Israeli state rabbis punish woman for refusing divorce * Exclusive: Why UNRWA staff fled Gaza * Anti-Israel prof wins chemistry Nobel * Why no Israel aid to Indonesia?

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Wednesday, October 3, 2018 [In first, rabbinical court sanctions woman for refusing divorce]( By [Marissa Newman]( [Haifa teacher placed on leave by Education Ministry, barred from leaving country, has driver’s license suspended; court threatens to release her name, have her jailed]( [Stone thrown at worshipers during festivities at Jerusalem Reform temple]( By [TOI staff]( [Tel Aviv municipality petitions court for right to build bridge on Shabbat]( By [Stuart Winer]( Exclusive [Blocked in a car by a mob, kept from their HQ: Why UNRWA staff had to flee Gaza]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Angry crowds have stopped staff from getting to work for days, says agency’s Gaza chief, but it got worse when ‘threatening’ protesters surrounded a car with 5 employees]( [Shin Bet says it arrested 3 members of Hamas terror network in West Bank]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Defense minister backs IDF in squabble over preparedness for war]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [UN workers strike in Gaza to protest layoffs amid funding woes]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Anti-Israel professor among chemistry Nobel Prize winners]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [George Smith, a non-Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Peace, has called for US to end arms sales to Israel and called ‘Jerusalem of Gold’ lyrics ‘Jewish supremacist’]( [96-year-old Jewish Nobel Prize winner says he’s driven by science not accolades]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Merkel heads to Israel amid deep disagreements over Palestinians, Iran]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Berlin says trip, beginning Wednesday evening, will focus on economy, innovation and technology; chancellor to receive her third Israeli honorary doctorate]( [Israel media review / The German is coming: 7 things to know for October 3]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Live updates [Putin says all foreign forces should leave Syria, including Russian]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Kremlin leader says he’ll pull out military if Damascus asks it to leave after defeat of Islamic State; criticizes US sanctions on Iran]( [Israel, which offered disaster aid to Iran, strangely unhelpful to Indonesia]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Officials won’t say why no help offered after quake, with 1,200 dead and 200,000 in need; Jerusalem has aided Turkey, Haiti, Philippines, Nepal, reached out to Iraq, even Iran]( [Time running out for earthquake survivors as Indonesia death toll tops 1,400]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Indonesia VP says he talked peace with Netanyahu at UN after bumping into him]( By [TOI staff]( [Hitting back, Netanyahu says nuke watchdog hasn’t checked Iran site he revealed]( By [TOI staff]( [PM rejects claim by IAEA chief that all relevant facilities were visited, calls on agency to visit alleged Tehran ‘atomic warehouse’ with Geiger counters right away]( [Liberman: We have info on other nuclear sites in Iran and Lebanon]( By [Jacob Magid]( [UN court orders US to halt Iran sanctions linked to humanitarian aid]( By [AFP]( [Hezbollah deputy chief dismisses Netanyahu’s ‘failed media show’ at UN]( By [TOI staff]( [Russia releases video showing delivery of S-300 air defense system to Syria]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Footage shows nighttime operation in which rockets and launchers were unloaded from huge transport aircraft at Hmeimim air base]( [US: Russian sale of S-300s to Syria ‘a serious escalation’]( By [TOI staff]( [Russia completes delivery of S-300 air defense system to Syria]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Interview [Space thriller launches in advance of 50th anniversary of first moon landing]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [With demolition deadline passed, Bedouin village living on borrowed time]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Zev Levi]( [To my Palestinian attacker]( [Firstly, your nation deserves a country, but you belong in jail. I've been thinking about our encounter since it happened and I realized that I don't even know if the right words exist. At 9:37 p.m. last Thursday night, I was driving along a road that winds through a forest. No street lights, not close to any towns or villages. Your group stood in the dark, in an area with no cell service and a speed limit of 80km/hr (50mph). My passenger - a young colleague who had been in Israel...]( Top Ops [Ron Prosor]( [Why didn’t we stop funding UNRWA years ago?]( [The relief agency does less with more than other UN refugee programs, and has good reason to undermine its own mission]( [Sharon Galper Grossman]( [Why our children should receive the HPV vaccine]( [If you think your kid is in the clear because he or she is not sexually active, you’re wrong]( [Israelis’ WhatsApp accounts said hacked due to security loophole]( By [TOI staff]( [National Cyber Directorate doesn’t detail extent of damage done; recommends users change their phones’ default voicemail password]( [Israeli spyware used against Saudi Arabian dissident in Canada — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel Securities Authority starts using blockchain for cybersecurity]( By [TOI staff]( More Headlines [Police to question Netanyahu for 12th time in graft probes]( By [TOI staff]( [In secret recording, Polish PM slams ‘greedy’ Jewish, American hedge fund owners]( By [JTA]( [New York Times: Trump got $413m from his dad, much of it from tax dodges]( By [AP]( [After days of restraint, Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser]( By [Sebastian Smith and Issam Ahmed]( [Trump administration lauds start of Obama-era Israel defense package]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Minister urges Olympics to ban Palestinian soccer chief for ‘incitement’]( By [TOI staff]( [Senior Transportation Ministry official arrested on suspicion of taking bribes]( By [TOI staff]( [Helicopter jailbreak gangster who once fled to Israel arrested in France]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Jason Kander drops out of Kansas City mayor race, cites mental health]( By [AP]( [Israel-Singapore study takes sugar-coating off artificial sweeteners]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Talk of disruptive innovation is two-edged sword for investment seekers – study]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Court orders Nazi-looted Pissarro painting returned to Jewish family heirs]( By [Juliette MONTESSE]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved