• Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and downgraded diplomatic ties to the lowest level because Israel still has not apologized for the flotilla raid. This comes a day after the U.N. report leaked, which recommended that Israel express regret (as opposed to apologize). [NYT]
• Iran is moving some of its most important nuclear fuel-making to a secret underground bunker. It also declared that its production would exceed its needs for a small research reactor, which sounds ominous. [NYT]
• The European Union plans to place an embargo on all Syrian oil exports. [AP/WP]
• An Iranian lawmaker spoke up against his country’s continued backing of the Assad regime, in a sign that even that regime’s strongest, most important supporter may be waning. [LAT]
• Many younger Israelis, faced with some degree of uncertainty about their country’s future, are seeking EU passports. Bogus trend story of the week, or for-real? [AP/WP]
• Turkey will station a U.S. radar as part of an anti-Iran missile defense system. [WSJ]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.