Erdogan seems to threaten local Jews * Jexodus model aims to lead Jews to Trump * Bride, 18, killed on wedding eve * Syria flag at Knesset *Hope at bloodied Isle of Peace

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Wednesday, March 13, 2019 [With implied threat to local Jews, Erdogan raps Netanyahu as child-killer tyrant]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [As war of words escalates, Turkish president warns ‘we have not oppressed any of the Jews in this country,’ and cautions, ‘Don’t provoke us’]( [Netanyahu hits back at ‘Turkey’s dictator Erdogan’]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [In recording, Netanyahu says far-right merger saved Likud from election defeat]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [UAE minister slams Netanyahu for ‘repugnant’ nation-state comments]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [With Jexodus, model wants to lead Jews to promised land of Trump]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [‘We left Egypt and now we’re leaving the Democratic Party,’ says Elizabeth Pipko, spokesperson behind new movement, in remarks retweeted by president]( [Analysis / Trump claims Jews are leaving the Democrats, but that might be fake news]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Trump touts ‘Jexodus’ group urging Jews to bolt Democratic Party]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Analysis / Trump sees advantage in debate over Israel, anti-Semitism]( By [Zeke Miller]( [At bloodied Isle of Peace, some Israelis still hope to bridge divide with Jordan]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [IDF says it exposed new Hezbollah cell in Syrian Golan Heights]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [In apparent bid to drive wedge between terror group and Syrian dictator Assad, military claims operation was hidden from Damascus]( [Iran warns Israel of ‘crushing response’ to any naval intervention]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran rights lawyer jailed for 10 extra years]( By [AFP]( [Jerusalem raises Syrian flag as Damascus-born runner listed for city’s marathon]( By [TOI staff]( [Flag of northern neighbor, which is at war with Israel, flies near Knesset in case Hasan Aljijakli, who lives in the Netherands, shows up for Friday’s event]( [18-year-old shot dead in Lod a day before her wedding]( By [TOI staff]( [Man lightly wounded in attack, reportedly carried out by family member who opposed the marriage; her mother was murdered 8 years ago]( Live updates [Calls for deputy minister to go as court weighs extradition of accused molester]( By [TOI staff]( [Protesters rally outside court as it hears whether Malka Leifer can be sent to Australia to face sexual abuse charges: ‘Justice for the girls, we believe you’]( [Second Israeli killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash identified as father of five]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Shimon Re’em, 55, from the northern town of Zichron Yaakov, was a security analyst and former officer in the Shin Bet security service]( [Ethiopia to send black boxes from crashed jet abroad for analysis]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Israel mum as growing number of countries bar Boeing plane in crash]( By [TOI staff and AP]( Interview [Avner Hofstein]( [Political life isn’t easy for Gantz, and that’s a good thing, says closest aide]( [Gantz is out ‘to make the country better,’ says Chili Tropper, Blue and White head’s confidant, speechwriter, and No. 12. ‘Bibi has drive and no boundaries; Benny has boundaries’]( [‘Kahanist,’ ‘Hamas wet dream’: Gantz and Bennett trade insults]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu bickers with union-leading political rival over train strikes]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz avoids endorsing two-state solution in meeting with EU envoys]( By [Raphael Ahren and Michael Bachner]( Reporter's notebook [In Moroccan cannabis fields, illumination of Jewish role in country’s hash trade]( By [Ziv Genesove]( Israel media review [Weeding through the competition: 9 things to know for March 13]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Israeli media’s still high on Moshe Feiglin’s up-and-coming Zehut party, focusing almost exclusively on his pro-pot policies on a day chock-full of marijuana-related stories]( [Not so wonderful / Gal Gadot fumes at being made Labor’s election poster girl]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Candidates urged to consider Diaspora Jews a campaign issue]( By [Marcy Oster]( Top Ops [Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll]( [Why are rabbis protecting Malka Leifer?]( [The alleged pedophile should be extradited so her accusers can seek justice in a fair trial and her potential victims can stay safe]( [Henry Abramson]( [The Romans tried to ban wild Purim parties]( [If hanging Haman in effigy was a stand-in to mock Jesus’ crucifixion, it was in the Jews’ best interest to tone it down]( [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [I’m a progressive Jew and I’m going to AIPAC]( [When a Zionist group, left, right, or center, invites me, I’m going — I’ve got a mouth and I’m going to use it to fight for what I believe]( [Anna Roiser]( [Jerusalem’s cable car: Moving in the wrong direction]( [The cable car demonstrates the destructive lengths to which the Israeli right is prepared to go to pursue its vision]( [Video shows convicted soldiers laughing while beating bound Palestinians]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Gag order on footage lifted after troops from Netzah Yehuda battalion are sentenced for abusing Palestinians suspected of aiding a gunman who had killed two of their comrades]( [Church official fumes after case against suspected monastery vandals dropped]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Palestinian killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops]( By [AFP and Judah Ari Gross]( [Jerusalem Police to reopen Temple Mount to worshipers on Wednesday]( By [TOI staff]( [In his 8th book, Benjamin Markovits writes what he knows: Jewish and complicated]( By [Anne Joseph]( Promoted Content [Immigration on agenda as top figures gather in Jerusalem]( [Zack Rothbart]( [Third gathering of the Global Forum of the National Library of Israel to focus on immigration, borders and identity — in Jewish, Israeli and universal contexts]( More Headlines [Study shows that with targeted vaccines, future babies may need fewer shots]( By [TOI staff]( [Law tackling gray economy by limiting cash deals lurches real estate market]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Major Israeli bank to pay $195m penalty for US tax-avoidance scheme]( By [AP and Shoshanna Solomon]( [Yair Netanyahu put on leave from NGO job a day after deriding Rivlin]( By [TOI staff]( [Party powerhouse / Tel Aviv number 21 in world ‘best cities’ ranking, first in Middle East]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Jordanian king meets with White House peace team]( By [Marcy Oster]( [From our partner / A Zion of the times: Ex-UK Labour MK Luciana Berger names newborn son]( [Nazi posters hung at school whose students played swastika beer game]( By [JTA]( [Protesters block access to Eilat amid outcry over Tel Aviv airport closure]( By [TOI staff]( [Baby not on board / Saudi plane turns around after passenger realizes she forgot baby]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved