Border Police officer dies 9 days after shot by Gazan * My Shabbat with Bennett * PM mulls helping transport Afghan refugees * Selling history? Pre-Shoah papers auctioned

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, August 30, 2021 Presented by Good Faith Effort [Border Police officer shot on Gaza border dies of wounds]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Barel Shmueli, 21, succumbs to wounds 9 days after point-blank shooting by rioter who rushed the fence; Bennett calls soldier ‘a fighter in his life and a fighter in his death’]( [Gazans burn tires, set off explosives on border for second night in a row]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( Reporter's notebook [Getting to know the PM: Our unexpected Shabbat in a DC hotel with Bennett]( By [Lazar Berman]( [ToI’s diplomatic correspondent describes the weekend the media, Bennett and his team spent ‘capsuled’ together in Washington, after Biden summit was delayed by Kabul’s deadly blast]( [Israel widens 3rd COVID booster shot to those aged 12 and over]( By [TOI staff]( [Those who’ve had 3rd dose, or 2nd dose within past half-year, will be exempt from full 7-day quarantine when returning from abroad; ‘Green Pass’ to expire 6 months after last dose]( [Bennett backs expanding virus restrictions to health, education workers]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Positive COVID test rate hits 7.8%, the highest since February]( By [Stuart Winer]( [In first top-level meeting in a decade, Gantz holds talks with Abbas in Ramallah]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Sit-down comes after Bennett returns from meeting Biden in Washington; defense minister says Israel is ready to boost Palestinian Authority’s ailing economy]( [Hamas, Islamic Jihad condemn Abbas for ‘reprehensible’ meeting with Gantz]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Official close to PM downplays Gantz-Abbas meeting: There won’t be peace talks]( By [Aaron Boxerman and Emanuel Fabian]( From our sponsor [David Brooks on telling the American story]( [The New York Times columnist discusses the challenges and opportunities of the American narrative in coming generations — and why the Bible will be essential for it. Listen to the Good Faith Effort podcast >]( Tokyo 2020 [Winning streak continues: Israeli Paralympics swimmers pick up gold, bronze]( By [Amy Spiro and TOI staff]( [Israel’s medal haul now at 7; Ami Dadaon shatters his own world record, takes top prize; Mark Malyar wins his third medal, coming third in 100m backstroke]( Top Ops [Sarah Bernstein]( [Do Jewish children need a Jewish teacher?]( [The demand by some parents that their children’s homeroom teachers share their Zionist values reflects a misunderstanding of how identity is actually shaped]( [Steven Frank]( [What if Peter Beinart is wrong?]( [If his idea to replace Israel with a binational state in which Jews are the minority leads to genocide, he can simply apologize, as he has done for past mistakes]( Live updates [Liberman predicts majority support for budget and accompanying bill]( By [TOI staff]( [Ahead of first plenum vote, Treasury chief says it’s illogical for MKs to back budget but not legislation on implementing it: ‘You can’t vote for the first and oppose the second’]( [Bennett weighs offering help to transport Afghan refugees to third countries]( By [Jacob Magid]( [PM won’t resettle refugees in Israel, but, in gesture to Biden, may suggest assisting in airlifting fleeing Afghans out of US airbases, sources say]( [US drone strike stops IS suicide car-bombers trying to attack Kabul airport]( By [AFP]( [Biden at solemn ceremony to receive US troops killed in Afghanistan]( By [AAMER MADHANI]( [Are online sales of pre-Holocaust communal records their doom or salvation?]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [After decades of silence about eastern European Jewish community documents ‘abandoned’ during World War II, the issue has started to ruffle feathers, from Brooklyn to Budapest]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing August 30 – Could the Jerusalem-Ramallah freeze be thawing?]( By [TOI staff]( [Founding editor David Horovitz discusses the pros and cons of PM Bennett’s recent DC visit; Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman summarizes outcomes of PA-Israel talks]( [Hurricane Ida knocks out New Orleans power, claims its first fatality]( By [Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey]( [Unidentified person found dead after a tree crashes down on a home in Prairieville; the 150-mph winds make it the 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland US]( [Government report finds Israel methane emissions much higher than world averages]( By [Sue Surkes]( [In annual report, Environmental Protection Ministry assesses emissions cost state NIS 12.9 billion ($4 billion) in damage to public health and environment last year]( [Government approves Jerusalem wildfire aid and rehab plan]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( Obituary [Ed Asner, TV’s blustery but lovable Lou Grant, dies at 91]( By [AP, JTA and TOI staff]( [Prolific actor became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ and in later spinoff; once said he hoped to be buried on Mount Scopus]( Analysis [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Could Lapid’s harsh rebuke of Poland harm ties beyond repair?]( [Some experts question wisdom of foreign minister’s enraged response to Warsaw’s newly passed controversial restitution law]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Rabbi brothers suspected of sex abuse at their Jerusalem yeshiva]( By [Stuart Winer]( [5 from Bedouin town charged over attacks on drivers in May]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Netanyahu said to dine in Hawaii with Larry Ellison, a witness in graft trial]( By [TOI staff]( [Ben & Jerry’s board chair said accused of self-dealing to fund Palestinian group]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Likud MK Dichter says he’ll challenge Netanyahu for party leadership]( By [TOI staff]( [5 charged for stabbing Palestinian while on way to Western Wall prayers]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [UN watchdog: North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor]( By [AFP]( [In a while? / Israel hunts for crocodile on the run, after tip from Jordan]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran’s new nuclear chief was blacklisted by the UN]( By [Nasser Karimi]( [Work begins to partially renovate hazardous bridge to Temple Mount]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Israel offers funding for innovative ways to train new candidates for tech jobs]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Attorney general ends probe into former Mossad chief’s TV interview]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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