Beheaded: French teacher who showed class Mohammed cartoons * Said to fear Haredi ’revolt,’ Israel opens preschools in red zones * Etihad Airway s launches Hebrew website

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, October 17, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Beheaded French teacher named; suspect was Chechen teen; 9 arrested]( By [Eleonore Dermy and Stuart Williams]( [Victim of terror attack was Samuel Paty; detainees include parents of child at school where he showed cartoons of Prophet Mohammed during class discussion on freedom of expression]( [France reels after grisly beheading of history teacher in Paris terror attack]( By [Elaine Ganley]( [Teacher who showed students Muhammad cartoons decapitated in Paris terror attack]( By [Jurgen HECKER]( [With new Hebrew website, Etihad Airways readies for launch of direct UAE flights]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Welcome from Abu Dhabi’ reads Hebrew message on Emirati airline’s site; transportation official says working on security protocols for Israeli travelers]( [Mnuchin to lead Israeli-American delegation to UAE and Bahrain]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel, Bahrain to sign joint declaration in step toward full peace agreement]( By [TOI staff]( [‘The main challenge is obtaining ingredients’: UAE gets ready to go kosher]( By [Shatha YAISH]( [Fear of Haredi revolt said to lead ministers to okay school openings in hotspots]( By [TOI staff]( [Former general leading effort to curb pandemic in ultra-Orthodox areas warned some would ‘disobey the government’ if daycares, preschools kept closed, report says]( [Gov’t votes to keep closure in virus hotspots, all Haredi, but opens preschools]( By [TOI staff]( [3 children with rare virus-linked syndrome in intensive care at Israeli hospital]( By [TOI staff]( [New Zealand’s COVID-beating Ardern elected to 2nd term in landslide win]( By [Nick Perry]( [PMs popularity soared after she led effort to stamp out coronavirus — there’s currently no community spread and people therefore not required to wear masks or social distance]( [Iran’s virus deaths pass 30,000 but minister says actual toll may be double that]( By [Amir Vahdat]( Israel travels [On Jerusalem’s Mt. Scopus, stories of tragedy, daring and charity]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [CRM]( [Former state prosecutor blasts ‘conspiracy theories’ after attacks from Likud]( By [TOI staff]( [Shai Nitzan dismisses claims from PM’s allies that he coerced AG into indicting Netanyahu, after release of old calls in which AG bashes him over handling of past military scandal]( [Gantz said threatening new elections if Netanyahu tries to again delay budget]( By [TOI staff]( [Republican senator: Trump ‘kisses dictators’ butts,’ party facing ‘bloodbath’]( By [AFP]( [In leaked call, Ben Sasse says he’s never supported the president, whom he also claims mistreats women and uses the White House as a business]( [His reelection bid sagging, Trump derides Bidens as ‘an organized crime family’]( By [AP]( [From the web / White House election race reaches streets of Tel Aviv]( Top Ops [Michael Helfand]( [Dear New York, here’s how not to seem anti-Semitic during COVID]( [After coming across as unfairly singling out Jewish neighborhoods, the state must do better at explaining the numbers and the science]( [Kenneth S. Stern]( [Examined Zionism: Mira Sucharov and belonging]( [In a thoughtful memoir, the author dives deep into her complex relationship with Israel: A chapter on cancel culture takes on the BDS litmus test]( inside story [Ben Sales]( [It’s totally irresponsible:’ How NYC Jews feel watching Borough Park unrest]( [Residents conflicted between fears of soaring coronavirus, rising anti-Semitism and anger at those publicly defying public health restrictions]( [Mayer Rispler, 70, Satmar leader who urged following virus rules, dies of COVID]( By [JTA]( [Rabbi assaulted in San Diego; Orthodox man beaten in Brooklyn]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Man avoids federal prison for attacks on Charlottesville anti-racism protestors]( By [Michael Kunzelman]( [Cole Evan White admits he used torch as weapon during infamous ‘Jews will not replace us’ nighttime rally, also attacked counter-demonstrators a day later]( [White supremacist pleads guilty in neo-Nazi plot to blow up Colorado synagogue]( By [COLLEEN SLEVIN]( World War II [Heroic Russians’ WWII mini-sagas dramatized for Instagram in ‘Disappearing’]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Twitter alters policy on hacked content after blocked Biden story]( By [AFP]( [Social media giant says it will now only block stolen information posted by hackers after Republican fury over removal of contentious story on Hunter Biden]( [Tabloid’s Biden email episode illustrates Giuliani risk to Trump campaign]( By [Eric Tucker]( Interview [Man behind Faces of COVID Twitter account tweets to make US confront its grief]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( More Headlines [Palestinians in Gaza fire rocket into Israel, no injuries]( By [TOI staff]( [‘You will pay:’ Paris kosher market suspect warns police witness during trial]( By [AFP]( [Hungary’s Orban says Jewish group ignores anti-Semitism as left, far-right unite]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [US warns of ‘serious consequences’ as Turkey said to test S-400 defense system]( By [Suzan Fraser and Lolita C. Baldor]( [NY Jewish congressional candidate’s signs vandalized with ‘Nazi lover’]( By [Ben Sales]( [Polite purloiner / ‘Sorry ma’am, I’m going to rob you’: Regretful robber to be charged]( By [TOI staff]( [Danish neo-Nazi jailed for a year for desecrating over 80 Jewish graves]( By [AFP]( [UK court rules Orthodox housing associations can decline non-Jewish applicants]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Cybersecurity groups: Iranians targeted top Israeli firms in ransomware attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Ruth Bader Ginsburg to get a statue in her native Brooklyn]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [WHO says no evidence remdesivir, 3 other drugs, benefit serious COVID cases]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved