Islamic Jihad prisoners riot, set fire to cells * Relatives of 6 escapees held * Perilous escape of last Afghan Jew * COVID wave ebbs? * Taliban: Ties with all but Israel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, September 8, 2021 [Security prisoners riot at jails as terror groups protest new curbs on inmates]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Prisoners at Ketziot set fire to cells after attempts to move PIJ members between facilities; unrest reported at other facilities; new restrictions come after Monday’s jailbreak]( [Islamic Jihad threatens Israel over escaped prisoners, braces for IDF raids]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli troops said to arrest family members of fugitives in West Bank raids]( By [TOI staff]( [Clashes reported between IDF, Palestinians in Jenin area, where the 6 escapees are from; prisons service allegedly refraining from moving Islamic Jihad inmates after riot threats]( [3 reportedly arrested on suspicion of aiding escaped security prisoners]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Footage shows Afghanistan’s last Jew’s perilous escape from Kabul]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Video follows Zebulon Simantov on 5-day journey across border as he’s rescued along with dozens of women and children; says he wants to go to New York]( [Afghanistan’s last Jew finally leaves the country, reportedly headed to US]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Expert says key measure of virus spread suggests Israel’s current wave receding]( By [TOI staff]( [Eran Segal reports the R-number, which measures how many new cases each infection causes, has dropped below 1 in Israel for first time since early June]( [Taliban say willing to establish relations with all nations except Israel]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Spokesman for extremist group that took over Afghanistan says it wants ties with all countries in the region, and even willing to cooperate with US, but not Israel]( [Victorious Taliban gloat over ruins of CIA’s last Afghan base]( By [Emmanuel Duparcq]( [CIA veteran: Al-Qaeda will rebuild within Afghanistan, seek to attack US again]( By [Matthew Barakat]( [Mobileye to launch pilot scheme for autonomous taxis in Tel Aviv, Munich in 2022]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Jerusalem-based Intel subsidiary partners with German mobility service provider Sixt to test ‘robotaxis’ next year; passengers will hail ride on Moovit or Sixt apps]( [A Jewish family, now in Maryland, has been making honey wine for 150 years]( By [Stacey Pfeffer]( [28-year-old Rachel Lipman grew up learning about mead production from her grandfather, whose family business was destroyed in the Holocaust. Now, she’s got an eye to the future]( [UN watchdog: Iran has quadrupled its stocks of 60%-enriched uranium since May]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [IAEA also warns its ability to assess Iran’s nuclear activities is ‘seriously undermined’ because Tehran is blocking its access to monitoring equipment]( Top Ops [Philip Jacobs]( [My synagogue has no mask mandate. I’m brokenhearted.]( [After open-heart surgery, my doctors insist I attend Rosh Hashanah services only if all are masked. My longtime shul opted not to make it happen]( [Kenneth L. Marcus]( [If you are going to spell it ‘antisemitism,’ then remove the hyphen from ‘anti-Zionism’]( [That hyphen wrongly suggests that those who oppose Zionism are against what it really is, as opposed to what they imagine it to be]( [Marathon trial of 20 suspects in 2015 Paris Bataclan attacks begins]( By [Anne-Sophie LASSERRE and Marie DHUMIERES]( [Heavy security presence at court for proceedings, with only surviving attacker of terror rampage that left 130 dead put in the dock]( [Explainer / 2015 Paris attacks: What’s at stake in biggest trial in French history?]( By [Arno Pedram]( [Suspect goes on trial for far-right attack on Jewish restaurant in Germany]( By [AP]( [20 years later, 9/11 survivors still cope with the trauma: ‘It never goes away’]( By [Jennifer Peltz]( [Guy Sanders, an EMT who was en route when the towers collapsed, killing his colleague, says ‘it’s not something to be gotten over’]( [As the decades pass, the act of remembering 9/11 evolves]( By [Ted Anthony]( [20 years later, two more victims of 9/11 attacks identified]( By [AFP]( [‘We made a promise to the families of World Trade Center victims to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to identify their loved ones,’ says top NYC medical official]( [More have died from 9/11-related illnesses than in attack — report]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( Explainer [Rachel Mikva]( [When does life begin? There’s more than one Jewish way to answer that question]( [With Texas banning abortions after six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, Jewish texts offer multiple perspectives]( [Key players in Taliban government: A US-designated terrorist; Mullah Omar’s son]( By [AFP]( [Leaders of new hardline Islamist regime in Afghanistan includes numerous figures under UN sanctions, and a co-founder of group who led withdrawal agreement talks with US]( [Taliban supreme leader tells new government to uphold sharia law]( By [AFP]( [Cementing power, Taliban names interim PM who is on a UN blacklist]( By [James EDGAR]( More Headlines [Blinken invites Lapid for Washington visit next month]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Denmark thrashes Israel 5-0 to dent World Cup soccer qualifying chances]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Hacker claims to have stolen personal data of vast majority of Israelis]( By [TOI staff]( [Arab ministers say Egyptian gas to reach crisis-hit Lebanon soon]( By [AP]( [Germany admits police used spyware from NSO Group in ‘small number of cases’]( By [AFP]( [What the 'foo' / Fowl language: Cursing Australian duck imitates human speech]( By [Natalie HANDEL]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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