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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 3, 2021

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IDF, Shin Bet will aid illegal weapons crackdown in Arab towns, ministers decide

By Amy Spiro and Aaron Boxerman

Prime minister calls on Arab Israelis to ‘understand that the security forces are not the enemy – they are the solution’; IDF officials reportedly balk at news of involvement

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convenes a ministerial meeting in Jerusalem on October 3, 2021, to discuss violent crime in the Arab sector. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Mehran Mugrabi, who was shot and killed in Haifa, on October 1, 2021. (Courtesy)

Arab man shot dead in Haifa, the 95th victim of communal violence this year

Children are eligible for a Green Pass due to testing negative for coronavirus (PCR swab test) in the last 24 hours, they will be included in their parents' Green Pass. (Courtesy Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 3 – Green Pass system crashes, wreaking havoc for Israelis

Science and health writer Nathan Jeffay and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on repercussions of Green Pass chaos and Netanyahu’s new book

In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, a man presents his Green Pass at the Khan Theater (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Green Pass update delayed as Health Ministry system crashes, causing chaos

Illustrative. The 'Green Pass' seen in Jerusalem, October 3, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nearly 2 million Israelis lose Green Pass as new rules enter effect

A mural in Umm al-Fahm depicts the gunmen in a deadly 2017 shooting attack in Jerusalem's Old City (Courtesy)

Police paint over mural in Umm al-Fahm honoring terrorists from city

Law enforcement take action against depiction in Arab town of gunmen who carried out 2017 Temple Mount attack, killing two policemen

View of Umm al-Fahm, on June 22, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Mural painted in Umm al-Fahm honors terrorists who hailed from city

Clockwise from top left: Zakaria Zubeidi, Yaquob Qadiri, Iham Kamamji, Mahmoud al-Arida and Munadil Nafiyat Courtesy) and Mohammed al-Arida (Flash 90)

6 Gilboa Prison escapees and 5 alleged accomplices indicted over jailbreak

A screen capture from video on October 1, 2021, shows a man assaulting a police officer outside the Kafr Qasim municipal building in central Israel. (Video screenshot)

Arab town’s hired muscle assault cops; PM: Violence in Arab society intolerable

Four arrested after clash at Kafr Qasim municipality; video shows suspect punching officer in the face after reportedly denying police entry to municipal building

A screen capture from video on October 1, 2021, shows a man assaulting a police officer outside the Kafr Qasim municipal building in central Israel. (Video screenshot)

Ra’am leader condemns assault on police in Arab town

Lital Yael Melnik. (Facebook)

Suspect remanded in murder of girl, 17, who was buried in construction site

49-year-old man who works at a psychiatric hospital had reportedly treated Lital Yael Melnik, who had a history of mental illness

Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)

Top doctor held on suspicion of sexual assault of women, girl during treatments

By Stuart Winer

Israeli modeling agent Shai Avital speaks with Channel 12 news. (Video screenshot)

Police issue arrest warrant for top modeling agent accused of sexual abuse

Likud lawmaker Nir Barkat speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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Global investigation unveils alleged financial misdeeds by Likud MK Nir Barkat

By Michael Bachner

Pandora Papers find senior politician held assets under his name in Virgin Islands, transferred them to his brother rather than blind trust; Barkat dismisses ‘ridiculous’ claims

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Coronavirus cabinet says new Green Pass mandatory barcode scan to begin Tuesday
6:30 pm

Bennett said set to delay vote on submarine affair inquiry until after budget passes
6:22 pm

Reports: Israeli billionaire escapes assassination in Cyprus at last moment

From the blogs

Think regionally: A US role for deepening the Abraham Accords

Aiming beyond merely expanding bilateral ties, America should champion a transformative vision of peaceful economic interconnection in the Middle East

First commercial flight of EgyptAir lands at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, October 3, 2021 (Israel Airports Authority)

First EgyptAir flight between Cairo and Tel Aviv lands at Ben Gurion Airport

Route had been discreetly operated by subsidiary Air Sinai for decades in unmarked aircraft, but commercial line will now be openly run by national carrier

Edith Shaked Perlman

Israel offers no justice for Moroccan Holocaust victims

A Supreme Court ruling against compensation for victims of Vichy France’s Nazi-collaborating government shows flagrant misunderstanding of history

Binyamin Krauss

Rabbi David Eliach transformed American Jewish education

Rabbi Dr. Eliach, z”l, taught so many how to teach, modeled how to lead, and set the standard for excellence and commitment to Jewish education

In this August 3, 2012, photo, then-Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

Iran FM demands US unfreeze $10 billion in order to restart nuclear talks

By ToI Staff and AFP

Hossein Amirabdollahian quoted as saying that Tehran will only return to negotiations if US shows goodwill gesture by releasing funds blocked by sanctions

Then-US vice president Joe Biden (left) talks with State Department Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein during the Caribbean Energy Security Summit, at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

US taps Israel-born energy envoy to mediate Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Impossible Foods has unveiled its latest plant-based meat product: Impossible Pork (Impossible Foods/ via JTA)

'We're already deluged with calls over veggie kosher bacon'

World’s largest kosher certifier won’t endorse Impossible Pork

By jacob gurvis

While the Orthodox Union described the Impossible Burger as an ‘excellent product,’ its faux-porcine counterpart elicits a ‘visceral’ reaction from many observant consumers

People shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on September 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

As COVID cases wane, Health Ministry chief drops demand for new restrictions

Coronavirus cabinet to convene Sunday for first time in over a month; meeting comes as nearly 2 million Israelis lose Green Pass under updated rules

People shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on September 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

With new Green Passes coming Sunday, PM says ‘too early to celebrate’ wave’s end

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) attends a conference in the Eshkol region, southern Israel. on July 13, 2021; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding COVID-19, at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 5, 2020. (Flash90)

Report: Benny Gantz told PA chief Abbas he wants to be ‘the new Rabin’

Defense chief said to reiterate backing for two-state solution in meeting in late August, while citing ‘limits’ of new government

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Daycare workers protest in Tel Aviv, demanding better working conditions. October 3, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands of striking daycare staff protest in Tel Aviv over working conditions

Illustrative: A police vehicle at a crime scene in Netanya, October 14, 2018. (Flash90)

Man dies by choking after swallowing drugs at police checkpoint

David Lee Roth speaks onstage at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Sept. 12, 2021. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS)

Finish what ya startedVan Halen’s proudly Jewish ex-frontman retires from music

By Gabe Friedman

A shopper selects items at a REWE store in Cologne, Germany, that has been outfitted with Trigo's checkout-free, grab-and-go technology. (REWE)

Israel’s Trigo pilots contactless, checkout-free shopping tech in Netherlands

By Ricky Ben-David

Illustrative: Panamanian national border police officers march during an independence day parade in La Chorrera, Panama, November 2019. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama cops apologize for firing on Arab targets at Israeli-run training course

By AFP

Former US president Donald Trump addresses the NCGOP state convention, on June 5, 2021, in Greenville, North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account

By AFP

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 5, 2018. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay damages over false Sandy Hook ‘hoax’ claim

By Dave Collins

Zvi Portal in 2012 (video screenshot)

Former ‘Big Brother’ contestant arrested for alleged armed robbery

Steven Sotloff next to his Islamic State captor, 'Jihadi John,' in a video released September 2, 2014. (Screen capture: SITE/Twitter)

US charges jihadist behind IS propaganda clips, including journalist beheadings

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this September 15, 2021 file photo, provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. (Karl Alonzo/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP, File)

Philippines’ Duterte says he’ll retire, citing views that ‘I’m not qualified’

By AP and ToI Staff

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