Ashram wins rhythmic gymnastics gold; Russia fumes * Cut out, Auschwitz survivor’s tattoo in new exhibit * Israel wants Iran regime change * Analysis: Hezbollah risks war

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, August 7, 2021 Tokyo 2020 [Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel’s 3rd-ever Olympic gold]( By [TOI staff]( [22-year-old takes top place on the podium, bringing home Israel’s 4th Tokyo medal; teammate Nicol Zelikman is 7th; Israelis finish 4th in group all-around qualifiers]( [Russia outraged over ‘injustice’ of Olympic gold medal for Israel’s Linoy Ashram]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Tokyo 2020 [Israel’s Salpeter finishes marathon in 66th place after leading for much of race]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Runner was in 3rd place with 4 km to go when she stopped running due to stomach pains, but came back to complete race; fellow Israeli Maor Tiyouri comes in 48th]( [Tokyo 2020 / American Jewish athlete Alix Klineman wins beach volleyball gold in Tokyo]( By [Agencies]( [Tattoo that Auschwitz survivor cut out of her arm features in new UK exhibition]( By [TOI staff]( [Kitty Hart-Moxon, 97, says most die with their tattoos, but hers will ‘be there forever’; also, she’d had enough of ‘silly questions’ when asked if it was boyfriend’s phone number]( Analysis [Judah Ari Gross]( [With 1st declared rocket attack in 15 years, Hezbollah risks war to test Israel]( [IDF’s projection in early 2021 that the Lebanese terrorist militia will try to initiate limited conflicts on the border comes true]( [Hezbollah warns it will hit Israel again if IDF strikes, releases attack video]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Gantz warns Lebanon: Your situation is dire and we can make it even worse]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel ‘would ultimately like to see regime change in Iran,’ says envoy Erdan]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Comments by ambassador to US and UN represent some of most far-reaching made by an Israeli official in favor of overthrowing the ayatollahs’ regime]( [G7 countries condemn attack on Mercer Street tanker off Oman, blame Iran]( By [AP and Jacob Magid]( [Iran rejects ‘baseless’ G7 accusations over fatal attack on Mercer Street tanker]( By [Agencies and Jacob Magid]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Sensing a shift in power dynamic, Iran steps up shadow war with Israel]( [A seemingly emboldened Tehran may be upping its aggressive posture in the region in order to press its nuke talks position and test new leaders in Washington and Jerusalem]( [US urges Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah attacks on Israel]( By [Agencies]( Top Ops [Yirmiyahu Danzig]( [The Igbo Hebrews and their struggle against antisemitism]( [Could it be that Western Civilization’s eurocentric and antisemitic bias has blinded the Jewish world to the existence of an entire community of our own people?]( [Glenn Sacks]( [Shut up and teach? Why labor unions weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict]( [My union condemned Israel because an injury to working people in one country needs to be resisted by working people throughout the world]( [IDF strikes Hamas sites in Gaza after arson balloons spark fires in south]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Military says it hit Hamas camp and rocket-launching position; Strip residents report blasts in the northern part of coastal enclave]( [Gaza terror groups send fire balloons into Israel, sparking four blazes]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian said killed by IDF live fire during clashes near illegal outpost]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Jewish leaders condemn Tlaib’s ‘antisemitic dog whistle’ in recent comments]( By [TOI staff]( [Congresswoman spoke of people ‘behind the curtain’ exploiting ‘the rest of us,’ from Gaza to Detroit]( [Mike Herzog, president’s brother and Brig. Gen. (Ret), named as ambassador to US]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Veteran adviser to defense ministers, peace negotiator to serve during both Bennett and Lapid’s terms as PM, pending cabinet approval]( [CRM]( [Israel sends firefighting team, equipment to Greece as thousands flee blazes]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [‘We’re talking about the apocalypse,’ says Greek Coast Guard officer evacuating residents and tourists from Evia island; one person killed near Athens as fires close in on capital]( Analysis [Marlowe HOOD]( [As deadly weather disasters sweep globe, is a 1.5°C warming target impossible?]( [Questions over whether Paris Agreement’s aspirational target can be met, as UN’s first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014 to be released Monday]( [Explainer / Earth’s energy budget is out of balance and is warming the climate]( By [scott denning]( [‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire destroys a California town]( By [Christopher Weber and noah berger]( [Natan Sharansky and wife recovering after contracting COVID-19]( By [JTA]( [Sharansky, 73, who along with his Avital was vaccinated months ago, urges Israelis to get third vaccine dose if eligible for booster]( [Government said weighing lottery between vaccine holdouts to encourage shots]( By [TOI staff]( [$31 million set aside for various efforts to inoculate over 1 million unvaccinated, but legal hurdles remain; health officials say 600-700 seriously ill would trigger lockdown]( [US CDC study shows vaccine gives COVID-19 survivors big immune boost]( By [LAURAN NEERGAARD and Mike Stobbe]( [Parents chip in to save a Long Island Jewish school — by buying it themselves]( By [Stewart Ain]( [With the help of local leaders, the institution — to be reincarnated as the Mercaz Academy — will continue to serve the community, and retain its teaching staff]( More Headlines [18 Orthodox Jewish girls taken off Amsterdam-NY flight in COVID protocol dispute]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Grave desecrated in Jewish cemetery in Greek city of Ioannina]( By [AP]( [Obituary / Nach Waxman, NYC cookbook store owner and Jewish text enthusiast, dies at 84]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Honorary tribe members / Desus and Mero get bar mitzvahed (sort of) in their Showtime series]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Tokyo 2020 / German coach thrown out of Olympics for punching uncooperative horse]( By [AFP]( [Shining example / ‘You made me cry’: Olympian touched by reaction to shared gold]( By [Rob Harris]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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