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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 26, 2021

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Willard Hotel in Washington on August 25, 2021. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)

Ahead of first Bennett-Biden meeting

US knows Iran deal may be lost, is open to Israeli proposals — Bennett staffer

By Lazar Berman

Senior official on PM’s team says significant progress made on nuclear issue, Israeli visa waivers and more

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

Austin tells Bennett: We’ll make sure Israel can defend itself against Iran

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Analysis

Biden looking for positive Bennett meet amid Afghan crisis, but not at any cost

White House going out of its way to ensure sit-down goes well, but will want answers regarding Palestinians and hasn’t given up on Iran nuke deal, despite assumptions in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and US President Joe Biden. (Composite/AP)

Left: US President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers at the Yad LeBanim House on the eve of Memorial Day, in Jerusalem, April 13, 2021. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu scaled back intelligence-sharing when Biden took office — report

New York Times says ex-PM gave Washington just two hours’ notice before attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant; Netanyahu said to have feared Obama administration was spying on him

Wounded Afghans lie on a bed at a hospital after a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP/Mohammad Asif Khan)

Live updates (closed)

Bennett speaks to Biden about Kabul as new meeting set for Friday morning

Bennett’s office says summit to start at 10:25 a.m., president thanked Israeli PM for understanding delay; US raises death toll among troops to 13; report puts Afghan toll over 70

11:52 pm

Over 100,000 evacuated from Afghanistan, US says
11:49 pm

13 US troops killed, 18 injured, Pentagon confirms
11:40 pm

Bennett-Biden meeting set for 10:25 Friday morning -- PMO

ToI investigates

Simona Weinglass

Israeli game maker hits jackpot despite accusations of cashing in on kids

CrazyLabs, soon to be purchased by Sweden’s Embracer Group, sold in-app purchases to children under 13 and shared children’s data with third parties, consumer advocates say

A screenshot of the My First High School Crush game for ages 6-12, as it appears in the Google Play store. In December 2018, consumer groups alleged that the app transmitted personal data to third parties like the company AdColony (Screenshot)

Job Posting

Telus is hiring a part-time, remote independent contractor

If you live in Israel and are fluent in Hebrew and English, this work from home role could be for you

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing August 26 – Afghan collapse: Lessons for the future

Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag and political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss blog commentary on Afghanistan and Labor party head Merav Michaeli’s baby by surrogate

US paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct security as they continue to help facilitate evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

Western nations warn citizens of Islamic State terror threat at Kabul airport

Hundreds of people gather near an evacuation control checkpoint during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2021. (AP Photo)

UK defense secretary advises Afghans to flee across borders rather than by air

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A woman receives a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, at a Meuhedet vaccination center in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

COVID booster shots raise protection against severe illness to 97% — TV

More than 10,000 daily cases recorded as infections spike in Haredi communities, where schools opened up two weeks ago

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Liberman comes out against further COVID restrictions: ‘Let the economy work’

An Israeli teacher receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, at a vaccination center in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Start of school year may yet be delayed by virus, Health Ministry official warns

US pullout from Afghanistan frees up resources for Israel, Biden officials say

In briefing ahead of Bennett meeting, White House insists it is not de-prioritizing Middle East or ties with Israel, but rather avoiding unachievable goals

US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jewish groups kick into high gear as Afghan refugees begin to arrive in US

By PHILISSA CRAMER

A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

In Kabul, Taliban’s reign of fear silences a once bustling capital

By AFP

Allen S. Maller

On Women’s Equality Day, let’s highlight the awesome holiness of Jewish women

While so many stories are lost to history, husbands and sons preserved moving tales of the love, generosity, bravery and devotion of their mothers and wives

What’s the point of an apology?

Saying sorry does a lot more than convey regret – it’s a ritual of self-humiliation that’s needed to correct the imbalance caused by the offense

Buying vegetables at an Osher Ad store in Jerusalem, August 12 2021 (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Doubts crop up as bid to lower price of produce targets farms for reform

Plan, which would up imports and pay farmers directly rather than via tariffs, ‘risks destroying entire sector,’ warns academic as data suggests retail markups may be to blame

In this May 19, 2021, photo, an Israeli artillery unit fires shells toward targets in Gaza. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

'Guardian of the Walls' proved Israel can fight on 2 fronts

3 months after Gaza conflict, IDF gearing up for another round of fighting

By Judah Ari Gross

Military doesn’t believe Hamas is actively preparing to launch fresh hostilities, but threatens harsh retaliation to any further violence amid rising tensions along the border

A Palestinian policeman waves on a truck as it enters through the Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip on September 1, 2020, after a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Israel lets more goods into Gaza, more workers out as Hamas reins in violence

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces along the border fence, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 25, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Serious violence averted as over 1,000 Palestinians protest on Gaza border

By Judah Ari Gross

Fire closes in on Moshav Giva'at Ye'arim in the Jerusalem Hills, August 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Op-ed

When the Jerusalem Hills go up in smoke

Mercifully, last week’s huge wildfires did not result in loss of life. But Israel should not be relying on miracles and the extraordinary heroism of its firefighters

A young couple in love, in the sun. (Aleksandar Karanov via iStock by Getty Images)

Hot and heavy: Protein turns sun into sex drive, Israeli study finds

By Nathan Jeffay

Progressive Democrats tear into Palestinians over crackdown on critics

Tlaib, Omar, Bush, Pocan and Murphy blast Ramallah’s ‘shameful’ arrests; Sanders’s office said to have reached out to PA shortly before it agreed to release activists

Palestinian security forces block a road during a demonstration in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on June 26, 2021, protesting the death of human rights activist Nizar Banat while in the custody of Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Palestinians carry a demonstrator wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border, on Saturday, August 21, 2021. (Credit: Hassan Islayeh)

US holds Hamas responsible for Gaza unrest, Israeli official says

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Adolph Eichmann (circled) in a photo reportedly provided by Gerhard Klammer (second from right) which helped the Mossad identify the infamous Nazi ear criminal. (Screen capture)

Eichmann was nabbed by Mossad after tipoff from German co-worker, report reveals

60 years on, anti-Nazi geologist Gerhard Klammer named as man behind photo that convinced Israel to launch mission to capture architect of the Nazis’ ‘Final Solution’

A flyer for the course titled 'Auschwitz/Gaza: A testing ground for comparative literature.' (Wikimedia Commons)

Spanish university axes ‘Auschwitz/Gaza’ class accused of trivializing Holocaust

By Orge Castellano

Owners of Ukraine cafe in former synagogue say Nazi SS logo a ‘font’ mistake

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Thousands of mourners turn out for the funeral of Ra'am MK Said al-Harumi in Segev Shalom, on August 25, 2021. (Screenshot/Kan)

Thousands of mourners attend funeral for Ra’am MK al-Harumi

Cabinet ministers, fellow lawmakers turn up to pay their final respects to lawmaker who died of heart attack at 49: ‘This is a sad day for the Knesset of Israel’

The scene of a shooting in the northern Israeli town of Musmus on August 25, 2021 (Screencapture/Twitter)

Teen killed, man wounded in drive-by shooting in northern Israel

In this November 2, 2019, photo, Nikki Fried, Democratic candidate for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, speaks during a campaign rally, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Nikki Fried ready to ‘fight fierce’ to become Florida’s first woman governor

A swirling vine painted on the walls of an apartment building entrance are part of traveling museum Zumu in Lod, August 24-28, 2021. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

After spring of strife, Lod opens its doors to artists of traveling museum Zumu

By Jessica Steinberg

Curator Melina Gitzin Adiram saw her planned exhibit derailed by ethnic violence; she changed focus and now hopes to heal some rifts through art emplaced in residential spaces

More Headlines

Screen capture from video of Jamal Rifi, a Sydney-based Lebanese physician sentenced to ten years in prison in absentia, apparently for his work with an Israel-linked medical aid group, August 25, 2021.(Sky News)

Lebanon gives doctor 10 years in absentia for working with Israel on medical aid

New chunks of tar washed up onto the Palmachim beach in central Israel, six months after an oil leak in the Mediterranean Sea, August 26, 2021. (Shlomi Amran, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

Tar still washing up onto Israel’s beaches six months after oil spill

Dr. Moshiel Biton, left, at Addionics' lab in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Addionics)

Addionics hopes to transform electric vehicle sector with smart 3D batteries

By Ricky Ben-David

Rescue workers work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Florida, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Report finds evidence of ‘astronomical’ corrosion in collapsed Surfside condo

By AP

Ibex Medical Analytics is an Israeli maker of AI-based cancer diagnostics software. (Courtesy)

Israeli AI tech to help pathologists detect gastrointestinal cancer

By Ricky Ben-David

Mandy Patinkin attends the 'Homeland' FYC Event at the Writers Guild Theater, in Beverly Hills, California, June 5, 2018. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

You had me at: My name isMandy Patinkin’s real grief for father fed ‘Princess Bride’ character

By Stuart Winer

Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Chief Rabbinate protests to Vatican over pope’s remarks on Torah

A women takes a photo of the artwork 'Demons of the Hour' by artist Werner Peiner at the exhibition 'Divinely Gifted List' at the German Historic Museum in Berlin, Germany, on August 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

New Berlin exhibit showcases the post-war journeys of Nazi-era artists

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Doctors and nurses strike outside a Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Seven hospitals to extend partial strike for 2nd day in budget protest

Crowds gather at the scene where an Israeli man was stabbed to death in the Moroccan city of Tangier on August 25, 2021 (Screencapture/Facebook)

Israeli stabbed to death in Moroccan city of Tangier

Roman Zadorov outside Shata Prison in northern Israel after being released to house arrest ahead of a retrial, August 26, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

After 11 years, convicted killer Zadorov freed to house arrest ahead of retrial

Travelers in the departures hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 5, 2021 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Aviation workers’ labor strike disrupts flights in and out of country

By Stuart Winer

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