Pro-Israel Saudi blogger harassed at Temple Mt. * Why new UK PM Johnson could boost Corbyn * Ahmadinejad: I’m no anti-Semite * J’lem chief rabbi : Gays can’t be religious

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, July 23, 2019 [Saudi blogger visiting Israel attacked by Palestinians at Temple Mount]( By [TOI staff]( [Mohammed Saud, a Netanyahu fan touring the country at the Foreign Ministry’s invitation, is heckled, spat on and has chairs hurled at him]( [PM hosts Arab media delegation, including Saudi blogger attacked by Palestinians]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Analysis [Robert Philpot]( [Will UK’s new Tory PM Johnson pave way to Downing Street for Labour’s Corbyn?]( [As Conservatives tap Boris Johnson to replace Theresa May, he still outpolls the hard-left Labour leader — but if his tough Brexit stance sparks a fall election, that may change]( [Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime minister]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Facing growing anger, Corbyn pushes speedy expulsion of anti-Semites from Labour]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Israel thanks Theresa May for ‘amazing and tireless’ work to boost ties]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Bilateral trade is up, tourism is up and security cooperation is saving lives,’ FM Israel Katz says of outgoing British premier’s term]( [Iran’s Ahmadinejad to Jewish journalist: I’m not an anti-Semite]( By [Samuel Thrope]( [Though looking to remake image, ex-president – who hosted 2006 Holocaust denial meet, championed nuclear program, urged Israel’s demise – still won’t speak to Israeli publication]( [Netanyahu: Iran is ‘just waiting’ for my opponents to come to power]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran says it’s watching all US ships in Gulf, keeping record of their movements]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Interview [Lithuanian FM: Israel’s rapprochement with Russia is ‘shortsighted’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Interview [Robert Philpot]( [Top UK rabbi’s book explains to non-Jews how anti-Semitism impacts them, too]( [Julia Neuberger puts post-Brexit bigotry from both the left and right into context]( [Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hold steady despite drop in hate crimes]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Historic Jewish cemetery in Poland vandalized a month after rededication]( By [Katarzyna Markusz]( [CSI Beersheba: Israeli team develops tool to help detect blood at crime scenes]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Using a chemical powder and nanoparticles of gold or silver, researchers at Ben-Gurion University amplify the emission of light by biological residue]( [Video of soldier, cop celebrating Palestinian home demolition is shared, slammed]( By [TOI staff]( [Duo hug, shake hands after blowing up structure in village of Sur Baher as part of razing of illegal construction; IDF: Clip shows their satisfaction with success of mission]( [Israel media review / If you build it, they will come (and demolish it): 7 things to know for July 23]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Bahrain, Jordan, France among those condemning Jerusalem area demolitions]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Palestinians blast ‘massacre’ as Israel razes homes near security barrier]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Watchdog says West Bank outposts have flourished under Trump]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Peace Now report shows majority of wildcat communities established in recent years have been agricultural farms, which take up more land, but fly under radar, due to lack of homes]( [Ex-Nablus mayor Bassam Shakaa, who was injured by Jewish terrorists, dies at 89]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Cops shoot, injure Palestinian man who tries to stab them in Hadera]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli probes into deaths of Palestinians often go nowhere, critics say]( By [Agencies]( [Jerusalem chief rabbi: Gay people can’t be religious, shouldn’t pretend to be]( By [Stuart Winer]( [LGBT community fumes after Shlomo Amar tells seminar that homosexuality is a ‘wild lust’ that can be overcome with simple fear of God]( [Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox riot, block roads over draft-dodger arrest]( By [TOI staff]( [In Lebanon, calls to cancel gig by gay-friendly band]( By [AFP]( Top Ops [Gunda Trepp]( [Why Germany needs to pay attention to Jewish life]( [We can combat anti-Semitism if we teach not only how Jews were killed in the Holocaust, but how German Jews live today]( [Malka Himelhoch]( [Jewish women suffer under Israel’s theocracy]( [Thousands of citizens are trapped in unwanted, unsafe marriages due to a biased rabbinical court. 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