US hints at Iran military option * Netanyahu brokers far-right deal * Ari Folman to ToI on animating Anne Frank * Ancient Jewish Galilee city * Female Russian spy at NATO

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, August 27, 2022 [US hints to Gantz it’s preparing military option against Iran, Israeli official says]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Senior official says Washington meeting with Jake Sullivan ‘positive’ despite defense minister raising Israeli objections to emerging nuclear deal]( [Mossad chief’s harsh criticism of looming Iran deal caught Lapid off guard — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu brokers deal for far-right’s Smotrich, Ben Gvir to join forces in election]( By [TOI staff]( [After ex-PM hosts them at his Caesarea home, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit chiefs announce agreement to reunite for November 1 vote, resolving disagreements over electoral slate]( [Meretz leader denounces merged far-right slate as ‘alliance of thugs’]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [In Sarajevo, Ari Folman talks genocide, animating Anne Frank and pleasing his mother]( By [JP O’ Malley]( [Speaking with ToI at the Sarajevo Film Festival where he screened ‘Where is Anne Frank,’ the Israeli director dishes on an array of complex topics – just like his movies do]( [Ex-IDF chiefs: Lack of internal solidarity a bigger threat to Israel than Iran nukes]( By [TOI staff]( [In conversation with Channel 12, five former military heads discuss their efforts over past three decades to foil Tehran’s atomic ambitions and their concerns for Israel’s future]( Interview [Andrew Lapin]( [Wolf Blitzer, the son of survivors, discusses new CNN special on US Holocaust Museum]( [Longtime network anchor talks about his family’s Holocaust history, his views on Israel and AIPAC and lessons from US media coverage of the genocide during WWII]( Israel Travels [Explore the nearly 2,000-year-old Jewish metropolis of Usha in the western Galilee]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [Remains of the city founded by rabbis fleeing Roman persecution in Judea were recently uncovered, revealing roads, stunning mosaic floors, ritual baths and oil and wine presses]( Top Ops [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [The Catskills meet Mount Sinai at a night of Jewish comedy]( [When American Jewish comedians got together to entertain the people whose world they know best, not only did they bridge Jewish worlds, they were also funny]( [Ari Shishler]( [Elul: We’ve got this]( [It’s that time of year when we must rise to the occasion to connect with God – but before we start out, He ensures that we have the inner resources to succeed]( [Investigators: Female Russian spy posed as socialite to befriend NATO staff in Italy]( By [TOI staff]( [Bellingcat researchers say operative for Russia’s military intelligence mingled with service members from US, European countries while posing as a cosmopolitan jewelry designer]( [CRM]( [Russia sends S-300 back home from Syria amid Ukraine invasion, satellite images show]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Israeli intelligence firm says air defense system’s battery loaded onto Russian ship bound for Black Sea port; Israel reportedly struck nearby on Thursday]( [Ukraine says shelling causes damage, threat of radiation leak at nuclear plant]( By [AFP]( [Belarus president says his country’s warplanes made ready to carry nuclear weapons]( By [AP]( [Mar-a-Lago raid was sparked by FBI’s recovery of top secret info from Trump]( By [Chris Lefkow]( [Newly revealed affidavit says former president previously returned documents that contained information on human intelligence sources, among the most tightly guarded of secrets]( [US Justice Department publishes redacted affidavit for search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago]( By [Eric Tucker]( [Guards said to foil stabbing attack at West Bank crossing]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian suspect arrested and found to be carrying a knife after guards at Reihan crossing received intelligence information on planned attack]( [Settlement security vehicle comes under fire in northern West Bank; no injuries]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Israeli beaten in confrontation with Palestinians at shrine near Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [United flight diverted from Tel Aviv landing after small drone enters its path]( By [TOI staff]( [Police searching for person who operated small device in forbidden airspace]( [‘Challah’ and ‘tefillin’ were code words in the Chabad of Poway’s tax fraud scheme]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Former rabbi of the synagogue targeted in 2019 by an antisemitic shooter received a 14-month term for his part in the scheme; as a co-conspirator is sentenced, new details emerge]( [UN reports ‘blatant’ security violations in southern Lebanon amid high tensions]( By [Luke Tress]( [United Nations force on border says men in combat attire are holding live-fire drills in its area of operations, and its personnel’s movement is increasingly restricted]( [Lebanese submarine finds at least 10 bodies on sunken migrant ship]( By [Kareem Chehayeb]( Explainer [jonathan bate]( [Attack on Rushdie mirrors 1925 killing of writer who satirized Vienna antisemitism]( [Jewish-born Hugo Bettauer, whose ‘The City Without Jews’ became an international best seller, was assassinated after being denounced by Austrian Nazis]( [Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over patents behind COVID vaccine]( By [Tom Murphy]( [Massachusetts-based firm accuses rival and its partner of copyright infringement, filing suit in both US and German courts]( [WHO: Global death toll from COVID in 2022 hits 1 million]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( [Jewish community buys back first synagogue in Montana from Catholic Diocese]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [After lengthy fundraising campaign, local nonprofit purchases two-story Helena synagogue for undisclosed amount; it was originally sold for $1 in 1935]( More Headlines [Man found dead in Connecticut confirmed to be Ponzi schemer and Epstein mentor]( By [Dave Collins]( [US federal investigation says Arizona school failed to stop antisemitic harassment]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Actor Niro Levy badly injured in Tel Aviv motorcycle accident]( By [TOI staff]( [Maccabi Haifa to host PSG in Champions League clash on September 14]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Israeli diamond magnate Steinmetz back in Switzerland to appeal corruption sentence]( By [Nina Larson]( [Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life]( By [AP]( [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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