Daybreak: Israel’s Settlement Plan Is Not Popular

 

• They are reports that Britain and France may recall their ambassadors to Israel following Friday’s announcement that Israel would allow a committee to begin planning settlements in a controversial area of Jerusalem known as E-1. [al-Arabiya]

 http://www.haaretz.com/

• David Remnick’s dispatch from the Saban Institute in Washington, D.C. includes an interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. [TNY]

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/11/salam-fayyad-palestines-man-in-the-middle.html

• Gawker of all good websites rounds up the recent spate of anti-Semitic behavior at Boston area colleges. [Gawker]

http://gawker.com/5964982/theres-a-lot-of-jew+hating-going-on-at-boston-colleges-these-days?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

• In case you were wondering, the small Mississippi town of Indianola (pop. 10,600) has a Jewish mayor (a Democrat no less), who used to run the family’s dry good store. [NYT]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/beyond-black-and-white-in-the-mississippi-delta.html?smid=tw-share

• Prepping for the long month ahead? Planning to buy more PowerBall lottery tickets? Best check your Jewcy horoscope first. [Jewcy]

http://www.jewcy.com/category/news

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