Iran points at US as satellite fails * EU won’t quit nuke deal * Spike Lee’s Jewish star * Urging BDS on Israeli scooter * Zakaria: Muslims shou ld be thoughtful on Israel

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Saturday, February 16, 2019 [Iran confirms second failed satellite launch, alleges possible US sabotage]( By [TOI staff]( [Foreign Minister Zarif tells NBC the ‘same gang’ who pushed for Iraq War are ‘at it again’ by encouraging Trump administration to confront Tehran]( [Vice President Pence makes first Auschwitz visit, after comparing Iran to Nazis]( By [Vanessa Gera]( [Iran general claims Israel, US behind deadly attack on Revolutionary Guards]( By [EBRAHIM NOROOZI]( [Hezbollah releases video of deadly 2015 attack on IDF convoy]( By [TOI staff]( [Record number of reports criticizing Israel said to be released by UN next month]( By [TOI staff]( [Watchdog group expects UNHRC to publish findings of investigation into Gaza clashes, ‘blacklist’ of companies operating in settlements]( [EU, Germany reject US call to leave Iran nuclear deal]( By [David Rising]( [European officials hit back after Pence criticism, say salvaging 2015 accord ‘fundamental’ to continent’s security]( [Merkel warns US pullout from Syria risks boosting Iran, Russia]( By [Agencies]( [US-backed forces in Syria to declare defeat of IS in coming days]( By [Maya Gebeily and Rouba El Husseini]( [New US spending bill includes $200m increase in defense aid to Israel]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Yesh Atid wants more clarity from Gantz if merger to go ahead]( By [TOI staff]( [Members of Lapid’s party say they don’t know where ex-military chief stands on peacemaking, PM graft cases, deny main concern over tie-up is who leads it]( [Labor union head said set for high spot on Gantz’s Knesset slate]( By [TOI staff]( [Elections committee bars Labor from running free ‘Shabbat bus’]( By [TOI staff]( [Spike Lee: Jewish ‘BlacKkKlansman’ character added a lot of ‘complexity’ to film]( By [Naomi Pfefferman]( [Fareed Zakaria says Muslims should be ‘thoughtful’ when speaking about Israel]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [CNN host writes that congresswomen Omar and Tlaib ‘squandered an opportunity’ to debate Israeli policies, influence of AIPAC, due to tone of their criticism]( Boycott this [Dutch activist promotes BDS on an Israeli-made mobility scooter]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Robert-Willem van Norren mocked by pro-Israel activists for holding anti-Israel protests while sitting on a scooter assembled on a kibbutz]( [NY’s de Blasio calls BDS ‘unacceptable’ in speech on anti-Semitism]( By [JTA]( [Ex-Palestinian banker’s dogged West Bank animal shelter fights for its life]( By [Judith Sudilovsky]( [Researchers unlock the mystery of Polish diplomats who rescued Jews]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( Top Ops [Rayne Wiselman]( [There’s no accountability in Israeli politics]( [Our politicians aren’t accountable to us, and there’s damn little we can do]( [Daniel Carmel-Brown]( [The underreporting of elder abuse]( [Care services are strictly regulated for a reason — and they’re a better bet than getting your neighbor or cleaner to help out]( [Mayors of US cities now have the option of joining an annual trip to Israel]( By [Marshall Weiss]( [The AJC has partnered with the US Conference of Mayors to host a yearly organized tour of the Holy Land focusing on hi-tech, education, culture and the Mideast conflict]( More Headlines [American Wiesenthal / Al Pacino signs up for Nazi hunter series]( By [AFP]( [Litzman threatened state psychiatrists into helping alleged pedophile — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Alleged sex abuser’s former PR guru now working for Benny Gantz]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Warning of ‘invasion,’ Trump declares national emergency to build Mexico wall]( By [Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey and Zeke Miller]( [Gunman kills 5 people, wounds 5 policemen at Illinois factory]( By [CARRIE ANTLFINGER and AMANDA SEITZ]( [Security guard at LA synagogue arrested for shooting YouTube personality]( By [John Rogers]( [Manafort faces up to 24 years in jail after breaking plea deal]( By [AFP]( [Suspects in assault on gay black Jewish actor released without charge]( By [DON BABWIN]( [Egypt: 7 Sinai jihadists killed, 15 soldiers dead or wounded in attack]( By [AFP]( [Anti-Semitic images painted on memorial to desecrated Jewish cemetery in Ukraine]( By [JTA]( [Dozens of Israelis briefly detained, refused entry at airport in Ukraine]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli drama a frontrunner for top prize at Berlin film festival]( By [Deborah Cole]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved