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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 19, 2022

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks to ambassadors from EU nations on October 19, 2022 (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gantz: Israel may supply Ukraine with rocket and drone alert system, but not weapons

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister says Jerusalem seeking info needed for development of ‘life-saving civilian early-warning system,’ amid repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities

People react as a drone fires on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Iran said to send IRGC military trainers to aid Russia deploy drones against Ukraine

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gives a press conference, after meeting with his Russian counterpart for talks in Antalya, Turkey, on March 10, 2022. (AFP)

As Russia turns to Iranian-made drones, Kyiv to request Israeli air defense help

By Lazar Berman

'Religious Zionism will be part of our gov't in any case'

Netanyahu says he’ll ‘examine’ far-right ally’s proposals that could end his trial

By Alexander Fulbright

Likud chief insists no plans ‘to cancel anything retroactively,’ denies avoiding photo with Ben Gvir, as he urges right-wingers to back his party over Religious Zionism

Opposition leader and Likud chief Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference of the Manufacturers Association of Israel in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shlomo Filber, former director general of the Communications Ministry, at a court hearing in the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court, June 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud pays big money to polling firm headed by state witness in Netanyahu trial

Grant Shapps leaves 10 Downing Street after being appointed as Home Secretary following Suella Braveman's resignation, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Live updates (closed)

Under-fire Truss appoints Jewish MP Grant Shapps as new UK interior minister

UK prime minister rocked by loss of second high profile minister in a week; Shapps, who also ran to be Conservative leader, is a former head of Jewish youth organization BBYO

6:30 pm

In recording Sara Netanyahu heard calling ex-Shin Bet chief a 'shit' and a 'moron'
6:18 pm

Police: Gunman killed in Ma'ale Adumim also killed soldier in Jerusalem 2 weeks ago
6:00 pm

Truss appoints Jewish MP Grant Shapps as new interior minister

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

The threshold of political pain: How a tiny reform radicalized Israeli politics

A seemingly small change to election rules passed in 2014 has backfired, empowering extreme parties and playing a central role in producing our belligerent and deadlocked reality

The Central Elections Committee counts ballots from soldiers and absentee voters at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 10, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Former IDF chief of staff and Knesset candidate Gadi Eisenkot unveils the National Unity party's plan for improving Israel's internal security, October 18, 2022. (Elad Malka)

Unveiling ‘Eisenkot Plan,’ National Unity makes security-related election pitch

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

A composite image of Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Yair Lapid during their respective Likud and Yesh Atid faction meetings at the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

2 weeks out, election polls see renewed gridlock, Religious Zionism rising

By Alexander Fulbright

Illustrative image: patient Gary Millerat a specialist long COVID clinic in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Long COVID seriously shakes sense of wellbeing, first-of-kind Israeli study finds

By Nathan Jeffay

Giving rare insight into how long COVID impacts people, preprint study finds just a single long COVID symptom can reduce sense of wellbeing by more than 10 percent

After J’lem reversal, Israel said to fear Australia may recognize Palestinian state

Official indicates Jerusalem reacted very harshly to Canberra withdrawing recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital in order to send ‘message’ about Palestinian statehood

In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, October 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia. (Australia Pool via AP)

Goods purchased with the help of Kherson region Chief Rabbi Yosef Wolff in Russian-controlled Crimea are unloaded at the synagogue in Russian-occupied Kherson on the Black Sea, March 10, 2022. (Courtesy)

'We can't discuss the war, I think people are listening in'

‘We don’t know who’s alive’: Concern mounts for Jews in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Many who were unwilling or unable to abandon their homes now languish under occupation. Damaged infrastructure and fear of eavesdropping prevent loved ones from learning their fate

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski

The forgotten ghetto in the heart of Gdansk

Residents of this Polish city and tourists who visit it should know about the hell that some people inflicted on other people in this place during World War II

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

Shira’s secret cyber cookies

The IDF doesn’t run on brains, brawn, and bravery alone, you know; for six years, its soldiers counted on batches of one mom’s botched recipe

Malaysia shows suspected local Mossad agents behind alleged kidnapping of Hamas man

Chained, blindfolded men led to courthouse amid media reports of ‘bungled’ snatch operation leading to more than a dozen arrests

Screen capture from October 18, 2022 video of Malaysian suspects accused of working for the Mossad to kidnap a Palestinian man in Kuala Lumpur for interrogation over his ties to the Hamas terror group. (Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, October 19, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldiers arrest 12 wanted Palestinians in West Bank amid ongoing unrest

By Emanuel Fabian

Footage shows convoy of military vehicles coming under rock attack in Ramallah area; Palestinian shot after allegedly hurling firebombs at troops

Israeli soldiers retreive a Skylark drone that crashed in the West Bank city of Hebron, October 19, 2022. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Small IDF drone crashes in Hebron, is retrieved by troops

By Emanuel Fabian

In this December 4, 2006 file photo, Syria's President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh in Damascus, Syria. (AP/Sana, File)

Hamas delegation visits Syria for first time in a decade, will meet Assad

Leader of Palestinian terror group says ‘too early’ to discuss moving HQ back to Damascus, after thaw brokered by Iran and Hezbollah

FILE - Women speak to guards at the gate that closes off the section for foreign families who lived in the Islamic State's so-called caliphate, at Al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Hundreds linked to Islamic State moved from Syria to notorious camp in Iraq

By AFP

Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi speaks to journalists in Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (IRNA via AP)

Iranian Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, gets hero’s welcome in Tehran

By Jon Gambrell

Climber greeted by supporting crowds at airport after appearing to defy regime at competition; says move was ‘unintentional’ amid fears for her safety

Iranian women shout slogans to protest over the death of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Iran to criminalize sale of VPNs used to skirt internet restrictions

By AFP

Illustrative: In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, tear gas is fired by security to disperse protestors in front of the Tehran University in Iran, October 1, 2022. (AP Photo)

Iranian university students protest during visit by government official

By AFP

Analysis

Aaron Pilkington

Iranian drones in Russian hands show there’s already one victor in Ukraine war: Iran

Tehran’s involvement in the conflict raises its profile, helps its weapons industry and boosts its influence in Syria, all advancing its main goal of undermining US, Western powers

Illustrative: In this photo released by the Iranian Army on August 25, 2022, a drone is launched in a military drone drill in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

Illustrative: In this photo released by the Iranian Army on August 25, 2022, a drone is launched in a military drone drill in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

European Union prepares to sanction Iran over Russia drone sales

By AFP

In this file photo from May 20, 2022, Russian servicemen patrol at the Eternal Flame monument in Kherson, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Olga Maltseva/AFP)

Russian proxies flee Kherson as Ukraine advances in annexed territories

By AFP

'Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors' (Courtesy); Tova Friedman's kasha varnishkes (Ellen Silverman).

Recipe inside'They're more than recipes, they're testimonies'

Recipes in this Holocaust survivors’ cookbook nourished souls during and after WWII

By Rich Tenorio

All of the 110-plus dishes in the newly-released ‘Honey Cake & Latkes’ were provided by Auschwitz survivors who say discussing the recipes helped them live through their starvation

Lebanese President Michel Aoun gives a speech on the maritime border agreement with Israel in the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, October 13, 2022. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Lebanon calls for exploration in offshore gas field to begin after deal with Israel

Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with officials from France’s TotalEnergies, urges production to swiftly start to make up for time spent on US-brokered talks

File - Rapper Kanye West wears a Make America Great Again hat during a meeting with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘He was great to me’: Trump speaks out in support of Kanye West amid tirades

Former US president avoids addressing recent antisemitism scandal but says rapper had always been ‘really nice’ to him; notes that he was ‘great’ to the MAGA movement as well

Passengers sit in a waiting room on the Jordanian side of the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan on July 19, 2022. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)

Inside storyUS envoy: 'We expect this commitment to be fulfilled'

Biden-promised plan to operate Allenby crossing 24/7 faces new hurdle

Airports Authority head says board needs to meet to discuss roll-out of pilot program during election season; transportation minister warns that delay risks hampering ties with US

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

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 19: Biden’s 4G promise, a tech update, Ted Deutch’s new role

US President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during a Democratic National Committee event at the Howard Theatre, in Washington, October 18, 2022. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Biden vows to enshrine nationwide abortion rights if Democrats succeed in midterms

By Sebastian Smith

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A police investigator examines a gun found at the home of one of four suspects arrested on suspicion of connection to the murder of Arab Israeli journalist Nidal Agbaria in Umm al-Fahm in September, October 19, 2022. (Israel Police)

Police arrest four Umm al-Fahm residents in probe of journalist’s murder

Naama Issachar gestures during an appeal hearings in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, December 19, 2019. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.)

Report: Israeli traveler was kept in Russian jail extra day for Netanyahu photo op

Ultra-Orthodox pilgrims face off with police during Lag B'Omer celebrations, in Meron, on May 19, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Meron disaster probe committee presents initial findings to prime minister

A site of cement maker Lafarge is pictured in Paris, November 14, 2017. (Christophe Ena/AP)

French cement company admits to paying off Islamic State, other terror groups

By AFP

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives for a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris July 28, 2022. (Lewis Joly/AP)

Family says Riyadh has sentenced joint US-Saudi citizen to 16 years over tweets

By AP

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at the Knesset, on March 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rights group appeals against Shaked’s deportation order for terrorist’s relatives

By Jeremy Sharon

Former chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezaei. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iran official for alleged role in 1994 AMIA bombing

The United States' Jesse Owens, center, salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, alongside German silver medalist Luz Long, who performs a Nazi salute, right, and bronze medalist Naoto Tajima, of Japan, during the eleventh Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, August 11, 1936. (AP Photo)

Medal of German Olympian who defied Hitler in ’36 Games auctioned at nearly $500,000

By AP

Illustrative photo of an American F-15 intercepting a Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber during a Russian exercise near the west coast of Alaska in 2008. (US Air Force/Wikimedia Commons)

US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers near Alaska

By AFP

The entry to Lego store in the Rockefeller Plaza, in New York, June 2019. (Alexandre Tziripouloff via iStock by Getty Images)

From the webLego parent company buys education tech firm BrainPOP, founded by Israeli doctor

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