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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)

US conducted cyberattack on Iran following strike on Saudi oil – report

Iran blames alleged tanker attack on Israel, US and Saudis

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US warns Chinese against using untraceable ships to hide Iran oil shipments

By Stuart Winer

In video, nabbed Iran exile says governments, such as Israel’s, can’t be trusted

By AFP

Yiscah Smith (Courtesy of 2team video productions)

How Hasidic rabbis helped an Orthodox father of six become true to herself

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Conservative academic Kais Saied, center, flanked by his wife Ichraf Chebil, right, celebrates his victory in the Tunisian presidential election in the capital Tunis on October 13, 2019. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)

Tunisia’s new president regards any ties with Israel as ‘high treason’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Kais Saied, a political newcomer who scored a landslide election victory this week, says Jews without Israeli passports are welcome in his country

Iraqi Shiite cleric and leader Muqtada al-Sadr, center-left, shows his ink-stained index finger and holds a national flag while surrounded by people outside a polling station in the central holy city of Najaf on May 12, 2018. (Haidar Hamdani/AFP)

‘No to Israel’: Firebrand Iraq cleric calls for mass anti-corruption protest

By AFP

People inspect the remains of cars and shops that were burned in a wildfire overnight, in the town of Damour just over 15 kilometers south of Beirut, Lebanon, on October 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon turns to neighbors, but not Israel, for help fighting forest fires

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of the Tzofar area of land between Israel and Jordan. (YouTube)

Jordan denies it agreed to extend Israeli access to border lands it wants back

Israeli officials say King Abdullah to allow farmers to raise crops for one more season before enclave is returned to Hashemite Kingdom following expiration of lease

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jerusalem on September 1, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/PMO)

PM phones Ethiopia’s Ahmed to congratulate him on Nobel Peace Prize win

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on May 2, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to nix planned trip to Tokyo amid political stalemate

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

'Goodnight Bubbala,' by Sheryl Haft. (Courtesy)

Analysis

Kids won’t want to snooze after hearing new Yiddish parody of ‘Goodnight Moon’

Released October 15, ‘Goodnight Bubbala’ is an energetic homage to the kids’ classic that mixes culture, family, positive values, and the mamaloshen in true Jewish style

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (L), Azriel Shilat (2nd-L), Oriah Cohen (2nd-R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the International Bible Quiz, which is held annually on Independence Day, in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2018. Shilat was the winner of the contest and Cohen was the runner-up. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)

Couple of the BookBible quiz winner gets engaged to runner-up

An illustrative photo released on October 16, 2019, showing an IDF officer reading a book. (Israel Defense Forces)

Do you read me? IDF launches obligatory literature program for commanders

By Michael Bachner

The remarkable return of the ibex

The ancient wild goats that dominated the Negev were nowhere to be seen for decades; their resurgence is a lesson in what a little planning can accomplish

UN finally confronts anti-Semitism as a human rights problem

A UN human rights expert confirms the rise in attacks and bigotry and proposes new steps to stem the tide of abuse

Delicious delights in the rain

Even when the land seems parched, there is so much goodness to be found and foraged, if you know where to look

A conch, a didgeridoo, and my shofar at a dance retreat for peace

I joined the Dances of Universal Peace last year, and relish how interpersonal barriers and political stereotypes dissolve like magic

US President Donald Trump meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Trump official vows Syria pullout won’t impact Iran

White House adviser Brian Hook defends president’s decision to abandon Kurdish allies amid growing GOP criticism

6:28 pm

Trump claims IS prisoners deliberately being released to make him look bad
6:15 pm

Security Council warns of 'risk of dispersion' of Syria jihadists
6:10 pm

Trump says Kurdish PKK 'probably more of terrorist threat' than Islamic State

Illustrative: US President Donald Trump (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Erdogan says he can no longer ‘keep track’ of Trump’s tweets

By AFP

Turkish ruler tells reporters he urged US president to act in a way befitting ‘a strong leader’ and stand up to media influence

Syrian Kurds defend key town as Pence, Pompeo sent to press Turkey

By Nazeer al-Khatib and Delil Souleiman

AnalysisFilling the void, Russia seeks to cement its role as power broker in Syria

By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and Bassam Mroue

Syria troops fighting Turkish forces alongside Kurds, says monitor

By AFP

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Amy Klobuchar during the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by The New York Times and CNN at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, October 15, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Democratic hopeful Klobuchar at debate: Trump’s Syria pullout endangers Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In criticism of US troop withdrawal, candidate says America’s allies now think president is not true to country’s allies

Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib endorse Bernie Sanders for president

By AP and ToI Staff

Warren urges US to ‘get out’ of Mideast, clarifies she only meant combat troops

By AP and ToI Staff

New mediaThis 10-year-old Jewish reporter has some tough questions for Bernie Sanders

The Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, a multi-generational community ensemble, pictured here on October 29, 2018, helped Shaya Bendix Lyon develop the Dots fundraising platform. (courtesy Shaya Bendix Lyon)

Interview

Live Music Project strikes the right note for classical music lovers in Seattle

By Melanie Lidman

Reporter's notebook

Heavy on rain, light on goals, Saudi soccer 1st draws Palestinian crowds, pride

Estimated 12,000-13,000 fans cram into West Bank stadium, deride notion that Saudi kingdom’s participation in match constitutes normalization with Israel

Football fans stand beneath a giant banner depicting the Saudi national flag as they attend the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifying match between Palestine and Saudi Arabia in the town of al-Ram in the West Bank on October 15, 2019. (Ahmad GHARABLI/AFP)

Historic Palestine-Saudi Arabia soccer game ends in scoreless draw

By AFP and ToI Staff

Regional German soccer players warned against copying Turkish salute

By AFP

Bulgaria soccer chief quits over Nazi salutes, racist abuse at game vs. England

Elazar Hazut, who was wounded by a lightning strike, speaks to reporters from his hospital bed at the Barzilai medical center on October 15, 2019. (Screen capture/Ynet)

With a flash of lightning, disaster strikes beach-going Hazut family

Eyewitnesses and medics describe ‘chaotic’ moments before and after bolt struck shore, injuring five members of Beersheba family; 13-year-old fighting for his life

Lightning over Ashkelon, November 16, 2015. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewStorm watch: 7 things to know for October 16

By Joshua Davidovich

People walk in rainy and windy weather on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, on October 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Storms flatten trees and sukkahs, causing blackouts and concert cancellations

More Headlines

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks during an event honoring outstanding IDF reservists, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 1, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

IDF chief said angered by FM’s apparent leak from cabinet meeting

A fire in an apartment on Ben Yehuda Street in central Jerusalem, October 16, 2019. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Man critically injured in apartment fire in central Jerusalem

Driver's License photo of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers. (Pennsylvania DOT)

Prosecutors criticized for nixing plea offer from Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

By AP and ToI Staff

Naama Issachar, sentenced to 7.5 years in Russia, in an undated photo (Courtesy)

Netanyahu asks Putin to pardon Israeli backpacker jailed on drug charges

Aleksey Burkov during a court hearing in Israel (Channel 13 news)

Russian hacker at heart of Naama Issachar case moved to protective custody

In this undated photo provided on October 16, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse to climb Mount Paektu, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Stable geniusNorth Korea’s Kim rides white horse, says nay to US sanctions

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: An Israel Police car, February 27, 2017. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)

Arab Israeli man shot to death in Umm al-Fahm

Illustrative: A truck with the words 'fuck off' and another with swastika graffiti on it were found outside a Jewish school in a Hasidic neighborhood in London, November 14, 2016. (Shomrim N.E. London/Twitter)

Hate crimes against Jews in England and Wales doubled in past year

A British teenager (L), accused of falsely claiming she was gang raped by Israeli tourists, covering her face as she arrives for her trial at the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni in eastern Cyprus, October 2, 2019. (Iakovos HATZISTAVROU/AFP)

Taking stand, UK tourist who accused Israelis of rape assails Cypriot police

In Ramle, hundreds demonstrate against violence in Arab Israeli communities on October 15, 2019, (Joint List)

Hundreds demonstrate against violence in Arab cities, decry police inaction

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen speaks at a Shas conference in Jerusalem on September 27, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/ Flash90/ File)

Shas rabbi: Heaven assured for Lapid, Liberman if they join Haredim in coalition

The Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, outside Tel Aviv, December 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Global economic tensions slam Israel’s diamond industry

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