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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 27, 2022

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Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni looks at the crowd of center-right supporters at a rally in central Rome, Thursday, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Decried 'another massacre of children in Gaza' in 2014 tweet

Italy far-right leader once hailed Iran, Hezbollah as defenders of Syrian Christians

2018 video shows Giorgia Meloni, who has now vowed to support Israel, offering praise of Syria’s Assad and his backers

Italian election frontrunner Giorgia Meloni speak during a campaign rally on September 20, 2022 in Palermo, Sicily.(Igor Petyx/ANSA/AFP)

AnalysisItaly’s Meloni portrays herself as strong supporter of Israel, rejects fascist past

Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the center-right party Forza Italia shows a ballot before casting his vote at a polling station in Milan, Italy, September 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy’s ‘immortal’ Berlusconi returns to parliament yet again, seeking fatherly role

By AFP

Demonstrators hold placards outside the Iranian Embassy in London, September 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Iran steps up arrests of activists, journalists as crackdown on protests escalates

By Stuart Williams

Arrests come on top of internet restrictions and blocking of Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the world

Sympathizers of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) take part in a demonstration in support of Iranian protesters near the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, Austria on September 26, 2022. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

Rights group says at least 76 dead as Iran protests rage despite violent crackdown

By Stuart Williams

Syrian Kurdish women take part in a demonstration in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on September 25, 2022, to express their support for 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (portrait), who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

Video shows Iranian authorities assaulting girl who removes hijab in front of them

By ToI Staff and AFP

Two Ukrainian soldiers who were injured in the war in Ukraine arrive at Sheba medical center, September 26, 2022. (Sheba Medical Center via Twitter; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

First severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers arrive in Israel for medical treatment

A total of 20 service members will be treated at Sheba Medical Center as part of Israel-Ukraine agreement

Ruslan Zinin, 25, who shot and killed a Russian military officer at an enlistment office in the Siberian city of Ust-Ilimsk amid Moscow's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine, September 26, 2022. (Twitter)

Gunman kills Russian military recruiter as opposition to Ukraine mobilization grows

By Adam Schreck and Jon Gambrell

A Luhansk People's Republic serviceman votes in a polling station in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic, controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Annexation vote wraps up in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine

By Adam Schreck and Jon Gambrell

Mexican authorities raid Lev Tahor cult compound, detain 26 members

By Tobias Siegal

Some members face serious sex charges and could get up to 20 years in prison if found guilty by a Mexican court; 3-year-old boy returned to father in Israel who previously escaped

Members of Lev Tahor prepare to depart their compound in eastern Sarajevo, February 3, 2022. (Courtesy/Davorin Sekulic/Klix.ba)

In this handout photo, Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov "Kobi" Shabtai (L) speaks with Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Turgeman (R) on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, September 27, 2022. (Israel Police)

Police chief tours tense Temple Mount as Jewish visits resume for Rosh Hashanah

1 arrested at compound during Yaakov Shabtai’s visit to Old City, day after clashes between cops and Palestinians at flashpoint holy site and across East Jerusalem

Border Police face Palestinian rioters in East Jerusalem, September 26, 2022. (Israel Police)

Palestinian rioters face off with police in East Jerusalem for 2nd night in a row

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP/Collage)

Abbas calls Gantz with holiday greeting, discusses West Bank security

By Tobias Siegal and Jacob Magid

Ferula drudeana. (Wikimedia Creative Commons)

Return of the panacea

Ancient ‘miracle plant,’ believed extinct, said rediscovered in Turkey

By Tobias Siegal

Turkish prof. says ferula drudeana, found growing on Mt. Hasan in Anatolia, is ancient silphion — a seasoning, aphrodisiac, medicine, and contraceptive — not seen for 2,000 years

From left to right: Genealogist Genie Milgrom, Reconnectar's Ashley Perry, and ASF Institute of Jewish Experience's Drora Arussy (Avrom Ariev)

'The woman is a mad crazy data entry dynamo'

Initiatives help descendants of Crypto-Jews reconnect with stolen Sephardic heritage

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry validates identity, while an online ancestral database of 45,000 Sephardic family names makes searching for roots easier

A NASA spacecraft beams images of an asteroid to crew on the ground, before striking the asteroid 7 million miles from Earth, September 26, 2022. (Screenshot)

NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in first ever test of planetary defense

Space agency aims to alter orbit of rock by smashing craft, known as DART, into its surface, in venture hitherto only attempted in science fiction

Crawler Transporter-2 outside the gates at Launch Pad 39B as teams configure systems for rolling NASA's moon rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 24, 2022. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

NASA calls off 3rd attempt to launch moon rocket due to hurricane

Arafat’s nephew returns to Gaza, mounting challenge against aging, unpopular Abbas

By AFP and ToI Staff

Nasser al-Kidwa builds support in terror-ruled Strip, calling Palestinian Authority ‘totalitarian’ and destructive, as PA’s rule appears increasingly tenuous

Nasser al-Kidwa, right, former minister for foreign affairs of the Palestinian Authority, in Gaza City on September 24, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Sheldon Kirshner

Rashida Tlaib’s absurd acid test

The Michigan congresswoman’s denunciation of Israel supporters puts her in line with the ideologies of totalitarians and theocrats like Iran and Hezbollah

Ethiopian Aliyah: The Hope and the Promise

I’m proud to be playing a role in the redemption of our brothers and sisters in Ethiopia and in the ingathering of exiles – but our work is not yet done

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on a screen as he addresses the audience from Kyiv during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022. (AP/Markus Schreiber, File)

Author interview'I had no idea world leaders would call him their friend'

The unlikely rise – and remarkable endurance – of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky

By Rich Tenorio

A new biography of the resilient president by journalist Serhii Rudenko chronicles his start as a law student and TV actor, through the war that revealed his true colors

From left to right: Leader of Italian far-right Lega (League) party Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, and Italian centre-right lawmaker Maurizio Lupi stand on stage during a joint rally of Italy's coalition of far-right and right-wing parties at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, September 22, 2022. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)

Italy’s far-right leader begins complex task of cobbling together coalition

Giorgia Meloni races against time to divide roles among allies while several challenges loom, among them a deadline to submit a draft budget plan to the EU by October 15

Leader of Italian far-right party "Fratelli d'Italia" (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni holds a placard reading "Thank You Italy" after she delivered an address at her party's campaign headquarters overnight on September 26, 2022 in Rome, after the country voted in a legislative election. Meloni is on course to take power at the heart of Europe. (Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

US, EU signal willingness to work with Italy’s victorious far right

By AFP and ToI Staff

Leader of Italian far-right party Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, arrives to cast her vote at a polling station on September 25, 2022 in Rome. (Andreas Solar/AFP)

After former Mussolini admirer Meloni’s win in Italy, what happens now?

By Alice Ritchie and Ella Ide

Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami speaks during the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on September 26, 2022. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

IAEA head meets with Iranian atomic chief amid dispute on undeclared nuclear sites

By AFP and ToI Staff

‘Dialogue has restarted with Iran on clarification of outstanding safeguards issues,’ Rafael Grossi says after vowing UN watchdog won’t close probe opposed by Tehran

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks at the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, September 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Theresa Wey)

IAEA, Iran signal no compromise on impasse over undeclared nuclear sites

By ToI Staff and AFP

Militiamen of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, September 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard strikes Kurds in Iraq, as anti-regime protests rage

Saudi Arabia reclaims the West’s embrace as Khashoggi killing fades

In a triumphant week, Riyadh brokers Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap, holds UN summit, hosts German chancellor and talks energy with White House, but human rights pushed aside

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, participates in a working session with US President Joe Biden at the Al Salman Royal Palace, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Firefighters and Navy personnel carry a body recovered from the sea in Puerto Ayora in Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, on September 26, 2022, after a boat with tourists sank in the archipelago located 1,000 km off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. (Carlos Villalba/AFP)

Four dead as boat sinks off Galapagos, several still missing, three Israelis rescued

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Railway tracks near Karmiel, in northern Israel, on November 8, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Arab Israeli man held after apparent attempt to derail a train in northern Israel

Novak Djokovic serves to Felix Auger-Allassime during their singles tennis match at the Laver Cup tennis tournament at the O2 arena in London, September 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Tennis legend Novak Djokovic ‘happy and excited’ to land in Israel for tournament

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Building damaged in a fire late at night in Kiryat Moshe, November 25, 2020. (Courtesy: Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson)

Man arrested after wife found dead in burning home

Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes during the FIDE World Championship at Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Backdoor gambitWorld chess champ Carlsen accuses US teen rival Niemann of cheating

By AFP

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese lawmakers to elect country’s next president despite lack of consensus

By Kareem Chehayeb

The Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Danish premier says ‘cannot rule out’ sabotage to Russian gas pipelines

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and JAN M. OLSEN

Storm clouds are seen as Hurricane Ian approaches in St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 26, 2022. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP)

Hurricane Ian hits Cuba, heads for Florida as Category 3 storm

By Leticia PINEDA

Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, arrives at the prime minister's official residence after the attestation ceremony of the cabinet by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Imperial Palace, October 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Russia expels Japanese diplomat detained for alleged spying; Tokyo denies accusation

By Mari Yamaguchi

An undated photo of Edward Snowden, a former contract employee at the US National Security Agency. (YouTube screen capture)

Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden

By AP

Illustrative: Roger Waters poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Roger Waters Us + Them' at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sepember 6, 2019. (Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

Polish city says it canceled Roger Waters concerts over his support for Russia

By Vanessa Gera

Video released by police Platteville, Colorado, shows the moment a freight train collides with a patrol car in which a suspect was being held, September 16, 2022. (Youtube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Train smashes into parked Colorado patrol car in which fleeing cops had left suspect

By ToI Staff and AP

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