1/4 of Jews killed in Holocaust were murdered in 100 days in 1942 * NASA’s most distant object named with term used by Nazis * Trump: Iran can d o what it wants in Syria

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Thursday, January 3, 2019 [Israeli study: 1/4 of Jews killed in Holocaust murdered in 100 days in 1942]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Prof. Stone analyzes train data to conclude that 1.5 million Jews were slain in 3-month ‘hyperintense’ phase that only slowed because there were few Jews left in occupied Poland]( [First Person / How I measured murder rates during the Holocaust]( By [Lewi Stone]( [How Hitler’s ‘fake news’ assault on America came perilously close to succeeding]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [NASA names most distant object explored by spacecraft with a term used by Nazis]( By [Marcy Oster]( [‘Ultima Thule’ comes from medieval literature and means any distant place located beyond the borders of the known world, but it also has long been used in Nazi ideology]( [Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on ‘dark side of the moon’]( By [AP]( [23 police officers, 4 settlers hurt in violent clashes at Amona outpost]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Police clear 2 mobile homes installed illegally on West Bank hilltop; 7 demonstrators arrested; hundreds of protesters converge on site; far-right activists say at least 10 hurt]( [Right-wing leaders slam PM for evacuating Amona but not Palestinian hamlet]( By [Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid]( [Settlers suspected of hurling stones at convoy of PA prime minister]( By [Jacob Magid]( Live updates [Pompeo: US ‘won’t stand by’ as Iran threatens global security]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Secretary of state says Tehran to test space launch vehicles that will help advance its ballistic missile program]( [Netanyahu’s Likud said seeking to merge with Kulanu party]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Finance Minister Kahlon’s party denies ‘rumors,’ says will run independently in April elections; ex-IDF chief Gabi Ashkenazi reportedly weighing joining Likud]( [Ultra-Orthodox parties reportedly in talks to form electoral alliance]( By [TOI staff]( [New ‘centrist’ Arab party registers ahead of elections]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Former defense chief Ya’alon launches new political party, Telem]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [After booting Livni, Labor’s Gabbay faces possible mutiny by party members]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Eitan Cabel says that in the business world, the chairman would have long ago resigned or been pushed out; MK Nahmias-Verbin also wants change of leadership]( [Israel media review / You want seats with that? 8 things to know for January 3]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [After he humiliatingly ditched Livni, Gabbay’s Labor slumps in polls]( By [TOI staff]( [Yesh Atid taps IDF’s first female major general to run on party list]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Trump: Iran ‘can do what they want’ in Syria]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [US president says that Tehran, pressured by sanctions, is now ‘pulling people out’ of countries and ‘only wants to survive’]( [Ex-defense minister asks US for clarifications on Trump’s Syria policies]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Israeli official ‘in shock’ as Trump says Iran ‘can do what they want’ in Syria]( By [TOI staff]( [Shanahan takes Pentagon helm as Trump blasts Mattis]( By [Thomas WATKINS]( [Prosecutors notify supermodel Bar Refaeli of looming indictment for tax evasion]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Israeli celebrity and her parents suspected of hiding earnings worth NIS 23 million ($6 million) from the Tax Authority; father and mother also accused of money laundering]( [AG said aiming for February announcement on Netanyahu indictment]( By [TOI staff]( [Report says Case 1000 likely to produce breach of trust, rather than bribery, charge; officials split on Case 2000]( [US barred Israel from questioning officials in Netanyahu graft probe – report]( By [TOI staff]( [In highway graffiti, Attorney General Mandelblit called a ‘collaborator’]( By [TOI staff]( [After mother gets ill, son develops early skin cancer-detecting device]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Technology created by Ofir Aharon, co-founder of Scade Medical, takes a picture of lesions using three kinds of light to detect abnormalities below the surface]( Necessary Stories [The Deceiver]( By [Haim Watzman]( Top Ops [Bryan Schwartz]( [A modern Jewish credo]( [Is it possible for a divided people to come up with a single platform of shared values and principles? Here’s an attempt]( [Shuki Friedman]( [When the government provides religious services]( [Full separation of religion and state isn’t possible, but why is Chief Rabbinate in the kashrut business?]( [Brazil applauds Netanyahu-Bolsonaro bromance, new ties with Jewish state]( By [Marcus M. 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