President warns rule of law eroding * Day after Syria strikes, Arrow 3 passes test * PM’s African outreach: After Chad, Mali * Albert Speer’s da ughter helps Jewish women

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, January 22, 2019 [In veiled criticism of Netanyahu, president says rule of law in Israel ‘eroding’]( By [Tamar Pileggi]( [Days after PM accused AG of a ‘setup,’ Rivlin warns that undermining commitment to an independent judiciary is a ‘serious mistake’]( [Likud to lose 4 seats if Netanyahu indictment announced before elections – poll]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Texts reveal PM’s alleged efforts to smear rival Bennett with skewed coverage]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Shas leader vows party will back Netanyahu for PM, even if he’s indicted]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Israel, US test-fire Arrow 3 missile, declare trial a success]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Calling test a ‘milestone’ in development of Israel’s self-defense, ministry says interceptor locked onto incoming dummy missile, fully destroyed it]( [Monitor: 21 died in Israeli strikes in Syria Monday, 12 of them Iranian fighters]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Israel media review / Ambiguity may have ended but nothing is clear: 9 things to know for January 22]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Analysis [Raphael Ahren]( [Chad has an appalling democracy and rights record. Why is Netanyahu courting it?]( [PM’s delight in ties with a problematic regime is part of a strategy to warm relations with Muslim world, brings prospect of improved airplane routes, can boost him domestically]( [After Chad ties restored, Israel set to host Mali’s PM in coming weeks]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel and Ukraine sign agreement for free trade]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( Live updates [IDF soldier moderately hurt by apparent Gaza sniper fire]( By [TOI staff]( [Wounded serviceman, who was stationed near border fence, is taken to Beersheba’s Soroka Hospital]( [Israel blocks Palestinian bid to get observer status at UN disarmament panel]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [‘In close coordination with US,’ Jerusalem thwarts Ramallah’s effort to ‘politicize professional UN forums’; Israeli diplomat elected vice-chair of UN Committee on NGOs]( [Palestinian inmates refusing Israeli prison food after riot]( By [TOI staff]( [Infrastructure, peace projects abandoned as last US aid to Palestinians dries up]( By [Joseph Krauss]( [IDF: Palestinian tries to stab soldier in northern West Bank, is shot dead]( By [TOI staff]( after the war [David Rising]( [Nazi architect Speer’s daughter sold his paintings to fund Jewish women’s causes]( [Her father was Hitler’s builder and armaments minister; Hilde Schramm used the proceeds of his collection of paintings to start a foundation]( [In Hungary, internal Jewish fighting taints effort to bury Holocaust victims]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Ocasio-Cortez at Women’s March: Under Trump, Jewish community needs protecting]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Freshman Democratic congresswoman says concerns about anti-Semitism ‘are absolutely valid’]( [Republican Rep. trying to stop West Bank trip led by Democrat Tlaib]( By [JTA]( [Democrats lurch left on top policies as 2020 primary begins]( By [Steve Peoples]( Top Ops [Romi Sussman]( [Not your typical ski day]( [What do you do when Syrian missiles mess with your winter wonderland?]( [Sheri Oz]( [McJesus — What was really going on?]( [Was a political ploy to manipulate the new mayor at the core of what looked like an attack on artistic expression?]( [Orni Petruschka and Liat Schlesinger]( [Israeli left’s ideas are winning; why aren’t its politicians?]( [Leftist politicians have been duped by false propaganda claiming the public opposes a two-state solution]( [Ilana Kurshan]( [Why I cry over The Giving Tree]( [The books I read to my kids remind me all too well that I cannot freeze my children in the moment]( [I see you: In first, Israeli-French team finds neurons that respond to all faces]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Cells in vicinity of brain’s Fusiform face area were discovered while studying an epilepsy patient, Bar-Ilan University researcher Vadim Axelrod says]( Interview [Architect Libeskind charts how he built a path to success — and how you can too]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Shots fired at Israeli troops on Gaza border; IDF tank destroys Hamas post]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [No injuries reported in skirmish along the northern Strip’s security fence; incident comes as Israel due to allow transfer of $15 million from Qatar to Hamas]( [Egypt says recent Sinai clashes killed 7 troops, 59 jihadist militants]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Rare footage shows drug bust as dozens of smugglers meet at Israel-Egypt border]( By [TOI staff]( More Headlines [Billionaire Nacht submits plan to set up digital bank in Israel]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( ['Big mistake' on RBG / Fox News sorry for briefly airing obituary graphic for Ruth Bader Ginsburg]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Israeli student slain in Australia to be brought home after tearful farewell]( By [AFP]( [Malaysian leader likens Israeli athlete ban to Trump’s Mexico wall]( By [AFP]( [US Hasidic Jews reportedly detained in Ukraine for vandalizing Jesus statue]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Movin' on up / Ex-PM Olmert purchases NIS 12m Tel Aviv penthouse]( By [TOI staff]( [Woman convicted of child abuse after injecting healthy son with insulin]( By [TOI staff]( [Brazilian Jews sue cartoonist over ‘Nazi hug’ Netanyahu drawing]( By [Marcus M. Gilban]( [Kansas synagogues welcome refugees by celebrating their American birthdays]( By [AFP]( [Jordan protests Israel’s new Ramon airport, claims it could violate airspace]( By [AFP and Ori Lewis]( [When doves cry / Peace activist protests Knesset bid by scholar who slapped him]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Jewish woman from California among worshipers at India’s religious mega festival]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved