Iranians refuse to trample Israeli, US flags * PM loses key immunity round * ’Israeli intel helped with Soleimani strike’ * Iron Dome upgraded * Jeopardy in Palestine row

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, January 12, 2020 [As protests restart in Iran, demonstrators refuse to trample US, Israeli flags]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Social media posts show hundreds at fresh gatherings against leadership; pro-regime rally outside UK embassy demands its closure over arrest of ambassador following earlier protest]( [Netanyahu backs Iranian protesters after Tehran admits downing plane]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran deploys riot police as it braces for further protests over plane shootdown]( By [Joseph Krauss]( [Trump warns Iran against ‘another massacre’ as protests flare over downed jet]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset adviser rules immunity debate can go ahead]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [High Court rejects Likud’s efforts stop parliament’s legal adviser from approving immediate formation of committee to deal with PM’s request]( [Liberman: Netanyahu would form coalition with Hamas if it meant immunity]( By [TOI staff]( [With deadline looming, Labor, Meretz leaders to meet for last-ditch merger talks]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Blue and White, Likud gird for immunity fight Netanyahu sought to avoid]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli intel helped US carry out strike that killed Iran’s Soleimani — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Information provided by Jewish state confirmed that Quds Force leader was at Baghdad airport before missile strike, NBC News reports]( [From the web / How the US and Iran approached the brink of war]( [Iran crisis shines spotlight on low-key Trump security adviser]( By [Jonathan Lemire, Deb Riechmann and AAMER MADHANI]( [Report: Swiss back channel helped defuse US-Iran tensions after Soleimani strike]( By [TOI staff]( Israel media review [Nobody is immune: 7 things to know for January 12]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [A downed jet in Iran sparks a possibly new type of anger against the regime, an Israeli minister won’t get a pass for his latest controversy, and a fight over immunity takes shape]( [J Street, JDCA the only Jewish groups to back House vote on Iran war powers]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( Live updates [Decade after first test, major upgrade announced for Iron Dome defense system]( By [TOI staff]( [Defense Ministry says new missile system shot down test targets with ‘100%’ accuracy, makes Israel safer from enemy rockets]( [Britain’s Iran envoy denies demonstrating against regime before he was arrested]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [London expresses outrage after Rob Macaire was detained at vigil for 176 plane passengers killed by Iranian missile, says he left when anti-government chants began]( [EU aviation agency warns against flying over Iran ‘until further notice’]( By [AFP]( [UK ambassador arrested at Iran rally as thousands said to protest against regime]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Netanyahu hails Oman’s ‘incredible leader’ Qaboos, welcomes successor]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [PM recalls his ‘important and stirring visit’ to the country in 2018; sultan was first Gulf leader to host a serving Israeli PM — Yitzhak Rabin, in 1994]( [PA, Hamas heads visit Oman to pay respects following monarch’s death]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Katz said to postpone diplomatic trip to Dubai due to regional tensions]( By [TOI staff]( inside story [Adam Rasgon]( [East Jerusalem’s Issawiya boils as residents decry months of police intervention]( [Security officials say they’ve stepped up operations because of escalating violence emanating from the Palestinian neighborhood, home to 18,000]( Top Ops [Sarit Steinfeld]( [I was 6 when an Israeli bus driver drove me all the way home]( [The day I fabricated my best excuse for being late to school forever influenced my sense of adventure — and family]( [Shira Silkoff]( [We need to talk about Rafi Peretz]( [The education minister’s comments endanger LGBT+ children and reflect a rise in homophobic discourse in the public square]( Interview [How vegetation helped win — and lose — World War II]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Justice minister blasts education minister’s ‘backwards’ remarks on LGBT couples]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Responding to Rafi Peretz suggesting that gay marriages aren’t natural, mayors of three cities instruct schools to open Sunday’s classes with lesson on acceptance of the other]( What is controversy? [‘Jeopardy’ causes online furor over location of Church of Nativity]( By [TOI staff]( [Clip showing contestant’s ‘Palestine’ answer being ruled wrong on US game show angers activists]( [After return to Jewish owners, Nazi-looted art to be auctioned for $22 million]( By [TOI staff]( [Three pieces by Pissarro and Signac go up for sale nearly a century after they were taken from Gaston Levy’s home in German-occupied France]( [EU gives $1.1 million toward preserving Jewish burial sites]( By [JTA]( [Ukraine tells Israel to stay out of debate about honoring Nazi collaborators]( By [JTA]( [Suspected WWII bombs to prompt Dortmund mass evacuation]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved