Daybreak: MK Demands Israel Expose U.S. Spies
Plus Israeli Judo, Jewish basketball, and Iran
July 31, 2012
(Arieh Eldad)
• Unless jailed-for-life Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is released by America, National Union MK Arieh Eldad will try to force Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to expose the American spy program in Israel. [JPost]
• China condemned Mitt Romney’s statement declaring Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel to be incitement; Iran called Romney’s visit to Israel “foot-kissing.” [Times of Israel]
• The Times chronicles the increasing gulf between Israel and Bulgaria as the investigation of the Burgas bombing slowly drags. [NYT]
• Alice Schlesinger, Israel’s leading Olympic judo athlete, lost after advancing to the quarterfinals and still has a chance at the bronze. [BBC]
• The Forward profiles Flinder Boyd, the Jewish point guard on the Great Britain Olympic basketball team, who hoop dreams came to an end following an injury. [Forward]
Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.
