? The Biden administration is trying to broker a long-shot diplomatic deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. “When you’re talking about Middle East peace, it takes three to tango,” said Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel. (New York Times)
?? The student who spoke out against Israel at last month’s CUNY law school graduation helped lead a 2022 pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan where a Jewish man was beat up. Another leader of that rally spoke at CUNY’s law school commencement last year. (Times of Israel)
? Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is challenging Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, compared COVID vaccine mandates to Nazi experimentation, in a newly surfaced video from 2020. The remarks are part of Kennedy’s long history of using the Holocaust to spread conspiracy theories about vaccines. (Haaretz)
? A Jewish middle school teacher in Massachusetts has resigned after facing antisemitic harassment by a student. The student, who is 12, was charged with criminal harassment after the teacher reported him making Nazi jokes and showing him drawings of Hitler standing over a dead person with the heading, “Sorry, Jew.” (Berkshire Eagle)
? An Israeli Jewish man threw stones that shattered a stained-glass window in the room where the Last Supper is believed to have taken place. The attack is part of a sharp rise in vandalism and assaults on Christian holy sites and Christians in Jerusalem since the start of 2023. (Haaretz)
? The president of Uruguay has scuttled his plan to turn an 800-pound eagle-and-swastika crest from a former Nazi ship into an artistic display of a peace dove. One historian had criticized the plan by saying it would be like if “Mexico turned its Aztec sacrificial stones into camping tables.” (JTA)
? Uber will cease operating in Israel by the end of the week, citing regulatory hurdles and competition from local taxi drivers and app-based ride services like Gett and Yango. (Globes)
? Israel is ranked seventh among 30 teams set to compete at the World Lacrosse Men’s Championship this week in San Diego. “They’ve punched above their weight by like 3 million percent,” said David Wiseman, who tracks Israeli sports. (JTA)