Iran boasts of new missile * Drone havoc at Ben Gurion * Ilhan Omar derides Israeli democracy * Rats at Domino’s Haifa * Trans Jew in US army * No sausages at Buchenwald

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Saturday, February 2, 2019 [Iran says new cruise missile successfully fired on revolution’s 40th anniversary]( By [TOI staff]( [Video shows test of ‘Hoveyzeh,’ allegedly a high-precision weapon capable of carrying a large payload for up to 1,200 kilometers]( [Attack on Iranian paramilitary base kills 1, wounds 5]( By [Agencies]( [Putin: Russia to design new missiles after US withdrawal from nuclear pact]( By [AFP]( [Trump blames Russia as US pulls out of nuclear arms treaty]( By [Deb Riechmann, Robert Burns and Matthew Lee]( [Drones briefly halt Ben Gurion flights; civilian plane scrambles jets at Sderot]( By [TOI staff]( [At Israel’s main airport, man arrested after drones cause short suspension of flights; army says police will deal with case of plane that failed to coordinate route near Gaza]( INTERVIEW [Eric Cortellessa]( [Once a refugee from Iran, a Jewish state senator ascends in New York politics]( [Anna Kaplan escaped Tehran to the US in 1979, while her parents fled to Israel. Now she’s the first Persian-American in the New York State Legislature]( [New Muslim congresswoman Omar says US should ‘call out’ Israel like it does Iran]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [In interview with Yahoo! News, Minnesota Democrat says she ‘almost chuckles’ when Israel called a democracy]( [Can a feud in Congress between Jewish and Muslim lawmakers be solved over tea?]( By [Ben Sales]( Pizza rat [Domino’s Pizza shutters Haifa branch following video of rats on the loose]( By [JTA]( [Chain apologizes and shuts the branch for sanitary work, blames recent work on nearby subway system for influx of rodents]( [PM must be indicted for bribery, conviction is guaranteed, AG’s team said to say]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli TV publishes what it says are transcripts from discussions between Mandelblit and his prosecution team; Netanyahu condemns ‘criminal leaks’]( [PM slams AG for ‘surrendering to the left’ on refusal to delay indictment call]( By [TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff]( [Gantz and Lapid in talks to unite, decision ‘within 2 weeks,’ says Yesh Atid MK]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud MK says his party has ‘made a mistake’ in going after former IDF chief, calls him ‘worthy’; Labor head Gabbay rules out alliance with Meretz]( [Israel Resilience, Yesh Atid out in force as battle for the center heats up]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [MK Ayman Odeh unanimously reelected to head Hadash party]( By [TOI staff]( [What it’s like to be a transgender Jew in the US military now]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [After outcry, German sausage museum nixes plans to move to former Nazi camp]( By [Agencies]( [Association behind museum says it had not been aware of Muehlhausen site’s history: ‘We definitely won’t build there’]( [Passerby severely injured trying to stop assault on Jewish man in Germany]( By [JTA]( [Cannabis may help relieve Autism symptoms, Israeli study shows]( By [TOI staff]( [Researchers record sharp improvement in measures such as quality of life, ability to dress and shower independently after 6 months of cannabis oil treatment]( [Hamas said to agree to rein in border clashes for reopening of Egypt crossing]( By [TOI staff]( [Offer reportedly relayed to terror group’s leader during meeting with Egyptian and UN officials, ahead of weekly ‘March of Return’ protests]( [10,000 Palestinians protest on Gaza border, 24 said injured]( By [TOI staff]( [Countries behind Hebron observer force slam Israeli move to shut it down]( By [TOI staff]( [Turkey calls on Israel to renew Hebron observers’ mandate]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Top Ops [Arik Ascherman]( [When settlers’ flocks graze in Palestinian fields]( [It’s a heavily penalized biblical crime, yet there are Bedouin shepherds who have lost all they planted (MISHPATIM)]( [Ari Shishler]( [Astronauts with disabilities?]( [The question of who is fit to fly to space raises the question of who God considers fit to live on earth]( World War II [Toby Axelrod]( [TV series ‘Holocaust,’ which changed how Germans saw their history, airs again]( [Though watered-down by today’s standards, the 1978 US-made miniseries starring Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep and James Wood is credited for a shift in German consciousness]( [Lithuania rejects Israeli request for remains of Vilna Gaon]( By [AFP]( Jewish Africa [African Jewish communities get more recognition after years on the margins]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( More Headlines [5 Jewish things to know about Cory Booker]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Palestinians, Israeli army clash at West Bank site of deadly incident]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Gay, black, Jewish actor says account of attack has been consistent]( By [DON BABWIN]( [Venezuelan Jews accept Israeli recognition of opposition leader: Chief rabbi]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [First bar mitzvah in centuries celebrated at reopened Budapest shul]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Lovesick / Israeli Opera to perform a concert of ‘love letters’ for Valentine’s Day]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Hollywood reboot / Steven Spielberg’s family to reopen kosher restaurant]( By [Ben Sales]( [US kosher supermarket chain relaunching under new ownership]( By [Ben Sales]( [Seinfeld sued over sale of Porsche alleged to be fake]( By [Larry Neumeister]( [Amid riots in northern village, police arrest two with 100 Molotov cocktails]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved