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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 13, 2019

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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAXIM SHIPENKOV)

'Naama made a grave mistake and has admitted her crime'

Rivlin pleads with Putin to pardon Israeli woman jailed in Russia

Naama Issachar, sentenced to 7.5 years for marijuana found in bag on Moscow stopover, widely believed to be held as bargaining chip for Russian hacker imprisoned in Israel

Naama Issachar and her mom Yaffa in a post to Issachar's Instagram page in July 2018.

Israel media reviewHut, hut, help: 6 things to know for October 13

Israeli-American woman Naama Issachar, 26, was sentenced to 7.5 years in Russia over alleged drug smuggling (Courtesy)

Israeli officials believe Russia-held woman became ‘hostage’ in tit-for-tat move

Hevrin Khalaf (Facebook)

Kurdish politician, other civilians ‘executed’ by Turkey-backed group

By AFP

Hevrin Khalaf, her driver and seven others killed by fighters allied with Ankara on road outside Tel Abyad in northern Syria, monitor says

A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Force stands guard during a protest in the northern Syrian town of Hasakeh on October 12, 2019, against the Turkish offensives on Kurdish-held towns. (AFP)

Kurds urge US to assume ‘moral obligations,’ say they’re being left to slaughter

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli protesters hold placards during a demonstration against the Turkish military offensive in northeastern Syria, on October 13, 2019 in front of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israelis, Europeans take to streets to protest Turkish assault on Kurds

By ToI Staff and AFP

A Turkish-backed Syrian fighter fires during clashes in the border town of Ras al-Ain on October 13, 2019, as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria. (Nazeer Al-khatib / AFP)

Hundreds of Islamic State supporters escape Syria displacement camp

By AP

Turkish bombardments near Ain Issa send many fleeing; camp is home to 1,000 wives and children of jihadists

People gather after a car bomb exploded in the town of Qamishli, Syria, Friday, October 11, 2019. (AP/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Mattis warns of IS resurgence as Trump insists Middle East a hopeless case

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters gather near the Turkish village of Akinci along the border with Syria on October 11, 2019. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

France, Germany halt arms exports to Turkey as Arab League demands UN action

Destruction at the entrance of a hospital in the village of Kafr Nabl, south of the jihadist-held Syrian province of Idlib, May 5, 2019, reportedly hit by Russian airstrikes. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Russia bombed 4 Syria hospitals in May to save Assad rule — exposé

New York Times cross-references videos of strikes, eyewitness records and thousands of internal communications to conclude facilities were targeted with Russian precision missiles

An elderly man is evacuated from a building in Akcakale, a town near the Turkish border with Syria, on October 13, 2019, after it was hit by a rocket reported to be fired from within Syria. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)

UN: Turkey assault has displaced 130,000 and number could triple

By AFP

AnalysisTurkey’s takeover of northern Syria all but certain, but will come at a price

By Avi Issacharoff

People place flowers in front of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, where a memorial has been placed for the victims of Wednesday's shooting. October 11, 2019. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebookAs congregants left, people outside broke into a Hebrew song

‘A Shabbat of healing’: Halle’s resilient Jews return to pray, find solidarity

By Yaakov Schwartz

Thousands show support for small community after Yom Kippur terrorist attack, but synagogue’s warden warns Jews are caught ‘between two flames’: neo-fascists and hostile immigrants

Interior Minister Yosef Burg on November 1, 1976. (Saar Yaacov/GPO)

Fake Polish passport saved top Israeli politician from the Nazis, Warsaw says

Polish Embassy in Switzerland says German-born Yosef Burg, elected to first Knesset in 1949 and an MK for next 40 years, escaped as part of operation that rescued thousands of Jews

Actress Gal Gadot attends the 2018 National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City on January 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)

Gadot to produce, star in film on Polish woman who saved 2,500 kids from Nazis

Polish nationals cast their ballots on October 12, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois, one day before parliamentary elections in Poland. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

Populists eye victory as deeply divided Poland votes

By Mary SIBIERSKI

Finding out all the secret spaces and alleyways of Jaffa, during a week of tours around the city (Courtesy of City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa)

Festivals countrywide: Alluring alternatives to sitting in the sukkah

By Jessica Steinberg

The great Sukkot adventures of my childhood

No sukkah roofing that I’ve seen in Israel comes close to the reeds, cattails, and bulrushes that we’d harvest in the middle of nowhere and drag home in my mother’s hatchback

Naomi Henkel-Guembel

I was in the Halle synagogue

All we wanted was a day of introspection and a sense of community; instead, we faced the kind of darkness that has shaken my faith

Tzipora Lifchitz

PHOTO ESSAY: Sukkot is coming and Jerusalem is getting ready

The bustling, hectic market is also careful, introspective and focused, as Jews of every sect, gender, and age inspect their holiday purchases

For the German far-right, the ‘real problem’ is the Jews

I’m an Israeli journalist in Germany; the Halle synagogue shooting didn’t surprise me

'Waterfall,' a video installation by Marina Abramovic in the historic YMCA indoor pool, as part of the 4th Jerusalem Biennale (Courtesy of the Marina Abramovic Archives and MONA)

Why do you create (art)? 4th Jerusalem Biennale show answers: For heaven’s sake

By Jessica Steinberg

China holds 70th anniversary celebrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square marking the founding of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Young Israelis really like China, and Alibaba may play a part

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Israel scores higher in support for Beijing than any Western or European country besides Russia, with backing for the People’s Republic increasing faster than almost anywhere

Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor (left) speaks with MK Benny Begin at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Freshman Likud MK seeks to expel party veterans critical of its policies

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Shlomo Karai faces backlash, with right-wing lawmakers and activists debating steps against Benny Begin, Dan Meridor and others who have said they can no longer vote Likud

Illustrative: Protests near the home of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Petah Tikva on August 17, 2019 (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Hundreds of Netanyahu backers, opponents face off in rallies at Mandelblit home

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A Technion lab that exploded on October 13, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Explosion at Technion lab severely injures researcher

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Power of our Pride Town Hall Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Warren mocks Facebook rules with false ad claiming Zuckerberg endorsed Trump

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh talks during an interview with The Associated Press, at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

PA premier vows to block IDF from entering West Bank’s Area A ‘with our bodies’

Members of the Extinction Rebellion Red Rebel Brigade take part in a rally calling for action against climate change in Tel Aviv on October 10, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ecology callingAs climate rallies spread, Israelis to bring protest to sukkahs

Tunisia's presidential candidates Kais Saied (L), 61, an independent conservative academic, and business tycoon Nabil Karoui (R), 56, attend a debate before the second round of the presidential elections on October 11, 2019 in Tunis. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)

Media mogul, conservative academic face off as Tunisians choose president

By Kaouther Larbi

Wreckage of a car after a suspected mob-related bombing in Hadera, May 15, 2019 (Israel Police)

Driver killed in car bombing outside of Tel Aviv

View of Jisr az-Zarqa on July 10, 2019. (Anat Hemrony/Flash90)

Five hurt in shooting outside family party in Jisr az-Zarqa

Police conduct searches for illegal weaponry in Arab towns in Wadi Ara, October 12, 2019 (Israel Police)

Police nab weapons, suspects in Arab village after 2019’s 74th murder in sector

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani during the Sept. 11 attacks, now an attorney for President Donald Trump, signals a thumbs-up to first responders during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden where the president signed an act ensuring that a victims' compensation fund never runs out of money, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump sticks by Giuliani, though some wish he wouldn’t

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller

Vandalized graves in a Commonwealth military cemetery in Haifa, October 11, 2019. (Israel police)

PM condemns swastika vandalism of Commonwealth military cemetery in Haifa

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