Hopes fade at condo * Praying for miracles * Engineers warned of structural damage * False US Golan story sparks uproar * Tot tied up; 3 held * ’The Netanyahus’ – a novel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, June 26, 2021 [Hopes fade in search at Florida condo collapse, with 159 still unaccounted for]( By [TERRY SPENCER]( [‘Just praying for a miracle’: Relatives of the missing anxiously wait for word on their loved ones as rescuers continue to scour through the rubble; death toll at 4]( [Engineer warned in 2018 of ‘major structural damage’ to Florida building — NYT]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Explainer / How is technology aiding Miami rescuers’ search?]( By [MAE ANDERSON, Matt O'Brien and Frank Bajak]( [Florida yet to answer Israeli offer to send rescue team to collapsed building]( By [Jacob Magid, TOI staff and Agencies]( [‘We still have hope,’ Miami-Dade mayor says as desperate search for survivors continues; governor demands ‘timely’ explanation for disaster; 4 confirmed dead, 159 unaccounted for]( [Israel providing aid at scene of Florida building collapse, offers rescue team]( By [Jacob Magid and Agencies]( [At Miami tragedy, focus turns to Israeli prof’s finding that complex was sinking]( By [AFP]( [Florida Jewish community prays for miracles after condo collapse]( By [LUIS ANDRES HENAO, TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY]( [Local rabbi says ‘circumstances are very, very grim,’ adds that as bodies start being identified community can expect a very difficult week ahead]( [Deadly building collapse in Florida struck a growing, diverse Jewish community]( By [Ben Sales]( [Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to 4; 159 still missing]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iran’s Khamenei gets 1st dose of home-made COVID vaccine]( By [Agencies]( [Supreme leader touts the ‘great, prestigious capability’ of the Coviran Barekat shot; Tehran hasn’t published data on its efficacy]( [UN atomic agency: ‘No reply’ from Iran on expired nuclear inspections deal]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Amid uproar, US denies change in policy recognizing Golan Heights as Israeli]( By [Jacob Magid]( [After false story picked up by some Hebrew media, Lapid says people spreading rumors are deliberately trying to undermine new Israeli government and ties to US]( [Pompeo says Bennett has Israel’s best interests at heart]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Pence defends certifying US election results in strongest yet rebuttal of Trump]( By [Michael R. 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Click here, then on the star >]( Interview [‘The Netanyahus’ analyzes the famous family through the story of one night]( By [Emily Burack]( [Author Joshua Cohen hopes readers find the humor in his latest novel – a fictionalized account involving Benzion Netanyahu inspired by true events]( [New coronavirus cabinet to convene Sunday, review options as infections rise]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministers reportedly lean toward no new restrictions so long as serious cases remain low; health officials believe vaccine provides strong protection against severe illness]( [Delta variant threatens a new pandemic challenge]( By [Amélie BAUBEAU]( [3 daycare teachers arrested for suspected abuse after toddler tied up]( By [TOI staff]( [Arrests come after boy’s grandma shared photo of him unable to move; parents of other kids defend suspects, say it’s a common Russian practice]( [Thousands attend 3rd day of protests over activist’s death in PA custody]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Islamist group leads latest demonstrations in Ramallah, Hebron after Nizar Banat died following his arrest by Palestinian security services earlier this week]( Times of Israel Community [Join ToI Community for an evening of learning and levity with Benji Lovitt]( By [TOI staff]( [In a ToI Community exclusive live comedy event on Tuesday, June 29, Lovitt will show us pivotal moments in Israeli history – and the humor that accompanied them]( [Jerusalem art collective’s 1st post-COVID solo show opens to a new world order]( By [Elie Bleier]( [HaMiffal bounces back and inaugurates its new second-floor gallery with ‘Moving,’ an exhibit from local artist Kobi Vogman dealing with his father’s death, running through July 29]( [Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister, reclaims Austrian citizenship at 92]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Schloss fled country as a child to escape the Nazis, later arriving in the Netherlands and meeting Anne; she survived Auschwitz, and after the war Anne’s father married her mother]( [Germany eases citizenship rules for Nazi victims’ descendants]( By [AFP]( [German investigators look for motive in deadly knife attack]( By [AP]( [CRM]( [100,000 at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, Israel’s largest event since start of COVID]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Police arrest dozens of suspected agitators, one of them with taser, nunchucks and other weapons; several government ministers among revelers]( [Hungarian Jews protest law against sharing content on homosexuality with minors]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [TV: Compromise emerging to extend Palestinian family reunification law]( By [TOI staff]( [Report says coalition’s Islamist Ra’am party will abstain rather than vote against extending law, with some Palestinian spouses of Israelis getting residency instead of citizenship]( [IDF: Attempted stabbing foiled at West Bank settlement, attacker shot]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin gets 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder]( By [Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski]( [French court hands Arnaud Mimran more prison time for 2015 kidnapping]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Grisly hypogeum / Colosseum’s underground labyrinth opened to public for first time]( By [Alexandria SAGE]( [US Senate leader urges UK not to take 2-year-old Jewish girl off life support]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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