Iran speeds up enrichment, threatens West * Cops beat MK * Brain meshed with computer, chimp plays Pong hands-free * When Prince Philip visited * Pfizer ’pay up’ warning

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, April 10, 2021 [On its ‘National Nuclear Technology Day,’ Iran starts up advanced centrifuges]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [In open breach of nuclear deal, Rouhani inaugurates cascades of IR-6s and IR-5s at Natanz uranium enrichment plant, warns the West will be ‘big loser’ if sanctions aren’t lifted]( [Nuclear watchdog reports fresh violation by Iran amid indirect talks with US]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [US defense chief due in Israel Sunday amid rising Iran tensions]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [US official suggests possible ‘impasse’ with Iran on nuclear talks]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [He’s an MK, you ‘psychopaths’: New footage shows police beating lawmaker]( By [TOI staff]( [Officers seen punching, pushing Joint List MK Ofer Cassif to ground as protesters shout that he’s a member of Knesset; police open probe but say he started it]( [Outcry as police beat Joint List lawmaker during East Jerusalem protest]( By [TOI staff]( Open mind [Meshing brain with computer, Elon Musk startup has monkey play ‘Pong’ hands-free]( By [AFP]( [Neuralink puts chip in macaque’s brain that lets it play video game with its mind; system could be used to help paralyzed people, keep humanity ahead of AI]( [When Prince Philip, honoring his mother, became the 1st UK royal to visit Israel]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Duke of Edinburgh broke unofficial boycott of Israel by British royals to attend 1994 ceremony naming Princess Alice as ‘righteous among the nations’ for hiding 3 Jews from Nazis]( [Gun salutes mark death of UK’s Prince Philip]( By [Danika Kirka]( Top Ops [Daniel Goldman]( [Kahanism returns to the Knesset]( [So many who voted for ’Religious Zionism’ do not believe in extremism. Don’t they realize they’re supporting it?]( [Manya Brachear Pashman]( [A legacy language]( [My Yiddish diction is a shanda. But what’s more important than perfect pronunciation is that it never be silenced]( [Pfizer said to warn Israel: Pay up or go to the back of vaccine line]( By [TOI staff]( [Dispute between Netanyahu and Gantz delays cabinet authorization of budget to buy additional vaccines; angry company officials reportedly tell Israel, ‘We’re not philanthropists’]( [Pfizer says vaccine 100% effective for 12-15 olds, asks for US authorization]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths]( By [Michelle R. Smith]( [To highlight banality of evil, group seeks to restore SS canteen at Auschwitz]( By [Stanislaw Waszak]( [After long days of killing, Nazi officers would head to the dining room near the camp to grab a bite or have a drink]( [Commemorating Holocaust, Blinken knocks State Dept.’s WWII failure to save Jews]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Evil on trial: 60th anniversary of Eichmann in the dock]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( Interview [What makes a leader? Billionaire author grills Fauci, Bezos, Oprah to find out]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Rotations and improbable alliances swirl as Netanyahu works to stay in power]( By [TOI staff]( [TV reports of multiple offers made — and denied — as PM tries to garner support of his rival and somehow get the far-right and Islamists on the same page]( [Far-right leader optimistic Netanyahu can form coalition without Ra’am’s support]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Blind Michigan Supreme Court justice en route to Israel finds new home in Dubai]( By [Asma Ali Zain]( [Spain blocks sale of possible Caravaggio painting of Jesus]( By [Alvaro Villalobos and Gaël BRANCHEREAU]( [Spanish authorities say 17th-century Biblical oil work showing Jesus before crucifixion could be lost masterpiece by the Renaissance artist]( [ADL urges Fox to fire Tucker Carlson for defending white supremacist conspiracy]( By [Ben Sales]( [Jonathan Greenblatt denounces popular TV host’s claim that Democrats are trying to replace to current voters with immigrants as ‘anti-Semitic, racist and toxic’]( [Polish university calls anti-Semitic blood libel claims ‘scientific discourse’]( By [Katarzyna Markusz]( Analysis [Ron Kampeas]( [Biden’s new slate of aid to Palestinians comes under intense scrutiny]( [Several pro-Israel groups, Israeli officials and Congress Republicans step up efforts to question administration’s plans to resume funding to Palestinians]( [Before Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir: 7 stars who played Israeli prime ministers]( By [Gabe Friedman]( Reporter's notebook [Judah Ari Gross]( [First week of Netanyahu corruption trial paints grim picture of Israeli media]( [Key prosecution witness, ex-Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua, describes one of country’s leading news outlets as being almost completely controlled by the premier ahead of the 2015 election]( [Israeli university presidents defend free speech in dispute over Israel Prize]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [After education minister blocks giving award to candidate accused of supporting BDS movement, leaders in higher education say move ‘severely harms free speech and free thought’]( [CRM]( More Headlines [2 cousins shot to death in northern Arab town]( By [TOI staff]( [Leading Dutch philosopher: Diaspora a ‘blessing’ because it kept Jews from power]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Drive to unionize at Amazon warehouse in US voted down after bitter campaign]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Bipartisan commission to study more justices, term limits for US Supreme Court]( By [Jonathan Lemire and Jessica Gresko]( [Mexican Jewish humanitarian volunteer to light Independence Day torch]( By [TOI staff]( [EU now also probing J&J vaccine for blood clot side effects]( By [AFP]( [Rioters battle police in Belfast as Brexit stokes tensions in Northern Ireland]( By [Joe STENSON]( [Amid fresh violence in Northern Ireland: Five things to know]( By [AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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