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In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a video conference with education ministry officials, in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 1, 2020 (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 28, 2020, 9:51 pm
Iran’s Khamenei says pictures of Muhammad same as Holocaust denial
Iranian supreme leader questions why it is a criminal act to ‘raise doubts’ about genocide of Jews, calls Macron’s support for caricatures a ‘stupid act’
By TOI staff and AFP
People walk next to closed shops in downtown Jerusalem on September 30, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 28, 2020, 9:45 pm
Finance and health ministers at loggerheads over reopening of stores
Katz and Edelstein spar over lockdown exit strategy as positive virus tests hit new low since beginning of pandemic second wave in June
By TOI staff
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. September 09, 2020 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 28, 2020, 9:25 pm
Moody’s keeps Israel’s A1 credit rating despite pandemic, ‘polarized politics’
Credit agency highlights offshore natural gas reserves and tech sectors, but says ‘political system weighs on fiscal policy effectiveness’
By TOI staff
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky at his home in the central city of Bnei Brak on September 22, 2020. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
October 28, 2020, 7:55 pm
Prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi Kanievsky free from coronavirus, says doctor
Leader of Lithuanian branch of Haredi Judaism, 92, criticized for leadership in pandemic, experienced worsening of his condition after contracting COVID-19 in early October
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) visits a military drill in northern Israel on October 28, 2020. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 28, 2020, 7:00 pm
Touring IDF drill, Netanyahu threatens Hezbollah with ‘steel fist’
PM says he sees improvement in Israeli military’s capabilities as he visits largest exercise of the year; issues warning to both terror group and Lebanon
By TOI staff
Education Minister Yoav Gallant visits schoolchildren on the first day of the school year in Mevo Horon, September 1, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/AFP)
October 28, 2020, 5:27 pm
Under fire for back-to-school plan, education chief pushes 4-day week instead
Ministry proposal will shave a day off school for students in third and fourth grade, but solve problems surrounding opening for younger grades
By TOI staff
Blue and White Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn, left, speaks at the Knesset plenum as coalition whip Miki Zohar (Likud) looks on, on October 28, 2020. (Shmulik Grossman/Knesset)
October 28, 2020, 5:04 pm
Knesset shoots down pro-LGBT bill to require gender-neutral terms for parents
Blue and White pilloried for failing to back legislation that would have replaced language on official forms with ‘parent’ instead of ‘mother’ or ‘father’
By TOI staff
Dr. Susan Weissman and a copy of Sefer Hasidim. Background: Marc Chagall's 'The Lovers.' (courtesy/ Israel Museum)
October 28, 2020, 3:11 pm
LISTEN: Medieval Jewish ghost stories, heaven, hell, and a lot of punishment
Dr. Susan Weissman delves into the spooky side of a 13th-century moralistic Jewish text, Sefer Hasidim, written by a German sect notorious for taking repentance extremely seriously
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Man holding a US passport. (Shutterstock)
October 28, 2020, 2:22 pm
US to let citizens born in Jerusalem list Israel on their passports — report
Politico says policy change, which pro-Israel groups have long pushed for, could be announced as soon as Thursday
By TOI staff
The Knesset Education Culture and Sports Committee convenes in Jerusalem on October 28, 2020. (Ronit Gal/Knesset)
October 28, 2020, 1:46 pm
Knesset rejects ‘illogical’ outdoor studies plan, causing PM to reconsider
Education Committee unanimously shoots down proposal to only allow groups of 15 for grades 5-12 with 100-meter distance between groups, saying it’s too stringent
By TOI staff
Demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-France protest in Istanbul, October 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 28, 2020, 1:03 pm
Turkish leaders denounce Charlie Hebdo for lecherous Erdogan cartoon
Drawing of Turkish president in his underwear, holding a drink and lifting a woman’s dress, comes as he spearheads international opposition to French crackdown on Islamism
By AP and TOI staff
A helicopter flies over a base of the UN peacekeeping force, in the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, October 14, 2020, during the first round of talks between Lebanese and Israeli delegations on the. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 28, 2020, 12:35 pm
Israel and Lebanon hold ‘heated’ second round of maritime border talks
Day of negotiations mediated by US and UN concludes; discussions to continue Thursday in Lebanese border town of Naqoura, with faint hopes they could lead to wider detente
By Agencies and TOI staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum on August 24, 2020. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
October 28, 2020, 12:04 pm
Gantz: Netanyahu committing a ‘crime against the state’ by stalling budget
Blue and White chief launches blistering attack, says elections better than current government continuing without budget; doesn’t rule out forming alternative coalition
By TOI staff
Israel Police at the scene where a man was shot dead in the Arab city of Tira on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. (Israel Police)
October 28, 2020, 10:33 am
Man shot dead in Tira
23-year-old Nawwaf Haj Ashqarani is third person to die violently in Arab communities this week, 85th this year
By TOI staff
People on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 28, 2020, 8:34 am
COVID-19 infections continue to drop, but daily deaths still high
As Israel gears up to reopen elementary schools in next phase of easing lockdown, Health Ministry reports 844 cases throughout Tuesday, 43 fatalities in 24 hours
By TOI staff
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