Argentina’s chief rabbi beaten up * Iran’s Zarif quits * Glitch for Israel’s moon-bound craft * Bennett: Kahanists not fit for Knesset * Israel i Oscar-winner’s next film

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, February 26, 2019 [Argentina chief rabbi severely beaten in ‘anti-Semitic’ home invasion]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Jewish groups condemn attack after Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich assaulted and wife restrained in Buenos Aires home; attackers shout ‘we know you are AMIA’s rabbi’]( [Argentine leader condemns attack on head rabbi as son doubts anti-Semitic motive]( By [Michael Bachner and TOI staff]( [Netanyahu calls for action after violent assault on Argentina chief rabbi]( By [Tamar Pileggi and Joshua Davidovich]( [Bennett says Otzma Yehudit’s Kahanists ‘not fit to be in Knesset’]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Far-right candidate Itamar Ben Gvir dismisses education minister’s broadside, says Bennett backed his party’s merger with Jewish Home party]( [US Orthodox group backs Netanyahu over bid to put Kahanists in Knesset]( By [JTA]( [Labor, Meretz seek to bar Otzma Yehudit from elections]( By [TOI staff]( [Conservative Movement rips ‘dangerously radical’ Otzma Yehudit party]( By [TOI staff]( [Report: Otzma Yehudit has financial ties to body considered a terror group by US]( By [TOI staff]( [Yedioth Ahronoth investigation shows Kahanists receive funding for their activities through web of American nonprofits; party calls report a ‘collection of fabrications’]( [Numerous Likud MKs support, none oppose, PM’s empowering of extremist party]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Liberman says extremist Otzma Yehudit ‘delusional,’ will ignore party in Knesset]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran’s Zarif says he resigned to return foreign ministry to ‘proper’ role]( By [AFP]( [Tehran’s top envoy urges diplomats to not follow him in quitting, but to remain and work in defense of the country; calls infighting ‘deadly poison’]( [Former Israeli minister sentenced to 11 years in Iran spying case]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu says ‘good riddance’ as Iran’s foreign minister tenders resignation]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [On first trip to Iran in years, Assad thanks Khamenei for helping him win war]( By [Agencies]( [US officials discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace with Gulf leaders]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Trump Mideast envoys traveling the region to drum up support for administration’s long-awaited proposal]( [Israel media review / Give peace a chance? 8 things to know for February 26]( By [Jacob Magid]( [New Right, Likud accuse each other of enabling Kushner’s two-state push]( By [TOI staff]( [Kushner: Economy and ‘establishing borders’ the focal points of Trump peace plan]( By [TOI staff]( [Setback for Israeli lunar lander as computer glitch prevents maneuver]( By [Melanie Lidman and TOI staff]( [Engineers examining data from Beresheet spacecraft to learn why it rebooted itself, causing automatic abort of trajectory adjustment needed to get to the moon]( [Facebook says ad transparency rules will go live barely 3 weeks before elections]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Top official says company has no fact checkers specifically flagging problematic content related to April 9 vote, as thousands have done for votes elsewhere]( Live updates [Trump, Kim in Hanoi for second round of nuclear talks]( By [TOI staff]( [Two-day summit comes amid effort to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program, follows June meet in Singapore long on historic pageantry but short on enforceable agreements]( Top Ops [Elana Sztokman]( [The gender revolution in Israel that wasn’t]( [My great hope for the kind of real-world leadership this country needs fizzled with the return of the generals and their expertise at war]( [Ben-Tzion Spitz]( [Israel is responsible for the Chief Rabbi of Argentina]( [The brutal attack on Rabbi Davidovich highlights Israel’s obligation to provide security to Jewish communities worldwide]( [Joshua Berman]( [Blacks, Palestinians and the disastrous politics of rage]( [African American conservatives have a message worth heeding on the corrosive effects of playing the victim card]( [Noah Siegel]( [I’m glad I got Michael Ben Ari banned from the US]( [As a US consular officer in Tel Aviv, I concluded that the Otzma leader, with his ties to a terrorist group, was a danger]( [PA said to nab Hamas-led cell that was readying to carry out attacks in Israel]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Terrorists were planning bombings, Israeli TV says; PA security official won”t confirm or deny report]( [Opioid crisis quietly engulfs Hamas-run Gaza Strip]( By [Agencies]( [Rights group calls on Hamas to cancel reporter’s Gaza trial]( By [AP]( Interview [Woman in a man’s world: Ruderman says bold action will save Israel-Diaspora ties]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [A search for identity with Mira Awad’s ‘Muna,’ a new Kan series]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Labour rebels give British Jews hope of a new political home]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Lifelong Labour supporters disturbed by anti-Semitism scandal in party look to Independent Group breakaway faction to recalibrate UK politics]( More Headlines [Under the skin / Oscar winner Guy Nattiv’s next film probes grandma’s cult past]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Malka Leifer accused of sexual harassment in Israel before moving to Australia]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Australian Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sex crimes]( By [Rod McGuirk]( [Nazi flag flown in Canadian community, removed following complaints – report]( By [TOI staff]( [PM’s defense said to ask minister for documents to help prove his innocence]( By [TOI staff]( [Got carbs? Barely, but Israeli firm says it can generate an energy boost anyway]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Ex-general running for Knesset as Labor No. 2 may be ineligible, judge says]( By [Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff]( [She's an original / New book, exhibit aim to show true size of artist Anna Ticho]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Ramat Gan man shot dead in suspected gangland hit]( By [TOI staff]( [Magen David Adom dedicates dispatch center that can withstand chemical attack]( By [Stuart Winer]( [David S. Davidson, prominent judge and Reform leader, dies at 91]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Walmart buys Israel AI startup Aspectiva for better consumer insight]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved