Israel: Countries lining up to move embassies to Jerusalem; Why Guatemala was first; 2017’s chosen movies; The ministry and the Arab mule

2017. december 26 18:07

Israel: Countries lining up to move embassies to Jerusalem; Why Guatemala was first; 2017’s chosen movies; The ministry and the Arab mule

 
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THE DAILY EDITIONTuesday, December 26, 2017
Israel says 10 more countries in talks about moving embassies to Jerusalem
BY TOI STAFF
Honduras reportedly next in line after Guatemala announces relocation of mission; Togo, Paraguay, Romania and Slovakia also floated
Israel, Cuba sought to reestablish diplomatic ties — report
BY TOI STAFF
Guatemala on ‘wrong side of history’ on Jerusalem, Palestinian FM says
BY DOV LIEBER
ANALYSISRAPHAEL AHREN
Why a small Central American nation became a trailblazer on Jerusalem
Guatemala played a key role in the Jewish state’s creation and has enjoyed Israeli security assistance ever since. It doesn’t hurt that its leader is deeply religious
Netanyahu: ‘God bless’ Guatemala for Jerusalem move
BY MARISSA NEWMAN
Guatemala says it’s begun working on moving embassy to Jerusalem
BY AFP AND TOI STAFF
Days after vote on Jerusalem, US says it negotiated $285 m. cut in UN budget
BY AP
YEAR IN REVIEW
Good for the views: This year’s top movies chosen for the Chosen People
BY JORDAN HOFFMAN
Iran pledging all its might to Hamas for Jerusalem battle, terror group says
BY DOV LIEBER
‘All of our of capabilities and potential are at your disposal,’ Gaza leader Sinwar says General Qassem Soleimani told him
Hamas will ‘shut down’ US embassy in Israel, co-founder of terror group warns
BY SUE SURKES
LIVE UPDATES
Japanese FM invited Netanyahu to Tokyo meet with Abbas — reports
BY GAVIN RABINOWITZ
PM said to agree to participate in meeting, which also includes US envoy Jared Kushner, if the Americans give the go-ahead
ASS-BACKWARD
Foreign Ministry cartoon depicts Arab world as a man on a mule
BY DOV LIEBER
Slammed as ‘racist,’ caricature sought to convince readers to exit the ‘Middle Ages’ and cooperate with ultramodern Israel
Likud MK Oren Hazan gets extra security after Hamas threats
BY DOV LIEBER
Israeli chess players seek compensation for Saudi tourney snub
BY AFP AND TOI STAFF
Faced with fusty texts, teachers learn to breathe new life into Jewish studies
BY CATHRYN J. PRINCE
TOP OPS
ALON GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN
Reb Shlomo was a flawed religious genius
In ‘God’s-eye view,’ Carlebach’s sexual wrongs won’t negate his great spiritual capacity and majestic vision of Judaism
JAMES OPPENHEIM
Funny, silly, outrageous Naomi
She’s defying the odds for pancreatic cancer, but it will take gene-targeted therapy to give her a real chance
GERARD HEUMANN
The perils of residential towers
Consider Ir Yamim, a high-rise complex on the Mediterranean that essentially ignores the precious sea views
YONATAN NERIL
Water comes out of the faucet
Irrigation as a stop-gap measure makes us forget how we used to turn to God to bring the rain
HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW
Saturday’s all right for fighting (but not shopping)
BY JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH
Papers report that with a law shutting mini-markets looming, cities are rebelling, though it’s not clear they can stop the ultra-Orthodox effort
A DAY IN THE (TECH) LIFE
When a startup gets big, the environment gets rougher, says Mellanox CEO
BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
Drowsy Knesset kicks off 45-hour police bill filibuster
BY MARISSA NEWMAN
Opposition lawmakers take turns before near-empty plenum in bid to delay vote on controversial legislation; Amsalem hits back at Lapid
Knesset okays requiring Jewish tradition as factor in Shabbat work permits
BY TOI STAFF
Bitan associate said set to confess to transferring bribes to MK
BY TOI STAFF
MORE HEADLINES
Oy to the world / Call Adam Sandler: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was Jewish, too
BY TRACY FRYDBERG
Goes to show / For Irish Catholic-turned-ultra-Orthodox comic, the journey is the joke
BY JESSICA STEINBERG
UK’s Israel embassy seeks to export Arab-Jewish coders program
BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
State reopens investigation of Breaking the Silence spokesman
BY JACOB MAGID
IDF chief under fire for meeting with Ehud Barak
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF
Food packages to carry red labels for excess sugar, salt and saturated fats
BY SUE SURKES
Lapid says he would never negotiate over Jerusalem, even if it means no peace
BY RAPHAEL AHREN
4 Israelis arrested in clashes with police over demolition of outpost home
BY JACOB MAGID
Norway said set to cut funding for pro-BDS Palestinian NGOs
BY TOI STAFF
Egypt hangs 15 over attacks on security forces in Sinai Peninsula
BY AFP