Israel-Syria in unprecedented missile clash; Jason Greenblatt, Trump's honest broker; Merkel is Frau Hitler in Turkish paper; Blog: King at our shiva

Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser]( [The Times of Israel]( The one-stop news site covering Israel, the region and the Jewish people worldwide THE DAILY EDITION WHAT MATTERS MOST ON » FRI, MAR 17, 2017 Share This: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [More...]( [Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!]( [IAF ‘Arrow’ battery intercepts Syrian missile, in first reported use of the system]( [Syria fires three anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli jets; one knocked down by defense system, reportedly over Jordan; other two land in Israel, cause no damage]( By JUDAH ARI GROSS and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [The Arrow 3 missile is launched from Palmachim air base in central Israel on December 10, 2015. (Defense Ministry)]( [Jordanians inspect the remains of a Syrian missile and an Israeli Arrow interceptor that fell in Jordan on March 17, 2017 (Jordanian government/Petra)]( [Jordan finds chunks of debris from Syria-Israel missile clash]( By DOV LIEBER and JUDAH ARI GROSS [The Arrow 3 missile defense system that was delivered to the Israeli Air Force on January 18, 2017. (Defense Ministry)]( [Analysis: No offense to the ‘Arrow,’ but greater threats loom from the north]( By AVI ISSACHAROFF and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [An F-15I fighter jet performs an acrobatic display during a ceremony in the Hatzerim Air Base near Beersheba on June 23, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)]( [Israel dismisses Syria’s claims it downed IAF jet, hit another]( By AFP, JUDAH ARI GROSS and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF --------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS President's envoy visited a yeshiva and a refugee camp; he prayed en route and took off his kippa for diplomatic meetings; he didn't give Netanyahu a free hand on settlements [Donald Trump stuns the Middle East by sending an honest broker]( [Despite administration’s unprecedented pledge of allegiance to Netanyahu, Jason Greenblatt’s carefully calibrated visit shows US peace bid will take all sides into account]( By RAPHAEL AHREN [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US president's assistant and special representative for international negotiations, at Abbas's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017. (WAFA)]( [Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Monday, March 13, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)]( [In 2nd meeting, Netanyahu and Trump envoy fail to reach agreement on settlements]( By RAPHAEL AHREN and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Jason Greenblatt, the US administration’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations, with members of the Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land at a gathering at the US Consulate-General in Jerusalem, March 16, 2017 (courtesy US Embassy Tel Aviv)]( [In ‘historic’ move, Trump envoy hosts interfaith meeting]( By RAPHAEL AHREN [Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi (Avi Hyman Communications)]( [In unprecedented session, settler leaders meet Trump’s envoy]( By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF and AFP --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dozens of Somali refugees shot dead in Red Sea attack]( [This file photo taken on May 24, 2016 shows African refugees waiting on a rubber boat to be rescued during an operation at sea, on May 24, 2016. (AFP/Gabriel Bouys)]( [Bodies of 33 people found, 80 survivors rescued and taken to hospital including 24 in ‘extremely critical’ condition]( By AFP Related article: [Arab-Israeli FB star, Jewish comedians bid to feed Somalia]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Record 30,000 take part in Jerusalem Marathon]( [Kenya’s Shadrack Kipkogey wins, while Fenta Gezachew finishes first among Israeli men; Yaara Zangi-Radoshitzky is first Israeli woman]( By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat with marathon winner Kenyan Shadrack Kipkogey on March 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)]( [Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat marking the start of the 2017 Jerusalem Marathon. (Flash90)]( [Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’]( By JESSICA STEINBERG [Thousands of runners take part in the 2017 international Jerusalem Marathon on March 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)]( [Jerusalem marathon up and running despite disruption threats]( By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)]( [Ultra-Orthodox threaten to disrupt Jerusalem Marathon]( By SUE SURKES --------------------------------------------------------------- Netanyahu is set to meet heads of companies 'with turnovers of tens of billions of dollars' [Hoping to boost trade, PM heads to China with largest-ever business delegation]( [Marking 25 years of relations with Beijing, Netanyahu to meet President Xi and other top officials, but focus of next week’s three-day visit is on boosting commercial ties]( By RAPHAEL AHREN [China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review an honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 8, 2013. (Photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/FLASH90)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turkish daily depicts Merkel as ‘Frau Hitler’ on front page]( [A Turkish pro-government newspaper depicts Chancellor Angela Merkel on its front page in Nazi uniform with a Hitler-style mustache on March 17, 2017]( [Turkey furious over refusal in Germany, Holland to allow rallies in support of expansion of President Erdogan’s powers]( By AFP Related article: [Erdogan lashes EU over ‘anti-Islam crusade’]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [In this Sunday, March 16, 1997 file photo, King Hussein of Jordan shakes the hand of members of the Badayev family in Beit Shemesh who were in mourning after their daughter Shiri was killed by a Jordanian soldier. King Hussein came to Israel to offer condolences to the seven families who lost their daughters in an attack on a class trip. The Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a 1997 shooting rampage was released Sunday, March 12, 2017, after serving 20 years in prison. (AP PHOTO/GPO/HO, File)]( [When King Hussein paid a shiva call]( [Blog: A father longs for peace 20 years after the murder of his daughter and 6 other girls, as their murderer completes his life sentence]( By YISRAEL PTICHI [Nicholas W. Allard]( [No tolerance for intolerance]( [NICHOLAS W. ALLARD The eruption of anti-Semitism from sadly, ever-present mutant seeds of ignorant, self-loathing is no accident]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jonathan Sacks]( [The Sabbath: First day or last?]( [JONATHAN SACKS Shabbat offered those who built the Tabernacle, that symbolic prototype of society, a beacon to look forward to (Ki Tisa)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BMW, Intel and Mobileye announce cooperation for driverless car July 2016. (Courtesy)]( [Israeli tech firms rev up their engines for self-driving cars]( [Start-up nation is now home to hundreds of startups that provide everything from sensors to cybersecurity to data collection for autonomous vehicles]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sofi and the Baladis, an ensemble making music with Samaritan, Arabic and Israeli roots, will perform Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Tel Aviv's Papaito (Courtesy Sofi and the Baladis)]( [A former Samaritan faces the music of her complicated roots]( [Israeli actress and musician Sofi Tsedaka takes to the stage to reckon with her upbringing, and her decision to decamp from the ancient sect]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau and his wife Sara attend the Jewish Moroccan celebration of Mimouna, in Or Akiva on April 21, 2014. (Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Pool/Flash90)]( [Netanyahu apologizes for ‘Mizrahi gene’ remark]( [PM takes to Twitter to say sorry after critics slam his comment as racist]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fliers claiming that “Jewish privilege” is the key to social injustice found on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago, March 16, 2017 (Screenshot from Twitter/Alyssa Greenberg, via JTA)]( [Fliers blaming Jews for social injustice found at Chicago university]( [‘Ending white privilege starts with ending Jewish privilege,’ say leaflets stuck all over University of Illinois at Chicago]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar speaks on the movement's Al-Aqsa TV on March 8, 2017. (Screen shot/MEMRI)]( [Senior Hamas leader: Quran tells us to drive Jews out of Palestine’s entirety]( [Zahar’s comments come after recent reports that the group plans to amend charter to endorse a state of Palestine along pre-1967 lines]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conjoined newborn twins Acil and Hadil receive treatment at a maternity hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron on March 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER]( [Conjoined twin sisters who share a heart born in Hebron]( [Girls are joined at the waist; father seeking funds to fly them to Saudi Arabia for separation surgery]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [In this December 2008 file photo, Heath Campbell, left, with his wife, Deborah, and son Adolf Hitler Campbell, pose in Easton, Pennsylvania. (photo credit: AP/Rich Schultz)]( [Nazi fan dad wants to change name to Hitler]( [New Jersey father who named kids after famous Nazi leaders files request with court]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rabbi Hyim Shafner (Screen capture: YouTube via JTA)]( [DC synagogue hires successor for mikvah-peeping rabbi]( [Hyim Shafner to take reins at Kesher Israel, almost three years after arrest of Barry Freundel for voyeurism]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [This file photo taken on November 17, 2016 shows Steven Mnuchin arriving at the Trump Tower for meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump, in New York. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP Photo)]( [US Treasury’s Mnuchin, from Wall St. to Hollywood to Baden-Baden]( [The Jewish former Democrat, banker and movie producer was a surprise early backer of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a fare-well session in the Knesset, on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)]( [Former US envoy to Israel Dan Shapiro to join hedge fund]( [Obama’s ambassador to Jewish state will take up adviser role at ION Asset Management]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Danae Elon’s two sons in a scene from 'P.S. Jerusalem.' Says the director: 'I realized that I had to turn inward in order to get under the skin of the place.' (Photos copyright Danae Elon)]( [Director Danae Elon’s new film explores the complications of ‘home’]( [FROM OUR PARTNER The Jewish Week: In ‘P.S. Jerusalem,’ the daughter of a disillusioned expat finds belonging is excruciatingly complex]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hebrew Media Review]( HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW FRI, MAR 17, 3:11 PM [Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (2L) attends the inauguration of the tunnel boring machine to be used on the new Tel Aviv Light Rail on February 19, 2017. (Flash90)]( [Oh, the depths you’ll go to]( [From coalition and rabbi-army squabbles to a boring story beneath Tel Aviv, the press takes a deep dive into the dark underbelly of the country]( [The cast of “Nebsu,” the first Israeli primetime show to feature a black actor in a lead role. (Courtesy of Yosi Vasa via JTA)]( [Groundbreaking TV comedy introduces Israelis to their Ethiopian neighbors]( [Ties between Ethiopian Jews and other Israelis remain tense, but ‘when the audience laughs, that means they get it. So that’s progress,’ says ‘Nebsu’ creator]( By ANDREW TOBIN --------------------------------------------------------------- [Decades after he died, pre-WWII files reveal unlikely heroism of ‘Bolivian Schindler’]( [Vilified mining magnate Mauricio Hochschild turns out to have helped thousands of Jews escape from the Nazis]( By JOSé ARTURO CáRDENAS [Edgar Ramirez right), the head of the archives in the Bolivian state mining company COMIBOL, with unearthed documents which reveal that Jewish-German tin baron Mauricio Hochschild helped thousands of Jews escape Nazism, in El Alto, Bolivia. (Aizar Raldes/AFP)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Two young men stop to view police activity outside the Jewish Children's Museum following a bomb threat, Thursday March 9, 2017 in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)]( [At Jewish schools hit by bomb threats, trying to teach students just enough to cope]( [Parents and teachers are walking a fine line in seeking to prepare children for dangers, while avoiding traumatizing them]( By BEN SALES --------------------------------------------------------------- [Israel blacklists shadowy PA-linked fund as terror group]( [Defense minister says Palestinian National Fund, ultimately controlled by Abbas, pays terrorists and their families ‘tens of millions of shekels’ every month]( By JUDAH ARI GROSS and ERIC CORTELLESSA [Palestinians celebrate at the welcome reception for released Palestinian prisoners, at the Muqata'a in Ramallah, in the early hours of Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)]( Related article: [Abbas says blacklisting of PA-linked fund violates Oslo Accords]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 16, 2017. (Photo by FLASH90)]( [Abbas: World terror will remain until Palestinian conflict solved]( [Welcoming visit by Trump envoy, Abbas says upcoming Arab League summit will watch how DC attempts to tackle peace process]( By AGENCIES and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Related article: [Abbas says US envoy didn’t make any offers, just listened]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Charges filed against Arab MK accused of smuggling phones to prisoners]( [Basel Ghattas set to go to prison for two years under plea deal, says treated unfairly as an Arab lawmaker]( By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF and RAOUL WOOTLIFF [Joint List MK Basel Ghattas arrives for a court hearing at the Rehovot Magistrate's Court, January 5, 2017. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)]( Related article: [Arab MK signs plea bargain, agrees to go to jail]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [David Be‘eri, director of the City of David archeological park. (YouTube screenshot)]( [Controversial ‘builder’ of Jewish East Jerusalem awarded Israel Prize]( [David Be‘eri, who manages City of David in Silwan neighborhood, wins prestigious award despite being criticized for helping Jews settle in Arab areas of capital]( By SUE SURKES Related article: [High Court recognizes Arab residents’ ties to Jerusalem]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Israel Prize-winning rabbi rejects call to fire provocative colleague]( [Eli Sadan refuses to ‘cooperate with dictatorship‘ in having Yigal Levinstein fired for comments against women soldiers]( By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Rabbi Eli Sadan speaks during a protest in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Outlining budget, Trump puts aid to Israel first while slashing elsewhere]( [White House maintains annual $3.1 billion to Israel, slashes overall State Department budget by 28%, leading to fears that Egypt and Jordan could see cuts]( By ERIC CORTELLESSA [US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC on February 15, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP)]( Related article: [ADL lauds court orders to block new Trump travel ban]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [US claims deadly north Syria strike, denies targeting mosque]( [CENTCOM says target of air raid was al-Qaeda meeting, will look into reports of 40 civilian fatalities]( By AFP [Illustrative: Smoke billows following reported air strikes on a rebel-held area in the southern city of Daraa, on March 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)]( Related article: [Syrian activists say airstrike on mosque kills at least 35]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Celebrating Purim in a Dublin pub are Israelis (from left) Elad Michaely, Itamar Sinai, Michael Dulberg, Arik Warshager, Mattan Lass and Oren Shpigel. Sinai and Warshager have lived in Ireland for 17 and 14 years, respectively, and give advice to the newcomers. (Michael Riordan/Times of Israel)]( [Will the next generation of Irish Jews have a touch of Hebrew to their brogue?]( [ST. PATRICK'S DAY For the first time in generations, the Emerald Isle’s Jewish community is growing — with Israelis seeking greener pastures]( By MICHAEL RIORDAN [Forward this email to a friend]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( The Times of Israel · 4 George Washington St. · Jerusalem 9418704 · Israel