Iran reviving Arak reactor * Likud minister uploads, deletes clip in which he shoots ’center bloc’ * 2 more fatalities in Arab crime wave * Podc ast: Women teaching Jesus

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, March 19, 2021 Presented by Leket Israel [Iran to conduct initial testing of redesigned Arak nuclear reactor]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian nuclear agency says ‘cold test’ will be held to check fluid and support systems startup ahead of plant’s full commissioning later in the year]( [Alongside Rivlin, France’s Macron says Iran must stop violating nuclear deal]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Police minister Ohana uploads, deletes video in which he shoots ‘center bloc’]( By [TOI staff]( [After backlash, Likud minister blames Israel Hayom’s ‘abhorrent’ editing, posts unmanipulated version; newspaper apologizes for ‘humorous but in bad taste’ graphic]( [Poll: Netanyahu’s bloc one seat short of majority if Yamina joins]( By [TOI staff]( [UAE official: ‘We signed Abraham Accords for our people, not individual leaders’]( By [TOI staff]( [2 shot to death, 1 seriously wounded in central city of Qalansawe]( By [TOI staff]( [4th person lightly hurt; shooting marks the 25th and 26th homicides in Arab community this year; fatalities identified as Leith Nasra, 19, and Muhammed Khatib, 20]( [1,000 protesters rally in Umm al-Fahm, Qalansawe after deadly double shooting]( By [TOI staff]( Message from Leket Israel [Help put a meal on their Passover table]( [Over the past year, thousands of Israeli families joined the circle of poverty. You can provide a hot meal for vulnerable Israelis in time for the Passover holiday.]( Interview [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Sa’ar’s final pitch: ‘Only we can oust Netanyahu, and we’re not going away’]( [New Hope chief makes final-leg appeal to any voters who are serious, he says, about bringing the Netanyahu era to a close]( [Bennett rebuffs Likud minister’s call to pledge loyalty to Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [1st Reform rabbi set to enter Knesset shrugs off hostility and boycott threats]( By [Laurie Kellman]( [Palestinian Health Ministry says IDF kills protester in West Bank]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Atef Yussef Hanaysheh, 42, died after apparently shot in the head with live ammunition in Beit Dajan; army says it is looking into report]( [Cars torched, wall daubed in Palestinian village in apparent hate crime attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Exiled Abbas rival Mohammad Dahlan hints he could run for PA president]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [ICC gives Israel a month to seek deferral of war crimes probe]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Top Ops [James Inverne]( [Aryeh Deri could learn a thing or two from The Godfather]( [The Shas minister offered to guarantee Netanyahu’s promises to Gantz. When the promises were broken, he did nothing. That is not justice]( [Judi Felber]( [Hiking with intention: How I learned to refocus and keep going]( [Even the mothers of recuperating terror victims need a break once in a while]( [Nathan Jeffay]( [Oh, how I’ve missed shmoozing in shul]( [The COVID-19 crisis stripped us of the kind of lighthearted – and important — encounters that happen at a typical Shabbat morning kiddush]( [Jennifer Raskas]( [Talking across the aisle can be holy]( [What could be more sacred than the Tabernacle, where the Divine Presence rests? Maybe the interpersonal relationships we imbue with that very holiness]( Interview [Trailblazing forensics expert who decrypted Ilan Ramon diary retires from force]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Busting myths, a scholar explores how women influenced Jesus’ teachings]( By [TOI staff]( [In a new book, Prof. James McGrath wonders ‘What Jesus Learned from Women’ — and the answers may surprise you]( [CRM]( [Israel still way out in front as vaccine shots worldwide top 400 million]( By [AFP]( [Speed of inoculation picking up globally with 100 million vaccinations in past 11 days; US leads in total count with 113 million shots administered]( [Almost 4.5 million fully vaccinated as positive test rate drops below 2%]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministers okay further easing of virus restrictions, boosting events attendance]( By [TOI staff]( Women's History Month [Canada’s 1st Black Jewish female party leader took on anti-Semitism — and won]( By [Robert Sarner]( [Court papers shine light on suspicions that embattled ZAKA founder duped donors]( By [Simona Weinglass and Sue Surkes]( [Judge-appointed trustees said company owned by Yehuda Meshi-Zahav posed as rescue charity to raise money, but only transferred some of it; reports allege rest went to slush fund]( [In latest allegation, woman says ZAKA founder Meshi-Zahav assaulted her in 2014]( By [TOI staff]( [2017 oil spill closed three desalination plants for three days, official reveals]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Environment Ministry’s marine director says ‘worst nightmare’ disaster threatened national water supply; expert says UAE oil deal spells ‘bleak’ future for Eilat corals]( [Meretz, Yesh Atid ranked most environmental parties; New Hope, Yamina score high]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli study: Australia fires spewed as much smoke into stratosphere as volcano]( By [AFP]( inside story [Shira Hanau]( [Orthodox US Jewish magazines unsure whether they can publish Nikki Haley’s photo]( [A Mishpacha editor said the former UN Ambassador pulled out of an interview due to a ban on photos of women; he now says he misspoke but that capitulating would be a slippery slope]( [Marjorie Taylor Greene makes her case against immigration in Orthodox magazine]( By [Shira Hanau]( [CRM]( More Headlines [California approves school curriculum that became battle for Jewish narratives]( By [Ben Sales]( [Iceland adds Judaism to list of state-recognized religions, life-stance groups]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Greece to take over presidency of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance]( By [AFP]( [From exile, Syrian conflict’s first protesters reflect on a decade of death]( By [Sarah El Deeb and Bassem Mroue]( [Israeli ex-security officials back Biden nominee who’s on ice over Israel record]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Far ahead of target date, 100 million vaccinated by Friday, Biden predicts]( By [Sebastian Smith]( [‘Soup Nazi’ restaurant name provokes anger, vandalism in Washington state]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Rights group: Israel wrongly excluded from UN’s children-in-conflict blacklist]( By [Edith M. Lederer]( [Ecommerce marketing startup Yotpo raises $230m, hits $1.4 billion valuation]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [EU agency says AstraZeneca vaccine safe, paving way for resumption of shots]( By [Maria Cheng and Frank Jordans]( [Actor Armie Hammer under police investigation for sexual assault]( By [ANDREW DALTON]( [Argentine Jewish group to file complaint after soccer fans’ anti-Semitic chants]( By [AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved