Prisons chief won’t quit after terrorists’ jailbreak * Fires in cells; clashes in West Bank * Morocco’s Islamists set to lose power * Comic’s ’Jews Don’t Count’ resonates

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, September 9, 2021 [Prisons Service chief rebuffs calls for her ouster in wake of escape]( By [TOI staff]( [Inmates evacuated from Gilboa Prison following Monday’s escape of 6 convicts will be dispersed among other facilities, and Islamic Jihad members will be kept apart from each other]( [Prisoner manhunt enters 4th day as minister vows to catch ‘terrorist fugitives’]( By [TOI staff]( [Security prisoners riot in jails as terror groups protest new curbs on inmates]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Hundreds riot in West Bank, East Jerusalem after jailbreak; IDF extends closure]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Emanuel Fabian]( [PM says Israel ready for ‘every eventuality’ as manhunt continues, amid growing concerns fugitives’ exploits may spark greater violence in West Bank and Gaza]( [Police increasingly suspect jailers aided security prisoners escape — TV]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF boosts forces aiding prisoner manhunt, as searches focus on northern towns]( By [Emanuel Fabian and AFP]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Sept. 9 – Prison break and fintech reforms in first week of 5782]( [David Horovitz discusses the implications of the Gilboa Prison escape and Iranian nuclear enrichment, while Ricky Ben David looks at possible changes in financial tech sector]( [As Israel quells prison riots, PA’s prisoner office accuses it of ‘Nazism’]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [145,000 schoolkids in quarantine as transmission rate drops to 4-month low]( By [TOI staff]( [41,816 kids infected with COVID-19; R-value falls to 0.83, signaling outbreak slowing]( [Coronavirus testing sites across Israel overwhelmed for 2nd day in a row]( By [TOI staff]( [20,000 new COVID cases diagnosed over Rosh Hashanah; 55 deaths]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Palestinian official warns of major unrest if any of prison escapees is killed]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Prison guards tell media that Gilboa Prison commander decided to leave tower empty due to manpower shortage; it was unmanned for over a month before Palestinian inmates fled]( [Lapid in Moscow: If the world doesn’t stop a nuclear Iran, Israel will act]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Foreign minister tells Russian counterpart that while Israel recognizes Moscow’s interests in Syria, ‘we’ll maintain our ability to defend ourselves’; Lavrov to visit Israel soon]( [Blinken warns US ‘getting closer’ to giving up on Iran nuclear deal]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [IAEA says its equipment in Iran was damaged in blast associated with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran’s president insists country is ‘transparent’ about nuclear activities]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Top Ops [Rachael Pass]( [The abortion I had while a rabbinical student was a sacred choice]( [As Jews, the Texas abortion ban violates our religious freedom, which demands that we have access to abortion care when it is needed and wanted]( [Eric H. Yoffie]( [Jewish schools must obey the law]( [The demand in some NY Hasidic circles that boys engage in full-time Torah study to the exclusion of basic educational literacy is illegal, immoral and un-Jewish]( Interview [Jewish UK comedian’s message that ‘Jews Don’t Count’ rings true across the pond]( By [Amy Spiro]( [David Baddiel originally wrote his book on how the left dismisses antisemitism for a British audience, but his US coreligionists identified so strongly he’s releasing a new version]( [Morocco’s long-ruling Islamists apparently suffer crushing defeat to liberals]( By [Kaouthar Oudrhiri and Philippe Agret]( [Provisional results show unexpected win for liberal parties, collapse of support for Justice and Development Party, with ruling faction dropping from 125 seats to 12]( Photo Essay [Ahead of 20th anniversary, 20 images that captured the enormity of 9/11]( By [Jennifer Peltz]( [Street scenes chart escalating horror as people stare and weep at burning skyscrapers, then run from billowing dust cloud after one of them crumbles]( [They were some of 9/11’s biggest names. Where are they now?]( By [JERRY SCHWARTZ]( [9/11 museum to retool its restrictive research rules after criticism]( By [Jennifer Peltz]( Analysis [David Klepper]( [9/11 conspiracy theories metastasized, led to misinformation on COVID, elections]( [Spread by the internet and nurtured by pundits and politicians, corrosive falsehoods have prompted one dangerous hoax after another: birtherism. Pizzagate. QAnon…]( [Immigrant 9/11 cleanup crews seek residency as compensation for health problems]( By [Claudia Torrens]( [20 years on, shrine to church destroyed on 9/11 nears completion]( By [Peter Smith]( [CRM]( [Under Taliban’s watch, dozens of foreigners board commercial flight from Kabul]( By [KATHY GANNON]( [First large-scale evacuation since US and NATO forces left Afghanistan marks significant breakthrough in coordination with country’s new rulers]( [Taliban has reportedly banned women’s sports in Afghanistan]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Pentagon chief says al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan]( By [Robert Burns]( [Anti-Taliban leader says resistance fighters could return at ‘any time’]( By [AFP]( More Headlines [Israeli father of 10 killed in car accident in Ukraine, en route home from Uman]( By [TOI staff]( [Woman’s body found in burning car in north, after apparent bombing]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Shopify invests in Israeli e-commerce marketing firm Yotpo]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Slovakia’s government apologizes for WWII antisemitic laws]( By [AP]( [In court, surviving Paris attacker shouts defendants are ‘treated like dogs’]( By [Anne-Sophie LASSERRE and Marie DHUMIERES]( [WHO urges COVID vaccine booster moratorium until 2022]( By [AFP]( [Larger than life / Scientists discover new 500 million-year-old ‘giant’ of the seas]( By [TOI staff]( [Russian minister dies trying to save filmmaker during Arctic drill]( By [Anna SMOLCHENKO]( [Ra’am MK selected to head Knesset Internal Affairs Committee]( By [Amy Spiro]( [99% perspiration / Thai device tests for coronavirus in armpit sweat]( By [AFP]( [Former Confederate capital removes statue of Gen. Lee after years of protests]( By [Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie]( [Arab ministers say Egyptian gas to reach crisis-hit Lebanon soon]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved