UN issues ’code red for humanity’ * Israel: Global emergency * COVID confusion as ultra-Orthodox kids go back to school * Grumbling Russian also dropped ribbon, won gold

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, August 9, 2021 Presented by Emanuel School [Environment minister: UN report shows Israel must declare climate emergency]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Zandberg says global warming findings must act as ‘wake-up call’ for the world and the Jewish state: ‘The intensity and urgency of the climate crisis can no longer be denied’]( [Explainer / Humanity almost entirely to blame for hotter Earth: The key UN report findings]( By [Marlowe HOOD and Patrick Galey]( [California’s ‘Dixie Fire’ now second-worst in state history, authorities say]( By [Josh Edelson]( [‘Code red for humanity’: UN report warns of unprecedented global warming]( By [Seth Borenstein]( [Expert: ‘I don’t see any area that is safe. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide’ * Temperatures will rise past 1.5° Celsius threshold in the 2030s * Changes unprecedented in millennia]( [Illegal fishing taking toll on world’s marine protected areas — Israeli study]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Firefighters try to stop Greek island blaze from reaching thick forest]( By [Alexandros Kottis and Chantal Valery]( Live updates [Raisi speaks with Macron, says nuclear talks must ensure Iran’s ‘rights’]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian president tells French counterpart Tehran is serious about ‘maintaining deterrence’ in Gulf waters, following deadly attack it allegedly launched on Israeli-linked ship]( Job Opening (promoted) [Head of Jewish Life — Sydney, Australia]( [We’re looking for a Head of Jewish Life at Emanuel School, a pluralistic, egalitarian Jewish Day School in Sydney, Australia. If you’re an engaging and driven leader who shares the values of our School, please apply.]( [As of August 16, Israelis can return from just 10 countries without quarantine]( By [TOI staff]( [However, most of those destinations don’t allow Israeli travelers to visit; Austria, Czech Republic, Moldova only places it’s possible to go without needing to isolate upon return]( [Results in 15 minutes: Rapid COVID-19 test stations set up across Israel]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [IDF restricts callup of reservists to COVID-vaccinated or recovered only]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Bennett urges Arab Israelis to get vaccinated: ‘Rates are too low’]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Minority lags with some 51% inoculated, compared to 66% of all Israeli citizens; though only one Arab town among 26 in country designated as ‘red’ area]( [PM said mulling plan to relieve pressure on hospitals, thereby avoiding lockdown]( By [TOI staff]( [TV: 14 Israelis who got 3rd shot later infected with COVID-19]( By [TOI staff]( [Testing, testing and more testing: Israel lays out plan for reopening schools]( By [TOI staff]( [Under framework, students with a classmate who tests positive will be allowed to stay in school as long as they test negative every day for a week]( [Uncertainty and confusion as 250,000 ultra-Orthodox kids return to school]( By [TOI staff]( [Sex offender rabbi Eliezer Berland hospitalized, on ventilator with COVID]( By [TOI staff]( [In Israel, top Bahrain diplomat says Iran nuke deal fueled violence, chaos]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Kingdom’s undersecretary for international relations says JCPOA has caused instability and deaths of innocents; blames Iran for conflicts across the region]( [European Union says evidence ‘clearly points to Iran’ in deadly attack on tanker]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [In new high, Iran records over 500 daily COVID-19 deaths]( By [Agencies]( [Likud MK indicted on graft charges after forgoing parliamentary immunity request]( By [TOI staff]( [David Bitan accused of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and tax offenses for allegedly accepting bribes while in office]( [Katz slams own party leader Netanyahu, Gantz for last coalition’s lack of budget]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [State prosecutors reportedly to probe ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing August 9 – A new platform for Israel-Diaspora relations?]( By [TOI staff]( [Editor David Horovitz discusses government’s new support for pluralism (but not civil marriage); health reporter Nathan Jeffay weighs up the chances of yet another COVID lockdown]( Tokyo 2020 [As Olympics come to an end, Israel celebrates its best Games ever]( By [Amy Spiro]( [With just six months until the 2022 Winter Games and three years until Summer Games return in Paris, the Jewish state is ready to keep its eyes on the prize]( [Tokyo 2020 / Russia’s rhythmic gymnastics dynasty topples as Israel, Bulgaria get gold medals]( By [CLAIRE GALOFARO]( [Grumbling Russian gymnast also once won gold after dropping ribbon]( By [TOI staff]( [She’s complaining now, but at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Dina Averina took home a gold to Linoy Ashram’s silver despite fumbling her apparatus]( [Tokyo 2020 / Linoy Ashram: My win proves gymnastics isn’t only for Eastern Europeans]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Netanyahu apologizes to Haredi MKs after phoning Olympic medalist on Shabbat]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Zvika Klein]( [Peter Beinart: ‘The Palestinians are suffering more than the Israelis’]( [In the first in a series on progressive US Judaism and Israel, the writer insists the American pro-Palestinian movement is not, by and large, antisemitic]( [Adele Raemer]( [Moshe Etzion – On his own terms]( [I never heard my fellow kibbutz member – a Holocaust survivor and bereaved father – say an angry word or raise his voice or even respond with sarcasm]( [Chaim I. Waxman]( [Restore us to You, oh God – but where to?]( [If not for the Delta variant, outdoor prayer services would mostly be back inside, but maybe we should continue them, even when the pandemic is over]( [Naomi Chazan]( [5 ways Israel’s government ignores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict]( [A value-based approach would lay the groundwork for a lasting political accommodation – if only Bennett and Lapid dared to try it]( [CRM]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [With world watching, Raisi’s cabinet will indicate where he’s taking Iran]( [Hardline president to reveal conservative cabinet in coming days, as nuclear talks expected to pick up in September]( [Iran’s Raisi taps US-sanctioned Mohammad Mokhber as first vice president]( By [AFP]( [The Jews of Key West are making a home again in Margaritaville]( By [Larry Luxner]( [1,000-strong Jewish community at southernmost point in the continental United States embraces tourists after a 2020 hit by COVID]( [Father dies by suicide on grave of son killed by Gaza rocket fire in 2014]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Moshe Etzion, 88, takes his own life on anniversary of death of son Ze’ev, a local security chief in Kibbutz Nirim killed in the final hours of the war]( [Incoming, outgoing national security advisers meet Egyptian intel chief in Cairo]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF says Hezbollah man who launched rockets seen near border in plain clothes]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Arabic spokesperson says Ali Kajak’s presence near frontier in civilian dress shows group’s ‘disregard for Lebanon’s sovereignty, international resolutions’]( [Israeli envoy slams UN chief for turning ‘blind eye to Hezbollah’s war crimes’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [‘We deserve the truth’: Beirut blast bereaved demand justice at symbolic funeral]( By [AFP]( More Headlines [‘Putsch’: High Court pans Likud MKs’ petition over ‘unfair’ Knesset panel makeup]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point uncovers Amazon security flaw]( By [Luke Tress]( [French prosecutors open probe into antisemitic sign raised at anti-vaccine rally]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Drawing a crowd / Ari Folman’s animated Anne Frank film to open Jerusalem Film Fest]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Boutique airline to launch all-business class Tel Aviv-Paris-New York flights]( By [TOI staff]( [‘I prayed’: Facebook faces praise and doubts as it rolls out new prayer tool]( By [holly meyer and David Crary]( [From the web / Fashion and art muse Ilona Royce Smithkin dies at 101]( [New Google project in Israel aims to use AI to help detect colon cancer]( By [Luke Tress]( [Police arrest 3 brothers suspected of murdering mother, hiding her body]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Leading Israeli gaming firm CrazyLabs acquired by Swedish company]( By [Luke Tress]( [Group huddle / Hall of Fame unveils exhibit dedicated to NFL’s founding owners]( By [Berry Wilner]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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