds that Iran has in recent months tripled its capacity to produce highly enriched uranium. [Haaretz]

• The State Department is coordinating with Syria’s neighbors about plans for dealing with WMDs in post-Assad Syria. [Foreign Policy]

• Were there real peace negotiations in Jordan last month? Depends whom you ask! It seems Prime Minister Netanyahu is genuinely afraid of the collapse of Jordan’s monarchy, though. [Washington Times]

• Israeli Apartheid Week is next week. What, you didn’t notice? Therein lies a story. [New Voices]

• Seven members of the 1972 Israeli Olympic team take an emotional visit to Munich. [Reuters/Haaretz]

• Ed Koch wanted to employ wild wolves as municipal guard-dogs. He is truly the greatest. [JTA Capital J]

• Choose Your Own Iran Adventure, with the inimitable Eli Valley. [Forward]

• AIPAC Kremlinology on Newt Gingrich’s speaking spot. I’ll note that Gingrich’s willingness to be in Washington, D.C., on the day before Super Tuesday probably indicates he has given up on winning the nomination. [JTA]

• You’ve got another several weeks to see an exhibit featuring Jewish women comic artists. [Yeshiva University Museum]

• Um, just read this. [Grantland]

General Aladeen responds to the Oscar ban and the “Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Zionists.”

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