Daybreak: Bold Palestinian Move
Plus Gingrich goes there, and more in the news
May 21, 2010
Newt Gingrich in February.(Wikipedia)
• The Palestinians made a surprisingly generous land-concession offer in the proximity talks. Israel would rather be talking about a less controversial subject like water rights. [WSJ]
• Hezbollah is mobilizing to prepare for a large Israeli military drill beginning Sunday. [Haaretz]
• France and Germany’s foreign ministers both hit the Mideast this weekend to talk peace. [Ynet]
• Moshe Greenberg died at 81. An Israel Prize winner, he was one of the first Jews who critically taught the Bible in the American academy. [NYT]
• Newt Gingrich’s new book says President Obama’s policies are as “great a threat to America as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.” The AJC wants an apology. [American Jewish Committee]
• And while we were out for Shavuot, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania) lost this year’s Democratic primary. So much for the party switch. [JTA]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
