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What Matters Most On Monday, October 18, 2021

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the official state ceremony marking the anniversary of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, at Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem, October 18, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Marking Rabin assassination, Bennett warns: ‘We mustn’t burn our house down’

Israeli leaders — minus Netanyahu — attend ceremony commemorating late PM; grandson hails new government: ‘The rule of the people has triumphed over the rule of the individual’

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial service marking 23 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on October 21, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu to skip official ceremony marking 26 years since Rabin assassination

Family members wearing safety gear visit a family member at the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 3, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israel’s COVID death toll surpasses 8,000

357 patients in serious condition; another 1,000 coronavirus cases diagnosed since midnight, as downward trend continues

6:22 pm

TV: Israel earmarks NIS 5b. for capabilities to target Iran's nuclear program
6:18 pm

'He lied': Iraqis still blame Powell for role in Iraq war
5:34 pm

Israel's COVID death toll surpasses 8,000

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 18 – 100 Arab Israeli homicides; where to go from here?

ToI editor David Horovitz and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman discuss efforts to rein in Arab homicides, plus the Dead Sea and Spencer Tunick’s photoshoot there

Police at the scene of the murder of Sahar Ismail, the education minister's aide for Arab society, in the northern Israeli town of Rameh, on August 15, 2021. (Flash90)

Man gunned down in Bi’na, marking 100th Arab Israeli homicide in 2021

By Aaron Boxerman

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy (R) at a plenary session at the assembly of the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 28, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Government moves to expand warrantless police searches to fight Arab crime

By Aaron Boxerman

An ultra-Orthodox man has his son tested for COVID-19 in in Lod, on October 17, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

1 in 3 Haredim caught coronavirus, double the national average – study

By Nathan Jeffay

31% of community have been confirmed positive compared to 13.7% of other Israelis; think tank says behavior in Haredi society to blame, others question conclusion

Empty vials of the AstraZeneca vaccine are seen on the counter at a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination center at a pharmacy in the suburb of Cabramatta in Sydney on August 17, 2021. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)

Israel to offer AstraZeneca vaccines starting Thursday

Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

COVID death toll stands at 7,999 as transmission, serious cases continue decline

Jacob Sharvit of the Israel Antiquities Authority displays an ancient one-meter-long sword that experts say dates back to the Crusader-era and is believed to have belonged to a Crusader, at the beach in Caesarea, on October 19, 2021 days after being discovered by a local diver. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Diver pulls 900-year-old Crusader sword from seafloor

By Stuart Winer

Though encrusted with marine organisms, one-meter-long blade is preserved in perfect condition, expert says; finder given outstanding citizen award for handing in relic

Antonio Garcia Martinez – A religion of questions

A conversation with the technologist, startup founder, one of America’s best public thinkers… and recent convert to Judaism

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recites morning prayers at his hotel in Washington on August 25, 2021. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Inside story

Holy and mundane: Why Israel’s 1st Orthodox premier still rankles many religious

By Tal Schneider

The PM keeps kosher, Shabbat and more, and not only for show; but to some, his unholy coalition outweighs any pride in seeing a kippah-clad leader in the halls of power

Energy Minister Karine Elharrar speaks at conference of her Yesh Atid party in Shefayim, September 22, 2021. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90)

Energy minister accuses Netanyahu of using ‘fake news’ to harm ties with Jordan

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Sarah Bernstein

Hey, MK Smotrich, your diatribe is the problem

35 Jewish and Arab principals own their responsibility to educate for a future that will include living and working in a multicultural reality. You should too

A tragic wake-up call: The Rabin assassination as a catalyst for social change

The prime minister’s murder spurred me to leave my comfort zone and work to spark dialogue among people who disagree, because not getting along is not an option

Needed: An emergency plan to let high-tech win

With a dire shortage of professionals, Israel must start tech education in kindergarten and bring in minorities to fuel the economy’s growth engine

Rethinking safety on Bnei Akiva trips

Not every driver does well when bombarded by loud music, shouting, and raucous behavior. The kids, counselors, bus company, and yes, we parents must take care

The 200 nude participants who modeled for American photographer Spencer Tunick at the Dead Sea on October 17, 2021. (courtesy, Irit Eshet Mor)

Nude and painted white, 200 volunteer models pose at endangered Dead Sea

By Jessica Steinberg

American photographer Spencer Tunick’s third installation at the salty lake poses models as white pillars of salt, seeking to raise awareness for the need to ‘save this pearl’

TV: State wipes out NIS 65 million debt owed by billionaire for Dead Sea water

Justice Ministry reportedly backtracks from demand that the Idan Ofer-controlled Dead Sea Works factory pay for saltwater pumped from the receding lake

Palestinians receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the West Bank city of Hebron, on March 27, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

With carrot and stick, Palestinians see surge of vaccinations in West Bank, Gaza

By Aaron Boxerman

After months of stagnation, percentage of eligible vaccinated rises from 23% to 50%

A knife that was in the possession of a Palestinian woman who was arrested as she approached the Har Adar settlement near Jerusalem on October 18, 2021. (Israel Police)

Palestinian woman arrested while approaching settlement armed with a knife

By Judah Ari Gross

This photograph released by the Gaza Strip Interior Ministry purports to show a gallows prepared for the execution of Hani Abu Aliyan, a 28-year-old convicted of killing two people, in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (AP/Gaza Interior Ministry)

Hamas sentences 2 to death, 2 to hard labor for collaborating with Israel

Hospital staff at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center log patient details with pen and paper, following a ransomware cyberattack, October 13, 2021. (Hillel Yaffe Medical Center)

'This is World War III'

Top cyber official: Hospital attack ‘purely financial,’ likely by Chinese group

Warning of ‘ongoing battle’ with hackers, Health Ministry cybersecurity chief Reuven Eliyahu says Israeli health sector is targeted ‘tens of thousands of times a month’

Hospital staff at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center log patient details with pen and paper, following a ransomware cyberattack, October 13, 2021. (Hillel Yaffe Medical Center)

Officials said to fear some medical records lost forever in hospital cyberattack

Screen capture from video purportedly showing members of the extreme ultra-Orthodox cult Lev Tahor on a bus that was stopped by Guatemalan authorities, October 17, 2021. (B'Hadrei Haredim)

Guatemala blocks extremist ultra-Orthodox sect heading to Iran through Mexico

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrives for a dinner, prior to an EU summit, at the Brdo Castle in Kranj, Slovenia, October 5, 2021. (Darko Bandic/AP)

EU top envoy ‘optimistic’ on new Iran nuclear talks, though nothing confirmed

By ToI Staff and AFP

Major General Ori Gordin, chief of Israel's Home Front Command, speaks during an interview with AFP at the command's operational center in Ramle on October 12, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

IDF official: Israel expects Hezbollah to fire 2,000 rockets a day in wartime

By AFP and ToI Staff

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks to Indian-Israelis at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, October 17, 2021. (Lazar Berman, Times of Israel)

Israel is ‘our most trusted partner,’ says India’s foreign minister in Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will meet PM Bennett, President Herzog and FM Lapid on Monday; will participate in Zoom call with Blinken, UAE’s Bin Zayed

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) and Sweden's foreign minister, Ann Linde, (right). (Alexander Nemenov/Pool via AP, AP/Darko Vojinovic))

Swedish foreign minister visits Israel in major step toward rebuilding ties

By Lazar Berman

Candles are lit next to a portrait of British Lawmaker David Amess during a vigil for him at St Michaels Church, in Leigh-on-Sea, England, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Amess was killed on Friday during a meeting with constituents at Belfairs Methodist church, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Family of slain British MP calls for ‘togetherness’ in wake of killing

By Adrian DENNIS and Pauline Froissart

Suspect in terror attack was supposed to be participating in a ‘de-radicalization’ program but was never formally a ‘person of interest’ to British intelligence

Police search a house believed to be in relation to the slaying of member of Parliament David Amess, in London, October 17, 2021. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

Father of suspect in slaying of British MP Amess ‘traumatized’ by son’s arrest

The classic Jewish film ‘Hester Street’ gets a new life in 2021

By Mia J. Merrill

A 4K restoration of ‘Crossing Delancey’ director Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 career debut, about Jewish immigrants assimilating in NYC, is now in select theaters and streaming

Illustrative: People look at a portion of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building that partially collapsed on June 24, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty images via AFP)

'This will undoubtedly shape the rest of our lives'

Venezuela’s tight-knit Jewish community is still mourning its Surfside victims

By Orge Castellano

After the number of Jews dwindled to roughly 6,000 from a peak of 25,000 in the ’90s, denomination and ethnicity are not dividing lines and most people know each other by name

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Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Haifa man injured in wild boar attack while walking dog

Raz Hershko of Israel, in blue, competes against Lea Fontaine of France during the women's +78kg final match at the Grand Slam Paris 2021 Judo tournament, in Paris, France, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Israeli judokas win two golds and a bronze at Paris Grand Slam

People gather in front of the Westin Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, on October 5, 2021, to show solidarity with the musician Gil Ofarim. (Dirk Knofe/dpa via AP)

New video seems to challenge singer’s claim of antisemitism at German hotel

Israeli committee to weigh regulations for social networks, emerging tech

By Ricky Ben-David

Illustrative: An Israeli police officer stands guard as a religious Jew in army uniform visits the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)

After reports on Jewish prayer, minister insists Temple Mt status quo ‘in place’

By Aaron Boxerman

ILLUSTRATIVE — New immigrants from North America arrive on a special aliyah flight arranged by the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 14, 2019. (Flash90)

Israel seeks to ease immigration for doctors, nurses due to manpower shortage

Screen capture from video of a woman suspected of starting a fire outside a New York yeshiva high school, October 14, 2021. (Twitter)

Woman sets fire to Brooklyn Jewish high school; police seek help identifying her

One of the men arrested on suspicion of murdering Avraham Edri and Nissim Shitrit is brought for a court hearing outside the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on October 17, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)

Police said probing if sex offender rabbi personally linked to cold case murders

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

View of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, March 24, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption)

Police called after Arab, Jewish families clash in hospital ward

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

By Ricky Ben-David

Gal Hirsch, a former IDF brigadier-general who had been tapped to be the next head of the Israel Police, arrives to testify before the Turkel Committee vetting his appointment at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 1, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Ex-general Gal Hirsch expected to be indicted within days — report

An illustrative photo of a scientist in working in a lab. (Rapeepat Pornsipak via iStock by Getty Images)

11 Israeli projects get millions in funding for personalized medicine research

By Ricky Ben-David

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