Anti-Semitic puppets at Belgian carnival * Israeli mooncraft sends Earth selfie * Netanyahu warns Likud faithful he could lose * Ilhan Omar docu * Gantz backs Kotel deal

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, March 5, 2019 [Belgian carnival float condemned for anti-Semitic puppets of Jews]( By [JTA]( [Jewish groups protest open displays of anti-Semitism at parade in town of Aalst, west of Brussels]( [Jewish museum suspect Nemmouche says he was ‘tricked’ into carrying out attack]( By [AFP]( [Swastikas left at former synagogue, kindergarten in eastern France]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Teaching the Holocaust to young refugee ‘new Swedes’]( By [Camille BAS-WOHLERT and Gaël BRANCHEREAU]( [Israeli spacecraft snaps Earth ‘selfie’ with flag from 23,000 miles away]( By [TOI staff]( [Plaque on the side of Beresheet moon lander features phrases ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ and ‘small country, big dreams’]( [Launching Likud campaign, Netanyahu warns his premiership is in danger]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Leaving AG out of speech, PM says rivals Gantz, Lapid would turn back clock on his achievements]( [Judge rules Netanyahu campaign speech can only be broadcast with delay]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Netanyahu, beset by legal woes, launches Likud campaign with solo appearance]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Fact check [Raphael Ahren]( [PM’s launch speech rich in inaccuracies… and not just about Afghanistan]( [Netanyahu claims Gantz mourned Hamas terrorists, cheered the Iran nuclear deal, won’t sit with Likud]( [Kabullsh*t / Boasting of diplomatic prowess, PM calls Azerbaijan ‘Afghanistan’]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel media review / Fears, fibs and falafel: 9 things to know for March 5]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Film review [Jordan Hoffman]( [Life imitates art? Ilhan Omar documentary runs high on drama, short on facts]( [Norah Shapiro says she found ‘cinematic gold’ in 2015 after meeting Omar. But following another anti-Semitic Twitter scandal, the Jewish director ducks an interview with ToI]( [Trump: Ilhan Omar comments are a ‘dark day for Israel’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [House Democrats drafting resolution on anti-Semitism after fresh Omar comments]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Blue and White platform includes backing for Western Wall pluralistic plaza]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Party source says decision to support establishment of prayer pavilion for non-Orthodox denominations born out of ‘commitment to rehabilitating the relationship with the Diaspora’]( [AG rejects bids to bar Arab parties and far-right Jewish alliance from elections]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Blue and White party vows to bolster Israeli hold on Golan Heights]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Bennett jabs Netanyahu for being ‘scared’ of terrorists]( By [Stuart Winer]( Top Ops [Uri Pilichowski]( [The historic day in US-Israel relations that you all missed]( [The embassy-consulate merger in Jerusalem is a strike against Palestinian efforts to demonize and delegitimize Israel]( [Rachel Gould]( [It’s my son’s school trip, not mine]( [Please stop sending WhatsApp photos from the class hike, my kid can tell me all about it (or not) when he gets back]( [William Echikson]( [Holocaust revisionism on the rise in parts of Europe]( [Our study finds Hungary, Poland, Croatia and Baltics minimizing role in WWII atrocities, paving the way for rabid nationalism]( [Daniel Elbaum]( [Why we challenged Ilhan Omar]( [When she claimed Jews buy off members of Congress and questioned Jews’ loyalty to America, the AJC had to respond]( Live updates [Ex-chief rabbi convicted of graft gets early release from prison]( By [TOI staff]( [Disgraced former top rabbi Yona Metzger served 20 months of 42-month sentence for taking bribes, to be released as part of rehabilitation program]( Interview [Simona Weinglass]( [Coalition system is crucial check on Netanyahu’s populism, expert says]( [Harvard political scientist Yascha Mounk fears Israel may be riding global trend toward authoritarianism, but sees cause for optimism in its usually maligned multi-party leadership]( [Case 1000’s Milchan says he didn’t think it was wrong to give Netanyahu gifts]( By [TOI staff]( Necessary Stories [The Performance]( By [Haim Watzman]( [Israel ranked world’s 8th most powerful country; no longer in Top 10 ‘movers’]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish state moves up to 29th on the best countries list, up one place from last year, but scores woefully low when rated as a ‘fun’ or ‘sexy’ destination]( [In first, US deploys advanced THAAD missile defense system in Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Hamas chief warns Netanyahu against Gaza ‘adventure’ as violence ratchets up]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Waste not, wrap not? Environmentalists rip plan to cover produce in plastic]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Agriculture Ministry initiative comes as annual report finds Israel wastes 2.5 million tons of food each year, worth NIS 19.7 billion ($5.5 billion)]( [New band makes Jewish soul music for major Hollywood movies and TV ads]( By [Lisa Klug]( [On remote island in Muslim-majority Indonesia, Jewish community lives in shadows]( By [Peter Brieger and Ronny Buol]( More Headlines [Bedouin Israeli convicted for murder of IDF soldier in 2017 attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Man convicted of burning nurse to death at Holon clinic in 2017]( By [TOI staff]( [Zarif resigned after not being informed of Assad trip to Tehran, spokesman says]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Why always me? / Balotelli posts goal celebration video on social media mid-match]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Algerian court frees blogger despite guilty verdict for Israel interview]( By [AFP]( [Analysis / 7 Jewish things to look for when Mueller wraps up his investigation]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Israel denies new Russian offer to host Netanyahu-Abbas peace talks]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Hillary Clinton says she won’t run for president in 2020]( By [AP]( [Jewish Democrat calls Republican colleague’s ‘Tom $teyer’ tweet anti-Semitic]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Daughter of terror victim Ari Fuld gets married]( By [JTA]( [Eilat’s Ramon airport welcomes first international flights]( By [Ori Lewis]( [Eurovision tickets sold illegally to be canceled, resold to public]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved