Abbas: Law cutting funds over terror pay is declaration of war * Is Adelson winning campus BDS fight?

2018. július 3 16:41
Abbas: Law cutting funds over terror pay is declaration of war * Is Adelson winning campus BDS fight? * Iran: Israel steals clouds * Musical algorithm

 

The Times of Israel Daily Edition  2018. július 3. 16:16
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THE DAILY EDITIONTuesday, July 3, 2018
PA: Israeli law withholding funds over terrorist stipends ‘a declaration of war’
BY TOI STAFF
Palestinian officials slam legislation as ‘theft’ and ‘crossing a red line’; Abbas spokesman says planned response will ‘change the nature’ of relations with Israel
Israel passes law cutting funding to PA over its payments to terrorists
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF
Lawmakers cheer approval of law slashing PA funds over terror payments
BY TOI STAFF
INTERVIEWRAOUL WOOTLIFF
Taylor Force’s father hopes ‘pay-for-slay’ law will help Palestinians in need
Stuart Force is in the Knesset for final votes on measure to deduct welfare payments paid to Palestinian prisoners and their relatives from tax revenues collected by Israel
PA lambastes Australia for nixing aid, says decision ‘not grounded in facts’
BY TAMAR PILEGGI AND MICHAEL BACHNER
American ex-UN envoys urge restoration of Palestinian refugee funds
BY AP AND TOI STAFF
INTERVIEWDAVID HOROVITZ
How Sheldon Adelson just might be turning the tide against BDS on US campuses
David Brog, head of the Maccabee Task Force, says a savvy action plan, lots of money and a focus on empowering (almost) all pro-Israel students are gradually ‘taking back the quad’
US judge says murdered Israeli teen’s family ‘took risk by living in West Bank’
BY SUE SURKES
Appeals court orders judge to reconsider her ruling on petition by Naftali Fraenkel’s parents to sue Iran, Syria for compensation for 2014 Hamas-linked murder of son
INTO THIN AIR
Iranian general blames water woes on Israeli ‘cloud theft’
BY AFP AND TOI STAFF
But country’s chief meteorologist disputes claim, says clouds and snow can’t be stolen
Shin Bet head said to warn Ehud Barak of fears Iran may attack him abroad
BY SUE SURKES AND TOI STAFF
Security service chief holds unusual meeting with ex-PM, TV report says; security said bolstered at overseas Israeli, Jewish facilities
Blast reported at Syrian warehouse used by Iranian-backed militias
BY STUART WINER
Rouhani warns of ‘consequences’ to US push against buying Iranian oil
BY AP AND ERIC CORTELLESSA
Trump administration seeks to drop Iran’s oil revenue to nothing
BY ERIC CORTELLESSA
Controversial military enlistment bill passes first reading in Knesset
BY TOI STAFF
Chief opposition whip tweets the bill’s passing is a ‘dubious historical event,’ after opposition faction Yesh Atid votes alongside coalition
Israel media review / The draft on tap: 6 things to know for July 3
BY JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH
Ultra-Orthodox leader says he’ll topple government if enlistment bill passes
BY ALEXANDER FULBRIGHT AND RAOUL WOOTLIFF
On Lebanon border, salvage op rappels 2,000-year-old vessels down sheer cliff
BY AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN
Why ancient settlers inhabited a cave above a 30-meter drop is unclear. But these weren’t people on vacation, says researcher
Bill to bar left-wing groups from schools cleared for final readings
BY SUE SURKES
Knesset education committee votes to advance law; Education minister: ‘Whoever goes around the world attacking IDF soldiers, loses right to enter schools’
Knesset guards eject four MKs as debate over Gaza children hits raw nerves
BY SUE SURKES
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Minister: Flying incendiary kites from Gaza like firing rockets
BY TOI STAFF
Ayelet Shaked tours southern region, calls for ‘iron fist’ against arson attackers and terror operatives alike
Bill to raise PM’s salary via tax cut passes 1st reading; could give him NIS 2m
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF
Proposal advanced by Knesset could boost Netanyahu’s take-home pay by up to NIS 200,000 a year and retroactively award him more than 10 times as much
Netanyahu claims media has been hounding wife Sara for 20 years
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF
Police to grill Netanyahu next week over new evidence of graft – report
BY TOI STAFF
Does Netanyahu make Israel safer by welcoming authoritarians?
BY CHARLES DUNST
The 7 best Jewish obituaries by New York Times writer Margalit Fox
BY JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
TOP OPS
EMANUEL MILLER
Soccer’s lesson in how to make peace
Palestinian leaders rebuffed the Argentinean team’s visit but accepted Prince William’s: Here’s why
MICK DAVIS
We’re at war with ourselves in the battle for Zionism
The diaspora discourse on Israel has never been more polarized, vicious or impoverished
Israeli startup merges music and algorithms to make practice a pleasure
BY ARIELLA GENTIN
Tonara’s latest version of its musical app increases student’s practice time and helps teachers manage their business
MORE HEADLINES
Federal agencies probe Facebook’s sharing of data with Cambridge Analytica
BY AP
Jewish groups blast Ukraine prosecutor for saying Jews want bloodshed
BY AFP
Knesset okays Netanyahu heading Western Wall pluralistic plaza committee
BY TOI STAFF
Harvey Weinstein charged over alleged forced sex act with 3rd woman
BY AP
Trump’s former personal lawyer says he’ll put ‘family first’
BY AP
Center for Jewish History head steps down, denies right-wing critics to blame
BY JTA
Jewish tech executive calls conservative writer Ben Shapiro a Nazi collaborator
BY JTA
85-year-old rabbi arrested at Trump border policy protest
BY JTA
Ron Paul slammed as racist, anti-Semitic over cartoon posted to social media
BY TOI STAFF
For the first time, Israeli expert chosen to chair UN Human Rights Committee
BY STUART WINER