Nechama Rivlin dies * PM was ready to segregate public areas, but rejects ’Torah law’ * Could PM fire AG? * Blair: Corbyn unwitting anti-Semite * Mobilizing Jews vs Trump

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, June 4, 2019 [Nechama Rivlin, wife of President Reuven Rivlin, dies at 73]( By [TOI staff]( [President’s spouse received lung transplant three months ago, but efforts to stabilize her during rehabilitation were unsuccessful]( [Politicians across the spectrum mourn ‘modest and smart’ Nechama Rivlin]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Foreign diplomats in Israel mourn ‘extraordinary and gentle’ Nechama Rivlin]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [In coalition talks, PM accepted Haredi demand for gender segregated public areas]( By [Jacob Magid]( [After draft of its understandings with United Torah Judaism on issues of religion and state leaked to press, Likud claims deal was never finalized]( [Israel media reviw / From hilltop to Justice Ministry and back again: 5 things to know for June 4]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Lapid says Netanyahu turning Israel into Iran by agreeing to gender segregation]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [In parting remarks, Shaked predicts political comeback]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud says Smotrich can ‘forget’ about Justice Ministry]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Party sources say Netanyahu won’t allow MK who touts religious law for Israel to have portfolio, claim his remarks help Liberman]( [Netanyahu rejects MK’s call to run Israel according to Jewish religious law]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Liberman raps Smotrich for touting return to Torah law, quarrels with Gabbay]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s new election highlights tense ties to ultra-Orthodox]( By [Aron Heller]( Analysis [Jacob Magid]( [Instead of seeking immunity, could Netanyahu just fire the attorney general?]( [Law allows for axing the AG in case of substantial, ongoing differences of opinion, but PM doesn’t have much time, or justification, to pick such a fight]( [In about-face, PM expected to drop Justice Ministry post due to legal woes]( By [TOI staff]( [Judicial officials say PM can’t serve as acting justice minister — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Analysis / Israel’s ‘do-over’ election brings new threats to Netanyahu]( By [Aron Heller]( Live updates [Half of Israeli Jews want more lenient, welcoming Jewish conversions]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel Democracy Institute survey finds plurality wants to see private conversion courts for each religious stream; 71% back IDF’s conversion program]( Top Ops [Hedi Ben-Amar]( [Having children isn’t considered a crime yet, unfortunately]( [Let’s face it, procreation is one big Ponzi scheme that serves parents, and drags kids into this world without their consent]( [Masha Kisel]( [Trapped in a loveless movie]( [Thankfully, Jewish women now author their own roles, and have moved beyond the question of whether they’re worthy of love]( [Dan Jarvis]( [When shaggy-haired charlatans peddle the poison of false promises]( [The post war consensus still defines much of the British mindset and, we can use it again to guide our moral compass]( [Yehudis Goldsobel]( [Who will protect the children?]( [The recent UK reflects what happens when school, synagogue, and home life are too entwined, and there’s no infrastructure for safeguarding concerns]( [With death of last Sobibor survivor, experts feud over site’s transformation]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [In Israel, Blair says Corbyn is an anti-Semite, but doesn’t know it]( By [TOI staff]( [In an interview at Bar Ilan University, the former UK prime minister and Labour leader says that the anti-Semitism roiling the party is a ‘shameful thing’]( [The long history of Islamophobic and anti-Semitic hate crimes in America’s past]( By [Peter Gottschalk]( [California man who made ‘kill lists’ of Jews pleads guilty to plotting attacks]( By [JTA]( Interview [The woman who hopes to ‘mobilize the Jewish electorate’ to unseat Trump]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Kushner heads to Brussels to brief EU officials on peace plan]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [US president’s Mideast peace adviser to meet EU’s Juncker amid widespread doubts, including within Trump administration, about proposal’s feasibility]( [Pompeo clarifies comments that peace plan could be seen as biased toward Israel]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Netanyahu: Sunni Arab states ‘moving faster’ than the Palestinians on peace]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [US Embassy will hold annual July 4th celebration in Jerusalem for first time]( By [Marcy Oster]( [German parliament to debate banning Hezbollah in its entirety]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Country ‘should not be offering a safe haven’ to Iran-backed terror group, says author of nonbinding resolution proposed by far-right AfD party]( [Mossad intelligence helped link Iran to UAE tanker sabotage — report]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Amid rising anti-Semitism, one British university has a thriving Jewish life]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( More Headlines [High Court: Men who found body of missing IDF soldier must get $10m reward]( By [TOI staff]( [Despite ongoing balloon attacks, IDF extends Gaza fishing zone again]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Second former top general could join race to lead embattled Labor party]( By [TOI staff]( [Ehud Barak said weighing a return to politics, again]( By [TOI staff]( [Police arrest off-duty soldier filmed setting fire to Palestinian field]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Netanyahu said to offer UN ambassador post to Gilad Erdan]( By [Paul Shindman]( [Contentious Jerusalem cable car plan clears hurdle, requires government approval]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [US lawmakers launch congressional black-Jewish caucus]( By [JTA]( [Bernie Sanders says Politico article on his wealth was ‘anti-Semitic’]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Man accused of faking ‘drunk Pelosi’ video wants to sue reporter who outed him]( By [TOI staff]( [Quit monkeying around / Lebanese monkey still on the run in northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s IAI to unveil new drone for tactical battlefield missions]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved