Tonight, Jon Stewart congratulated Rush Limbaugh for his weekend wedding (the one we flew a plane over) before he switched gears and made some biting comments to Helen Thomas for the anti-Semitic remarks that forced her into retirement. Videos inside.

You can always count on Iran's leadership to help cool regional tensions. Today Ali Shirazi, an aid to Ayatollah Khamenei, said: "Iran's naval forces are ready to escort the peace flotilla to Gaza with all their powers and capabilities." [PressTV]

89-year-old White House correspondent Helen Thomas, when asked about the Middle East last week outside the Jewish Heritage Celebration, said Jews should "Get the hell out of Palestine." Ex-Bush propaganda minister Ari Fleischer wants her fired. She has since apologized.

The Irish aid ship MV Rachel Corrie was boarded by the Israeli navy today, with no violence reported. The White House called the blockade "unsustainable," while Israel said it won't stand for "an Iranian port in Gaza." [Reuters]

Another boat from the Free Gaza Movement, the MV Rachel Corrie, is now headed for the blockaded Gaza Strip. Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu said the ship won't be allowed to reach Gaza, "Not now and not later on." [Guardian]

Tonight, Jon Stewart used video footage to embarrass Glenn Beck for his assertion that Fox News was the only media outlet airing disturbing video of IDF soldiers being beaten by passengers on a Turkish flotilla (it wasn't). Video inside.

[Israel has begun to expel the pro-Palestine activists it rounded up in a Monday raid on a flotilla of boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, currently under an Israeli blockade. Nine activists were killed by Israeli commandos. Pic via AP]

A new aid boat has set off from the coast of Italy for Gaza, as the UN Security Council condemned Monday's deadly Israeli commando raid. An Israeli Navy commander told the Jerusalem Post, "Next time we'll use more force."

Israel has released a video of the early-morning raid on a blockade-violating aid ship headed for Gaza that resulted in the shooting deaths of nine activists. It appears to show soldiers being beaten with metal pipes and thrown overboard.

Israeli commandos killed 10 people on Sunday night after storming a convoy of ships that were defying an Israeli blockade by carrying aid to Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a trip to Washington and is returning to Israel.

Cruise missiles aboard submarines Dolphin, Tekuma and Leviathan can, according to an Israeli Naval official quoted in the Times of London, "reach any target in Iran." Iran is widely believed to be working towards its own nuclear weapon. Gulp. [Times]

Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky was denied entry to Israel and the West Bank on Sunday, seemingly due to his criticism of Israeli policies. But who knows? It could just be that the IDF doesn't believe in generative grammar. [Haaretz]

For the first time in 300 years, a gray whale was spotted outside the Pacific Ocean. The stray gray swam to Israel, a sign either of global warming or that a guy named Jonah is gonna get it. [USA Today]

Over the weekend in Lebanon, world food records of national importance were broken in a one-two punch.

First South Park upset a bunch of Triscuit-hating Islamic extremists. Now Palestinian militants Hamas have released a cartoon urging Israel to negotiate for the return of Gilad Schalit, a soldier they've held captive for nearly four years.

Headline for a story on the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces web site: "The Triumph of Will Power."

As its policy conference begins in Washington today, pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC called for a full settlement freeze, according to a fake press release.

Oh boy, Maureen Dowd pissed off Marty Peretz! How can I not click on a blog post from The New Republic's prickly, racist sometimes-owner headlined "Maureen Dowd And The Saudi Royals"?

CNN taps Rick Sanchez's Twitter responses for a "Talk to Rick" screen crawl showcasing viewer opinions. But apparently nobody edits it, because anti-semitic commentary made it on the air during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on Israel policy.

Israeli nationalist organization Lehava "provides assistance to Jewish girls in relationships with non-Jews," helping "extricate" them from goyim relationships. Their latest target: Israeli supermodel and Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriend Bar Rafaeli.