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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 9, 2022

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Sgt Noa Lazar, 18, who was killed in a shooting attack in East Jerusalem on October 8, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Lapid: We will not rest until terrorist brought to justice

Soldier killed in East Jerusalem shooting identified as 18-year-old Noa Lazar

Resident of northern community of Bat Hefer was hit when Palestinian gunman opened fire on checkpoint; guard wounded in attack in serious condition after undergoing brain surgery

Sgt. Noa Lazar, 18, who was killed in a shooting attack in East Jerusalem on October 8, 2022. (Facebook)

Soldier killed in checkpoint shooting eulogized, as leaders vow to catch attacker

Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting attack at a checkpoint outside the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, October 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Female soldier killed, guard badly hurt in shooting at East Jerusalem checkpoint

A Palestinian gunman (circled in red) approaches a group of IDF soldiers and civilian guards, apparently undetected, at an East Jerusalem checkpoint on October 8 2022 (Screencapture)

Video shows gunman opened fire on checkpoint guards from point-blank range

CCTV footage indicates apparent lapses in security as gunman manages to approach soldiers and civilian guards and shoot without being detected, before fleeing

Supreme Court Chief Justice Ester Hayut (C) and fellow justices arrive for a hearing on the Central Elections Committee decision to disqualify Balad from running in the upcoming Knesset election, October 6, 2022. (Jonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court overturns election bans for Arab Balad party and ex-Yamina MK Chikli

Unanimous decisions allow Balad to run in elections, while Chikli will be able to take up spot on Likud list; court also rejects appeal against allowing MK Idit Silman to run

Then-alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/ Flash90)

Bennett said weighing resigning as alternate PM immediately after Nov. 1 elections

Likud chief and opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, October 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Court orders Netanyahu to return late cousin’s $300,000 gift to cover legal fees

Israelis cast their votes at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the elections for the 24th Knesset, March 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

From The Hartman Institute

What are Israelis Saying with Their Votes?

When voters define themselves by their party, what values are they actually expressing? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi and Elana Stein Hain discuss.

The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen by satellite (Photo: Google Earth)

Interview

How Israel nearly failed to spot Syria’s nuclear reactor, from the man who found it

By Amir Bar Shalom

Amnon Sofrin, ex-head of Mossad intelligence, recalls a misguided search, an eventual realization, and the moment he told the PM that Israel faced an immediate existential threat

An Israeli Sa'ar Class 5 Corvette guards the Energean floating production, storage and offloading vessel at the Karish gas field, in footage published by the military on July 2, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Despite tensions, testing of gas pipeline starts at Karish drilling site

Defense minister warns of ‘resolute’ response to any attack as proposed maritime deal flounders; ‘And if things develop into a broader conflict, we will take Lebanon apart’

A mother sits with her child who was diagnosed with cholera in a hospital in Deir el-Zour, Syria, Thursday, September 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

After Syria, Lebanon also faces first cholera outbreak in years

14 guests: Making Sukkot a time of heritage and wisdom

With a key twist on traditional ushpizin, we enter our sukkahs to sit with the memories of our forebears, and apply the lessons of their experiences to our lives

The lonely gay person of faith

The Orthodox world may not have it all figured out, and if we’re going to err, perhaps it should be on the side of compassion and human dignity

A screenshot shows an anti-regime message that a hacking group cut into an Iranian state TV broadcast, October 8, 2022. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hackers disrupt Iranian supreme leader on state TV with anti-regime message

By ToI Staff and AFP

Government news broadcast cuts to footage showing women and girls killed during protests, crosshairs on Supreme Leader Khamenei’s forehead, as mass demonstrations enter 4th week

In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a police motorcycle and a trash bin are burning during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation's morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo)

‘A time bomb’: Anger rises in Kurdish city at heart of Iran protests

By SAMYA KULLAB and SALAR SALIM

State of the campaign

Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman

Why Gantz’s campaign might only really begin the day after the elections

Maintaining good relations with all sides, the defense minister is hoping neither Lapid nor Netanyahu can get 61seats, and he’ll sweep in as the ‘palatable compromise candidate’

The cast of characters created by former and current cast members from the award-winning satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet,' celebrating 20 years of comedy (Courtesy Channel 12 Facebook)

Israel’s favorite sketch comedy show celebrates 20 years of political satire

By Jessica Steinberg

Kanye West at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California, February 9, 2020. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Kanye West says he’ll go to ‘death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE’ after Instagram ban

Rapper claims Jews sabotaged him after the social media platform restricts his account over messages he sent to fellow rapper Diddy that some condemned as antisemitic

Liraz Charhi of 'Tehran' (Shay Franco)

Music of Israel’s ‘Tehran’ star Liraz Charhi becomes a soundtrack for Iran protests

By Michael Horovitz

Israeli singer secretly collaborated with Iranian artists in Istanbul on her latest album, and performed alongside them during a music festival in Krakow

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli at the launch of a new Shabbat bus route in Haifa, October 8, 2022 (Merav Michaeli Twitter account)

Ignoring objections, minister inaugurates new bus route in Haifa during Shabbat

‘The time has come to fight for our truth,’ Labor party leader Michaeli says as she rides line in northern city

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman blows the shofar close to the Golden Gate of the Eastern Wall of the Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem, October 1, 2022. (Courtesy)

Report: Police chief says MK’s shofar-blowing near flashpoint site could ignite war

Kobi Shabtai said to pan Simcha Rothman’s actions at Muslim cemetery as ‘pure provocation’; courts have repeatedly upheld activists’ right to perform ritual

Hundreds of Palestinian Muslims celebrate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday with a procession in Jerusalem's Old City, October 8, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

6 arrested in Jerusalem clashes during event to mark Muhammad’s birthday

Jerusalem's giant sukkah at Safra Square, hosting events and activities throughout the seven days of Sukkot, October 10-16, 2022 (Courtesy Jerusalem Municipality)

Step out of your booth: The 7 days of Sukkot bring festivals of arts – and coffee

By Jessica Steinberg

Along with arguably the world’s largest sukkah, Israel puts on activities geared to a wide range of interests

A multiple-story supermarket. Illustrative. (Photo via Pixabay via Pexels)

Israeli startup uses magnetic fields to provide accurate indoor navigation

By Judith Segaloff

Tel Aviv wayfinder company Oriient works with supermarket chains, retailers to allow shoppers to find their way inside spaces

A Russian serviceman guards in an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

UN: Ukraine nuclear power plant loses external power link

By AP

Site now relying on emergency power; though reactors shut down, they still require electricity for cooling and other safety functions

Ukrainian firefighters carry the body of a civilian killed in Russian a strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 6, 2022.
(Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)

Death toll rises to 17 after Russian missile strike near nuclear plant

By AFP

The 1,500 year-old golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones, one of the world's most valuable artifacts from the blood-letting rule of Attila the Hun, is seen in a museum in Melitopol, Ukraine, in November 2020. (AP Photo)

Industrial-scale Russian looting destroys Ukraine’s historical sites and artifacts

By HANNA ARHIROVA

Chinese censors did not allow a local company to print copies of 'The Queen of Cleveland' for American publisher Hasidic Archives. (Book cover image courtesy of Hasidic Archives/ via JTA)

'Even after her death, the Communists fight her message'

Chinese censors ban the printing of Hasidic woman’s memoir for a US publisher

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Citing ‘anti-Communist’ content, authorities won’t let locals print ‘The Queen of Cleveland,’ Shula Kazen’s story of surviving the Iron Curtain, even though it would be sold abroad

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Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen addresses his supporters during an election rally in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Theresa Wey,file)

Incumbent expected to trounce far-right candidate as Austrians vote for president

By Julia ZAPPEI

Munib Al-Masri at his home, Beit Falasteen, overlooking Nablus, April 8, 2014. (Suha Halifa/Times of Israel)

Wealthiest Palestinian to demand apology from UK for alleged British Mandate abuse

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao answers a question during a Zoom meeting interview with The Associated Press on November 16, 2021. (AP Photo, File)

Scammers make off with $100 million from world’s largest crypto exchange

By AFP

File: Israel's Moanes Dabour, left, fights for the ball with Scotland's Liam Cooper during the Euro 2020 playoff semifinal soccer match between Scotland and Israel, at the Hampden stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Israel hopeful of qualifying for Euro 2024 soccer tournament after favorable draw

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby makes an address at Westminster Abbey, London, November 11, 2018. (Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP)

From our partnerArchbishop of Canterbury ‘concerned’ by potential UK embassy move to Jerusalem

Illustrative image of a police car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)

Criminal shooting targets home in upscale Tel Aviv neighborhood

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