Father of slain teen hopes he didn’t see ’face of evil’ * Jewish groups to Trump: More refugees * 104th b’day at Wall with 400 descendants * Zur off: Shameful Israeli ties

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Friday, August 9, 2019 [Father of slain teen hopes his son died before seeing ‘face of evil’]( By [TOI staff]( [Yoav Sorek tells reporters he is clinging to belief that 18-year-old Dvir did not suffer prolonged struggle with his killers]( [Israel media review / A search for meaning in tragedy: 9 things to know for August 9]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Thousands attend funeral for teen terror victim, as father vows to ‘choose life’]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu: Security forces closing in on terrorists behind deadly stabbing]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [As manhunt expands in West Bank, PM says it ‘won’t take very long’ for IDF to apprehend killers of Dvir Sorek, 18]( [Manhunt widens on 2nd day; security forces seek to nab killers, prevent attacks]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Security forces dismiss suspicion Etzion stabbing attack was failed kidnapping]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [At scene of terror attack, Netanyahu vows Israel will ‘settle the score’]( By [TOI staff]( [Author David Grossman eulogizes Dvir Sorek: He had the ‘soul of an artist’]( By [TOI staff]( [Grief crosses partisan divides as renowned author and outspoken leftist, who lost a son in 2006 Lebanon war, reaches out to terror victim’s family]( [‘Whoever didn’t know him missed out,’ says father of murdered student Dvir Sorek]( By [TOI staff]( [UN, Western diplomats denounce murder of teenage Israeli student]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish groups urge Trump administration to restore higher refugee quotas]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [‘Our parents or grandparents, neighbors or community members once faced a similarly callous and unwelcoming world, with fatal consequences,’ groups say in letter to Pompeo]( [Born in Israel, hundreds of Filipino children risk expulsion]( By [Clothilde Mraffko]( [At 98, Olympic gymnast and Holocaust survivor Agnes Keleti is feisty as ever]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Holocaust survivor marks 104th birthday at Western Wall with 400 descendants]( By [TOI staff]( [Shoshanna Ovitz survived Auschwitz, moved to Haifa and had 4 children; 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what I can’t ignore is the murder of an innocent teen, five minutes from my home]( [US slaps Hezbollah financier with 5-year prison sentence, $50m. fine]( By [AFP]( [Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen, 63, pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to launder money as part of scheme to evade US sanctions]( [Head of EU-Iran trade entity loses job after report on his Israel criticism]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Iran says Israeli involvement in Gulf naval mission would be ‘disastrous’]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Likud ballot cams create civilian database at risk of misuse, group warns]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Testifying at elections committee hearing on surveillance operation targeting Arabs, Israel Internet Association head warns data collected by cameras could fall into wrong hands]( [Comptroller auditors resign amid row over Netanyahu legal defense]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud MK says Netanyahu wants Gantz in next government, but not Lapid]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Mother of soldier killed in Gaza war says PM doing ‘nothing’ to return his body]( By [TOI staff]( [Zehava Shaul says she will never give up efforts to bring home Oron’s body for burial, tells Netanyahu ‘you can’t run from this… Wherever you go I will follow’]( [HBO drama looks at killings of teens that ignited Gaza war]( By [Agencies]( More Headlines [UK teen who accused Israelis of rape in Cyprus crowdfunding for legal defense]( By [TOI staff]( [French spies promised no harm to Palestinian terrorists who killed Jews in Paris]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Pick up the Bill / Bill de Blasio campaigns in Yiddish to save faltering presidential bid]( By [Ben Sales]( [David Berman, indie rocker and Silver Jews frontman, dies at 52]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Lithuanian synagogue reopens after government vows to guarantee security]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [200 hit by New Zealand massacre take part in hajj pilgrimage]( By [Hamza Mekouar]( [2 million expected in Mecca for hajj pilgrimage, a pillar of Islam]( By [AFP]( [Child victim of 1999 LA JCC shooting attack visits the hospital that saved him]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Retail mogul: Epstein misappropriated ‘vast sums’ of my wealth]( By [AP]( [Ex-Nazi concentration camp guard, 92, deemed fit to stand trial in Germany]( By [Agencies]( [Historic Buenos Aires synagogue returned to Jewish community]( By [JTA]( [2020: A space odyssey / Bernie Sanders vows to dish truth on UFOs if elected]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved