Swastika at US State Department * Israeli COVID wards reopened * Analysis: Sweeping budget reforms by a fragile government * Podcast: Still anyone’s game for Team Israel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Presented by The Boris Mints Institute [3 women receive kidneys in Israel-UAE organ exchange, 1st with Arab state]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Arrangement involving three families — two in Israel and one in Abu Dhabi — sees relatives procure life-saving surgery for loved ones by donating organs to others in need]( [One in half a million: Girl born in Israel with twin inside her stomach]( By [TOI staff]( Tokyo 2020 [Bullseye: Israeli archer Itay Shanny scores big upset to reach last 16 in Tokyo]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Israel’s first-ever Olympic athlete in the sport, who placed 60th in ranking round, beats 5th seed and then another rival; judoka Kochman loses; cyclist Shapira finishes 15th]( [New Olympic medalist Semberg gets hero’s welcome upon return to Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Tokyo 2020 / Despite record efforts, Israeli Olympic swimmers come up short in latest races]( By [Amy Spiro]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing July 28 – Pride and prejudice against Israel on Olympics judo mat]( By [TOI staff]( [Catch an update on Team Israel in the Olympics with Amy Spiro while Palestinian affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman introduces the five-member Palestinian delegation]( [Israeli hospitals reopen their coronavirus wards as serious cases mount]( By [TOI staff]( [Number of serious patients reaches 153, having more than doubled in a week, Health Ministry data shows]( [Experts: COVID boosters for at-risk groups may help avert new variants]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Vaccine effectiveness in preventing serious illness falls to 80% – Israeli study]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel to start vaccinating kids aged 5-11 who have severe background illnesses]( By [TOI staff]( [Secret files show alleged Iranian plans to sink ships using cyberattacks]( By [TOI staff]( [Documents, reportedly by secret Revolutionary Guard unit, name Israel, US, UK and others as potential targets; also say attacks could be used to blow up fuel pump at gas station]( [Israel is acting against Iranian ‘existential threat,’ Gantz tells BBC Persian]( By [TOI staff]( From our sponsor [Join the Boris Mints Institute for a webinar on antisemitism]( [The complexities of European media coverage of Israel and its impact on the Jewish community. This Thursday at 11:00 EDT – REGISTER HERE >]( [After swastika carved at State Department, Biden vows no place for antisemitism]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Responding to hate symbol near office of special envoy on antisemitism, US president says society must give ‘no safe harbor’ to hate and stand up to bigotry wherever it is found]( [UK watchdog accuses Twitter of turning blind eye to antisemitic posts]( By [Luke Tress]( [Swastika carved near office of antisemitism envoy at US State Department]( By [Jacob Magid]( [‘Heal Hitler’ video game simulates therapy for Nazi leader, drawing outrage]( By [TOI staff]( [Critics say game asking players to identify Hitler’s psychological issues and ‘avoid’ the Holocaust is in ‘super poor taste’ and trivializes the tragedy]( [‘I am not anti-Semitic,’ says Ben & Jerry’s board chair amid boycott controversy]( By [Ben Sales]( [In first reaction since decision not to sell ice cream in West Bank settlements, Anuradha Mittal says she is proud of stance and was subjected to ‘vile hate’]( [Israeli campaign aims to whip up US protests against Ben & Jerry’s — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Amid Ben & Jerry’s uproar, Unilever chief tells Jewish groups firm opposes BDS]( By [Jacob Magid]( [CRM]( Top Ops [Manya Brachear Pashman]( [Ben and Jerry’s not-so-sweet surrender]( [The ice cream company caved to the activists who embrace BDS because they oppose the settlements, but BDS wants more: to eliminate Israel]( [Leah Goldstein]( [The night Jeremy didn’t make it home]( [If I worried that he was lost and alone and that nobody would help him, a brief Facebook post showed me how wrong I was]( [Manfred S. Green]( [I voted against the third COVID-19 vaccine dose. Here’s why]( [Before we introduce shots haphazardly, we need a comprehensive data review to establish clear policy for when, how, and to whom the boosters should be given]( [Alon Tal]( [The cabinet blinks on an ambitious climate strategy]( [The government diluted a crucial, carefully vetted proposal to meet the daunting climate challenges. Foot dragging could spell disaster in the coming decade.]( Live updates [PM backs top health official attacked anonymously for acting ‘like she’s crazy’]( By [TOI staff]( [Unnamed ministers lash out at ‘coronavirus denier’ Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton after sources assail Sharon Alroy-Preis, with whom she has feuded in the past]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [New budget bill shows coalition launching sweeping reforms despite fragility]( [The Bennett-Lapid government is advancing a host of major long-delayed reforms with unexpected ease. Is its very instability the secret to its resolve?]( [Bennett, Gantz, Liberman agree on defense budget: NIS 58 billion for 2022]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Lapid to visit Morocco in two weeks, in first for Israeli FM]( By [Lazar Berman]( [After 20-year lull in relations, foreign minister to open mission in Rabat ahead of expected visit by Moroccan counterpart]( [Israel to give work permits to 16,000 more Palestinians in bid to strengthen PA]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Around 122,000 Palestinians currently work legally in Israel and the settlements, and their incomes are important to a PA economy that has taken tough hits during the pandemic]( [Palestinian killed by Israeli fire near West Bank outpost]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Fearing fresh unrest, Bennett gov’t weighing delay for verdict on Sheikh Jarrah]( By [Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman]( [MK Gafni calls prime minister a ‘murderer’ due to recent COVID deaths]( By [TOI staff]( [Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker later takes back the term, but insists Bennett ‘guilty’ of coronavirus fatalities]( [Likud announces boycott of coalition whip, claiming she secretly recorded MKs]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Second time lucky: Knesset passes law for rabbinical court reform]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( Tokyo 2020 [This Team Israel Olympic pitcher has a day job booking talent like John Mulaney]( By [Gabe Friedman]( More Headlines [Taiwan to open its first-ever permanent Jewish community center]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Obituary / Danny Raskin, Jewish dining columnist who enjoyed an 80-year career, dies at 102]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Anesthesiologist accused of trying to murder crush’s boyfriend with anesthetics]( By [TOI staff]( [With computer vision, Bzigo creates ‘Iron Dome’ against mosquitos]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [EU ‘appalled’ by alleged killing of 2 Gazans by Hamas security forces]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [After all-day debate, Knesset cements Bennett-Lapid rotation in law]( By [TOI staff]( [US takes steps to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq]( By [AFP]( [Britney Spears’s lawyer wants accountant Jason Rubin as conservator]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Jewish vaulter Lilia Akhaimova helps Russia to gymnastics gold medal in Tokyo]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Israeli fintech firms raised record $2.3 billion in first half of 2021]( By [Luke Tress]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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