Cheat Sheet - Hezbollah to Hamas: You’re on Your Own

Read This, Skip That .... July 23, 2014 SEE YA 1. Hezbollah to Hamas: You're on Your Own With the Iran-backed forces of Hezbollah stretched thin in Lebanon, Syria, and even Iraq, its boss is shrinking from supporting Hamas against Israel. Jamie Dettmer reports Hezbollah doesn't think Palestinians are worth starting a war over. Read it at The Daily Beast NOW YOU TELL US 2. Rebel Leader Admits: We Had Missiles Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets on Wednesday in eastern Ukraine. Later in the day, a major rebel leader confirmed pro-Russian separatists possessed the type of anti-aircrfaft missiles used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Alexander Khodakovsky told Reuters that the rebels had a Buk missile system and that they may have gotten it from Russia. However, he blamed Ukraine for provoking the strike and claimed the country knew rebels had access to the Buk. "The question is this: Ukraine received timely evidence that the volunteers have this technology, through the fault of Russia," he said. "It not only did nothing to protect security, but provoked the use of this type of weapon against a plane that was flying with peaceful civilians." Rebels using anti-aircraft weapons have shot down five planes, including MH17, in the past week. Read it at Reuters FEAR OF FLYING 3. 47 Killed in Taiwan Plane Crash Flying in terrible weather as a result of Typhoon Matmo, pilots making a second attempt to land a plane on a small Taiwanese island on Wednesday crashed, leaving 47 people dead, injuring 11, and setting multiple buildings on fire, according to the country's transportation minister. Those injured have been taken to the hospital. No one in the buildings was hurt. The flight was from Taipei, the capital, to the island of Penghu, which is halfway to the Chinese mainland. The plane was reportedly operated by the Taiwanese airline TransAsia Airways, and had 54 passengers and four crew on board. Earlier reports based information from a local fire department had 51 people dead in the crash. Read it at Reuters SPILLING DETAILS 4. 'Clinton Inc.' Author Dishes on Monica and the Blue Dress As Hillary readies for a 2016 House run and Bill earns accolades around the globe, Clinton Inc. author Daniel Halper has sympathy for the intern who couldn't move forward from America's biggest sex scandal. Halper tells Lloyd Grove that Monica Lewinsky "could have done some serious damage to Bill Clinton, and yet she showed self-restraint and self-dignity." Read it at The Daily Beast CHILL OUT 5. Don't Worry About China's Plague Just yet A Chinese man's death from the dreaded bubonic plague has quarantined a city of 30,000 and stirred global fears of a public-health crisis. But, there is no need to get scared just yet, writes Kent Sepkowitz. Modern antibiotics are more than adequate to fight the plague. We shouldn't cave to draconian government measures or hysterics just because of the plague's infamous history. Read it at The Daily Beast UGH NY Guv's Office Undermined Ethics Reform To help allies. CLASSY LeBron Sends Cupcakes to Neighbors To apologize for stir. GETTING SERIOUS Doctor Fighting Ebola Contracts Virus While working in stricken Sierra Leone. GOOD LUCK Broncos Owner Steps Down Battling Alzheimer's. FREE ARTURO 600,000 Petition to Save Sad Polar Bear Argentina won't give him to Canada. Political Wire Most Americans Say Obamacare Has Helped UsWeekly Heroin Overdose to Blame for Peaches Geldof Death The Cut Why Can't We Stop Talking About Bikini Bodies? GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Viral Video of the Day: Jon Stewart Wants to Buy CNN Daily Show host launches mock $10B crowdfunding campaign. More Videos The Problem With Weird Al by John McWhorter A Crowning Moment of American Hypocrisy by Amanda Marcotte Radcliffe on Sex and 'Harry Potter' by Marlow Stern

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