Afternoon links

Commentary's J.E. Dyer: Responsibility to Protect, Obligation to Shoot

Arab News: What if Arabs had recognized the State of Israel in 1948?

WSJ: The Shaky House of Assad

Khaled Abu Toameh: Are the Palestinians ready for statehood?

IsraeliGirl: Revolution and Antisemitism in the Arab world - Reflections by Dr. Webman

AP: Hamas protests plan to teach Holocaust in Gaza End of story:

Yet even if the U.N. moves ahead with the plan this year, it could face another obstacle: its own schoolteachers.

In about a dozen interviews, they said they did not want to teach the materials and warned of rebellion.

"The agency will open the gates of hell with this step," said one schoolteacher, Sami. "This will not work."

Israel21C: Big buyouts of Israeli companies

CiFWatch on the first IDF paramedic at the scene of the Fogel massacre.

(h/t Challah Hu Akbar, Vicious Babushka, Solomon)