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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Toby Axelrod" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-axelrod/">Toby Axelrod</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Frank Zeller" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/frank-zeller/">Frank Zeller</a></div>
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					</div><div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="Agencies" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/agencies/">Agencies</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-deal-not-much-of-an-agreement-after-missile-test-trump-says/">Pointing to launch of medium-range rocket capable of hitting Israel, US president also accuses Tehran of working with North Korea</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="Agencies" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/agencies/">Agencies</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Agencies" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/agencies/">Agencies</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="Agencies" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/agencies/">Agencies</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/north-korea-stages-anti-us-rally-as-war-of-words-escalates/">After North Korean foreign minister says attack on US 'inevitable,' Trump warns 'Little Rocket Man' Korea may 'not be around much longer'</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="KIM TONG-HYUNG" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/kim-tong-hyung/">KIM TONG-HYUNG</a></div>
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							<span class="label">Analysis</span><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-taking-on-trump-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-gets-personal/">In taking on Trump, North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un gets personal</a>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/startups-seek-to-cash-in-on-cannabis-but-some-fear-israel-will-take-a-hit/">A proposed law to permit medical marijuana exports to the world is expected to generate a windfall for producers. Could it just be a pipe dream?</a>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iraq-says-it-wants-worlds-help-to-build-nuclear-reactor/">Over 35 years after Israeli strike on Osirak, oil-rich country still partially held by IS says it has rights to nuclear power under NonProliferation Treaty</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Agencies" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/agencies/">Agencies</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Cecile Feuillatre" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/cecile-feuillatre/">Cecile Feuillatre</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-troll-pushes-ahead-with-berkeley-rally-plans/">Right-wing troll pushes ahead with Berkeley rally plans</a>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-troll-pushes-ahead-with-berkeley-rally-plans/">Milo Yiannopoulos says he will hold event on liberal campus for "Free Speech Week," even after student group cancels rally amid protests</a>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tel-aviv-gig-pretenders-hynde-waves-israeli-flag-sings-for-cows/">
							<img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-24-at-1.46.23-AM-e1506206883443-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders play in Tel Aviv on September 23, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)" title="Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders play in Tel Aviv on September 23, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)" />
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-sports-world-hits-back-at-trump-after-tirade/">LeBron James calls out president for uninviting Stephen Curry from White House; NFL pushes back against comments condemning players who kneel during anthem</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Catherine Lucey" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/catherine-lucey/">Catherine Lucey</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/roma-holocaust-survivors-look-to-jews-as-model-for-recognition-and-reparation/">Despite the murder and confiscation of property during WWII, illiteracy, lack of organization and racism prevent the community from receiving proper compensation</a>
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							<img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_SO5TP-e1506187324853-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Israeli rescuers inspect damaged buildings in Alvaro Obregon, an area of Mexico City strongly affected by the September 19 earthquake, on September 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Luis Manuel Perez)" title="Israeli rescuers inspect damaged buildings in Alvaro Obregon, an area of Mexico City strongly affected by the September 19 earthquake, on September 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Luis Manuel Perez)" />
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-leaders-sounding-like-trump-at-the-un/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_SN1LI-e1506079044252-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="South Korea&#039;s President Moon Jae-in (L) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting at New York&#039;s Palace Hotel during the 72nd UN General Assembly on September 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)" title="South Korea&#039;s President Moon Jae-in (L) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting at New York&#039;s Palace Hotel during the 72nd UN General Assembly on September 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Word of mouth</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-leaders-sounding-like-trump-at-the-un/">At the UN, some world leaders starting to sound a lot like Trump</a>
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								By <a title="Jill Colvin" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jill-colvin/">Jill Colvin</a> and <a title="DARLENE SUPERVILLE" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/darlene-superville/">DARLENE SUPERVILLE</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivanka-trump-opens-up-about-her-postpartum-depression/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/08/000_RH67J-e1502630398478-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Ivanka Trump listens as her father, US President Donald Trump, speaks to the press at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey, on August 11, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)" title="Ivanka Trump listens as her father, US President Donald Trump, speaks to the press at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey, on August 11, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Speaking out</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivanka-trump-opens-up-about-her-postpartum-depression/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Ivanka Trump opens up about her postpartum depression</a>
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								By <a title="Catherine Lucey" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/catherine-lucey/">Catherine Lucey</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-argentina-muslims-and-jews-make-hummus-not-war/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Adi-from-Israel-left-e1505988807234-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Participants at an event dubbed the First World Championship of Hummus held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 17, 2017. (Courtesy of Muslim and Jewish Fans of Hummus)" title="Participants at an event dubbed the First World Championship of Hummus held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 17, 2017. (Courtesy of Muslim and Jewish Fans of Hummus)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Chickpea-ce</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-argentina-muslims-and-jews-make-hummus-not-war/">In Argentina, Muslims and Jews make hummus not war</a>
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								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/16-un-ambassadors-wish-jews-israel-a-happy-new-year-in-video-compilation/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-20-at-5.57.31-PM-e1505919556801-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="America&#039;s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley wishes Jews a happy new year in a video compilation of UN Ambassadors posted to Facebook on September 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook)" title="America&#039;s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley wishes Jews a happy new year in a video compilation of UN Ambassadors posted to Facebook on September 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Global greetings</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/16-un-ambassadors-wish-jews-israel-a-happy-new-year-in-video-compilation/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>16 UN ambassadors wish Jews, Israel a happy new year in video compilation</a>
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								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-translator-mocked-for-soft-balling-trumps-un-speech-on-state-tv/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/AP_17262535332255-e1505833184435-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" title="President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">It wouldn't be nice</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-translator-mocked-for-soft-balling-trumps-un-speech-on-state-tv/">Iran translator mocked for soft-balling Trump&#8217;s UN speech on state TV</a>
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								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-rabbi-to-lead-sundays-new-york-city-muslim-day-parade/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Rabbi_Marc_Schneier_and_Imam_Shamsi_Ali_photo_credit_AP_Richard_Drew-e1505899501597-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, and Imam Shamsi Ali (AP Richard Drew, via JTA)" title="Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, and Imam Shamsi Ali (AP Richard Drew, via JTA)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Marching together</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-rabbi-to-lead-sundays-new-york-city-muslim-day-parade/">In first, rabbi to lead Sunday&#8217;s New York City Muslim Day Parade</a>
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								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-to-unblock-whatsapp-skype/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/saudi-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Saudi men trying out smartphones at a conference. (YouTube screenshot)" title="Saudi men trying out smartphones at a conference. (YouTube screenshot)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Good call</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-to-unblock-whatsapp-skype/">Saudi Arabia to unblock WhatsApp, Skype</a>
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								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/neo-nazi-tracked-down-knocked-out-in-seattle/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/nazi-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Seattle man wear Nazi armband moments before he was knocked out with a punch on September 17, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)" title="Seattle man wear Nazi armband moments before he was knocked out with a punch on September 17, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Sleepy in Seattle</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/neo-nazi-tracked-down-knocked-out-in-seattle/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Neo-Nazi tracked down, knocked out in Seattle</a>
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								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/conan-obriens-israel-special-set-to-air-september-19/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/08/F170828YS45-e1505774257146-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="American television host, comedian and producer Conan O&#039;Brien visits at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. to film an episode of his travel series &#039;Conan Without Borders.&#039;(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)" title="American television host, comedian and producer Conan O&#039;Brien visits at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. to film an episode of his travel series &#039;Conan Without Borders.&#039;(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Comedy for Conan</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/conan-obriens-israel-special-set-to-air-september-19/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Conan O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s Israel special set to air September 19</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Yaakov Schwartz" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/yaakov-schwartz/">Yaakov Schwartz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-wishes-jews-sweet-healthy-new-year/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_SH76W-e1505747810297-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="US President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey on September 15, 2017.  (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)" title="US President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey on September 15, 2017.  (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Happy holidays</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-wishes-jews-sweet-healthy-new-year/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Trump wishes Jews &#8216;sweet, healthy&#8217; New Year</a>
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								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-new-kids-books-for-the-high-holidays/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/kids-books-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Clockwise, from top left: &#039;It Only Takes A Minute&#039; (Hachai Publishing); &#039;Moti the Mitzvah Mouse&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;Yom Kippur Shortstop&#039; (Apples and Honey Press); &#039;Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale&#039; (Apples and Honey Press) (All via JTA)" title="Clockwise, from top left: &#039;It Only Takes A Minute&#039; (Hachai Publishing); &#039;Moti the Mitzvah Mouse&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;Yom Kippur Shortstop&#039; (Apples and Honey Press); &#039;Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale&#039; (Apples and Honey Press) (All via JTA)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Gift grabs</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-new-kids-books-for-the-high-holidays/">5 new kids’ books for the High Holidays</a>
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								By <a title="Penny Schwartz" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/penny-schwartz/">Penny Schwartz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/malaysian-beer-festival-goes-flat-after-islamist-anger/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/06/Malaysia-Allah-Disput_Horo-e1403545697869-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A Muslim woman holds a banner reading &quot;Allah&quot; during a protest outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" title="A Muslim woman holds a banner reading &quot;Allah&quot; during a protest outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Ale fail</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/malaysian-beer-festival-goes-flat-after-islamist-anger/">Malaysian beer festival goes flat after Islamist anger</a>
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								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-facing-jail-time-in-russia-for-drunken-mid-air-shenanigans/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Aeroflot_Airbus_A330_Kustov-e1505726617228-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200 seen departing from Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport on June 17, 2011. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)" title="An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200 seen departing from Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport on June 17, 2011. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Dangers of smoking</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-facing-jail-time-in-russia-for-drunken-mid-air-shenanigans/">Israeli faces Russian jail for trying to open plane door mid-flight to smoke</a>
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								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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