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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 24, 2021

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Palestinian employees at the offices of Addameer in the West Bank city of Ramallah, after IDF forces raided 3 Palestinian NGOs, on December 11, 2012. (Issam Rimawi/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

Defense official: Evidence tying 6 Palestinian groups to terror is ‘ironclad’

By Michael Bachner

After international backlash against Israel’s blacklisting of civil society organizations, Shin Bet and Foreign Ministry envoys to travel to US to present ‘unequivocal’ info

6:21 pm

Jordan condemns new settlement homes, says move 'undermines' peace efforts
6:16 pm

Israel to get 6 million Pfizer vaccines in January to for kids aged 5-11: report
5:47 pm

Israel okays $9 billion plan to fight gaps between Jewish and Arab citizens

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) gestures to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, on June 3, 2021, at the State Department in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Israel disputes US claim it wasn’t told of plan to outlaw rights groups

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense official says US was given intel showing ties between PFLP terror group and Palestinian groups, doubles down on the allegation — but refuses to release evidence publicly

Minister says outlawing of Palestinian groups didn’t come up in security cabinet

Palestinian rights groups push back after Israel outlaws 6 for terrorism

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Coalition’s Meretz rails against terror listing for Palestinian rights groups

Health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Jerusalem, September 30, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Health officials say Israel could start vaccinating kids 5-11 by mid-November

Virus czar: Israeli kids to start getting inoculated after US counterparts, parents must ‘protect their children’; Health chief Ash: Government go-ahead may come ‘in several weeks’

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) and other ministers attend a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 24, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Bennett says government earmarking NIS 10 billion ‘for future coronavirus waves’

Ra'am chief Mansour Abbas in the Knesset, on October 4, 2021; Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, on October 18, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

TV: Ra’am resolves spat with Interior Minister Shaked ahead of budget vote

From 'Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience' in Lower Manhattan, New York City, June 2021 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)

Exhibition'You didn’t have to be religious to appreciate Van Gogh'

How Vincent van Gogh helped Jews break into the world of art — and vice versa

By Matt Lebovic

High-tech ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ exhibitions are touring the globe 120 years after a Jewish art collector helped launch the Dutch painter to stardom

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) while accompanied by Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin who acted as a translator at Putin's residence in Sochi, Russia on October 22, 2021. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 24 – What made Bennett spend the weekend in Sochi?

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses a visit to Putin and one by India’s FM, and Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman gives update on Palestinian NGOs’ terror-listing

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speak during their meeting in Sochi, Russia, on October 22, 2021. (Evgeny Biyatov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP/ File)

Bennett wraps up Russia trip, gets invite from Putin to visit again

The ‘Man in Black’ in the Holy Land: Johnny Cash’s 5 trips to Israel

The discovery of forgotten photos from a 1971 visit shed light on the famous singer’s long-term love affair with the Land of Israel

What Palestinians want

Leaders I met in Issawiya and Khan al Ahmar might be glad to live in an Israel without Zionist control, but removing it would mean the end of the Jewish state

The scene of a serious accident between a bus and two cars on Route 89 in the northern Galilee, September 29, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Traffic accidents soar in 2021, with almost 300 killed

Road Safety Authority head calls on ‘the government, local authorities, the police and all of us who use the roads’ to take responsibility for putting an end to such disasters

A car that crashed into a clothing store at a strip mall in the northern city of Kiryat Ata, October 23, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

4 hurt as car plows into store at strip mall in northern Israel

The delegation of Israeli mayors and municipal CEOs that visited New York from October 11-18, 2021. (Ohad Kab)

'This is the first time I got to talk to a Reform rabbi'

Seeking to mend rifts, Israeli mayors go to NY to experience US Jewish diversity

By Danielle Ziri

On an October 11-18 trip to the Big Apple, 30 local leaders, including the mayor of the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, engage in cultural exchange with Diaspora

Biden taps Atlanta Jewish leader as envoy to UN Human Rights Council

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, (left) speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Monday, October 18, 2021, in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department in Washington, ahead of a meeting. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

IAEA chief: Monitoring ‘no longer intact’ at Iran site allegedly hit by Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Tehran reportedly refusing to allow replacing of UN watchdog cameras damaged in alleged Israeli drone attack on nuclear site in Karaj in June

Ali Shamkhani, the the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, is seen in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/ AP)

Top Iran official: If Israel attacks, response will cause trillions in damage

In this screen capture from video aired by Iranian state television on October 23, 2021, an unidentified mans slaps Eastern Azerbaijan Governor Abedin Khorram as he speaks in the provincial capital Tabriz. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Iranian provincial governor slapped at inauguration, in rare security breach

By Jon Gambrell

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at a press conference in Ramallah, February 27, 2021 (WAFA)

With no crucial EU aid since start of year, Palestinian PM heads to Brussels

By Aaron Boxerman

Shtayyeh will meet with senior EU officials to discuss lack of European budget support and the PA’s ongoing fiscal troubles; diplomats say funding gap is due to ‘technical issues’

Zakaria Zubeidi arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Nazareth, on October 24, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Recaptured terror chief Zubeidi demands return of canteen privileges, blanket

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Palestinian security prisoners in Ofer Prison, north of Jerusalem, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)

Hamas prisoners announce hunger strike to protest administrative detention

Mosaic floors found in what may be biblical Bethsaida’s lost Church of Apostles

On shore of the Sea of Galilee, ancient site is found mysteriously buried and enclosed by wall; excavations continuing

The mosaic floor of the Church of the Apostles, near the Sea of Galilee. (Mordechai Aviam/Courtesy)

Minister General of the Franciscan Order, Massimo Fusarelli, speaks at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, October 20, 2021. (Screenshot: Youtube/Christian Media Center)

Franciscan leader tours Jerusalem and Bethlehem for first time in over a decade

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to open a door of the U.S. Capitol as they riot in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

As the Capitol riot raged, Facebook faced its own insurrection

By Alan Suderman and Joshua Goodman

New documents indicate the social media giant missed the warning signs on the storming of US Capitol, despite increased policing of content

Illustrative: Logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)

Facebook dithered in curbing hateful anti-Muslim user content in India

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and Krutika Pathi

Blurred photos of three the 15 alleged Mossad agents are published by the Turkish Sabah daily. Background: Pro-Palestinian Turkish demonstrators holding Turkish and Palestinian flags take part in a rally to protest in Istanbul, Febuary 9, 2020. (Screenshot: Sabah; AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Former Mossad deputy denies detainees in Turkey are Israeli spies

MK Ram Ben-Barak, who heads powerful Knesset committee, pushes back against reports in Turkish media

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen during an official state visit to Angola at the presidential palace in Luanda, on October 18, 2021. (Osvaldo Silva/AFP)

Turkey’s Erdogan orders 10 ambassadors expelled for seeking activist’s release

By AFP

Anna Salton Eisen holds up a photo of Emil Ringel, father of Barbara Ringel, for a Zoom video call during a gathering for families of Holocaust survivors in East Brunswick, NJ, on September 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

Texas woman reunites with descendants of Holocaust survivors freed with her dad

By BOBBY ROSS Jr.

Using names from stories her father told, Anna Salton Eisen finds and meets with eight other former captives’ families, scattered all over the world

Ram Ben-Barak leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset defense panel chief reinstates aide suspended for extremist cleric meet

Ram Ben-Barak says Linir Abu Hazaz, who took photo with former grand mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Ekrima Sa’id Sabri, can continue to work for him in parliament

Then-Justice Minister Amir Ohana delivers a speech at a Likud election rally in Or Yehuda, on February 13, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Likud MK Amir Ohana denies falling out with Netanyahu

By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff

A man takes part in a candlelight vigil to honor cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 23, 2021 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Film crew protested safety concerns on Baldwin set hours before fatal shooting

By CEDAR ATTANASIO, MORGAN LEE and Michelle L. Price

LA Times reports there had been at least three prop gun misfires before fatal accident in which ’30 Rock’ actor shot 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead

In this file photo taken on April 12, 2019, actor Alec Baldwin attends the 'Exploring the Arts' 20th anniversary Gala at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

Police probe into Baldwin movie set shooting focuses on custody of gun

By AFP

(L) In this Sept. 21, 2015 file photo, actor Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) and (R) filmmaker Halyna Hutchins attends the 2018 Sundance Film Festival Official Kickoff Party in Park City, Utah on January 18, 2018 (Sonia Recchia / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

After Baldwin movie set shooting, a look at other notable filming accidents

By AP

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Illustrative: Students explore local sustainable agriculture as part of a long-running semester academic program at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. (Marcos Schoenholz)

Israelis, Palestinians launch joint environmental diplomacy center

Police officers are seen near the scene of a shooting at Jaffa's port, October 23, 2021 (Israel Police)

Police in Jaffa gird for more gangland hits after man shot dead at busy port

By Emanuel Fabian

Israel's Andrey Medvedev competes in the vault event at the men's apparatus finals during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Kitakyushu City Gymnasium in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, on October 24, 2021. (Philip Fong/AFP)

Israeli artistic gymnast Andrey Medvedev wins bronze at World Championships

Newcastle fans pose for a photo outside the ground before an English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur at St. James' Park in Newcastle, England, on October 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

In reversal, English soccer team says fans ‘free’ to don Arab-style dress

By AFP

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacts after delivering a speech during an event in Budapest to commemorate the 65nd anniversary of Hungarian uprising against Soviet occupation in Budapest, on October 23, 2021. (Attila Kisbendek/AFP)

Hungary’s Viktor Orban and opposition rival rally ahead of likely tight election

By AFP

Newcastle fans wait for the start of an English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur at St. James' Park in Newcastle, England, Sunday Oct. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

UK police probing banner criticizing Saudi takeover of Newcastle soccer team

By AFP

Director Quentin Tarantino, left, and wife Daniella Pick pose on the red carpet for the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony at the 16th edition of the Rome Film Fest in Rome, October 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Comic QuentinTarantino plans comedy in which ‘Mexican saloon girl is Israeli’

In this photo released by the Colombian presidential press office, one of the country’s most wanted drug traffickers, Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias “Otoniel,” leader of the violent Clan del Golfo cartel, is presented to the media at a military base in Necocli, Colombia, October 23, 2021. (Colombian presidential press office via AP)

Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured by special forces in jungle

By ASTRID SUAREZ and Joshua Goodman

The new director general of the Energy Ministry, Lior Shilat, October 24, 2021. (Energy Ministry)

Government approves energy minister’s pick for new director-general

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