Pompeo, in Israel, talks UAE arms sales, more peace deals * PM agrees to delay elections * Pure gold, 1,100 years old: Dazzling coin trove found * Blog: Neshama Carlebach

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, August 24, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Pompeo: We’ll honor Israel’s military edge, but are reviewing arms sales to UAE]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [US secretary of state says ‘deeply committed’ to maintaining security of United Arab Emirates; Netanyahu: Normalization agreement doesn’t include ‘acceptance’ of arms deal]( [Kushner: Normalization deal raises chance we will sell F-35s to UAE]( By [TOI staff]( [Moroccan prime minister says Rabat ‘refuses’ normalization with Israel]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Stirring controversy, Pompeo to address Republican convention from Jerusalem]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Netanyahu says he accepts compromise deal to delay new elections]( By [TOI staff]( [PM says he’ll back proposal to push off Monday’s budget deadline, likely averting 4th round of elections for now; Blue and White says the proof will be in premier’s actions]( [Senior cop denies assaulting anti-Netanyahu protesters, says he was attacked]( By [TOI staff]( [New clip shows cops striking female protester, amid outrage over rally violence]( By [Luke Tress and TOI staff]( Op-Ed [David Horovitz]( [When our leader, in his wisdom, graciously lifted the threat of a 4th election]( [The current non-crisis, apparently averted by the PM at the eleventh hour, shows Israel is a nation held politically hostage to Netanyahu’s personal calculations]( [Israel media review / Vie another day: What the press is saying on August 24]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Key Knesset committee advances amendment to delay new elections]( By [TOI staff]( Archaeology [Pure gold: 425 Islamic coins from 1,100 years ago found at Israel dig]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Neshama Carlebach]( [Carlebach is my name too]( [Can we hold the gray space of human failure and creativity? It’s not only a question about the music of my father Shlomo Carlebach]( Live updates [Likud, Blue and White spar as deadline to postpone budget, avert elections nears]( By [TOI staff]( [Parties of Netanyahu, Gantz trade accusations, warn political crisis not yet over, as Knesset set for vote giving government 100-day lifeline]( [Hundreds protest sexual violence in Tel Aviv in response to alleged Eilat rape]( By [TOI staff]( [1,500 gather in Rabin Square, demanding policy reforms to combat assaults against women; ‘We need to change everything,’ city’s deputy mayor says]( [Police warn owners of Eilat hotel where alleged gang rape took place]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Lazar Berman]( [‘The Jews are coming’ and that’s good for Israel]( [This show is not the work of ’anti-religious secularists’! Only people steeped in Bible and Jewish history could produce the love and sophistication of these sketches]( [Alon Goshen-Gottstein]( [Going to pray in Uman during a pandemic is not a right]( [As a frequent pilgrim to the site, I say the religious question is not whether you will get sick. It is whether you will make others sick. And you will.]( [IDF Southern Command chief in Qatar to discuss Gaza ceasefire – report]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [London-based Asharq al-Awsat cites Israeli intelligence sources as saying Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi laid out terms for a truce that will be presented to Hamas officials in Doha]( [Israel strikes targets in Gaza after incendiary balloons spark 28 fires]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [2 suspected explosive devices found in south as Gaza balloons spark 28 fires]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [CRM]( [With 839 dead, virus cabinet meeting postponed amid bickering over High Holidays]( By [TOI staff]( [411 in serious condition, 200 in moderate condition; ministerial meeting said to again be delayed as disagreements continue over synagogue regulations, Uman pilgrimage]( [Schools to open September 1, but only 4th grade and below to return full time]( By [TOI staff]( [More Blue and White members enter quarantine after minister catches coronavirus]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran’s nuclear agency says blast at Natanz facility was result of sabotage]( By [TOI staff]( [Spokesperson tells state TV that security officials will ‘reveal in due time’ the cause of the explosion at the nuclear site]( [Suspected pipeline attack leads to blackout across Syria]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Iran sets June 2021 date for presidential election to choose Rouhani successor]( By [AP]( Inside story [Sue Surkes]( [Ethnic ghosts rise again in fight over access to kibbutz stream]( [Fearing violence, lawmakers, mayors call for calm in fight seen by many as part of bid to correct historical injustices over division of resources and land]( The Brighter Side [A father sent his son to the army — and came up with a new ritual]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [British FM heads to Israel to push dialogue with Palestinians]( By [TOI staff]( [Reiterating London’s opposition to a West Bank annexation, Dominic Raab set to meet Netanyahu, Gantz, Abbas on first official visit]( [Despite pandemic, East Jerusalem on track for record number of home demolitions]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [The show does go on; Israeli artists go live in capsule shows and exhibits]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( More Headlines [Jewish ‘Vagina Monologues’ bares Orthodox taboos on women’s sexuality and gender]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Israel’s RedHill hopes dual-action drug can be ‘game changer’ in COVID-19 battle]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Wonderful / 2 new trailers drop for Gal Gadot movies]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Man arrested in Austria over string of anti-Semitic attacks]( By [Agencies]( [Protests after Wisconsin police shoot Black man in the back as he gets into car]( By [AP]( [Kansas House candidate who admitted to revenge porn drops out]( By [Agencies]( [‘End of the world’: The countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast]( By [Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb and Zeina Karam]( [Front row seats / Tel Aviv opens socially distanced sail-in movie theater]( By [TOI staff]( [At sentencing, court hears Christchurch shooter wanted to burn down mosques]( By [Nick Perry]( [‘Jews Want A Race War’ sign hung on overpass of busy LA highway]( By [JTA]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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