Asleep in the tower: Farcical blunders that enabled jailbreak * Aussie cops surround shul in COVID row * When forgiveness is tricky * Interview: Saved by my pomegranates

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, September 7, 2021 [Asleep in the tower: Behind prison escape, a farcical litany of Israeli blunders]( By [TOI staff]( [Zakaria Zubeidi said allowed into cell with other 5 escapees day before jailbreak, blueprint of prison was available online, and watchtower guard slept through the whole episode]( [Authorities scramble for clues, answers as escaped inmates evade massive manhunt]( By [TOI staff]( [Manhunt for fugitives continues into 2nd day, with troops searching around Jenin]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian reports say brother and father of convicted Islamic Jihad terrorist summoned for questioning, asked to turn him in; more soldiers sent to Jordanian border, seam line]( [Palestinians celebrate ‘heroic’ prison break, call to protect escapees]( By [TOI staff]( [Abbas, Herzog express hopes for upped cooperation in holiday call]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Judah Ari Gross]( [High-profile jailbreak exposes holes in prison security, sparks copycat fears]( [Israel Prisons Service emerges as a weak link in Israel’s security, with 6 inmates escaping through same structural defects used in a similar, failed attempt in 2014]( [Aussie cops surround synagogue on Rosh Hashanah over alleged lockdown breach]( By [TOI staff]( [Group of Orthodox Jews is refusing to leave house of worship in Melbourne, where they are apparently marking Jewish new year in violation of local COVID ordinances]( Book review [Sorry not sorry: Author learns how not to let lack of apology sour a sweet year]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [In ‘The Forgiveness Tour,’ Susan Shapiro shares her experiences and those of 13 other diverse subjects across the US as she explores the tricky ins and outs of making amends]( Top Ops [Daphne Lazar Price]( [American Orthodox rabbis: The complicity of silence]( [American political lines align Orthodox Jewish groups with Christians when it comes to abortion, taking an approach that contradicts their own rich rabbinic literature]( [Yosef Lindell]( [Why a High Holidays prayer book is still going strong after 70 years]( [With so much rapid changes in today’s world, the things that stay the same provide solace; for many, the Birnbaum machzor has long been one of them]( [Taliban use gunfire to break up protests in Kabul, arrest journalists]( By [Agencies]( [In show of defiance against new Islamist leadership, hundreds attend at least three separate rallies, including one outside Pakistan’s embassy over its alleged meddling in country]( [Blinken: Taliban have renewed pledge to let Afghans ‘freely depart’]( By [Shaun Tandon]( [Afghan universities, reopening under new Taliban-imposed rules, are almost empty]( By [Emmanuel Duparcq]( [In call with Blinken, Lapid walks back criticism of US pullout from Afghanistan]( By [Jacob Magid]( [US praises Israeli moves on Gaza, Jerusalem Foreign Ministry says, and two discuss Iran nuclear progress; pair to meet in US in October]( [US-built databases risk becoming a tool of Taliban repression]( By [Frank Bajak]( [IDF chief says Israel accelerating Iran strike plans, acting throughout Mideast]( By [TOI staff]( [Aviv Kohavi also defends top brass amid anger over border cop’s death: ‘If we don’t back them up we’ll end up without commanders’]( [IDF strikes in Gaza in response to arson balloon attacks]( By [TOI staff]( [Army says it hit sites in Khan Younis in southern Strip, after airborne explosive devices spark three fires near Israeli towns bordering Hamas-run enclave]( [Qatar says ready to start Gaza cash infusion, including for Hamas employees]( By [AFP]( [Gaza incendiary balloons spark fresh fires in south]( By [TOI staff]( [The fruit farmer who swears by his pomegranates (and loquats and apricots)]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Amiram Moerman says pomegranate juice saved him from the coronavirus, but rails against the Israeli government and its latest efforts to change the local farming industry]( [Pope tells Israeli rabbis his comments on Jewish law weren’t meant to disparage]( By [TOI staff]( [Francis caused concern among Jewish officials when he said recently that the law of the Torah ‘does not give life’]( [Remains of Jordanian soldier from 1967 war buried in Jerusalem]( By [AP]( [Body found during work on Ammunition Hill, site of major battle in Six Day War, reinterred after Jordanian ceremony on Temple Mount, reflecting warmer ties with Amman]( [CRM]( More Headlines [On Rosh Hashanah, Putin lauds Jewish groups for ‘patriotic, charitable projects’]( By [TOI staff]( [Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind restarts, days before 20th anniversary]( By [Paul Handley]( [Human Rights Watch calls to sanction Egypt over ‘extrajudicial executions’]( By [AFP]( [Quantum Machines nabs $50m investment to make quantum computers more accessible]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [3 men drown at beaches in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam in 24 hours]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian TV show lauded by hardliners returns to air under new president]( By [Marc Jourdier and Ahmad Parhizi]( [In world first, Cuba starts COVID-19 shots for toddlers]( By [AFP]( [EU seeks daily fines against Poland over controversial judicial reforms]( By [LORNE COOK]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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