Daybreak: DSK Movie in the Works
Plus, unity deal details, anti-missile exercises, and more in the news
February 07, 2012
• It’s happening. Filmmaker Abel Ferrara has confirmed reports that he is making a film about Dominique Strauss Kahn. Starring Gérard Depardieu. [NYT]
• The Hamas-Fatah unity deal could jeopardize aid for the Palestinian Authority, Rep. Gary Ackerman pointed out, since the United States won’t give money to Hamas. [NYT]
• The U.S. and Israel anti-missile exercise has been rescheduled for October. [JTA]
• Iran, Jeffrey Goldberg argues, is the post-Nazi Jewish nightmare—but Israel can’t attack them alone, he argues. [Bloomberg]
• The U.S. State Department put out a new travel recommendation for Americans visiting Israel: Cover up. [Ynet]
Stephanie Butnick is the founder of GOLDA, a Jewish lifestyle newsletter. She hosted the Tablet podcast Unorthodox, co-authored The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between, and worked as a writer and editor at Tablet.
