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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 17, 2021

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Israeli and German fighter jets fly over the Knesset, Israel's parliament, during a flyby in a display of cooperation between the two countries and their armies, in Jerusalem on October 17, 2021. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

German military planes fly over Jerusalem for 1st time since WWI in show of ties

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli Air Force, Luftwaffe jets perform flyby above capital after air chiefs visit Yad Vashem, as part of kickoff for multinational exercise

Illustrative image: Shaare Zedek hospital staff wear safety gear as they work in a coronavirus ward, in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Multiple cyberattack attempts on Israeli hospitals thwarted, officials say

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Programming scripts on a computer monitor. (Motortion/iStock by Getty Images)

New report suggests Israel is country most affected by ransomware since 2020

By ToI Staff and AFP

Illustrative image: Shaare Zedek hospital staff wear safety gear as they work in a coronavirus ward, in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

COVID death toll stands at 7,999; serious cases dip further to 380

Improvement reported in condition of 6-month-old hospitalized in serious condition with post-corona symptoms; Jerusalem hospital closes COVID ward amid declining morbidity

6:28 pm

New images seem to challenge singer's claim of antisemitic discrimination at German hotel
6:05 pm

Police said probing if sex offender rabbi linked to cold case murders
5:47 pm

Netanyahu to skip state memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin

A note is seen on a photograph showing slain member of Parliament David Amess, right, placed by a floral tribute near the scene where Amess was killed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, October 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Killer may have been inspired by al-Qaeda-linked Islamists

UK to beef up lawmakers’ security after terrorist murder of MP David Amess

By Tolga AKMEN and Anna MALPAS

Home secretary orders review of parliamentarians’ security measures, and says police and authorities to implement ‘immediate changes and measures’

An arrangement of UK daily newspapers photographed in London on October 16, 2021 shows front page headlines reporting on the fatal stabbing of British lawmaker David Amess. (DANIEL SORABJI / AFP)

Terror suspect in murder of British MP David Amess identified

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Flowers are placed as a tribute in Parliament Square following Friday's death of member of Parliament David Amess in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in London, on October 16, 2021. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Terrorist murder of David Amess threatens tradition of UK MPs’ ‘surgeries’

By John Leicester

Midhat as-Saleh with Syrian President Bashar Assad (Kan Public Broadcaster screenshot)

Syria denounces Israel for allegedly killing ex-security prisoner, intel agent

By Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross

Midhat as-Saleh (Screenshot/Channel 13 news)

Israel kills ex-security prisoner, intel agent near Golan border: Syrian media

By Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross

Your new Israeli TV obsession, now streaming on ChaiFlicks

A hit Israeli police thriller, Asylum City takes audiences on a journey through Tel Aviv’s criminal underworld. Now streaming with English subtitles.

IDF nominally censures officer who used excess force on protesters, Palestinian

By Judah Ari Gross

Investigation finds that Maj. Maor Moshe was unjustified in shoving Israeli activist to the ground, and also used unnecessary violence against a Palestinian even after being warned

Israeli activist Eli Ziv, from the Combatants for Peace movement, lies injured on the floor after he was pushed by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration in the southern area of the West Bank town of Hebron, on September 17, 2021. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Israeli settlers are seen surrounding an IDF vehicle near the settlement of Adei Ad, October 13, 2021. (Video screenshot/courtesy)

Police arrest 2 settlers accused of attacking soldiers, Palestinian in West Bank

By Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman

Israeli settlers clash with Palestinians near the West Bank town of Burin on Saturday, on October 16, 2021. (Yesh Din)

Settlers light fires, throw rocks towards Palestinian home during clashes

By Aaron Boxerman

A member of the Knesset Guard stands at his position, with a face cover, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on September 9, 2015. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 17 – What UK can learn from Israel on protecting politicians

Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross looks at the alleged Israeli assassination of a Syrian intel agent and analyst Haviv Rettig Gur assesses the murder of British MP David Amess

Sally Rooney should just mime her next novel

Israel’s frustratingly complex, heart-breaking stalemate is not helped – perhaps it’s even made worse – by the author’s senseless, selective indignation

David Bernstein

On teaching ‘opposing’ views of the Holocaust and systemic racism

Educators must contextualize the facts surrounding historical events so students can wrestle with alternative perspectives on why these events occurred

Abraham to Auschwitz: A theology from the fiery furnace

After the crematoria, the God who saves His faithful at the last minute was no more, yet the Jews still believed, finding the Divine with them in the flames

Dovid Kornreich

We should embrace Dave Chappelle’s ‘Space Jews’

The comedian hit on a truth: Jews are in a close relationship with an extra-cosmic Being. As such, we never fully blend in with the terrestrials, and that’s a good thing.

Israeli ‘foldable’ electric cars to make debut as emergency response vehicles

By Ricky Ben-David

City Transformer signs $22m deal to provide United Hatzalah with vehicles that can contract to just 1 meter wide for easy parking and maneuvering

Zahia Abu-Armeilah with her beehive in East Jerusalem's Abu Tor neighborhood. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Amateur Palestinian beekeepers bring a new buzz to East Jerusalem rooftops

In two years, the Sinsila project in East Jerusalem has taught almost 100 women how to cultivate bees for saleable honey and grow plants and vegetables at home

Palestinians blame shekel surplus for weighing down West Bank economy

By Hossam Ezzedine

Zebulon Simantov is seen at Istanbul Airport, October 17, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Simantov and mazel tov

Last Jew out of Afghanistan set to land in Israel this week

Zebulon Simantov, who recently divorced his Israeli wife, is awaiting visa from Istanbul consulate to travel to the Jewish state; unclear if he plans to stay

Coronavirus czar Prof. Salman Zarka attends a press conference about the coronavirus in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Virus czar warns against easing COVID restrictions too quickly, fearing 5th wave

Salman Zarka says he is still optimistic, as 734 new cases are recorded Saturday; reports say ministers to approve removal of some remaining virus rules anyway

Medical interns demonstrate for better work conditions in Tel Aviv, on October 9, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Medical interns delay mass resignation as officials prepare new work hours plan

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Illustration of the new Green Pass, in Jerusalem, on October 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Enforcement of scanning Green Pass’ QR codes starts Sunday, after tech issues

Illustrative: A new hypersonic missile launched from Toyang-ri, Ryongrim County, Jagang Province, North Korea, September 28, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

China secretly tests earth-circling, nuclear-capable hypersonic missile – report

By AFP

Financial Times says US intelligence officials reportedly caught by surprise by Beijing’s progress on weapons; Pentagon: ‘We hold China as our number one pacing challenge’

TV cameras in front of the 'Grand Hotel Vienna' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (Florian Schroetter/AP)

Nuclear talks in Brussels to resume on Thursday, Iran lawmaker says

By AFP and ToI Staff

An undated file photo provided by the family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national detained in Iran. (Family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe via AP, File)

UK-Iranian woman accused of spying loses appeal on 2nd Iran jail term

By AFP

A spirit is seen being led to the afterlife by a lover on a Babylonian clay tablet. The white line tracing is by Chris Cobb for Irving Finkel's book, The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies. (Screenshot/ Youtube/Archaeology Now)

Archaeology

Unhappy spirit: Oldest ever drawing of ghost found on ancient Babylonian tablet

Revisiting a ‘spectacular’ 3,500-year-old clay tablet in its vaults, a researcher at the British Museum spots a ‘miserable’ phantom being led into the afterlife by a lover

Actor Eddie Marsan poses for photographers during the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in Italy, on September 3, 2013. (AP Photo/David Azia)

UK actor faces ‘relentless’ abuse for playing Jewish character in BBC series

Eddie Marsan, who is not Jewish, portrays leader of anti-fascist group in ‘Ridley Road’; Twitter users claim he supports ‘apartheid’ and the show is ‘favoring Zionists’

Illustrative: A swastika is seen on a side wall of a former synagogue in Mommenheim, eastern France, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Nazi gear for sale at Florida motorcycle rally; vendor says it’s not racist

By AP

A general view shows people attending an anti-fascist rally called by Italian Labour unions CGIL, CISL and UIL at Piazza San Giovanni in Rome on October 16, 2021 (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Tens of thousands at rally in Rome urge ban on extreme right

By AFP

A supporter of Hezbollah and the Amal movement carries a portrait of Judge Tarek Bitar, the Beirut blast lead investigator, near the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut on October 14, 2021, during a gathering to demand his dismissal. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Spokesman for Beirut port victims quits; many suspect intimidation

By AFP

In U-turn, Ibrahim Hoteit also urges the dismissal of the lead investigator in the case

Supporters of the Shi'ite Amal group fire weapons in the air during the funeral processions of Hassan Jamil Nehmeh, who was killed during yesterday clashes, in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, on Friday, October 15, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

AnalysisBeirut street battles may spell even darker times

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In this handout image released by the police, a suspect, reportedly a member of the Shuvu Bonim sect, is arrested in Jerusalem, October 17, 2021. Insert: Nissim Shitrin in an undated photo. (Israel Police; Courtesy)

3 arrested over cold case murders from 80s, 90s reportedly tied to Hasidic cult

By Emanuel Fabian

Robert Durst, seated with attorney Dick DeGuerin, is sentenced to life without possibility of parole for the killing of Susan Berman, at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles, October 14, 2021. (Myung J. Chung/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Robert Durst on ventilator with COVID-19, days after murder sentencing

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A bird's eye view of downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

17 US citizens from Christian missionary group kidnapped by ransom gang in Haiti

Police intervene in an Extinction Rebellion protest against the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's deal with an Israeli-United Arab Emirates consortium to channel Gulf crude through Israel, from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, Ashkelon, October 17, 2021. (Screenshot)

Extinction Rebellion blocks entrance to oil pipeline company in Ashkelon

Sudanese protesters take part in a rally demanding the dissolution of the transitional government, outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Thousands of Sudanese protesters call for joint government to be dissolved

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel Police Northern District Chief Shimon Lavi arrives to testify before the Meron disaster commission of inquiry, on August 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Northern police chief says area is ‘at war’ with ongoing Arab communal violence

By Emanuel Fabian

Then-consul general to New York Colette Avital looks on as then-foreign minister Shimon Peres addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, on May 23, 1994, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)

Ex-Labor MK recalls ‘difficult memories’ of alleged ’80s sexual assault by Peres

In this file photo taken on January 17, 2016, then-head of the Central Bank of Iran, Valiollah Seif (right), speaks to Iran's head of Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran’s former central bank governor gets 10-year jail term

Mohamed Sadat, nephew of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, speaks during an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Cairo, on September 19, 2021. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Sadat’s nephew emerges as negotiator for release of Egyptian political prisoners

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past CNBC's anchor Hadley Gamble during the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week in Moscow, Russia, October 13, 2021. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin her downPutin responds to US reporter with sexist remark

By ToI Staff and AP

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