Israel foils Iran spying bid in West Bank * Ex-Mossad head: Netanyahu voters have no morals * Jewish woman hit by metal ball at Paris shul * Portable Iron Dome unveiled

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Thursday, June 20, 2019 [Israel says it arrested Iranian spy in West Bank, amid ratcheting tensions]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Shin Bet accuses Jordanian national of working on behalf of Tehran to establish spy ring in Israel and West Bank, funnel money to Palestinian terrorists]( [US: Iran shot down drone in international airspace in ‘unprovoked attack’]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [US Central Command confirms aircraft shot down by surface-to-air missile; Revolutionary Guard says drone switched off tracking equipment; Iran warns US against violating airspace]( [Iran’s Revolutionary Guard chief: Downing US drone sends ‘clear message’]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [US official confirms Iran shot down drone, says it was in international airspace]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Minister: Police may have bungled investigation of 7-year-old’s rape]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [After law enforcement says it’s prepared to drop charges if necessary, Gilad Erdan lauds decision to reopen probe, saying indictment had too many holes to stand]( [Charges in alleged rape of 7-year-old may be dropped if case not shored up]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Ex-Mossad head: Netanyahu voters are ‘ignorant,’ have no moral standards]( By [TOI staff]( [Facing criticism, Shabtai Shavit refuses to take back comments; PM: There’s no end to the left’s condescension toward Likud voters]( [Israel media review / Just what we needed: 6 things to know for June 20]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Ya’alon said to accuse party co-chief Lapid of pushing away potential voters]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Toby Axelrod]( [How the Berlin Jewish Museum became a political lightning rod]( [The resignation of its director, after a tweet that seemed to support the anti-Israel BDS movement, has many questioning role of institution in its community]( [American Jewish tourist hurt in anti-Semitic Berlin attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Rivlin says calls for Israel boycott are ‘modern blood libels’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Live updates [Israel says it arrested Iranian spy operating in West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( [Shin Bet accuses Jordanian national Thaer Shafut of working to set up intelligence network that could be used for covert operations by Iran]( [Jewish woman hit in head with metal ball outside of Paris synagogue]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [79-year-old in stable condition after being hospitalized with cranial damage; World Jewish Congress says incident ‘part of a disturbing trend’; not clear who threw object]( [US anti-Semitism czar: Armed guards should protect every synagogue, JCC]( By [Marcy Oster]( [US interfaith leaders gather at FBI HQ to beef up security for houses of worship]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Israel unveils portable Iron Dome at Paris air show]( By [TOI staff]( [Aerospace company Rafael says new I-Dome is an ‘all-in-one’ truck-mounted aerial defense battery; US military reportedly interested]( [Air force grounds transport, refueling planes over January accident]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF chief calls for policy changes after recruit killed in tryout accident]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Top Ops [Mel Alexenberg]( [A Jewish childhood in Surinam]( [Our synagogue floor was covered with sand to remind us of the Israelites’ trek across the desert to reach the Promised Land.]( [Ezra Mehlman]( [One Belarusian town launches a new kind of Holocaust remembrance]( [Slonim is converting its hulking, decaying synagogue into a center of memory and community-building]( [After long wait, some Israeli news outlets okayed to cover Bahrain summit]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [No Israeli government officials to attend next week’s economic workshop, but handful of journalists to join businessmen and civil society members in Gulf state]( [Gaza banks start handing out small Qatari grants to impoverished families]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [21 Dems were asked where they’d go first as president, 1 said Israel]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [While most presidential hopefuls tell NYT their maiden international trip would be where relations have soured under Trump, only Kirsten Gillibrand wants to head to Mideast]( [Queried on Israel and human rights, Democratic hopefuls offer guarded criticism]( By [TOI staff]( [Trump’s pick for UN envoy says she’ll fight anti-Israel bias]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Liberman says he won’t sit in a religious or narrow left-wing government]( By [TOI staff]( [Yisrael Beytenu leader won’t rule out recommending either Netanyahu or Gantz for PM after elections]( [Yisrael Beytenu says PM illegally pushing Tiberias mayor as secularist rival]( By [Marissa Newman]( [Far-right Otzma Yehudit accuses Jewish Home of not honoring election pact]( By [TOI staff]( [Peretz offers Shaked no. 2 spot on URWP slate, at expense of Smotrich]( By [TOI staff]( [Stunning Romanian church is final monastery cleared of mines at Qasr al Yahud]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [As ‘Shtisel’ mania sweeps US, promoter aims to widen the world’s lens on Israel]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( More Headlines [All along the watchtower / Troops uncover First Temple-era observation post on training base]( By [TOI staff]( [Liverpool deli owner found dead after being caught up in kosher meat scandal]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [More than 100 Israeli startups in property tech sector, study shows]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Woman who killed abusive husband released from jail after 18 years]( By [TOI staff]( [New Zealand minister sorry for map excluding Israel]( By [JTA]( [Ra’anana city councilman resigns in protest over pride parade]( By [TOI staff]( [Miriam Adelson shoots to top of Israel’s rich list]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Patriots players accompany Robert Kraft on trip to Israel]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Child killed in fall from cliff at Bat Yam beach]( By [TOI staff]( [Self-help guru convicted in lurid sex-trafficking case]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Israeli AI tech to secure runways at Beijing airports]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Defense lawyer Avi Himi takes helm of scandal-battered Bar Association]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved