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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi (center) at the scene of shooting attack in Tapuah Junction, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on May 3, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Analysis

As Bennett meets Biden, IDF ramps up plans for strike on Iran’s nuke program

By Judah Ari Gross

Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks to foreign diplomats at a briefing, August 25, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gantz says world needs a ‘Plan B’ to the faltering Iran nuclear deal

By Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett to US congressmen: Preventing a nuclear Iran is America’s interest

By Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on August 25, 2021. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Meeting Bennett, Austin says Iran liable for regional destabilization

Secretary of defense says US committed to replenishing Israel’s Iron Dome stock and is in talks with Congress to authorize $1 billion in emergency funding

9:49 pm

Blinken tells Bennett the US hopes to help Israel build up its regional ties
7:56 pm

Diplomatic source: No Gaza escalation expected during Bennett's US trip
7:36 pm

Before Bennett meet, US defense secretary warns of Iran’s 'alarming nuclear steps'

Analysis

In the US, Bennett believes he can succeed on Iran where Netanyahu failed

Once again, a Democratic president is seeking to cut a deal with Tehran. But this prime minister thinks he has a better solution to offer

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to reporters before departing Ben Gurion Airport for Washington on August 24, 2021 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to reporters before departing Ben Gurion Airport for Washington on August 24, 2021 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Bennett lands in US on first state visit as PM, ahead of meeting with Biden

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra gestures as he reads a statement from the country's president in Algiers on Aug.24, 2021. (AP/Fateh Guidoum)

Algeria cuts ties with ‘hostile’ Morocco, partly blaming Israel rapprochement

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Then-Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (C) visits the Beit El settlement on January 21, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Bennett: Israel won’t annex territory or establish Palestinian state on my watch

Ahead of trip to Washington, prime minister tells New York Times that he will continue ‘natural growth’ of settlements and vows Jerusalem will only ever be Israel’s capital

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett departs for Washington, on August 24, 2021. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Touting reset of ties, Bennett heads to US to map out Iran strategy with Biden

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Religious Jews on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Waqf official decries ‘dangerous’ Jewish prayers held discreetly on Temple Mount

By Agencies and ToI Staff

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing August 25 – Bennett and Biden’s first meeting

Political correspondent Tal Schneider and US reporter Jacob Magid discuss expectations for the first face-to-face between the Israeli and American leaders

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-Education Minister Naftali Bennett, left, attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, August 30, 2016. (Abir Sultan/Pool/via AP)

Israel media reviewBig shoes to fill: What the press is saying about that new guy meeting Biden

By Joshua Davidovich

Lawmaker Said al-Harumi pauses during an interview at his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Obituary

Ra’am MK Said al-Harumi, a champion of Negev Bedouin, dies at 49

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: A live broadcast by Channel 20, at Habima square in Tel Aviv on November 25, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rightist outlet backtracks after report exults in death of ‘terror supporter’ MK

Then-MK Iman Khatib-Yasin speaks during a plenary session at the Knesset, on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Ra’am’s late al-Harumi set to be replaced by former MK Iman Khatib-Yasin

Israel's Iyad Shalabi celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke S1 category at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, August 25, 2021. (Keren Isaacson/ Israel Paralympic Committee)

Tokyo 2020

Paralympic swimmer Iyad Shalabi wins Tokyo gold, is 1st Arab Israeli medalist

In his 4th Games, 34-year-old from Shfaram wins 100m backstroke event on first day of competitions; sports minister fetes ‘huge achievement’

Ludwig Guttmann (Design by Emily Burack; photo via Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)

Brought the games to Israel in 1968

The Jewish doctor who escaped the Nazis and founded the Paralympics

By EVELYN FRICK

Ludwig Guttmann, who became a leading physician in the UK after the war, was fundamental in introducing sport as a way to rehabilitate paraplegic patients, boost their self-esteem

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Netanyahu’s would-be heirs step out of his shadow, and into the firing line

Now two months in the opposition, the longtime ruling party’s front bench is champing at the bit and jockeying for position to prepare for the day after its leader is gone

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by senior Likud lawmakers at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro

When stupidity isn’t behind vaccine denial, philosophy may be the cure

OPINION: The crisis of ‘epistemically stubborn’ people who base their decisions on irrational beliefs can be solved through instruction in philosophy – a discipline of reason over passion

The return of the international arena

In recent years, Israel behaved as if it could disregard world opinion and rely on blanket US support. With Biden now at the helm, that era is over.

A health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at a Maccabi Health Services clinic in Jerusalem, on August 20, 2021, soon after Israel approved booster shots for people over 40 - a decision that was later expanded to. the entire population. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Experts believe COVID cases will plummet when 5 million boosters given — TV

Health Ministry data indicates third dose of vaccine could be 10 times more effective than first two shots alone, report says

Illustrative image: a neonatal nurse hands a baby to his mother during the coronavirus pandemic. (Hannah McKay/Pool Photo via AP)

Vaccines don’t harm pregnancies, and may even help babies, Israeli doctors claim

By Nathan Jeffay

IDF officers and soldiers conduct serological testing in Katzrin, August 22, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Children’s serological testing frozen for a day after chaotic start

Coronavirus czar Salman Zarka (left) talking to Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky on 24 August, 2021 (Israel Health Ministry)

Top rabbi says unvaccinated teachers not welcome in Haredi schools

By Nathan Jeffay

Rabbi Kanievsky declares vaccines ‘from heaven’ and obligatory for teachers, as some Hasidic rebbes also embrace COVID booster shots for their followers

Preparations at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the resumption of group prayers, October 15, 2020 (Western Wall Heritage Foundation)

Western Wall curbs re-imposed amid COVID spike, but up to 10,000 still allowed

In this February 11, 2021, photo, US President Joe Biden visits the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Intel report on COVID origins requested by Biden shows inconclusive results

By AFP

The 38th Jerusalem Film Festival opened with the Israeli premiere of 'Where is Anne Frank' at Sultan's Pool on August 24, 2021 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Ari Folman’s animated ‘Where is Anne Frank?’ opens Jerusalem Film Fest

By Jessica Steinberg

Long-awaited feature offers a fantastical premise based on Kitty, the diarist’s fictional friend

Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border near Sderot on August 24, 2021. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Israel bolsters troops on Gaza border ahead of fresh Hamas protests Wednesday

By Judah Ari Gross

Military sends additional soldiers to frontier, updates rules for opening fire in order to prevent repeat of Saturday’s clashes in which a soldier was critically wounded

Border Police officer Barel Shmueli who was critically wounded in a shooting on the Gaza border, on August 21, 2021. He died of his injuries on August 30. (Border Police)

Sister of soldier shot on Gaza border criticizes politicization of incident

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during a riot on the Gaza border, east of Gaza City, on August 21, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazan dies of wounds from Saturday border clashes; Hamas says he was a member

By Aaron Boxerman

Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on a hot summer day. June 29, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

‘Heavy to extreme’ heatwave to settle across Israel starting Thursday

Temperatures across the country expected to dip only next week

A firefighting plane works to extinguish a blaze near Jerusalem, August 25, 2021. (United Hatzala)

Blaze breaks out near Jerusalem, a week after major fire in area

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, US Air Force airmen guide evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Biden says US sticking to August 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline

By Jonathan Lemire, Robert Burns and Rahim Faiez

Extending the timetable would mean increased risks of attacks and violence against Americans and US forces, president argues: ‘It’s a tenuous situation’

In this image provided by the US Marine Corps, families begin to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 23, 2021. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/US Marine Corps via AP)

Taliban rejects extension of Western withdrawal beyond looming deadline

(L) Rep. Seth Moulton speaks during a candidate forum on labor issues on Aug. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (R) Republican candidate Peter Meijer speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 14, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP/John Locher, Carlos Osorio)

Congressmen drop in on Kabul airport uninvited amid chaotic airlift

By Lolita C. Baldor

A plant based burger developed by SavorEat (Courtesy)

Israel’s SavorEat to launch US pilot offering 3D-printed, plant-based burgers

By Ricky Ben-David

Israeli food tech startup partners with French conglomerate to roll out kosher, vegan, gluten-free products at American universities in trial run

Charlie Watts, drummer for The Rolling Stones, seen visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, a day before the band's concert in Tel Aviv. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Obituary

Charlie Watts, legendary Rolling Stones drummer, dies at 80

By Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz

Reluctant rock star had glittering 6-decade career; Watts and the Stones played Israel once, in 2014, when he also toured Western Wall and had crowd sing Happy Birthday in Hebrew

More Headlines

Paul Strauss attends a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, September 16, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/ via JTA)

24 years in, Jewish shadow senator for Washington sees DC statehood on horizon

Aviad Moshe, accused of the attempted murder of his wife Shira in Mitzpe Ramon, undated (Courtesy)

Man convicted of attempting to murder his wife in front of their toddler son

A shipment of vaccines from the US via the COVAX mechanism arriving in the West Bank, on August 24, 2021. (WAFA)

Palestinians receive 500,000 coronavirus vaccines from US

By Aaron Boxerman

A Boeing 777 aircraft. (Courtesy: IAI)

IAI to open Boeing cargo jet conversion site with Etihad Group in UAE

By Ricky Ben-David

Illustrative: Ilana Cohen, chairwoman of the National Nurses Union, speaks during a protest at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, on July 20, 2020, after nurses announced a general strike. (Flash90)

Threatening partial strike, public hospitals crank up budget protest

Afghan and Pakistani nationals gather to cross into Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 21, 2021 days after the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)

As thousands flee Afghanistan, Taliban-supporting refugees want in

By AFP

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance seen outside the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

2-year-old dies in Eilat, was apparently forgotten in hot car

In this satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc., an oil spill is seen stretching off the coast near Baniyas, Syria, August 24, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Massive oil spill caused by power plant leak spreads along Syrian coast

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police to protest work on a new light rail line, on Bar Ilan Street in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Cop maced in clashes with ultra-Orthodox over Jerusalem light rail

In this file photo taken on August 3, 2021, Palestinians light up flares as they gather for a demonstration against the Israeli outpost of Evyatar in the village of Beita in the West Bank. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

The Beita model: Palestinians lead ‘new form of resistance’ at Evyatar outpost

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Palestinians hold posters depicting human rights activist Nizar Banat during a protest triggered by the violent arrest and death in custody of Banat, in his hometown of Hebron in the West Bank, on June 27, 2021. (MOSAB SHAWER / AFP)

UN, EU denounce Palestinian Authority for arresting activists

By AFP

Julia Fermentto Tzaisler, the new artistic director of the Jerusalem International Writers Festival (Courtesy Ziv Bercovich)

Turning the pageJerusalem International Writers Festival gets new director

By Jessica Steinberg

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