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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 27, 2023

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Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern town of Kafr Kanna, August 26, 2023. (Flash90)

'There's no one to stop them; we pay with our lives'

Masked gunmen injure 6 family members, two seriously, at home in northern Arab town

In latest brazen criminal attack, gunmen open fire on relatives in yard before fleeing; woman, 29, and man, 55, are gravely hurt

Police at the scene of a shooting attack in the Arab town of Kafr Kanna, August 26, 2023. (Flash90)

3 arrested after Kafr Kanna shooting that wounded 6 members of 1 family

Police at the scene of a quadruple homicide in the northern town of Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Man shot dead in north, bringing 2023’s homicide toll in Arab community to 157

Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, speaks at the annual Cyber Week event at Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shin Bet chief to meet Arab municipal leaders over gang threats against candidates

Police chief and ministers Smotrich and Arbel, but not Ben Gvir, set to attend meeting on security of mayoral vote and candidates; Netanyahu mulls use of administrative detention

Sarit Ahmad, 18, whose brothers arranged for her murder due to her sexual orientation. She was shot to death in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Brother of lesbian Druze teen, 2 others charged with her murder

Police at the scene where family members were injured after a gunman opened fire in the Arab town of Kafr Kanna, northern Israel, August 26, 2023. (Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 27: Arab underworld shootings; Ben Gvir shoots off his mouth

Anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv on August 26, 2023 (Gitai Palti)

Lapid: 'Ben Gvir a despicable racist, a complete failure'

‘A minister who hates Arabs will protect Arab children?’: 100k at Tel Aviv protests

With latest rallies focusing on Arab community killings, mayor whose municipal official was slain says: ‘Whoever appoints Ben Gvir to keep us safe, doesn’t want to keep us safe’

Passengers ride the Tel Aviv light rail on its first day of service, August 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Tel Aviv light rail extends Saturday evening hours amid protests over Shabbat closure

Israeli soldiers stand guard at a roadblock following a shooting attack in the West Bank in the Jordan Valley, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Live updates (closed)

Israel says it foiled bid to smuggle Iran-made explosives over Jordan border

By Joshua Davidovich

Censor okays publication of new details into July incident near Ashdot Ya’akov; officials suspect weapons were brought in for use by terror groups in the West Bank

6:51 pm

Libyan political rivals slam premier over diplomatic opening with Israel
6:27 pm

Two arrested on trafficking suspicions after Georgian dies near Dead Sea
6:16 pm

With few screens, 'Golda' opens to $1.7 million at US box office

Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri, after signing a reconciliation deal with senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, during a short ceremony at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Senior Hamas official threatens ‘regional war’ if Israel resumes targeted killings

Saleh al-Arouri says Palestinian terror factions are readying for ‘all-out’ conflict; in response, Netanyahu vows whoever tries to harm Israelis ‘will pay the full price’

Illustrative: First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school, at the Tali Geulim school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2020. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Allergy doctors say it’s time to bring back Bamba as new school year set to start

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Israel Medical Association group cites research saying that kids with food allergies do not suffer serious reactions if others bring allergenic foods to class

Have all Israel’s evils suddenly been let out of Pandora’s box?

Police brutality, women sent to the back of the bus, Arab concerns neglected… Where have we heard these before?

Emil Shleymovich

Kiev should ban Israeli ministers from visiting

What reason did officials give for turning this toddler away at Israel’s border? The answer may surprise you

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Justice Minister Yariv Levin (L) during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 30, 2023 (Emil Salman/POOL)

Rejecting AG’s concerns, cabinet approves inquiry into police use of spy tech

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Justice minister says legal officials are in ‘conflict of interest’ in raising concerns of interference in ongoing cases, including Netanyahu’s

Marhu Teferi celebrates after his second place finish in the men's marathon during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, August 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Israel’s Marhu Teferi wins silver in men’s marathon at World Athletics Championships

By ToI Staff and AFP

31-year-old achieves Jewish state’s best-ever placement at the event, raising hopes ahead of Paris Olympics; Lonah Chemtai-Salpeter finishes fourth in women’s race

Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani delivers a speech at the IISS Raffles Lecture in Singapore on August 25, 2023. (Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

Qatari prime minister says his nation does not ‘have a war with Israel’

In Singapore, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani stresses backing for 2001 Arab Peace Initiative to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict, touts Doha’s role as regional mediator

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, 17 November 2022 (public domain)

Papua New Guinea to open Jerusalem embassy next week, Israeli official says

By Lazar Berman

Putin orders Wagner mercenaries to pledge allegiance after Prigozhin’s plane crash

By ToI Staff and AP

Decree obliges anyone working for military or supporting the invasion of Ukraine to sign oath of allegiance to Russia

A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

An image of the owner of private military company Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, with words in Russian 'In this hell you were the best' lies at an informal memorial next to the former 'PMC Wagner Centre' in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin and other Wagner leaders killed in plane crash

Students and teachers protest the government's judicial overhaul plans with a banner saying "Without democracy, no academia" in Tel Aviv, on February 5, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Overhaul crisis to be discussed in class as Education Ministry unveils school program

By Michael Horovitz

‘Education by all accounts’ offers flexible guide for teachers to hold open dialogue on issue; Minister Kisch says teachers have ‘important role’ in facilitating friendly debate

Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

High school teachers threaten strike from September 1 amid stalled salary talks

This video grab shows a press conference screen displaying a handgun found on the scene of a shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, August 26, 2023. (AFP)

‘Racially motivated’ shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaves 3 dead, says sheriff

Shooter ‘hated Black people,’ US authorities say after attack at Dollar General shop; reports say he left behind hate-filled manifesto, carried handgun emblazoned with swastikas

Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico, fled to Israel in 2019 and is seeking asylum. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)

Wanted Mexican fugitive official in Israel claims ‘political persecution’

Mexico seeks extradition of Tomas Zeron, ex-head of Criminal Investigation Agency, accused of compromising probe into 2014 disappearance of 43 students; he awaits asylum answer

US Marines plan to procure 3 Iron Dome batteries, nearly 2,000 interceptor missiles

By Emanuel Fabian

Deal with Rafael partner Raytheon, expected to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, includes 44 launchers and US-made command centers

An Iron Dome battery is seen during a trial on the US military's White Sands test range in New Mexico, June 2021. (Defense Ministry)

This image made from video shows a helicopter and ambulance involved in rescue mission, after an aircraft crashes carrying US marines, in Darwin, Australia, August 27, 2023. (AuBC via AP)

3 US marines killed as aircraft crashes during drill in Australia with 23 onboard

By AFP

'At the core, she was fueled by tikkun olam'

Bella Abzug film aims to restore the Jewish congresswoman’s trailblazing legacy

By Shira Li Bartov

With the newly released documentary ‘Bella!’ filmmaker Jeff L. Lieberman hopes to boost recognition of the US activist and politician who championed equality and environmentalism

A man snaps a picture of a red rose raised by a protestor, during a demonstration in Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on August 25, 2023, in support of anti-government protests in the regime-controled southern city of Sweida. Rare protests have erupted in the country's south in recent days after the government lifted fuel subsidies last week, dealing a blow to Syrians already struggling with the heavy toll that 12 years of war have exacted on the economy. (Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)

Anti-Assad protests take hold in southern Syria amid anger over end to fuel subsidies

By AFP and ToI Staff

Dozens of people demonstrate in Daraa and Sweida provinces, openly call for end to Syrian president’s rule, 12 years after bloody civil war began

Fighters from the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, stand to attention during a military training graduation ceremony in the country's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on August 16, 2023. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Jihadists kill 11 Syria soldiers in tunnel attack, says war monitor

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In this handout photo, security forces and rescue personnel are seen near a closed military zone by the Dead Sea where a foreign national was declared dead after being found unconscious, August 27, 2023. (Israel Police)

Foreign national found dead in minefield near Dead Sea, 5 other people rescued

Illustrative: Handgun bullets. (Michal Oska, iStock via Getty Images)

Israeli arrested in Sinai after bullets found in bag at border crossing

Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. pose for a photo in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, August 26, 2023, in Washington, as they gather to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Thousands converge on National Mall to mark March on Washington’s 60th anniversary

By Aaron Morrison

Heads of Israeli-founded cybersecurity firm SentinelOne ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, June 30, 2021, in celebration of its initial public offering. (NYSE)

Wiz eyes potential bid for Israeli-founded cybersecurity firm SentinelOne

By Sharon Wrobel

Police working at the site of a suspected murder in Hadera on August 27, 2023. (Israel Police)

Son arrested for murder of 80-year-old father in Hadera

Yoseph Haddad (Courtesy)

Arab Israeli activist says he was assaulted at UAE airport over pro-Israel advocacy

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