Iran admits it downed Ukraine plane * Oman sultan dies; warmed Israel ties * Iran said to warn Nasrallah: You may be next * Egypt reopens histor ic shul * ’Virtual’ Shoah

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Saturday, January 11, 2020 [‘Disastrous mistake’: Iran admits it mistakenly downed Ukraine plane, killed 176]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [After denying responsibility, Tehran says its military targeted the plane, blames ‘human error’; crash came hours after Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq]( [Iran’s belated admission it downed plane raises new questions on its conduct]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Revolutionary Guards commander: Ukrainian jet was mistaken for cruise missile]( By [Agencies]( [Ukraine’s president demands punishment, compensation for plane downed by Iran]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman and welcomed Israel ties, dies at 79]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Omani leader succumbs to illness after nearly 50 years in power; the reclusive ruler hosted Netanyahu in dramatic 2018 Muscat visit and helped broker 2015 Iran nuclear deal]( [Oman’s culture minister named as successor to Qaboos, promises peaceful approach]( By [Agencies]( [Oman: The discreet Gulf mediator]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iran said to warn Hezbollah chief he could be next in US crosshairs]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsourced Israeli TV report says Nasrallah advised by Tehran to boost security following US airstrike on Iranian general]( [Netanyahu praises Trump as US announces new Iran sanctions after missile strikes]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Al Jazeera host mocks Iranian vow to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Trump says Soleimani was likely planning attacks on 4 US embassies]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [US president says Iranian general was probably targeting Americans in Baghdad, dismisses call to pull troops out of Iraq, in Fox News interview]( [US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian commander on day of Soleimani strike]( By [Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns]( [US rejects Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan]( By [SAMYA KULLAB and Qassim Abdul-Zahra]( [J Street the sole major Jewish group to back House vote on Iran war powers]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [AIPAC, AJC and other leading Jewish organizations stay silent on non-binding measure in wake of Trump-ordered strike on Iranian general]( [House resolution on Iran splits tight-knit group of Jewish Democrats]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Pelosi: House moving to send impeachment to Senate next week]( By [MARY CLARE JALONICK]( [Egypt unveils historic Alexandria synagogue after three-year renovation]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [The city’s few remaining Jews praise Egyptian leader Sissi for funding project, part of a push to draw tourists by marketing country’s rich cultural heritage]( [In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset legal adviser said set to okay immunity debate]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsourced TV report says Eyal Yinon will permit formation of key House Committee, Knesset Speaker will reluctantly accept decision, and PM’s immunity bid will thus be doomed]( [Kahlon not on Likud slate for upcoming elections — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Education minister slammed for suggesting gay marriage is unnatural]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Alan Baker]( [Hold your tweets: Politicizing the Soleimani killing]( [Social media pronouncements like those from the UN’s Agnes Callamard show a stunning lack of integrity and impartiality]( [James Inverne]( [Bestriding Israel’s stages like a — what, exactly?]( [With tiny budgets and no financial incentives, local theater makers let their genre-defying, shape-shifting creativity run wild]( [Golan man who spied for Syria says prison release a ‘day of victory’ over Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Sidqi al-Maqt and Amal Abu Salah, who was jailed for attacking a Syrian rebel receiving Israeli care, celebrate in Majdal Shams after being let go in Russian-brokered deal]( [The ‘virtual’ future of Holocaust education is already here]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds]( By [Collin Binkley]( [Investigators say university made ‘significant errors of judgment’ by taking gifts from disgraced financier as he sought to rehabilitate image following 2008 sex crimes conviction]( [Video of apparent Epstein suicide attempt has been lost, US prosecutors say]( By [Jim Mustian and MICHAEL BALSAMO]( [Challenges, distractions stymie Weinstein jury selection]( By [Tom Hays]( Analysis [Ksenia Svetlova]( [A turbulent decade sees Moscow’s star shine brightly in the Middle East]( [Russia is increasingly asserting its place as the dominant superpower in the region; the proverbial Russian bear hug could prove dangerous]( [US Navy: Russian ship’s ‘aggression’ nearly caused collision in Arabian Sea]( By [Agencies]( More Headlines [Elite NYC prep school fires Jewish teacher who posted anti-Zionist tweets]( By [Ben Sales]( [Prince Harry’s wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm]( By [Alice Ritchie]( [Jewish areas in NYC to get 100 new security cameras]( By [AP]( [Spanish PM taps politician who called Israel an ‘illegal country’ as his deputy]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Iranian accused in AMIA attack floats conspiracy theories on prosecutor’s murder]( By [Almudena Calatrava]( [Seeing double / Larry David, Bernie Sanders make joint TV appearance]( By [Emily Burack]( [Jewish self-help guru Marianne Williamson ends 2020 US presidential bid]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Bloomberg to provide campaign staff to whoever is the Democratic nominee]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved