Matriarch who fostered 52 Jews, Arabs enchants Israel * 8 Golan vultures die of poisoning * Iran: US wouldn’t dare attack * White supremacists c rash Arkansas Shoah event

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Friday, May 10, 2019 Israel Independence Day [Matriarch who fostered 52 Jews and Arabs enchants Israel with blessing of peace]( By [TOI staff]( [Marie Nahmias spent her life raising unwanted, disabled children after ‘God heard her prayer’ for her wounded soldier son. Lighting Independence Day torch, she enthralled a nation]( [180,000 Muslims pray peacefully at al-Aqsa Mosque on first Friday of Ramadan]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Israel eases restrictions on travel from West Bank; police deploy hundreds of officers to ensure worshipers can mark the holy month at the Jerusalem flashpoint]( [Thousands of Israeli Arabs mark Palestinian ‘catastrophe’ of ’48 in annual march]( By [TOI staff]( [Eight vultures die of poisoning in Golan, in ‘mortal blow’ to local population]( By [TOI staff]( [Officials say the deaths cut species’ numbers in the area by half, amid painstaking conservation efforts]( [Top Iranian commander: US ‘wouldn’t dare launch military action against us’]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Amid rising tensions and American reinforcements in region, deputy head of IRGC rules out talks with Washington; Bolton said to convene unusual meeting at CIA headquarters]( [Israel media review / Trumped-up war: 7 things to know for May 10]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Trump ‘open’ to Iran talks, but says John Kerry ‘tells them not to call’]( By [Agencies]( [US threatens Iran with ‘swift, decisive’ action as tensions escalate]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Palestinian FM says US seeking to renew ties ahead of peace plan’s unveiling]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [But Riyad al-Malki stresses Washington ‘will not find a single Palestinian to accept’ its deal if it does not provide for a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital]( [Greenblatt bashes Security Council, urges it to back Trump peace plan]( By [AFP]( [NJ library postpones reading of ‘P is for Palestine’ after objections]( By [JTA]( [White supremacists crash Arkansas Holocaust memorial event]( By [JTA]( [Protesters in Russellville carry anti-Semitic signs, including one calling Shoah a hoax, in demonstration ostensibly aimed against ADL]( [Auschwitz museum slams Lapid ‘lie’ after he claims Poles helped run death camps]( By [TOI staff]( [On anniversary of Nazi defeat, Putin vows to strengthen Russian military]( By [Jim Heintz]( [Soccer fans beat Jew, sing about SS on Dutch liberation day from Nazis]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Poway shooter told police the ‘Jewish people are destroying the white race’]( By [JULIE WATSON and Elliot Spagat]( [Prosecutors add 109 hate crime charges in synagogue shooting, including murder of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, charge for attempted murder of 53; no decision yet on requesting death penalty]( [After Facebook ban, Farrakhan claims he doesn’t hate Jewish people]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Memphis judge shares link saying Jews should ‘get the f**k over the Holocaust’]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( Visions of victory [Past winners get mystical when sharing the secret of Israel’s Eurovision success]( By [Ido Dagan]( [How Peggy Guggenheim helped put modern Israeli art on the map]( By [KAREN CHERNICK]( Top Ops [Laura Ben-David]( [I was attacked… by my own people]( [The day I learned first-hand that hooligans are hooligans, no matter what they’re wearing]( [Elana Sztokman]( [Back-to-back Israeli holidays are emotionally manipulative]( [We think war is inevitable because of the dramatic, untouchable idealization of personal sacrifice; it doesn’t have to be that way]( [Daniel Gordis]( [Israel wouldn’t be Israel without Diaspora Jewry]( [Spending Israel’s Independence Day in Boston woke me to just how invested non-citizens can be in a country far across the globe]( [David Sedley]( [Confronting death]( [Emily Dickinson and my experience in a kosher slaughterhouse taught me why kohanim (priests) are not allowed contact with a dead body (Emor)]( #incendiary [On the social media ‘battlefield,’ the Israeli army has weaponized snark]( By [Sam Sokol]( More Headlines [Netanyahu lawyers ask to delay hearing on criminal cases beyond July 10 deadline]( By [TOI staff]( [Break up Facebook, curb Zuckerberg’s power, says company’s co-founder]( By [AFP]( [Rona Ramon posthumously awarded Israel Prize for lifetime achievement]( By [TOI staff]( [At Independence Day contest, PM vows to put a Bible on the moon]( By [TOI staff]( [State says Khan al-Ahmar won’t be evacuated before new government formed]( By [TOI staff]( [Light unto the nations / Australian school breaks world record for largest human menorah]( By [JTA]( [Israel to reopen Gaza fishing zone as calm returns to border]( By [TOI staff]( [Holocaust survivor opens Italy book fair after neo-fascist banned]( By [AP]( [Leading Democrat Schiff warns of ‘turmoil’ if Trump refuses to accept 2020 loss]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [After crashing out, Bennett says ‘those not ready to fail big won’t win big’]( By [TOI staff]( [BBC fires host after royal baby chimpanzee tweet]( By [Gregory Katz]( [Jordan again reshuffles cabinet to tackle economic challenges]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved