Amid bribery charges in subs graft case, calls to probe PM * US Christians build Gaza hospital * New Iran missile threats * Corbyn ’politician o f choice for anti-Semites’

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Thursday, December 5, 2019 Case 3000 [Prosecutors announce bribery charges in vast submarine corruption case]( By [TOI staff]( [Former navy head, Israeli representative of German shipbuilder face indictments in alleged billion-shekel bribery scheme; PM’s ex-lawyer cousin to be charged with money laundering]( [Case 3000 / After submarine charges, center-left MKs urge probe into Netanyahu’s involvement]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Democrats say they are pushing ahead with impeachment of Trump]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Pelosi declares president’s ‘actions have seriously violated the Constitution’; White House says impeachers should be ashamed]( inside story [Adam Rasgon]( [US Christians build field hospital in Gaza, deepening rift between PA and Hamas]( [PLO official claims project, funded by pro-Israel evangelical donors, serving ‘military, intelligence and security’ purposes, but terror group brushes off concerns]( [Hamas says 5 countries sought to broker recent failed prisoner swap with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran said exploiting Iraqi unrest to place missiles that could hit Israel]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [NY Times quotes US officials saying the missiles also threaten Saudi Arabia and American troops stationed in area, and are part of Tehran’s efforts to project power in Middle East]( [UK, Germany and France slam Iran for working on nuclear-capable missiles]( By [Edith M. 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Let’s make it totter even further]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [At meeting with Pompeo in Lisbon, PM says Israel constantly countering Iranian aggression, refuses to comment on Syria weapons warehouse strike]( [Katz urges Western-Arab coalition to confront Iran over nuclear-capable missiles]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Airstrikes target Iranian weapons stores in eastern Syria — report]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Israel said hoping for breakthrough in ties with Morocco in next few days]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [With US Secretary of State Pompeo heading to Rabat to push for normalization with Jerusalem; report says Netanyahu hoping to use achievement to boost his political fortunes]( [Netanyahu takes credit for thwarting Trump-Rouhani UN meet, hails Iran sanctions]( By [TOI staff and Raphael Ahren]( [Rouhani: Tehran hasn’t closed window on talks with US]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Liberman: Elections are unavoidable]( By [TOI staff]( [Yisrael Beytenu leader says he tried to pressure Likud, Blue and White to agree on shared rule but they wouldn’t unite; ‘our hands are clean’]( [Labor party head says he was ‘offered the world’ to join Netanyahu-led coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud begins planning leadership race as PM faces 1st real challenge in 14 years]( By [TOI staff]( Israel media review [We’re done here… or are we: 6 things to know for December 5]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Avigdor Liberman seems to be the fat lady singing the end of attempts to avoid third elections, but some still hold out hope against all odds]( [Elections committee lacks staff, equipment for 3rd vote, director warns]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Robert Philpot]( [UK’s Corbyn is the ‘politician of choice for anti-Semites,’ new report claims]( [With a week to go before general election, as Labour trails Johnson in polls but starts to close the gap, two surveys show Brits’ attitudes to Jews vis-à -vis their politics]( [British paper publishes op-ed calling settlements ‘the trouble with Jews’]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Minister removes clause requiring settlement security funds to be spent legally]( By [Jacob Magid]( Top Ops [Dorit Sasson]( [In the Jewish heart of Pittsburgh, Mr. Rogers was actually our neighbor]( [After the Tree of Life attack, I recalled Rogers’ advice to ’look for the helpers.’ There were many — including Tom Hanks]( [Yuval Shany]( [Remove Netanyahu right now on grounds of temporary incapacity]( [There’s an unacceptable, extreme conflict of interest between Netanyahu the accused and Netanyahu, head of the executive branch]( [CRM]( Wonder couple [Gal Gadot and husband remaking Israeli crime drama for US audience]( By [Marcy Oster]( [‘Queens’ tells the story of the women who run the Malka crime family after their husbands are killed by a rival syndicate]( [Celeb-ration / Tiffany Haddish has celebrity-filled bat mitzvah]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Marvel-ous / Scarlett Johansson is back as ‘Black Widow’]( By [JTA]( [Good boys / Seth Rogen and father honored for their contributions to Jewish culture]( By [Arielle Kaplan]( Broadway review [The king of farce’s new play is inspired by his parents’ love letters]( By [Curt Schleier]( More Headlines [Teenagers in Brooklyn throw rock at school bus carrying Jewish kids]( By [JTA]( [Faux photo / Invite to Ben-Gurion memorial event uses photo of Levi Eshkol]( By [TOI staff]( [German activists apologize for using ‘ashes of Auschwitz victims’ in protest]( By [AP]( [McGill board rejects motion for Jewish student to cancel Israel trip or resign]( By [David Lazarus]( [Brown U urged to divest from companies ‘facilitating rights abuses in Palestine’]( By [JTA]( [Pentagon denies US mulling sending 14,000 troops to Mideast as Iran threat grows]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Interview / Auschwitz survivor says he has ‘duty to the dead’ to share horrors of Holocaust]( By [Yannick Pasquet]( [Florida Republican calls to hang ‘traitor’ Ilhan Omar and other Democrats]( By [Tamara Lush and BRENDAN FARRINGTON]( [Tira man guns down restaurant owner, is then shot dead by pursuing cop]( By [TOI staff]( [Culture Ministry accused of racism in spat over funds for Ethiopian center]( By [TOI staff]( [Hadassah Hospital bid to foster tech yields breast milk app, other innovations]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Man killed by elevator doors in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved