Texas judge blocks anti-BDS law * UNIFIL told to expand south Lebanon patrols * Europe’s anti-Semitic rappers * Israel invited to Dubai Expo * J ewish mom behind OPI nails

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Friday, April 26, 2019 [Citing free speech, Texas judge blocks law designed to counter Israel boycott]( By [AP]( [District justice shoots down enforcement of anti-BDS regulation that requires contractors to certify they don’t support boycott of Israel]( [UN officials urge Israel to walk back deportation of rights group director]( By [TOI staff]( [UNIFIL reportedly instructed to expand patrols in south Lebanon]( By [TOI staff]( [Lebanese paper claims UN peacekeepers have been told to widen operations to better monitor Hezbollah’s weapons and activities near the Israeli border]( [UN confirms 3rd Hezbollah tunnel crossed border into Israel, violating ceasefire]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Sri Lanka says Easter attack leader died in hotel bombing]( By [Emily Schmall and Jon Gambrell]( [Mohamed Zahran, head of local terror group known for vitriolic extremist speeches on social media, was reportedly killed in one of 9 deadly attacks]( [Security heavy as Sri Lanka warns of possible further attacks]( By [Agencies]( [Sri Lanka death toll revised down to 253 as top defense official resigns]( By [Amal JAYASINGHE and Ammu Kannampilly]( [Biden makes Trump’s Charlottesville reaction the center of his campaign launch]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Newly announced 2020 Democratic candidate says president’s comments on neo-Nazi marchers made him realize ‘the threat to this nation was unlike any I had seen in this lifetime’]( [With ‘swagger,’ Pompeo navigates tightrope between Trump and world]( By [Shaun Tandon]( [Michael Cohen says he pleaded guilty to crimes he didn’t commit]( By [Michael R. Sisak]( inside story [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Western Europe’s rap scene has an anti-Semitism problem]( [Holocaust denial, conspiracy theories and threats against ‘Zionists’ pepper European hip hop, helping lift taboos on anti-Jewish hate speech]( [French-Jewish intellectual: I can’t show my face due to far-left anti-Semites]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [As Italy marks liberation anniversary, some glorify Mussolini]( By [AP]( [Israel announces its participation in World Expo 2020 in Dubai]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu hails Jerusalem’s presence in next October’s event as ‘another expression of Israel’s rising status in the world and the region’]( [Food-centric memoir explores emotional hunger of a Soviet Jewish emigré family]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Photo essay [A week after Western brethren, Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday in Jerusalem]( By [AFP]( [Thousands of worshipers retrace the steps Jesus is said to have taken on the way to his death, along the Old City’s ‘Via Dolorosa’]( [Tens of thousands visit Israel’s national parks on Second Passover]( By [Times of Israel]( [Korean-American leader of Renewal movement says it’s a white world at the top]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( Top Ops [Daniella Levy]( [A tale of two effigies]( [Conflating Judas and the betrayal he represents with real, live people directs the spirit of vengeance against those people; nothing good comes of that]( [David Sedley]( [A well-traveled goat]( [Surprisingly, goats offer physical and spiritual protection: their milk and their blood have worked wonders through the ages (Acharei Mot)]( Nailed it [This Jewish mom is the mastermind behind OPI nail polish]( By [Arielle Kaplan]( [Will foreigners looking for tax breaks revive Malta’s tiny Jewish community?]( By [Larry Luxner]( More Headlines [Vandals attack Tel Aviv yeshiva of rabbi slain in terror shooting]( By [TOI staff]( [Huge and harmless / Rare whale shark spotted in Eilat]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel says highly pathogenic strain of bird flu found at northern farm]( By [TOI staff]( [Far-right alliance touts ‘new European harmony’ in EU elections]( By [Jan Flemr]( [Discovery Channel and PBS to air Holocaust documentaries for Yom Hashoah]( By [Curt Schleier]( [FBI: Militia group was training to assassinate Soros, Obama and Hillary Clinton]( By [JTA]( [‘Empire’ cast members want Jussie Smollett back for next season]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Ending Russia trip, North Korean leader says US acting in ‘bad faith’]( By [Anna MALPAS and KANG Jin-kyu]( [Florida Passover vacationers left in lurch when organizer fails to pay bills]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Five Palestinians accused of murdering Palestinian boy in Belgium asylum center]( By [AFP]( [Important Harvey Weinstein hearing could be held in secret]( By [Michael R. Sisak]( [One of Manhattan’s 3 remaining Judaica stores is closing]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved