FW: Interview: Michael Oren says Israel 'on our own,' US ties in tatters; Jesus church torched; Baptism by mire in polluted Jordan; J'lem mayor is richest

 

 

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Subject: Interview: Michael Oren says Israel 'on our own,' US ties in tatters; Jesus church torched; Baptism by mire in polluted Jordan; J'lem mayor is richest

 

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The one-stop news site covering Israel, the region and the Jewish people worldwide   THE DAILY EDITION   WHAT MATTERS MOST ON » THU, JUN 18, 2015   Share This: Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!     INTERVIEW   Michael Oren sees a US alliance in tatters, and Israel 'on our own'   Asked whether people might look back on this period as the last days before Israel was wiped out, the MK-diplomat-historian responds: 'It's happened before in history, hasn't it?'   By DAVID HOROVITZ       Blaming Obama, ex-envoy Oren says aspects of US-Israel ties 'in tatters'   By DAVID HOROVITZ   From Clooney to Clinton: 20 revelations from Michael Oren's new book   By DAVID HOROVITZ   §                          Oren criticism of Obama 'absolutely false,' Washington says §                          Kahlon apologizes to US over ex-envoy's Obama putdown §                          Netanyahu said to deny US request to disavow Oren op-ed       Baptism by mire? In Jordan River, sewage mucks up Christian rite   River quality where Jesus was purportedly baptized raises concerns, though Health Ministry says water is clean   By MELANIE LIDMAN       LIVE UPDATES Latest: MKs to meet in Haifa to 'save Al-Midan Theater'       49% of Israelis back Michael Oren's Obama criticism, poll finds     Knesset Channel survey also finds 68% of Israelis say Netanyahu should meet Obama after Iran deal   By JONATHAN BECK       After canceling, German city reinstates Breaking the Silence exhibit   Cologne municipality plans to present show critical of Israeli soldiers 'in an appropriate context' next year   By RAPHAEL AHREN         Counter-boycott push beats back divestment in Sweden   By GEDALYAH REBACK     Louvre denies claims of anti-Israel discrimination   By AFP and TAMAR PILEGGI     Netanyahu aims to shut new 'Palestine 48′ TV station   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF             You have to pick one: US or Israel   SARAH TUTTLE-SINGER It was a conundrum: Two passports, a divided heart and one stubborn Swiss airport bureaucrat       The price we pay for loving Israel   ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL Jews in the Diaspora navigate a blurry line between supporting the Jewish state and denying dual loyalty       An aliyah high five   JESSICA LEVINE KUPFERBERG A year after uprooting the family to Israel, the youngest of the brood proves just how far they have all come       Emuna Agnon Yaron (1921 – 2015)   JEFFREY SAKS The daughter of Israel's first Nobel laureate brought more of her father's writing to the public than he did in his lifetime       Jerusalem mayor is richest pol; PM 4th   Nir Barkat's worth estimated at NIS 450 million ($117m) , Netanyahu has NIS 42 ($10.9m)       Army to cut down on beards   Tighter regulations on facial hair are intended to combat lack of uniformity, false declarations of religious observance       In Israel, Michael Douglas set to receive 'Jewish Nobel Prize'   Actor, who only recently embraced father's heritage, says he'll use money to bring together different streams of Judaism       Palestinian cleric pounds 'penis ads'   Preacher says Israel and the Jews using 'sex craze' to crush Arabs, CIA spreading mind-control drugs in region       Israeli artist takes home international painting prize   Matan Ben Cnaan's Guy and Annabelle, inspired by the biblical story of Jephthah, wins painter £30,000 prize, £5,000 commission       Mobli launches new visual search engine   EyeIn system looks to crowdsource the best visual content on the web for publishers and the public in real time     HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW   THU, JUN 18, 3:16 PM     Go tell it on the mountain   Not everyone in Israel is convinced the Syrian town of Hader is in that much danger, as the question of whether and how Israel should act to help the Druze community remains unanswered         Sea of Galilee church where 'Jesus fed 5,000,' torched in suspected hate attack   Two injured by smoke inhalation, Hebrew graffiti scrawled at site where Christians believe Jesus fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF     Related article: 16 arrested, then released, in church torching       400,000-year-old teeth reveal prehistoric pollution   Tel Aviv University team provides unprecedented glimpse into eating and cooking habits of paleolithic man   By JUDAH ARI GROSS         As it turns 15, Birthright Israel takes a closer look at Tel Aviv   Program providing young Jews with free trips finally focuses on the White City's start-up scene and hip vibe   By RENEE GHERT-ZAND       IDF officer says Syrian Druze should not flee to border, downplays danger   Official nixes Golan field hospital as fighting on border intensifies; Netanyahu says Israel will do what is necessary but does not elaborate   By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF and AFP     Related article: Israel braces for refugees as Syrian rebels surround Druze town     Homophobic op-ed by Islamic leader raises Arab Israeli ire   Israeli Islamic Movement deputy wishes AIDS on gay supporters after same-sex wedding of Luxembourg premier   By ELHANAN MILLER         Netanyahu rejects religion minister's attack on Reform Jews   PM 'strongly disagrees' with David Azoulay's characterization of Reform movement as 'a disaster for the Jewish people'   By JTA     Related article: Religious affairs minister calls Reform Jews 'a disaster'       Israeli envoy slams 'misconduct' in UN report on children in war   Ron Prosor tells secretary-general that Algerian legal expert Leila Zerrougui unfairly focused on Israel, rejected Israeli input   By STUART WINER       Swiss open probe into computer virus that monitored Iran talks   Authorities search three hotels where negotiations were held, after report of malware linked to Israel   By JTA       9 killed in shooting at black church in South Carolina   Police search for white gunman after suspected racial hate crime at historic site   By ALEX SANZ and DAVID GOLDMAN         For business success, include the disabled, urge US philanthropists   From the workplace to the Jewish community center, inclusion has become an important value among young people, according to Jay and Shira Ruderman   By DAVID SHAMAH     Related article: Israeli 3D tech promises more woes for retailers       How a Holocaust heroine is finally written into the annals of history   In bringing to light overlooked stories such as that of Haviva Reick, New York's Remember the Women Institute aims to rectify absence of women in recorded narrative   By CATHRYN J. PRINCE

 

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