’Destroying us a society’: Rivlin writes to youth after alleged Eilat rape * The last blues of Peter Green * ’Women better able to survive COVID ’ * NY’s Israeli ’makolet’

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, August 22, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [‘Destroying us as a society’: Rivlin writes to youth about alleged Eilat rape]( By [TOI staff]( [In open letter, president says sexual assaults are ‘stains that cannot be erased,’ pleads for younger generation to adhere to boundaries, take action against misconduct]( [Police arrest 3rd suspect, 17, in connection with alleged gang rape of teen]( By [TOI staff]( [Witness testimony said to boost case against main suspect in alleged Eilat rape]( By [TOI staff]( Exclusive [Amir Ben-David]( [The last blues of Peter Green]( [On December 25, 1980, the Fleetwood Mac founder, who passed away last month, walked into a studio in Tel Aviv and left behind a rare recording of bewitched sadness]( [Gaza terror groups: Tel Aviv will burn if targeted killings are renewed]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel reportedly warned via intermediaries it would be ‘act of war’ to try to kill terror chieftains, after Gantz, PM hint at return to policy; balloon-borne devices spark 7 fires]( [After escalation, Gantz warns Gaza terror groups IDF will deliver a ‘harsh blow’]( By [TOI staff]( [Iron Dome intercepts rocket fired from Gaza; IDF tanks hit Hamas positions]( By [TOI staff]( Author interview [Cathryn J. Prince]( [Women’s more complicated genes help them survive COVID more than men, claims MD]( [In new book ‘The Better Half’ Dr. Sharon Moalem says genes, not behavior, responsible for women’s increased longevity and immune response, but also heighten effects of ‘Long Covid’]( [WHO says coronavirus pandemic could be over in under 2 years]( By [NIna Larson and Alice Hackman]( [Virus czar pleads with Ukraine president to prevent Hasidic pilgrimage to Uman]( By [TOI staff]( [Just breathe: Israeli-made Nano COVID breath test spots every carrier in trial]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Technion’s Hossam Haick says his breath test eliminates lab processing, and also the need for anyone to touch patients or samples; clinical trial results have been peer-reviewed]( [Israel passes 100,000 coronavirus cases, death toll crosses 800]( By [TOI staff]( [From the web / For quick coronavirus testing, Israel turns to a clever algorithm]( Top Ops [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [I talked to my 10-year-old son about consent today]( [I’m doing my part to make sure that my kid grows up to never rape a 16-year-old in Eilat (or any age, anywhere). What more can we do?]( [David Sedley]( [Breaking barriers]( [Safe and secure boundaries prevent struggles and enmity between neighbors, and allow for long lasting peace, which can be extended far and wide (Shofetim)]( [UAE said to broker meeting between Mossad chief and top Sudanese official]( By [TOI staff]( [Yossi Cohen reportedly meets with deputy head of Sudan’s military council, days after country’s foreign ministry spokesman axed for confirming normalization talks with Israel]( [Israeli minister joins UAE Jewish community for pre-Shabbat Zoom ceremony]( By [TOI staff]( Reporter's notebook [With Bamba and authentic hummus, an Israeli ‘makolet’ grows in NYC]( By [Jacob Magid]( [CRM]( [Biden closes convention the way he launched campaign: Repudiating anti-Semitism]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Democratic nominee cites neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville and Trump’s ‘very fine people’ speech as the moment he knew he had to run]( [Behind the scenes / Rabbis, family and anxiety: All the Jewish scenes from the Democratic convention]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Harris to speak with Jewish community in virtual campaign event]( By [Marcy Oster]( [IAEA chief to make 1st Iran trip, seeking more access to nuclear sites]( By [David Rising]( [Focus will be on sites thought to be from early 2000s, before Iran signed the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which Tehran says IAEA inspectors have no legal basis to inspect]( [US claims countdown to restoring Iran sanctions underway, dismissing opposition]( By [Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee]( [Erdan meets with Pompeo, thanks him for push to reimpose Iran sanctions]( By [Jacob Magid]( Author interview [Matt Lebovic]( [The Fuhrer’s latest biographer: Hitler was ‘blithely underestimated’]( [Those who compare him to Donald Trump ‘dangerously downplay just how horrific Hitler was,’ says German historian Volker Ullrich]( [Memorial wall at site of Nazi massacre in French village defaced with word ‘lie’]( By [Agencies]( [More than 30 headstones damaged at South African Jewish cemetery]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( Israel travels [Preachers, soldiers, a long-lost skull: Unearthing Mt. Zion Protestant cemetery]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( Necessary Stories [Haim Watzman]( [We’ll always have Paris Square]( [When you’re demonstrating against Bibi, you can’t hurry love, you just have to wait, according to Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story]( [Thousands take part in weekly anti-Netanyahu protest]( By [Anat Peled]( [Justice Ministry denies Likud claim AG closed criminal case against Nissenkorn]( By [TOI staff]( [Holocaust survivor architect designs memorial for Albanians who rescued Jews]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( More Headlines [After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum and former church into mosque]( By [AP]( [Plane carrying comatose Putin critic Alexei Navalny departs Russia for Germany]( By [daniel kozin and DARIA LITVINOVA]( [‘Free Palestine’ graffiti sprayed on Austrian synagogue]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [From the web / Iran informant comes clean about how IRGC tried to coerce him to spy on friends]( [Erdogan claims Turkey’s ‘greatest’ gas discovery; analysts doubt its magnitude]( By [Suzan Fraser]( [15-month-old toddler struck and killed by car in Rishon Lezion parking lot]( By [TOI staff]( [Cops accused of firing tear gas into E. Jerusalem hospital while dispersing riot]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Muscling in / Masks, COVID-19 no match for Israeli bodybuilders]( By [Oded Balilty]( [Lebanon’s Beirut blast shatters taboos around Hezbollah]( By [AFP]( [Australian watchdog slams online sellers for ‘Make Israel Palestine Again’ shirt]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved