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What Matters Most On Monday, October 4, 2021

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Israel says ‘Iranian terror’ targeted Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus

PM, defense minister accuse Tehran of foiled assassination attempt last week against gambling mogul Teddy Sagi; Tehran denies involvement; hired gun said arrested

Teddy Sagi (Courtesy)

Swedish artist Lars Vilks speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Malmo, Sweden, Wednesday March 4, 2015. Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 Swedish news media reported. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

Swedish Muhammad cartoon artist and his 2 police bodyguards killed in car crash

By AP

The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles at rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on May 19, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Democrat to bring Iron Dome bill before US Senate for fast-tracked approval

By Michael Bachner

$1 billion in funding is almost certain to pass overwhelmingly in a floor vote, as was the case in the House

7:04 pm

Zuckerberg's personal wealth down $7 billion in past few hours -- Bloomberg
6:54 pm

Facebook outage: DNS routes apparently not available; Twitter chirps: Hello literally everyone
6:29 pm

Democrat to bring Iron Dome bill before US Senate today for fast-tracked approval

ToI investigates

Simona Weinglass

Insider filmed saying top binary options platform rigged, boosting victims’ suit

Detectives obtain footage of ex-industry executive alleging SpotOption software was tilted against investors; clip to be used as evidence in class-action lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv

Screenshot of an image used in SpotOption's promotional material

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Netanyahu-led parties missing in action as Knesset reopens with budget at stake

Fateful, long-delayed budget bill is moving smoothly forward, in part because the right-wing opposition, furious at being sidelined from key committees, has walked away altogether

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in the Knesset plenum alongside Knesset Speaker Miki Levy on July 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a plenum session in the Knesset on July 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Budget, PM’s term limits are on agenda as Knesset opens turbulent winter session

Then-newly appointed Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit (left) and then-outgoing minister of justice Benny Gantz (right) at a ceremony marking the change of minister, at the Ministry for Justice in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Justice minister backs government probe of ‘Submarine Affair’

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Biblical Wisdom for the Tech Era

Michael Eisenberg, one of Israel’s leading venture capitalists, believes the Book of Genesis is essential reading for tech entrepreneurs

Jordan's King Abdullah II listens during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, on May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Jordan’s king said to secretly purchase 14 luxury homes for $100m in US, UK

By Agencies and ToI Staff

‘Pandora Papers’ investigation implicates a dozen heads of state and government in concealing secret offshore assets; 565 Israelis listed

Former justice minister, billionaire among Israelis named in ‘Pandora Papers’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Global investigation unveils alleged financial misdeeds by Likud MK Nir Barkat

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Bombshell international investigation opens ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets

By Michael Liedtke and JONATHAN MATTISE

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is met by his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, center right, for the first high-level visit in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 (Shlomi Amshalem/GPO via AP)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 4 – With Bahrain visit, Israel sends message to Iran

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on Foreign Minister Lapid’s recent trip to Manama and political writer Tal Schneider on what to expect as the Knesset goes back to work

Campaign posters for upcoming parliamentary elections are displayed in Baghdad, Iraq, October 3, 2021. (Hadi Mizban/AP)

As Iraq heads to elections, parties linked to Iran battle a growing backlash

By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

Nobel prize winners David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. (NIKLAS ELMEHED / NOBEL PRIZE OUTREACH)

Prof. whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Czarist Russia wins medicine Nobel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

David Julius shares prize with fellow US scientist Ardem Patapoutian for advancing understanding of how we feel heat, cold and force

The lockdown gift of time

During COVID restrictions, my nonagenarian father and I read together, his interjections of commentary and memory introducing me to a man I hadn’t fully known

Israel is worth saving

Many states are hard to justify and would not be missed, but a world in which Israel was destroyed or replaced by a theocracy would be a lesser place – and here’s why

Public Security Minister Omer Barlev during a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 13, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police minister says IDF will play no role in fighting Arab community violence

Public Security Minister Barlev appears to contradict announcement by Bennett’s office on army’s part in effort; PM stresses Shin Bet’s involvement will be limited

Arab Israelis protest rising violence, organized crime and recent killings in their communities, in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum in northern Israel. October 3, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Government move to enlist Shin Bet to fight rising crime splits Arab Israelis

By Aaron Boxerman

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (center) meets with Meretz ministers Nitzan Horowitz (center-left) and Isawi Frej (center-right), on October 3, 2021 (Meretz)

Meretz ministers meet with PA’s Abbas to ‘keep the two-state solution alive’

By Aaron Boxerman

‘If we lose hope, we lose the future,’ Abbas says during meeting with Nitzan Horowitz, Isawi Frej; PA President invites all other coalition members to Ramallah

Israeli police stand guard at the scene of stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City, September 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Before meeting Meretz ministers, Abbas called parents of Palestinian attackers

Enforcement of new Green Pass starts Thursday; venues ordered to scan QR codes

Move allows grace period after chaotic rollout of new passes on Sunday; libraries, school trips to museums exempt for now

An image from the Health Ministry shows the new Green Pass (left) and the old, defunct one (Courtesy)

A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, on October 3, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel data: Boosters cut elderly’s risk of COVID death to 50th of unvaxxed rate

By Nathan Jeffay

A woman shows her 'Green Pass' as she arrives at a theater in Jerusalem, on February 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers rule to keep Green Pass requirements, even with virus on the decline

Music producer Rick Rubin, left, and Paul McCartney, in 'McCartney 3,2,1.' (YouTube screenshot/ Hulu)

TV reviewRubin presents himself as a schlump, the true mark of genius

With fan Rubin at the board, McCartney 3,2,1 focuses on what matters: The music

By Jordan Hoffman

In new docuseries, Rick Rubin and the ex-Beatle don’t rehash the lore. Instead, they head to the tapes, isolating instruments and harmonies, finding outtakes, unearthing stories

The Tamar gas rig, located 23 kilometers (14 miles) west of the city of Haifa in northern Israel. (AP/Albatross Aerial Perspective)

Tamar gas field discoverer: Israel’s security demands gas reserve for 40 years

Yossi Langotsky, who named field after his granddaughter, says Energy Ministry is making a mistake considering exports before securing Israel’s strategic reserves

Illustrative: A container holding packets of artificial sweetener (BigRedCurlyGuy; iStock by Getty Images)

Sweeteners hurt the ability of gut bacteria to keep us well: Israeli study

By Nathan Jeffay

Researchers find 3 most common artificial sweeteners cause a ‘breakdown in communication’ among microbes, potentially raising risk of obesity, diabetes and digestive problems

Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Courtesy of Taylor-Guthartz)

Female rabbi works to get women in leadership roles in UK Orthodox community

Though she was forced to drop the title ‘rabba’ to keep her job after a run-in with the chief rabbi earlier this year, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz is confident that things are changing

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Joint List party member MK Hanin Zoabi in the Knesset plenum on July 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Former MK Hanin Zoabi, 12 others convicted in Balad party fraud scandal

In this January 6, 2021, photo, violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Ex-Facebook manager alleges social network fueled deadly US Capitol riot

By Michael Liedtke

Illustrative: Swastikas found spray-painted on the JCC in Fairfax, Virginia, on October 6, 2018. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Jewish Federations announces $54m plan to protect US communities

By Stuart Winer

Sarah Silverman poses before an Emmy For Your Consideration event for the Showtime series "Who Is America?" at Paramount Studios, on May 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Not funnySarah Silverman lays into ‘Squad’ over attempts to defund Iron Dome

By ToI Staff and JTA

A Taliban fighter walks past the entrance of the Eid Gah mosque where a blast struck a day before, in Kabul on October 4, 2021. (Hoshang Hashimi / AFP)

Taliban claims to destroy Islamic State terror cell after mosque attack

Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter competes in the women's marathon during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Sapporo, on August 7, 2021. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter finishes fifth in London Marathon

In this Aug. 4, 2021 file photo, a monument that represents justice stands in front of towering grain silos that were gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the port in Beirut, Lebanon (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Beirut blast probe to resume after court rejects challenges to judge’s authority

By AP

Illustrative: In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

From the webIsraeli startups raised over $2.2b in September

University of Bristol sociologist David Miller in a video uploaded February 15, 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)

British professor fired for calling Jewish students ‘pawns’ of Israel

Women walk through Syria's pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 2, 2021. (Jon Gambrell/AP)

At Dubai Expo, infomercial-like pavilions can’t quite gloss over world problems

By Isabel Debre

TLV Partners is managed by (left to right): Rona Segev, Eitan Bek, Adi Yarel-Toledano, and Shahar Tzafrir. (Eyal Tueg)

TLV Partners raises $320M to invest in early-stage Israeli startups

By Ricky Ben-David

The members of American rock band Counting Crows, who will perform in Israel on April 20, 2022 (Courtesy Counting Crows)

Back on stageRock band Counting Crows to perform in Israel in 2022

By Jessica Steinberg

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