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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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The 'Grand Hotel Wien' where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran were taking place in Vienna, Austria, April 27, 2021. (Lisa Leutner/AP)

Live updates (closed)

Iran, EU announce nuclear talks to resume on November 29 in Vienna

Long-stalled talks to finally move forward; US says a deal is possible quickly if Tehran is ‘serious’

7:21 pm

Iran, EU announce nuclear talks to resume on November 29 in Vienna
7:10 pm

Pentagon probe: Drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians did not violate law
6:53 pm

Dutch TV channel boss quits over alleged antisemitism

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 24, 2021. (Yoav Dudkevitch/Flash90

With budget approval on the line, Bennett urges coalition unity, restraint

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Government works to hold ranks as opposition hunts for possible deserters; failure to pass budget would bring down government, but Bennett insists it will pass

Thousands rally against government in Tel Aviv as budget battle looms

Top ultra-Orthodox MK says Bennett ‘betrayed the State of Israel’

Yamina MK vows to vote for budget, rejecting pressure to jump ship to opposition

The coronavirus infecting a blood vessel (courtesy of Tel Aviv University)

Understanding which 'pieces of the virus' cause problems

COVID proteins that trigger strokes and heart attacks identified by Israeli team

By Nathan Jeffay

Discovery, made through ‘peek in virus’s black box,’ could lead to therapies that halt havoc wrought on vascular system, say Tel Aviv University scientists

Illustrative: Aiden Arthurs receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC's offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, May 13, 2021. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

New child-friendly prayers composed for the arrival of COVID vaccines for kids

A massive blimp containing an advanced radar system that Israel plans to deploy into the sky over northern Israel to detect incoming missiles and drones, as seen at its home base on November 3, 2021. (Defense Ministry)

Israel prepares to launch giant missile-detecting balloon over north

By Judah Ari Gross

Sensors onboard the aerostat are meant to identify incoming long-range munitions; move comes amid ongoing efforts by the Israeli Air Force to improve aerial defenses

Illustrative: A Syrian anti-aircraft missile is fired into sky near Damascus during an alleged Israeli airstrike on January 6, 2021. (Screen capture: SANA)

Syria says Israeli missile strikes hit targets near Damascus

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

A US Central Command helicopter carrier, the USS Portland, sails in the Arabian sea ahead of two-week special forces exercise with Israel this month, on September 13, 2021. (Sgt. Seth Rosenberg/CENTCOM)

IDF, CENTCOM launch joint ‘amphibious exercise’ in Eilat

By Judah Ari Gross

The Other Israel Film Festival, Nov 4–11, in person and virtual

Join us for this year’s Other Israel Film Festival, providing an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies. For more info and tickets visit otherisrael.org

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Nov. 3 – In Glasgow, Bennett does some diplomatic speed-dating

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and environmental reporter Sue Surkes discuss their reporting at the climate conference in Glasgow

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Britain's Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, November 2, 2021 (Courtesy)

Bennett closes Glasgow trip with emotional visit with British chief rabbi

By Lazar Berman

This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer via AP, File)

US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

By AP and ToI Staff

Sigal Kanotopsky

The Ethiopian Jewish holiday Sigd belongs on all Jews’ calendar

It is all too easy to dwell on what divides us. Focusing on a holiday that celebrates a connection to Torah and Israel can bring us together.

The 5783 Yeshiva/Seminary and Gap Year Program Buyers Guide

With at least 37 gap year experiences on offer, from Torah study to volunteering, it’s hard to make an informed decision. This guide makes it easier

Jerusalem, Glasgow, and climate leadership

If we truly want to battle climate change, we must stop our marathon use of 10s of 1,000s of plastic bottles, unrecyclable trash, and indestructible souvenirs

Are you certain that the people you know are so enchanted by your romance that they’ll shell out big bucks just to see you walk down the aisle?

Government legalizes 3 unrecognized Bedouin towns, fulfilling Ra’am’s pledge

By Aaron Boxerman

Islamist party had campaigned on improving conditions for Negev Arabs; previous attempt to legalize villages in 2020 failed over settler objections

A view of houses in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Sawaneen in Israel's southern Negev Desert, on June 8, 2021. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas, left, holds a press conference at the Knesset, October 25, 2021; Opposition head and Likud chief Benjamin Netanyahu, right, leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, October 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ra’am’s Abbas says Netanyahu wooed him with promises to cancel Kamenitz Law

Palestinian families and media gather in Sheikh Jarrah after residents reject an Israeli Supreme Court proposal that could stave off evictions on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel)

Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians reject Supreme Court deal to stave off evictions

By Aaron Boxerman

Court freezes Jerusalem sale of Auschwitz prisoner tattoo stamp set

By AFP and ToI Staff

‘Such an evil item can’t have an owner,’ Holocaust survivors’ group argued; Yad Vashem protested sale as ‘morally unacceptable’

83-year-old Dora Roth fumes at politicians during a Knesset debate on the treatment of Holocaust survivors, Monday, April 29. ( image capture/Knesset Channel)

Prominent Holocaust survivor and rights activist Dora Roth dies at 92

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chat as they attend an evening reception to mark the opening day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, November 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)

In Glasgow, world leaders seek new way forward on Iran — Israeli official

By Lazar Berman

Government source says diplomatic ‘speed dates’ between Bennett, heads of state were marked success, avoided Palestinian issue; PM to visit India early next year

Illustrative: An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in background, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran says US tried to seize oil tanker, failed, ship now back in its waters

By AFP and ToI Staff

A gas station is seen standing empty because the pumps are out of service, in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says national fuel network up and running, week after major cyber attack

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this July 9, 2009, photo, Adilla Finchaan, 50, and her husband Ashore Mohammed, 60, check theIr land in Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Regional leaders set to ratify Middle East climate plan next year

Science-based 10-year action plan put together under auspices of Cypriot government

Foreign Ministry to get embassies, consulates competing for Green Standard

In Glasgow, environment minister urges groups to steer society to greener future

Israel to establish climate change working group with Bill Gates foundation

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Interview'We're either pro-Trump or pro-democracy, we can't be both'

Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman to ToI: America can handle the truth

By Cathryn J. Prince

As the retired lieutenant colonel releases ‘Here, Right Matters: An American Story,’ he discusses growing up as a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant and the values that led him to testify

France’s Trump or the Parisian Johnson? Zemmour has studied the playbook

By Adam PLOWRIGHT

A screenshot of the Tradesolid.com website as it appeared in 2016.

Court lifts gag order on names of alleged forex scammers wanted in Germany

By Simona Weinglass

Germany requesting extradition of Israeli citizens Pavel Kotler, Yuri Dashevsky, Nimrod Blachman and Chen Malka for multimillion-dollar binary options and crypto fraud

'In 10 years, there may be $100 billion Israeli companies'

Whither the unicorns? Experts debate how billion-dollar firms will change Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

A critical mass of mega-valued global tech companies based in Israel may create a whole new local ecosystem in the coming years

Illustrative image of a computer-generated unicorn. (Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay)

An illustrative photo of a driver on an open road. (anyaberkut, iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli insurtech firm Lemonade to roll out car insurance for US drivers

By Ricky Ben-David

LGBT rights activist Etai Pinkas Arad at a press conference at the Knesset, July 11, 2021, after the High Court of Justice ruled that same-sex couples and single men will be able to become surrogate parents within six months. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Second prominent LGBT activist accused of sexual misconduct

2 men say they were teens, but over age of consent, when they met Etai Pinkas Arad, who quits Tel Aviv city hall in response to allegations

Illustrative: Participants take part in the annual Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, on August 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

Hackers claim to leak details of LGBTQ dating site after ransom not paid

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin arrives to speak at an election night party in Chantilly, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2021, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republican Youngkin wins Virginia governor race in vote seen as Biden referendum

By Will Weissert and Sarah Rankin

In upset, lawmaker attracts Trump’s base while also appealing to suburban voters who were repelled by ex-president

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams smiles at supporters, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Eric Adams easily wins NYC mayor race, as Michelle Wu makes history in Boston

By Michelle L. Price

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin speaks at an election night party in Chantilly, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2021, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Virginia governor-elect Youngkin was accused of using antisemitic tropes

Industrial designer Yaacov Kaufman's 'XO' exhibit of plastic 'flowers' at Tel Aviv's Liebling House, which opened October 28, 2021 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

X and O mark the spot for veteran industrial designer’s whimsical flower exhibit

By Jessica Steinberg

‘Similar, but with nuances’: Yaacov Kaufman unveils what he’s made of hundreds of plastic gum containers and dozens of folding chairs, on display at Tel Aviv’s Liebling House

Then-Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides (center) talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (right) in Seoul, South Korea, on February 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Republican senator slows confirmation of Biden nominee for ambassador to Israel

Josh Hawley gives no reason for decision to block unanimous consent vote to approve Tom Nides along with six other nominees; Democrat colleague calls move ‘mind-boggling’

200 House Republicans sign letter urging Biden not to reopen Jerusalem consulate

More Headlines

Illustrative image of the 100 Israeli Shekel bill, on December 31, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Shekel spikes to 25-year high against dollar, highlighting threat to exporters

Nine-year-old Parwana, who was sold to a 55-year-old man in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis Province, Afghanistan (Screen grab/CNN)

Desperate Afghan parents, unable to afford food, are selling their young girls

By AFP and ToI Staff

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2021 photo, anti-vaccine mandate protesters rally outside the garage doors of the Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

‘It’s the Jews’: Antisemitic tirade unchallenged at Arizona school board meeting

An undated photograph shows a Confederate battle flag on display at the Levittown Fire Department Station 3 in Bethpage, New York. (Office of State Senator Anna M. Kaplan via JTA)

New York State bans swastikas, other hate symbols on public property

By julia GERGELY

A view of the oil leak in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 9, 2014 (Environmental Protection Ministry)

State-owned company, 4 executives indicted over massive 2014 desert oil spill

Illustrative: Hadassah Ein Kerem medical staff work in the coronavirus ward of the hospital in Jerusalem, on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Black Shadow hackers leak medical records of 290,000 Israeli patients

Palestinian children from the Aida refugee camp attend an event held by secretive British street artist Banksy to apologize for the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, on November 1, 2017, at his Walled-Off Hotel in Bethlehem in the West Bank. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Columnist in official PA daily calls for ‘ending colonial Zionist project’

Arab-Israeli parliament member Osama Saadi reacts during a debate at the Interior Affairs committee meeting, on November 10, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Joint List MK decries ‘cursed’ Balfour Declaration on anniversary

Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt (center) teaches a class earlier this year leading up to the High Holidays. (Screenshot from LinkedIn via JTA)

Fired Park East rabbi holding rival services blocks from his old synagogue

Screen capture from video of protesters with disabilities blocking a level-crossing, November 3, 2021. (Ynet)

Protesters with disabilities block railway lines in renewed rights campaign

Israelis sit and pray together inside a street shelter during the 2014 Gaza war in southern Israel on July 11, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

IDF to test air raid sirens nationwide on Wednesday

By Judah Ari Gross

Director Quentin Tarantino at the opening of the Jerusalem Film Festival, on August 24, 2021. (Courtesy: Jerusalem Cinematheque)

Say 'what' one more timeQuentin Tarantino to sell 7 uncut ‘Pulp Fiction’ scenes as NFTs

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