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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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Teachers and maintenance staff of the Gamla primary school in Katzrin, Golan Heights get ready for next week's school year opening on August 22, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Strike looms after court rejects state’s request to order teachers to work

By Joshua Davidovich

Treasury source claims maximum offered after reports that sides still far apart on some issues, with one day to go before planned opening of school

7:14 pm

Strike looms after court rejects state's request to order teachers to work
6:33 pm

High Court rejects hunger striker's release, says he should 'come to his senses'
6:13 pm

Education Ministry, National Unity party criticize court gambit to block strike

Afghan evacuee Hadiya and her father Mirwais after being resettled in 2021 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania through a joint initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Shapiro Foundation. (Courtesy)

'There is no going home for these people'

How Jewish communities across the US helped resettle 1,900 Afghan evacuees this year

By Renee Ghert-Zand

On the first anniversary of the end of the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan as Taliban regained power, evacuees and Jewish volunteers reflect on the struggles of starting over

Surviving members of Afghan family devastated in US drone strike head to America

By Estelle Emonet and Qubad Wali

Sanctions on Taliban putting 6 million Afghans at risk of famine, UN warns

By Edith M. Lederer

Jewish man killed by Muslim roommate in France; community questions official silence

A Jewish man was killed in France by his Muslim roommate, who told police he committed the crime over 100 euros he was owed and because the victim was Jewish, a French Jewish anti-Semitism watchdog group reported Monday. Eyal Haddad, 34, was murdered in Longperrier, just northeast of... Continue Reading

A French police officer of the anti-crime squad, Brigade Anti-Criminalite de nuit (BAC N 75) is seen in Paris, on October 16, 2020. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

Nabeel Sawalhi and Nihad Owais (right) surrender to Israeli troops after a gun battle in the northern West Bank town of Rujeib near Nablus, August 30, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinians suspected of shooting attack surrender to troops after Nablus gunfight

By Emanuel Fabian

Nabeel Sawalhi and Nihad Owais suspected of weekend shooting attack on settlement’s security vehicle; police launch small missiles at building during exchange of fire

An injured Jewish worshiper is loaded onto an ambulance following a shooting near Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, August 30, 2022. Two Israeli civilians were moderately wounded in the shooting attack on their car near the shrine in the West Bank City of Nablus. (Samaria Regional Council)

Two Israelis moderately hurt in shooting during unauthorized visit to Joseph’s Tomb

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

An Israeli soldier stands at the entrance to the Allenby border crossing, the main border crossing for Palestinians from the West Bank traveling to neighboring Jordan and beyond, March 10, 2014. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

White House pressures Israel to fulfill Jordan crossing promise – report

Mohammed Halabi, right. (Courtesy of family)

Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to 12 years for funding Hamas terror

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Mohammed Halabi, local director of international Christian charity World Vision who was controversially held for 5 years before finally being sentenced, intends to appeal decision

Prime Minister Yair Lapid briefs opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Iran and the emerging nuclear deal, August 29, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Offices said to squabble over releasing photo of meeting

Lapid and Netanyahu spar after briefing on emerging Iran nuclear deal

Opposition leader says sit-down made him ‘more worried than before’; PM’s Yesh Atid party: Netanyahu ‘continues to sabotage and endanger the security of Israeli citizens’

In this June 6, 2018 frame grab from the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. (IRIB via AP, File)

Iran steps up uranium enrichment with new centrifuges at Natanz

Iraqi security forces fire tear gas on the followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr inside the government Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2022 (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran shuts border with Iraq after 20 killed in violence over Sadr’s resignation

By AP

No one’s pulling the brakes on the ‘doomsday settlement’

A near-final step toward greenlighting the E1 settlement plan that would obstruct a contiguous Palestinian state is scheduled for Sept. 12

Ilai Z. Saltzman

On Iran, Yair Lapid is practicing domestic politics

The PM is acting more like a politician concerned about his electability than a statesman who needs to make the hard decision even if it is unpopular

Rocker Aviv Geffen changes his tune with West Bank concerts for ‘brother’ settlers

By Jessica Steinberg

Rocker Aviv Geffen, previously known for his left-wing views and lyrics, has apparently made an abrupt political shift with two performances in the past week in the West Bank settlements of Kedumim and Beit El, and others at IDF bases, where he spoke about a need for national unity and referred to... Continue Reading

Rocker Aviv Geffen is going public with his political about-face in August 2022, performing in settlements that he previously criticized (Courtesy YouTube screengrab)

Security forces from the Civil Administration and the police demolish one of the homes in the illegal settlement outpost of Ramat Migron on August 30, 2022. (Courtesy Ramat Migron settlers)

Ramat Migron illegal settlement outpost demolished for third time this month

By Jeremy Sharon

Opposition and Likud party leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in Likud primaries, at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022,. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Jewish Israeli voters have moved significantly rightward in recent years, data shows

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Percentage of those who identify as right-wing has grown from 46% in 2019 to 62% now, with both center and left shrinking

Demolition of Ramat Migron outpost in the West Bank, August 30, 2022. (Courtesy Ramat Migron residents)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug 30: Defiance at Ramat Migron; parties vying for the Arab vote

Illustrative image: a doctor in Afghanistan fills a syringe with a vaccine donated by the COVAX program on Sunday, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Israeli study: Western powers can protect own people by donating COVID shots abroad

By Nathan Jeffay

Game theory analysis finds big, vaccine-rich countries could protect citizens’ lives more effectively by dispatching spare doses to developing countries than by stockpiling them

President Isaac Herzog addresses an event marking the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, on August 29, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Herzog calls to ‘reclaim Zionism,’ turn it from a slur to a source of pride

By Judah Ari Gross

President makes his remarks in headline speech at event marking 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Switzerland

Composite photo showing Theodor Herzl, left, on the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, August 1897, and President Isaac Herzog on the same balcony, August 29, 2022. (GPO)

In Basel, Herzog recreates Herzl balcony photo, urges Israel-Diaspora unity in op-ed

Close-up of a ornate cross found in the Guelph Treasure (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia)

US court dismisses $200m Nazi-treasure dispute, filed by heirs of Jewish art dealers

By Kristen Grieshaber

Similar lawsuit over Guelph Treasure, medieval trove of Christian artifacts, was thrown out in Germany, where court rejected claims that 1935 sale was forced and below market value

A screenshot of an Iranian Shahed-129 combat drone. (YouTube/Future Technology of Military)

Russia displeased with 1st combat drones delivered by Iran for Ukraine war – report

By ToI Staff and AP

Moscow unhappy with early performance of advanced attack and stealth UAVs, says Washington Post; delivery said marred by serious technical failures in early tests

Ukrainian soldiers on top of an Ukrainian armoured fighting vehicle are pictured on a road in the countryside of Siversk, in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on July 8, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Ukraine launches operation to push back Russian troops in Kherson

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Russian Army soldier looks through a sniper rifle scope as she and other soldiers guard a group of foreign journalists visiting a captured Ukrainian checkpoint and well-fortified trenches near Schastia town, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, June 11, 2022. (AP)

Russia struggles to recruit soldiers for Ukraine, says Pentagon

By AFP

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Yaffa Ben David, the secretary general of the Israel Teachers Union, arrives for negotiations at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 30, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Teachers union chief signals optimism in talks to avert strike, but gaps remain

By Michael Horovitz

As school year meant to start Thursday, Yaffa Ben David says aim is to iron out details quickly, with significant hurdles cleared; sides still at loggerheads over vacation days

Screen capture from video of Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton speaking with Channel 12, August 29, 2022. (Channel 12)

Ministers optimistic they can reach deal to avert strike at start of school year

The stained-glass window at the front of the St. Peter's by the Sea Espicopal church in downtown Sitka, Alaska, features a star of David in its center. (Dan Fellner/ JTA)

'Some shlemiel must have gotten them mixed up'

Why does a 120-year-old church in Alaska have a prominent Star of David window?

Locals only have theories about how a seemingly out-of-place icon in the remote town of Sitka got there, but one thing is certain: The beloved landmark spurs conversation

A view of the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon, the home of Swastika Mountain. (Public domain)

Mount Halo rises

Oregon’s Swastika Mountain to soon be renamed

By Andrew Lapin

History of 4,000-feet mountain predates Nazi Germany, may soon be dubbed Mount Halo after a chief who led the area’s Indigenous Yoncalla Kalapuya tribe in the 1800s

In this July 30, 2009 file photo, visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, R.I., the oldest existing Jewish house of worship in the United States. (AP/Eric J. Shelton)

Congregation at oldest US synagogue can stay for now, says judge

More Headlines

Screen capture from video of Uri Shchori, who was filmed attacking another driver with a machete, arrives for a remand hearing, August 29, 2022. (Twitter)

Man filmed threatening Arab driver with machete says he thought he was a terrorist

An aerial view shows a flooded residential area after heavy monsoon rains in Balochistan province, Pakistan, on August 29, 2022. (Fida Hussain/AFP)

A third of Pakistan is underwater as tens of millions swamped by deadly floods

An illustrative photo of Sunfrost frozen vegetables in Jerusalem on August 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Health officials inspect Tnuva factory after animal parts found in frozen veggies

A flower wreath with the Israeli flag is seen at Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentatat, the memorial site for the 11 Israeli athletes and German police officer killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics, Olympic Park in Munich, southern Germany, August 17, 2022. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP)

Families of Munich Olympic victims said close to compensation deal with Germany

Warda Abu Hadid, Iyad Halak’s caregiver. (Screenshot)

Caregiver for autistic Palestinian killed by police sues, citing emotional trauma

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) and Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada shake hands during a signing of the Japan-Israel defense exchange memorandum of understanding after their bilateral meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, August 30, 2022. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP)

In Tokyo, Gantz signs defense deal with Japan as global tensions simmer

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative image of a car being refueled at a gas station, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Gasoline prices set to drop midnight Wednesday, but not by as much as expected

An illustrative photo of seared scallops. (Photo by Connie Perez on Unsplash)

Jerusalem startup pulls in initial funding for ‘world’s first’ cultivated scallops

By Ricky Ben-David

Police officers are seen at the scene of a deadly incident at a Rishon Lezion landfill, where a 40-year-old Palestinian worker was crushed to death by an excavator, August 29, 2022. (Israel Police)

Palestinian worker crushed to death by excavator at Rishon Lezion landfill

The Nerivio device developed by Theranica Bioelectronics is worn on the upper arm to stimulate the body's neural pathway and fight migraine pain. (Courtesy)

Israeli startup Theranica, maker of migraine-zapping device, nabs $45m investment

By Ricky Ben-David

This image from US Capitol Police security video and contained in the government's sentencing memorandum for Joshua Pruitt, circled in yellow by source, shows him entering the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (Department of Justice via AP)

Proud Boy-linked US Capitol rioter who encountered Schumer jailed for over 4 years

By Michael Kunzelman

The NASA moon rocket stands ready at sunrise on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, August 29, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after unexplained engine problem

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