HRW: Rocket fired at Israel killed 7 Gazans * Exclusive: Alleged victim of US youth group leader speaks up * ToI investigates: Sheikh Jarrah * Lapid opens Morocco mission

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, August 12, 2021 [HRW: Gaza groups committed war crimes, killed Palestinians with failed launches]( By [Emanuel Fabian and Agencies]( [Rights group condemns Hamas for attacks on Israeli civilian areas during May conflict, confirms some rockets killed Gazans when falling short in northern section of coastal enclave]( [With rise in Palestinian deaths, IDF head says no room for troops’ ‘negligence’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Palestinian dies week after shot during clashes with troops]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Exclusive [Eye on statute of limitations, alleged victim of US youth group leader speaks up]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Rabbi Jordan Soffer demands USY, the Conservative movement’s youth branch, explain why it turned blind eye to abuser for years, later allowed his employment as a synagogue director]( [Reform movement probing itself over history of bungling sex abuse allegations]( By [Asaf Shalev]( ToI investigates [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [In Sheikh Jarrah, anonymous actors and an absent state have created a powder keg]( [Israel sees a real estate dispute hijacked by propagandists; Palestinians say it’s part of an Israeli policy to erase them in Jerusalem. Who’s right? And why does it resonate so?]( [Israel set to approve new Palestinian and Jewish building in West Bank]( By [TOI staff, AFP and Jacob Magid]( [Lapid inaugurates Israeli mission in Morocco as Herzog invites king to visit]( By [Lazar Berman]( [President tells Mohammed VI that Israel ‘committed to deepening the strength of our relations’ after reestablishment of diplomatic ties last year; FM to wrap up trip Thursday night]( [Blinken lauds ‘significant’ first post-normalization visit by Lapid in Morocco]( By [Jacob Magid]( [In Rabat, Lapid holds lengthy talks with Moroccan FM, who urges 2-state solution]( By [Lazar Berman]( [PM says 3rd COVID shot to be offered to under-60s starting next week]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett tells HMOs he expects approval by Thursday night; reports suggest booster vaccine drive will be expanded to over-50s first, over-40s shortly after]( [Cabinet okays new restrictions on shops and venues, as cases spike further]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Education Ministry stalling bid to test kids for antibodies at school – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Hospital infusion plan welcomed, but some ask where more doctors will come from]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Experts say bringing in thousands more medical staff to deal with pandemic is a good idea, but finding fully trained professionals will be a challenge and scheme will take time]( [Bennett rolls out plan to bolster hospitals ahead of expected COVID onslaught]( By [TOI staff]( [US study: Moderna vaccine far better than Pfizer at preventing Delta infection]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF Home Front Command to test kids for COVID antibodies ahead of school year]( By [TOI staff]( [Military will lead efforts after plans stall for serological testing at schools; vaccinations for pupils on school grounds still up in the air]( [As government struggles with rising COVID cases, IDF rejoins fight]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [As Iranians see vaccinated, maskless Westerners, anger at government grows]( By [Jon Gambrell]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Aug 12 – Bennett pushes vaccination, anti-violence unit for Arabs]( By [TOI staff]( [Military reporter Judah Ari Gross and Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman delve into building permits in the West Bank and a new police unit to fight crime in Arab towns]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Global warming, the story that matters most]( [We need to change habits that exacerbate the crisis, and demand that our governments take the strategic steps to offer coming generations a realistic prospect of, put simply, life]( [Hottest day in European records, as ‘Lucifer’ anticyclone sweeps through Italy]( By [AFP]( Live Updates [LIVE: Bennett asks Pfizer CEO to speed up vaccine approval for under 12s]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Prime minister’s office says Albert Bourla vows to work ‘to the best of his ability’ to move the process along and expand eligibility]( [‘The face of Iran’s new terror government’: Israel blasts Raisi’s cabinet]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Foreign Ministry calls on international community to condemn appointment of Ahmad Vahidi, who is wanted by Interpol over alleged role in 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires]( [Senior Iranian official tweets in Hebrew on Russia talks]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Big Three’ WWII-themed memorial sparks furor in Iran]( By [AP]( Top Ops [Kenneth Jacobson]( [100 years of debunking The Protocols: The fight goes on]( [The London Times’ refuted the insidious antisemitic conspiracy a century ago, yet the poisonous message is still spread in Iran, the Arab world and beyond]( [Zvika Klein]( [Liel Leibovitz on the ‘progressive threat’ to Jews]( [’Israel scares the progressives because it is a country with basic ideas of community, family and faith. It is against their values.’ – 2 in a series on US Judaism and Israel,]( [Israeli leaders pan ‘disgrace’ as Poland passes law curbing WWII property claims]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [FM Lapid says Jerusalem will review 2018 joint statement on Holocaust remembrance; Knesset speaker cancels plans to form inter-parliamentary friendship group]( [US urges Poland’s Duda not to sign WWII restitution law passed by parliament]( By [Jacob Magid]( [54 years later, body suspected to be Jordanian soldier found in Jerusalem]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Corpse discovered during light rail construction work near Ammunition Hill, alongside a Jordanian Army helmet]( [‘He cares about himself, not Likud’: Netanyahu attacked by senior party members]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [Ex-ministers and MKs slam former PM for not relinquishing leadership, dooming them to opposition; Miri Regev says time for party to move away from Ashkenazi men as leaders]( [Defying Health Ministry recommendation, Netanyahus said set to vacation abroad]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Deaf actress and activist Marlee Matlin on landing her ‘dream role’ in ‘CODA’]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Poignant, funny, and devoid of artifice, the film, streaming on Apple TV+ from August 13, realistically portrays a family with deaf parents through a true-to-life cast]( [23 people caught trying to fly from Israel to New York with forged COVID tests]( By [TOI staff]( [United Airlines passengers removed from flight and detained, then released on bail and fined, with possibility of further punishment under consideration; US authorities informed]( [Boot camp / Woman caught with kids in trunk claims ‘they’re in quarantine’]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Humans wiped out hundreds of bird species in last 50,000 years — Israeli study]( By [TOI staff]( [Reviewing scientific literature, researchers find at least 400 species that disappeared around the world shortly after humans arrived on the scene]( [Newly hatched loggerhead sea turtles seen in Eilat for first time]( By [TOI staff]( [Negev chemical plant’s storage pools at immediate risk of collapse, locals warn]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli startup lets users check vital signs by looking at their smartphones]( By [Luke Tress]( [Binah.ai turns mobile devices, laptops into medical monitoring tools that can measure heartrate, oxygen saturation, stress levels]( [Microsoft acquires Israeli startup Peer5 to improve video streaming software]( By [Luke Tress]( [Cloud protection startup OwnBackUp raises $240m, nearing $3.35b valuation]( By [Luke Tress]( Just friends [Schwimmer denies rumors of Aniston romantic relationship]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [‘Friends’ star rejects UK magazine report that said recent reunion of sitcom stars ‘stirred up feelings for both of them’]( [Real Housewives host ‘Black Shabbat’ dinner on latest episode of Bravo series]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [No trivial pursuit / Mayim Bialik to host ‘Jeopardy!’ specials]( By [JTA]( More Headlines [Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as three more provincial capitals fall]( By [TAMEEM AKHGAR and Jon Gambrell]( [Israel-based family fighting to adopt boy who survived Italy cable car crash]( By [TOI staff]( [US frustration mounts over Afghan failure to blunt Taliban’s advance]( By [Francesco FONTEMAGGI and Paul Handley]( [High Court overturns previous minister’s denial of Israel Prize to academic]( By [TOI staff]( [Swastikas daubed on French memorial to Holocaust survivor Simone Veil]( By [AFP]( [In recruiting revamp, IDF turns to data science, ends ‘one-dimensional’ scoring]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Facebook bans far-right political figures Marzel, Ben Ari from its platforms]( By [TOI staff]( [Addis Ababa man battling heart defect gets second free treatment in Israel]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [International bidders reportedly closing in on deal to acquire Haifa port]( By [Luke Tress]( [UN experts urge freeze on surveillance tech sales amid Israeli spyware scandal]( By [AFP]( [Police believe Bat Yam shooting victim was hit by errant fire in mob violence]( By [TOI staff]( [In the heights / Climbing the walls at Jerusalem’s Tower of David]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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