PM hails changed Mideast map, hints at past strikes on Sudan * All Borat 2’s Jewish gags * Computer bug freezes Israel’s virus stats * Gantz say s PM hid UAE weapons talks

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, October 25, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Netanyahu hints at Israel role in past Sudan raids, hails Mideast’s changing map]( By [TOI staff]( [PM says African nation was formerly used by Iran to smuggle weapons to Hamas, but Israel ‘prevented this’; delegation to travel to Khartoum in coming days to finalize peace accord]( [Analysis / An Israeli embassy in Khartoum? Not so fast. This peace deal may take some time]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Israel expects Oman to normalize next, Mossad chief says Saudi deal soon — TV]( By [TOI staff]( Subsequent Moviefilm [Gabe Friedman]( [Borat 2’s Jewish gags run the gamut from anti-Semitic to very nice]( [Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Subsequent Moviefilm’ doesn’t just mock age-old stereotypes but also tackles Holocaust denial and the hate that now pervades social media]( [Hitting back, Baron Cohen tells Trump: I don’t find you funny either]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Computer bug freezes virus tally ahead of ministers’ discussion on lockdown]( By [TOI staff]( [Error, possibly related to switch to standard time, keeps Health Ministry from publishing regular daily update, meaning coronavirus cabinet may not have needed info when it meets]( [Ministers set for key meeting on reopening schools, some businesses]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu, Gantz trade accusations about alleged secret F-35 talks]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [After Israel agrees to not oppose US supply of the stealth fighter jet to UAE, defense minister accuses PM of hiding weapons deals from defense officials; Netanyahu denies it]( [Justice minister compares Netanyahu secrecy on F-35s to submarine graft case]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( [CRM]( Top Ops [Alan M. Dershowitz]( [Choose life! That’s the Jewish way, and it hasn’t changed]( [I grew up in Orthodox Borough Park and I’m sad that what I see there today doesn’t represent the life-affirming sources of Jewish law that have served Jews for millennia of crises]( [Michael Hilkowitz]( [6,285 points to consider when discussing an Israeli-Sudanese peace]( [The new diplomacy may push Israel to take action on the local asylum seekers from Sudan; or Bibi could buy time by granting them 5 years of temporary residence]( Live updates [Netanyahu says ministers will consider reopening some school grades, commerce]( By [TOI staff]( [Special arrangements to be made for tourism in Dead Sea, Eilat; PM stresses national restrictions will depend on morbidity, as coronavirus cabinet prepares to weigh next steps]( [IDF launches its largest drill of the year, simulating war against Hezbollah]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [‘Deadly Arrow’ meant to improve the military’s attack capabilities; exercise scaled back from original plan due to coronavirus pandemic]( [Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators rally throughout the country for 18th week]( By [TOI staff]( [Clashes, arrests in Jerusalem as many thousands protest across nation; organizers claim 170,000 take part; several reports of violence against activists, suspects arrested]( [Yamina says elections needed — and Naftali Bennett should be next PM]( By [TOI staff]( [Cabinet ratifies UAE treaty, sends Bahrain agreement to Knesset for approval]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Landmark accord to establish ties with Emirates will enter into force once government in Abu Dhabi issues ratification decree]( [Food, cybersecurity firms leave for UAE in bid to forge tech ties]( By [Shoshanna Solomom]( [Record-breaking equestrian stars in new doc weaving her history with Israel’s]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [As Macron moves against Islamists, Erdogan says he needs ‘mental checks’]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Turkish premier alleges unfair policies against Muslims, as France attempts clampdown on extremism in response to terror wave including teacher’s beheading]( [Arab Israelis rally against Macron over his defense of Mohammed cartoons]( By [AFP]( [France recalls envoy to Turkey after Erdogan questions Macron’s mental health]( By [Sylvie Corbet]( Obituary [Jessica Steinberg]( [He made Israel laugh: Actor and prankster Yehuda Barkan dies of COVID-19]( [75-year-old icon was known for 1970s cult classics and for his hidden prank movies]( More Headlines [Now dispersed by pandemic, Pittsburgh Jews seek healing 2 years after massacre]( By [David Crary]( [10,000 Israelis have used 119 cyberhotline to report hacks: Cyber Directorate]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Booby traps left inside Sinai homes by IS kill at least 14 civilians]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Large volunteer sand and sea cleanup planned for Friday]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Palestinian man killed under disputed circumstances during IDF pursuit]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [Israeli lawmaker says he’ll join hunger strike of Palestinian security prisoner]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [UN says nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force in 90 days]( By [Agencies]( [Woman, 46, stabbed and seriously wounded in north; husband arrested]( By [TOI staff]( [Thousands rally in Iraq to mark one year since mass protests]( By [Qassim Abdul-Zahra]( [Talk time / Paul Auster to discuss his dream of America with Israelis]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Lithuania mints first-ever EU coin with Hebrew letters, honoring Vilnius scholar]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Clocks in Israel turn back as daylight saving ends]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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