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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 12, 2022

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Israel's security cabinet meets to discuss the Israel-Lebanon maritime border agreement, October 12, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

High Court rejects request to prevent gov't signing the deal

Government votes to advance Lebanon maritime border deal

By Lazar Berman

All ministers except Shaked agree to send US-brokered agreement to Knesset, where it will be reviewed but not voted on before cabinet gives its final approval

An Israeli navy vessel is pictured off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), on June 6, 2022. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

Full textFull text of the maritime border deal agreed between Israel and Lebanon

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks at Tel Aviv Univerisity, September 28, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

AG: Government not required to hold referendum or Knesset vote on Lebanon deal

By Jeremy Sharon

Left to right: Prime Minister Yair Lapid, US President Joe Biden and Lebanese President Michel Aoun. (Collage/AP)

‘You’re making history’: Biden hails border deal in calls with Lapid, Lebanon’s Aoun

Israel says it’ll receive guarantees from US; administration official says opportunity may disappear if not immediately exploited, amid calls to wait until after Israeli election

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, gives a televised speech for the Shiite commemoration of Arbaeen, September 17, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hezbollah terror chief welcomes border deal, claims ‘resistance’ prodded Israel

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Maritime border deal with Lebanon to be presented for Knesset review on Wednesday

The archive of the tracing and information center of the Russian Red Cross in Moscow, September 29, 2022.
(Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)

Russians search for Jewish roots to flee Putin’s army draft for Israel

By Marina LAPENKOVA

Genealogists trace Jewish ancestry for Russians seeking move to Israel and private agencies pop up to facilitate emigration as tens of thousands run from Ukraine mobilization

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

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power for 2nd time in 5 days

By Adam Schreck and HANNA ARHIROVA

Illustrative: An employee cleans the debris at the remains of a car shop that was destroyed after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 11, 2022. (Leo Correa/AP)

Body of former Israeli soccer coach released as part of Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap

By Michael Horovitz and AFP

iCON 2023!

iCON is The iCenter’s biennial convening of the field of Israel education. It’s Where Israel & Education Meet, and your opportunity to connect, learn, create, and celebrate the field.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid convenes his security cabinet to discuss the Israel-Lebanon maritime border agreement, October 12, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)

Analysis

Leaked text of Lebanon-Israel maritime deal underscores its ambiguity

US-brokered agreement doesn’t create an internationally recognized border between the two countries and leaves ‘plenty of room for friction,’ experts say

ExplainerCaretaker government can pass Lebanon deal by invoking ‘essential public need’

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Deir Sharaf, near Nablus in the West Bank on October 12, 2022, (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

IDF imposes closure on Nablus after soldier killed in shooting

By Emanuel Fabian

Roadblocks affect exit from northern West Bank city, junction near scene of attack that killed Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch; military says some roads open with ‘strict security checks’

Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch, 21, killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank on October 11, 2022 (Courtesy)

IDF soldier shot to death in West Bank attack remembered as ‘a magical person’

A drone belonging to the Hamas terror group is seen after being downed by troops on the border with the Gaza Strip, on October 11, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF downs quadcopter drone flown by Hamas near Gaza border

By Emanuel Fabian

The Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, May 22, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Interview

Leading New York Reform rabbi launches push against anti-Zionism in the movement

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue hopes Amplify Israel program will reverse slide against Zionism, views the trend as an existential threat to Reform movement

From the blogs

Daniel B. Shapiro

Creative diplomacy yields wins for Lebanon and bigger wins for Israel

Whatever victory Hezbollah’s Nasrallah may claim, this maritime deal means Lebanon has, for the first time, entered a de facto recognition of Israel and its borders

Iranian students remove their headscarves in protest after the death of Mahsa Amini who had been detained by the country's morality police, in Tehran, Iran, October 12, 2022. (Twitter)

Iran experiences ‘major’ disruptions to internet amid new wave of protests

By Jon Gambrell

One demonstration in Tehran sees some 30 women remove their headscarves while chanting ‘Death to the dictator!’ as passing cars honk in support

A garbage container blocks a road in the Iranian capital Tehran on October 8, 2022. (Photo obtained by AFP outside of Iran)

Human rights group says at least 108 dead in Iran crackdown on protests

By AFP

An Iranian morality policewoman walks between morality police vehicles, preparing to start a crackdown to enforce Islamic dress code in Tehran, July 23, 2007. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

Inside storyIran’s morality police: Cracking the whip against women for over a decade

By David Vujanovic

Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a briefing to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 12, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Lapid lauds Lebanon maritime deal as making war with Hezbollah ‘less likely’

In press conference, prime minister stresses that money from agreement will not reach terror group, slams opposition figures for spreading ‘false, poisonous’ lies about deal

6:24 pm

Herzog marks once-every-7-years 'Hakhel' religious ceremony at Western Wall
6:08 pm

Gantz says Israel not ceding 'one millimeter' on security issues with Lebanon deal
5:49 pm

Netanyahu slams Lebanon deal as a 'historic surrender' to Hezbollah, Iran

A Palestinian man walks in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 12, 2022, during a general strike by shops in solidarity with Shuafat refugee camp, where Israeli forces have been searching for the suspect in a deadly shooting attack. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Nablus hold strike amid manhunt for Shuafat shooter

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Businesses shuttered in solidarity with refugee camp, where Israeli forces have been clashing with locals as they search for suspect in killing of soldier at nearby checkpoint

Tanya Hoshovsky

My dear daughter… have things really changed?

When a critique of late 1500s Jewish women’s experience can largely be applied to today’s 21st century Orthodox Jewish women’s experience, we have a problem

Judaism as a conceptual art tradition: In the sukkah

Ecclesiastes says we don’t remember previous generations, and the future won’t remember us, but the experiential trappings of Sukkot help us overcome those lapses

Police on high alert as thousands gather at Western Wall for priestly blessing

Tensions running high in Jerusalem, West Bank, following a series of deadly attacks on troops; massive manhunts ongoing for two shooters still at large

Illustrative: In this file photo taken on January 27, 2021, Palestinian doctors and technicians work at the IVF laboratory at the Razan Center fertility clinic in Nablus, in the West Bank. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

With $92m in hand, Nazareth-based VC looks to invest in the Arab community

By Ethan Freedman

NGT’s new fund hopes to capitalize on burgeoning output from Arab medical sector; in 20 years, Arab Israelis went from making up 11.2% of new physicians to nearly half

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

Kanye West links Jews to ‘financial engineering’ in further antisemitic comments

Hip hop star espouses anti-Jewish conspiracies and stereotypes in unreleased Fox News interview footage, amid a series of attacks against Jews

Clockwise from top left: Editor David Horovitz, political correspondent Tal Schneider, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon and political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn. (Ariel Jerozolimski and courtesy)

ToI@10 event

TONIGHT: Join us in Jerusalem for a live elections event in which you set the agenda

On October 19 at the Train Theater, our team of political experts are ready to answer your burning questions ahead of the November 1 elections — plus interactive polling

Alternative for Germany representative Holger Winterstein posing with outstretched arms on one of the stone slabs that form the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (Twiter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel protests as far-right German politician seen dancing on Holocaust memorial

By AP

Alternative for Germany representative Holger Winterstein pictured standing with arms outstretched on stone slab at Berlin memorial

A detail of a large mosaic that dates back to Roman era is seen in the town of Rastan, Syria, October 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syria unveils ancient Roman mosaic deemed most important find since conflict began

Artifact shown in 4th-century building features rare portrayal of ancient Amazon warriors in Roman mythology; armed groups tried to sell piece in 2017

More Headlines

MK Sharren Haskel publicly cuts her hair in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement on October 11, 2022 (Screenshot/ Channel 12 -- used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

MK Haskel cuts hair on stage in show of solidarity with Iran protests

Maccabi Haifa's Israeli midfielder Omer Atzili (left) and Juventus' Colombian midfielder Juan Cuadrado fight for the ball during the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Israel's Maccabi Haifa and Italy's Juventus at the Sammy Ofer stadium in the city of Haifa on October 11, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Maccabi Haifa soccer sinks Juventus 2-0, ending two-decade Champions League drought

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israelis count the remaining ballots from soldiers and absentees at the parliament in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, April 10, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/File)

Polls indicate lukewarm support for Lebanon gas deal; still no clear election winner

Illustrative. A man using an electronic cigarette exhales in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, on October 4, 2019. (AP Photo/ Tony Dejak, File)

Man in serious condition after electronic cigarette blows up in his face

The first cranes of the fall migration season arrive at the Hula Lake Park is northern Israel, October 11, 2022. (Inbar Shlomit Rubin, KKL)

Fine feathersFirst cranes of the fall migration season arrive at Hula Lake

Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.
(NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA: Spacecraft knocked asteroid far off course in 1st test of planetary defense

US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House complex in Washington, October 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden vows ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ cuts oil output

By AAMER MADHANI

The Epsilon-6 rocket blasts off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki town, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, October 12, 2022. The Japanese space agency said its rocket failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan space rocket self-destructs after failed launch

By Kyoko HASEGAWA

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