Rabin anniversary: PM issues warning; Netanyahu stays away; grandson hails new gov’t * Crusader sword on seabed * Dead Sea: Nude pix and debt relief * 100 Arab homicides

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, October 18, 2021 Presented by [Good Faith Effort]( [Marking Rabin assassination, Bennett warns: ‘We mustn’t burn our house down’]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli leaders — minus Netanyahu — attend ceremony commemorating late PM; grandson hails new gov’t: ‘The rule of the people has triumphed over the rule of the individual’]( [Netanyahu to skip official ceremony marking 26 years since Rabin assassination]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Lapid, Netanyahu mourn Colin Powell as true friend of Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Former US secretary of state died of COVID complications at the age of 84]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Oct. 18 – 100 Arab Israeli homicides; where to go from here?]( [ToI editor David Horovitz and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman discuss efforts to rein in Arab homicides, plus the Dead Sea and Spencer Tunick’s photoshoot there]( [Man gunned down in Bi’na, marking 100th Arab Israeli homicide in 2021]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Government moves to expand warrantless police searches to fight Arab crime]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [1 in 3 Haredim caught coronavirus, double the national average – study]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [31% of community have been confirmed positive compared to 13.7% of other Israelis; think tank says behavior in Haredi society to blame, others question conclusion]( [Israel to offer AstraZeneca vaccines starting Thursday]( By [TOI staff]( [COVID death toll stands at 7,999 as transmission, serious cases continue decline]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Diver pulls 900-year-old Crusader sword from seafloor]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Though encrusted with marine organisms, one-meter-long blade is preserved in perfect condition, expert says; finder given outstanding citizen award for handing in relic]( From our sponsor [Antonio Garcia Martinez – A religion of questions]( [A conversation with the technologist, startup founder, one of America’s best public thinkers… and recent convert to Judaism. Click to listen]( Inside story [Holy and mundane: Why Israel’s 1st Orthodox premier still rankles many religious]( By [Tal Schneider]( [The PM keeps kosher, Shabbat and more, and not only for show; but to some, his unholy coalition outweighs any pride in seeing a kippah-clad leader in the halls of power]( [Energy minister accuses Netanyahu of using ‘fake news’ to harm ties with Jordan]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( Top Ops [Sarah Bernstein]( [Hey, MK Smotrich, your diatribe is the problem]( [35 Jewish and Arab principals own their responsibility to educate for a future that will include living and working in a multicultural reality. You should too]( [Shay Nave]( [A tragic wake-up call: The Rabin assassination as a catalyst for social change]( [The prime minister’s murder spurred me to leave my comfort zone and work to spark dialogue among people who disagree, because not getting along is not an option]( [Jehuda Haddad]( [Needed: An emergency plan to let high-tech win]( [With a dire shortage of professionals, Israel must start tech education in kindergarten and bring in minorities to fuel the economy’s growth engine]( [Karen Feuer]( [Rethinking safety on Bnei Akiva trips]( [Not every driver does well when bombarded by loud music, shouting, and raucous behavior. The kids, counselors, bus company, and yes, we parents must take care]( [Nude and painted white, 200 volunteer models pose at endangered Dead Sea]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [American photographer Spencer Tunick’s third installation at the salty lake poses models as white pillars of salt, seeking to raise awareness for the need to ‘save this pearl’]( [TV: State wipes out NIS 65 million debt owed by billionaire for Dead Sea water]( By [TOI staff]( [Justice Ministry reportedly backtracks from demand that the Idan Ofer-controlled Dead Sea Works factory pay for saltwater pumped from the receding lake]( [CRM]( [With carrot and stick, Palestinians see surge of vaccinations in West Bank, Gaza]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [After months of stagnation, percentage of eligible vaccinated rises from 23% to 50%]( [Palestinian woman arrested while approaching settlement armed with a knife]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Hamas sentences 2 to death, 2 to hard labor for collaborating with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Top cyber official: Hospital attack ‘purely financial,’ likely by Chinese group]( By [TOI staff]( [Warning of ‘ongoing battle’ with hackers, Health Ministry cybersecurity chief Reuven Eliyahu says Israeli health sector is targeted ‘tens of thousands of times a month’]( [Officials said to fear some medical records lost forever in hospital cyberattack]( By [TOI staff]( [Guatemala blocks extremist ultra-Orthodox sect heading to Iran through Mexico]( By [TOI staff]( [Two busloads of Lev Tahor members prevented from crossing border with the intention of flying to Kurdistan]( [EU top envoy ‘optimistic’ on new Iran nuclear talks, though nothing confirmed]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [IDF official: Israel expects Hezbollah to fire 2,000 rockets a day in wartime]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Israel is ‘our most trusted partner,’ says India’s foreign minister in Jerusalem]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will meet PM Bennett, President Herzog and FM Lapid on Monday; will participate in Zoom call with Blinken, UAE’s Bin Zayed]( [Swedish foreign minister visits Israel in major step toward rebuilding ties]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Family of slain British MP calls for ‘togetherness’ in wake of killing]( By [Adrian DENNIS and Pauline Froissart]( [Suspect in terror attack was supposed to be participating in a ‘de-radicalization’ program but was never formally a ‘person of interest’ to British intelligence]( [Father of suspect in slaying of British MP Amess ‘traumatized’ by son’s arrest]( By [SYLVIA HUI]( [The classic Jewish film ‘Hester Street’ gets a new life in 2021]( By [Mia J. Merrill]( [A 4K restoration of ‘Crossing Delancey’ director Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 career debut, about Jewish immigrants assimilating in NYC, is now in select theaters and streaming]( [CRM]( [Venezuela’s tight-knit Jewish community is still mourning its Surfside victims]( By [Orge Castellano]( [After the number of Jews dwindled to roughly 6,000 from a peak of 25,000 in the ’90s, denomination and ethnicity are not dividing lines and most people know each other by name]( More Headlines [Haifa man injured in wild boar attack while walking dog]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli judokas win two golds and a bronze at Paris Grand Slam]( By [Amy Spiro]( [New video seems to challenge singer’s claim of antisemitism at German hotel]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli committee to weigh regulations for social networks, emerging tech]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [After reports on Jewish prayer, minister insists Temple Mt status quo ‘in place’]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Israel seeks to ease immigration for doctors, nurses due to manpower shortage]( By [TOI staff]( [Woman sets fire to Brooklyn Jewish high school; police seek help identifying her]( By [TOI staff]( [Police said probing if sex offender rabbi personally linked to cold case murders]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Police called after Arab, Jewish families clash in hospital ward]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli ‘foldable’ electric cars to make debut as emergency response vehicles]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Ex-general Gal Hirsch expected to be indicted within days — report]( By [TOI staff]( [11 Israeli projects get millions in funding for personalized medicine research]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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