Moscow aims to oust Zelensky * Florida: Neo-Nazis rally with swastikas * Cold War echo? Israel set for Russian Jewry fight * Moon goddess rises from waves on ancient coin

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, July 25, 2022 Presented by [SUNRISE Remal ResortÂ]( [Russian FM says Moscow’s goal is to topple Zelensky’s Ukrainian government]( By [susie blann]( [Sergey Lavrov tells Arab League envoys that Moscow plans to ‘liberate’ Ukrainians from ‘this absolutely unacceptable regime’]( [Cash-strapped evacuated Ukrainians forced to return home and face deadly bombings]( By [Cara Anna]( [Despite Odesa strike, Lavrov tells Egypt Russian grain orders will be met ‘in full’]( By [AFP]( Live updates [LIVE: Sharansky praises Lapid’s tough line on Russia: Saving Israel from global shame]( By [TOI staff]( [Former prisoner of Zion and Jewish Agency chief says Israel acted like a ‘court Jew’ with its fear of offending Russia]( Archaeology [Moon goddess Luna rises from waves on rare ancient bronze coin found off Haifa coast]( By [TOI staff]( [Currency minted during reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius in 2nd century CE; discovered on seabed during survey carried out by Israel Antiquities Authority’s Marine Archaeology Unit]( from sunrise resorts [Lounge at Sharm El Sheikh’s coziest getaway]( [Enjoy ultimate comfort with luxury amenities at SUNRISE Remal Resort. Located at Ras Nasrani, one of Sharm El Sheikh’s most scenic natural spots.]( [Israel gears up to fight, as Russia puts screws to Jewish Agency for unclear reasons]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Latest struggle evokes Cold War memories of Russian Jews trapped behind Iron Curtain; for now, Jerusalem striking balance between playing Moscow’s game and warning of consequences]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 25: Israel’s government still at work; touring tanks in Ukraine]( By [TOI staff]( [Neo-Nazis rally with swastikas outside Florida conservative youth conference]( By [TOI staff]( [Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, attended by Trump, says it has no connection with group handing out antisemitic leaflets; Holocaust museum calls incident ‘indefensible’]( [Far-right Hungarian PM Orban decries European ‘race-mixing,’ sparking outrage]( By [Ash Obel and AFP]( [US conservatives embrace controversial far-right Hungarian PM seen as authoritarian]( By [Nicholas Riccardi and Justin Spike]( [Iran nuke chief vows UN watchdog’s cameras will remain off until deal revived]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Mohammad Eslami says 2015 nuclear deal was supposed to remove any suspicion Iranian program is not entirely peaceful, and as long as accusations persist, monitoring will be stopped]( [Iranian media: Israeli spy cell caught laying bombs at ‘sensitive site’ in Isfahan]( By [TOI staff]( [Education Ministry says 5,600 teaching positions unfilled ahead of school year]( By [TOI staff]( [Elementary schools facing shortfall of 424 English, 250 science teachers; Tel Aviv and central Israel bear the brunt with nearly 3,500 missing staff]( [Subsidized daycare centers threaten to keep their doors closed come September]( By [Tobias Siegal]( Interview [Hollywood and Israel, a love story: How the Jewish state met the silver screen]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [In a new book, authors Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman examine the history of modern Israel’s representation in cinema — with all its ups and downs]( Top Ops [Marjan Keypour Greenblatt]( [In Iran, we chanted ‘death to Israel’ but dreamed of freedom]( [When I had the opportunity to tell acting Prime Minister Lapid just one thing about the country of my birth, this is what I chose to share with him]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Will Israel’s November election hinge on Meretz?]( [The long political stalemate suggests a vital role in the present electoral constellation for the renewed left-wing party: it may yet shake things up]( [Israel’s government still at work; touring tanks in Ukraine]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israel’s initial monkeypox vaccine rollout to focus on HIV-positive and at-risk men]( By [TOI staff]( [Rollout to start within days; priority for men born after 1980 who have HIV, are on HIV pre-exposure meds or have contracted an STD this year]( [Smallpox vaccine approved in EU for use against monkeypox]( By [AFP]( Analysis [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [100 days out from election, campaign ads battle for soft-right voters]( [With Yamina’s potential collapse, both Likud and the Blue and White-New Hope alliance are competing for undecided right-wing Israelis who aren’t thrilled with either bloc]( [Gafni said threatening to split ultra-Orthodox UTJ faction in two amid disputes]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Bennett reportedly turned down offer from Lapid to serve as interim foreign minister]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian convicted of murder for 2018 car-ramming that killed 2 IDF soldiers]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF court finds Ala Qabha guilty of intentionally killing Netanel Kahalani, 20, and Ziv Daos, 21, near the Mevo Dotan settlement more than four years ago]( [Palestinian suspected of planning to stab Israelis in West Bank arrested]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [CRM]( [Over 500 Israeli tech employees fired in one day, amid ‘bubble’ fears]( By [TOI staff]( [AID Genomics moves its R&D center abroad, laying off 400 workers, while Asurion closes its development center; thousands have lost their jobs in recent months]( [World’s largest wellness conference to make Tel Aviv debut this year]( By [Deborah Danan]( Maccabiah Games [Once homeless, para athlete Freya Levy finds a home at the Maccabiah Games]( By [Ethan Freedman]( [Levy, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a teenager, has beaten the odds to compete globally in wheelchair basketball: ‘I try to do as much as I can, while I can’]( [Trailblazing former MK, diplomat Tamar Eshel dies on her 102nd birthday]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Born in London but raised in Mandatory Palestine, Eshel served in Haganah, was first Israeli to serve as chair of a UN commission, later sat in Knesset and Jerusalem city council]( [Scorched Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change]( By [Agencies]( [UN’s COP27 summit in Egypt in November, which Israel plans to attend, hopes to push for more international funding to help region deal with imminent dangers]( [6,000 evacuated as ‘explosive’ California blaze remains out of control]( By [David McNew and Michael Mathes]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Marking 8 years son’s body held by Hamas, Goldins to march from Kfar Saba to Gaza]( By [TOI staff]( [Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director who co-created ‘The Monkees,’ dies at 89]( By [COLLEEN SLEVIN and LINDSEY D. BAHR]( [Grave of alleged disappeared Yemenite baby to be exhumed Wednesday]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud primaries candidate draws fire over past kidnapping conviction]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Tunisians vote on constitution granting president near-unchecked powers]( By [Kaouther Larbi]( [After months of delays, Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook defamation trial finally set to begin]( By [JIM VERTUNO]( [Jordan’s king protests attacks by Iran-backed militias on border, hosts PA’s Abbas]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Beit Shemesh murder-suicide suspect said to have mental health, drug abuse issues]( By [TOI staff]( [5 Haredim indicted for breaking into Jerusalem light rail construction site]( By [TOI staff]( [Hit the sweet spot / Israel tech firm creates world’s ‘strongest-ever’ vanilla flavors]( By [Jonah Mandel]( [Checkmate / Chess-playing robot turns violent mid-match, breaks kid’s finger]( By [TOI staff]( [Commuters hit with travel chaos in rush hour, with major train lines out of action]( By [Ash Obel]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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