Israeli leaders not wanted at US-Bahrain meet

Israeli leaders not wanted at US-Bahrain meet * Palestinian rape suspect: Lawyer hits back * Trump would go to war over Iran nukes * John Cusack retweets antiSemitic meme

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THE DAILY EDITIONTuesday, June 18, 2019
White House confirms Israeli officials not invited to Bahrain workshop
BY ERIC CORTELLESSA
After weeks of uncertainty, American official says US wants ‘focus to be on the economic aspect, not the political’
After 1st election round, fate of Guatemala’s Jerusalem embassy hangs in balance
BY RAPHAEL AHREN
Pete Buttigieg says he won’t move US embassy back to Tel Aviv if elected
BY JTA AND TOI STAFF
Lawyer of Palestinian charged with raping Israeli girl raps ‘Dreyfus’-like case
BY TAMAR PILEGGI AND JACOB MAGID
Official says police keep changing their account
Erdan: Palestinian accused of rape of Israeli girl, 7, should be terror suspect
BY TOI STAFF
Right-wing MKs call for execution of Palestinian charged with raping 7-year-old
BY JACOB MAGID
After enrichment threat, US accuses Iran of ‘nuclear extortion’
BY AGENCIES
State Department says Tehran must abide by limits set in nuclear deal, despite Trump administration pulling out of accord and deriding it as flawed
Germany, UK warn Iran over enrichment threat; EU takes wait-and-see approach
BY AFP AND TOI STAFF
Israel media review / Paving a road back to the Middle Ages: 5 things to know for June 18
BY JACOB MAGID
Trump: Oil tanker attack ‘very minor,’ but would go to war over Iran nukes
BY TOI STAFF
US president tells Time magazine he would not take military action to protect oil supplies
US deploying 1,000 more troops to Middle East as Iran tensions soar
BY AGENCIES
Russia accuses US of trying to provoke war with Iran by deploying extra troops
BY AGENCIES AND TOI STAFF
US releases new photos to bolster claim Iran attacked tankers
BY LOLITA C. BALDOR
John Cusack retweets anti-Semitic meme with neo-Nazi quote
BY TOI STAFF
After online backlash, actor deletes post and blames bot, then issues apology for sharing ‘pro-Palestinian justice’ image
Malaysian PM draws laughter with anti-Semitic jibe at UK’s Cambridge University
BY STUART WINER AND TOI STAFF
LIVE UPDATES
UN urges probe into death of detained Egyptian leader Morsi
BY JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH
UK lawmaker who probed jail conditions for ousted president also says international community must look into sudden collapse as pressure on Cairo grows
Egypt’s Morsi quietly buried, a day after courtroom death
BY SAMY MAGDY
Former president, who had been in prison since his ousting in July 2013, interred amid tight security after reported heart attack; family attends funeral, says lawyer
Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies suddenly in court
BY AP
Egypt agrees to pay Israel $500 million to end gas dispute
BY AGENCIES AND TOI STAFF
French-Israeli media mogul Drahi buys Sotheby’s for $3.7 billion
BY AFP AND TOI STAFF
New York auction house purchased by owner of Israeli Hot cable TV operator, to go private after 30 years on New York Stock exchange
Sotheby’s new owner Drahi — a French-Israeli tycoon with expensive taste in art
BY LUCIE GODEAU AND JULIE JAMMOT
FASHION STATEMENT
With his signature honesty, Isaac Mizrahi describes growing up a gay Syrian Jew
BY JORDAN HOFFMAN
‘I work for God,’ not Netanyahu, Smotrich says after being appointed minister
BY TOI STAFF
Opposition snarkily lambastes hardliner for past statements on imposing biblical law in Israel
Smotrich, Peretz get nods for transportation, education ministries
BY TOI STAFF
Liberman sues activist for tweets claiming plot with Lapid for coalition failure
BY STUART WINER
Who’s running the show in Israel between elections?
BY MARCY OSTER
Court okays demolition of 100 East Jerusalem homes under Palestinian control
BY TOI STAFF
Sur Baher residents fear unprecedented order to raze 16 apartment buildings in Area A could drive Israeli demolitions deeper in West Bank
Palestinian village targeted in third apparent hate crime in a week
BY TOI STAFF
Qatari cash arrives in Gaza, but payouts to Palestinians delayed
BY ADAM RASGON
Israel re-expands Gaza Strip fishing zone to 10 nautical miles
BY TOI STAFF
SNAKES ON A PLANE
Israel nabs smuggled reptiles, including rare boa constrictors
BY SUE SURKES
Israel Nature and Parks Authority joins Interpol, Europol and more than 20 nations in major clampdown on illegal smuggling and keeping of reptiles
Does Israel have a moral obligation to welcome African refugees?
BY SIMONA WEINGLASS
TOP OPS
DANIELLA LEVY
Sexual predators thrive in our midst
This country protects child sex abusers and silences their victims — and the vast majority of perpetrators are not Arabs, but Jews
AMIR FUCHS AND OFER KENIG
Knesset in limbo
Everything you wanted to know about Israel’s transitional government, but didn’t know whom to ask
MARK LAVIE
Egypt’s Morsi never had a chance
Why the revolutionaries of the Arab Spring failed their followers, and other lessons from the blunder of a democracy in a society not set up for it
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
Every question-and-answer session at every Jewish event ever
I’d like to now give a fairly length explanation about that, while ignoring the large number of hands being raised in the room
MORE HEADLINES
Official New Zealand government website wipes Israel off the map
BY HENRY BENJAMIN
Hebrew University awards first nanotech prize to Stanford’s Prof. Cui
BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
Majority of Israelis marry by 25, most have first child by 27
BY TOI STAFF
New Zealander who shared mosque shooting video gets 21 months
BY NICK PERRY
Poway synagogue shooter inspired by Hitler, unsealed affidavit shows
BY AP
Cash me somewhere else / Jordan nixes rapper Bhad Bhabie gig over Israel support
BY TOI STAFF
Study identifies protein that causes ‘exhaustion’ of immune system cells
BY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
Ballsy cartoon / Google Doodle celebrates falafel
BY MARCY OSTER
Ukraine city plans real estate project on top of Holocaust victims’ burial site
BY MICHAEL BACHNER
Sandy Hook victim’s father wins case against authors who claim shooting was hoax
BY PAT EATON-ROBB
Romania hosts inaugural summit for global anti-Semitism envoys
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
Anti-Semitic attack on workshop of stonemason who made Polish Holocaust monument
BY JTA
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