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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 8, 2019

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View of a sinkhole near the Dead Sea, southern Israel, October 4, 2018 . Sinkholes are a result of the continuing sea level drop of the Dead Sea.(Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)

Op-ed

We have sinned against Israel’s land, water and air: Yom Kippur food for thought

At this solemn time of penitence, an accounting of the environmental sins we are visiting upon the Land of Israel’s ecosystems. And a plea for change

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial ceremony to mark the 22nd anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Ronen Zvulun/ File)

Book review

Haviv Rettig Gur

Is Israel past the age of heroic leaders?

In a new book, Dennis Ross and David Makovsky recall iconic moments of Israeli decision-making… and ask if Israelis still have what it takes to separate from the Palestinians

People ride their bicycles on a car-free highway on the eve of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019. I (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur

Airports, public transport cease operations, radio and television broadcasts go quiet and roads empty ahead of 25- hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on West Bank, Gaza

Thousands attend forgiveness prayers (Selichot) at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem early on October 8, 2019, prior to the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Tens of thousands flock to Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur

Illustrative: Secular and religious Israelis at the conclusion of Yom Kippur services in the community center in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv (Courtesy of Tzohar)

Some 68,000 secular and religious Israelis to pray together on Yom Kippur

By JTA

President Rivlin at day center for young people released from prison on October 7, 2109 (Noam Revkin Fenton /courtesy)

Ahead of Yom Kippur, Rivlin brings message of forgiveness to ex-convicts

‘Don’t give up on yourselves – we aren’t giving up on you,’ president tells women and teens at halfway houses in visits before Day of Atonement

Golda Meir's letter to bereaved families sent on the eve of the Yom Kippur War. (Kedem Auction House via JTA)

Golda Meir’s letter to bereaved families on eve of Yom Kippur War uncovered

By JTA

Israelis ride their bicycles along the empty Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, September 19, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

Authorities complete preparations for Yom Kippur as nation set to slow to a halt

Ishay Ribo takes a moment to talk about his latest album and what makes his music appeal to religious and secular fans alike. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Penitence in melody from Ishay Ribo, Israel’s favorite kippah-wearing singer

By Jessica Steinberg

Joshua Davidovich

Journalists’ vidui

A Times of Israel editor confesses a litany of sins, from sensationalism to misleading headlines to relying on Wikipedia

Atoning in a time of hatred and division

Slavery was abolished in the US long ago, but the hatred its foundations foment will only be gone when we all pitch in to foster the country’s healing

It’s 5780! But wait, we don’t really think that

At least, we don’t really believe that that’s the age of the earth, and it’s important to say that we don’t

Shayna Goldberg

The liberating fear of Yom Kippur

The Days of Awe should be awe-inspiring, shaking us out of our routines and reminding us of the fragility of life

Simon and Salim Matari, with Rosa Meir (Facebook)

Arab plumbers refuse to charge client after learning she’s a Holocaust survivor

Rosa Meir, 95, of Haifa says gesture by brothers was ‘so moving and uplifting’

Turkish armored vehicles patrol as they conduct a joint ground patrol with American forces in the so-called "safe zone" on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, near the town of Tal Abyad, northeastern Syria, October 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Israel media review

Who by abandonment, who by misplaced trust: 7 things to know for October 8

By Joshua Davidovich

Only Trump knows the answer, but his controversial decision to dump the Kurds in Iraq has some praying Israel won’t suffer the same fate

Descendants of Jews saved by Oskar Schindler gather at his gravesite in Jerusalem on October 7, 2019 (Channel 13 screenshot)

Schindler honored by children of those he saved — and a single survivor

As group congregates to mark 45 years since German industrialist’s death, one woman says her parents, whom he saved, begat over 150 descendants: ‘It is all your doing’

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley (R) listen while US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington DC on October 7, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Faced with fierce criticism, Trump defends decision to abandon Kurdish allies

By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee

US president says he’s fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from ‘endless war’ in the Middle East

Top Senate Republican warns ‘precipitous’ Syria pullout benefits Russia, Iran

By AFP

Turkey says won’t bow to Trump threat on Syria plan, army ready to assault Kurds

Europeans fear IS comeback after Trump pullback from Syria

By Valerie LEROUX

US Senator Lindsey Graham during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, on March 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump ally: US pullout from Syria will put Israel at risk

By Eric Cortellessa

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says decision would allow Iran to get a greater foothold in region and become ‘a nightmare’ for the Jewish state

US President Donald Trump gestures while speaking to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 4, 2019. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Accused of ‘abandoning’ Kurds, Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy

By AFP and ToI Staff

Syrian Kurds take part in a demonstration against Turkish threats at a US-led international coalition base on the outskirts of Ras al-Ain town, in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on October 6, 2019. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

US denies Syrian state media report that Turkey has begun anti-Kurd offensive

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A Saudi military officer walks by what was described as the remains of Iranian cruise missiles and drones used in an attack that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. (Amr Nabil/AP)

Israel, bracing for Iranian assault, studies recent attack on Saudi oil facility

By Stuart Winer

Defense officials assess that a similar cruise missile strike could be launched from Iraqi territory; IDF chief warns of forceful response

FM Katz draws criticism after apparent leak from national security meeting

Iran plans to start using more advanced centrifuges in coming weeks

By AP

Iran opposes military action in Syria, Zarif tells Turkey

By AFP

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit arrives at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem for the hearing on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption cases on October 7, 2019. (Flash90)

Netanyahu hearings end, but defense gets two more weeks for written submissions

Attorney general said aiming to decide by mid-December on whether to file charges; unsourced reports claim PM’s team failed to shake bribery allegations

Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting at Neve Ilan west of Jerusalem, September 22, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Liberman: Netanyahu may be having my family tailed, Regev is an ‘animal’

By Stuart Winer

Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a Likud faction meeting at the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

AnalysisGideon Sa’ar emerges as first Likud challenger to PM in over decade of rule

More Headlines

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a ceremony for the four victims of last weeks knife attack in the courtyard of the Paris police headquarters, on October 8, 2019 in Paris. - Frances presidency says the four victims of last weeks knife attack at the Paris police headquarters will be posthumously given Frances highest award, the Legion of Honor. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool) (Photo by Francois Mori / POOL / AFP)

After Paris attack, Macron vows ‘unrelenting fight’ against Islamist terror

Casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson in attendance at the 4th Annual Champions Of Jewish Values International Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Times Square on May 5, 2016, in New York City. (Steve Mack/Getty Images via JTA)

Anti-BDS group backed by Adelson heads to 6 countries outside US

By Eric Cortellessa

Philip Manshaus is seated in court before being handed his sentence for terrorism and homicide in the Asker and Baerum district court west of Oslo on June 11, 2020. (Photo by Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Scanpix / AFP)

Norway mosque shooter who killed stepsister had racist motive — police

By AFP

Illustrative: A close-up view of a ficus palmata tree (YouTube screenshot)

No tree left behindEndangered wild fig planted in Knesset gardens

Ben Spitzer, the worst-injured Israeli soldier in the 2009 Gaza war, gets married outside the city of Ashkelon on October 7, 2019. (courtesy Chabad Youth Organization)

Worst-injured Israeli soldier in 2009 Gaza war marries in emotional ceremony

Palestinian schoolchildren studying at an UNRWA school in Gaza City. (IRIN/Creative Commons via JTA)

Monitoring group: Palestinian Authority removes pacts with Israel from textbooks

By JTA

Screen capture from video of an Aerostar Tactical UAS. (YouTube)

Cyprus buys Israel drones to monitor waters amid Turkey natural gas tensions

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hamza Faiz appears at the Ofer Military Court, on July 16, 2018. (Screen capture/Ynet)

Charge against Palestinian stabber bumped up to attempted murder after petition

Former Mexican ambassador to UNESCO Andres Roemer. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Ramat Gan names street after Mexican diplomat who challenged Jerusalem vote

Nobel Assembly members (L-R) Patrik Ernfors, Anna Wedell and Randall Johnson sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) Gregg Semenza, Peter Ratcliffe and William Kaelin after their names were announced during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 7, 2019. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

Trio wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for showing how cells sense low oxygen

By Malcolm Ritter and Maria Cheng

Rare coin from the era of Alexander the Great caught at Kerem Shalom Crossing in October 2019. (Defense Ministry)

Palestinians caught trying to smuggle rare, ancient coins out of Gaza

Israeli Shimon Hayut is the subject of 'Tinder Swindler', a true crime documentary on Netflix. (Screenshot)

Alleged Tinder fraudster to remain under arrest until further notice

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