PM scraps UAE trip amid row with Jordan * No rape charge for sex with girl, 13 * Global cyclist critical after hit by bus near his kibbutz * Israel to vaccinate kids soon

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, March 11, 2021 [Netanyahu forced to cancel trip to UAE amid dispute with Jordan]( By [TOI staff]( [PM had been scheduled for whirlwind Abu Dhabi visit Thursday, but Amman delayed approving flight route amid quarrel over its crown prince’s abandoned Temple Mount tour]( [Sara Netanyahu hospitalized with appendix infection]( By [TOI staff]( [Jordan crown prince said to cancel Temple Mount visit over security spat]( By [TOI staff]( [Outcry as prosecutors won’t charge man with rape over sex with girl, 13, at virus hotel]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Yarin Sherf indicted on charges of forbidden consensual relations, sexual harassment, making threats and assault; legal officials say relationship was consensual]( [Health Ministry chief says masks won’t be scrapped, kids to be vaccinated soon]( By [TOI staff]( [Chezy Levy says Israel will begin to inoculate ages 12-15 starting May-June; face mask requirement to remain even for the fully vaccinated]( [IDF declares: We are first military in the world with herd immunity]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Rate of positive COVID tests hits 3-month low; nearly 4 million fully vaccinated]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli who biked 66,000 km around world hit by bus, critically hurt, near home]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Praying for a miracle’: Veteran extreme adventure athlete Roei Sadan, who made stunning recovery from 500-meter fall in 2015, hit while cycling close to kibbutz in northern Israel]( Times of Israel Podcast [Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 11 – Aspirin, the wonder drug that works on COVID?]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Israeli doctor: 600 at-risk children got COVID shot without major side effects]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF team lands in Equatorial Guinea to help after deadly munitions blasts]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( From the blogs [Nancy Cahners]( [The story of us. 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