Israel to reopen to tourists Nov 1 * Netanyahu: Could be up to 3.5 years till we’re back * ’Cleopatra’s plant’ found on ancient seal * Swedish FM slams PA * Loving ’Dune’

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, October 21, 2021 Presented by [Telus International]( Live updates [Israel to allow vaccinated or recovered tourists to enter starting November 1]( By [Michael Bachner]( [But government says entry won’t be possible for travelers coming from ‘red’ countries or from places seeing outbreak of new AY4.2 strain; Russian vaccine not okayed, for now]( [Netanyahu: It could be up to 3.5 years before Likud is back in power]( By [TOI staff]( [Opposition leader admits his right-wing party may not govern in the immediate future, but attacks coalition, saying Likud will ‘fix’ what it has done]( [Justice minister says bill barring indicted PM is not targeted at Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Opposition bests coalition, passing bill to probe pitfalls in hiring Arab tutors]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Plant used in ‘Cleopatra’s scent,’ Temple rite found on ancient Jerusalem seal]( By [TOI staff]( [2,000-year-old amethyst stone discovered in excavations near Western Wall, is believed to be engraved with image of biblical persimmon used for fragrance and Second Temple incense]( [First evidence of Crusader war camp discovered in northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Medieval Jewish prayer book goes for near-record $8.3m in controversial sale]( By [Asaf Shalev]( From our sponsor [Join Telus International as a part-time Independent Contractor]( [Looking for a part time work from home position? Gmail, Twitter & Facebook user? Become a Personalized Internet Assessor in Israel. Click here to apply]( [Large Israeli study finds Pfizer COVID shot keeps teens safe from Delta strain]( By [TOI staff]( [Researchers analyzing Clalit data of over 94,000 vaccinated adolescents and the same number of unimmunized finds those who got the shot are 90% less likely to get the coronavirus]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 21 – COVID studies offer telling results]( By [TOI staff]( [3rd dose of Pfizer vaccine 95.6% effective against Delta, phase 3 results show]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Swedish FM censures ‘corruption in Palestine’ during meetings with PA leaders]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Ann Linde expresses hesitation about aid; Palestinian official claims statements, published by Sweden’s public broadcaster, were fabricated by Hamas-affiliated websites]( [As Jerusalem simmers, bus driver recalls harrowing trip through deluge of stones]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Second Intifada terror victims ask US Supreme Court to review case against bank]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Israel authorizes 3,000 additional entry permits for Gaza workers]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Israel, UAE to launch joint space projects, including Beresheet 2 Moon mission]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Countries’ respective space agencies ink deals to cooperate on scientific research, space exploration, and knowledge transfer]( [Amid Israeli opposition, US said to propose joint team on consulate reopening]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [Biden aide raises Israel normalization in meet with Saudi crown prince — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Liberman: Confrontation with Iran ‘only a matter of time, and not a lot of time’]( By [TOI staff]( [Amid efforts to resume nuclear talks, finance minister says ‘no diplomatic process or agreement will stop Iran’s nuclear program’]( [Azerbaijan frees Iranian truck drivers as ties thaw with Tehran]( By [AFP]( [Iran kicks off 2nd air defense drill with bombers, drones, laser-guided missiles]( By [AP]( Film review [Visually appealing ‘Dune’ isn’t half bad, but it’s only half-finished]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Out in theaters and streaming on HBO October 21, the sci-fi remake is beautifully rendered and true to the first part of the book. Fans can just hope there will be a sequel]( [IDF officer who raped Palestinian was not dismissed for earlier sexual offenses]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Soldier had reportedly faced disciplinary committee over sexual harassment of female officers, but convinced military to allow him to remain in service]( Top Ops [Luke Berryman]( [Is it antisemitic to wear the yellow star?]( [In fixating on the Holocaust symbol, opponents of Coronavirus mitigation present Jews as figures of disgust for enabling their own destruction]( [Marc Kornblatt]( [Tangling pigeons in a Tel Aviv park – this cruelty needs to end]( [Our feathered friends are hopping on synthetic mesh with dire consequences to their lives and limbs. The city’s promises to fix things have come to nothing.]( [Avidan Freedman]( [The Abraham Accords: What would Abraham say?]( [In response to a deal in which Israel sells weapons to despotic regimes, the Biblical patriarch would surely say: ’Not in my name’]( [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry]( [A new book on the Squirrel Hill Jewish community tells a bigger story about a nation in a time of mass shootings, political polarization and spiritual malaise]( [Ex-general Gal Hirsch indicted for tax evasion totaling $1.9 million]( By [TOI staff]( [Withdrawn candidate for police commissioner and 3 business partners accused of evading taxes on more than $12 million of income from defense deals in Georgia]( [CRM]( [Turkish paper claims authorities arrested 15 alleged Mossad agents in country]( By [TOI staff]( [Sabah newspaper says 200 intel officers followed the cell for a year before arresting them on October 7; they are said to have spied on students, including Palestinians]( [New Shin Bet chief said to appoint four women to top leadership roles]( By [TOI staff]( [Officials mull testing tourists from nations with new virus strain every 2 days]( By [TOI staff]( [Plan to be proposed by health officials at meeting with Bennett amid concerns over subvariant; 5 cases of AY4.2 discovered retroactively in Israel; CDC says 1st cases found in US]( [Israel media review / The little strain that could: What the press is saying to worry about now]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [PM orders new COVID subvariant be closely watched, data shared with Europe]( By [Amy Spiro]( Interview [UK photographer captures haunting scenes of Holocaust’s lasting imprint]( By [Robert Philpot]( [‘A Wounded Landscape: Bearing Witness to the Holocaust,’ sees Marc Wilson visit 130 sites across Europe to tell 22 tragic stories, including his great-grandfather’s]( [New Israeli cancer ‘directory’ will help doctors choose right immunotherapy]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Data platform will allow doctors worldwide to input data from biopsies; research team has already identified best treatment for 7% of melanoma cases]( [‘State of emergency demands emergency steps’: Herzog forms Israeli Climate Forum]( By [TOI staff]( [President appoints former Hadash MK to head panel, which will lead deliberations about climate crisis and determine the state’s role in combating it, ahead of UN climate confab]( [Interview / Environment minister says she sees climate battle as key to regional stability]( By [Josef Federman]( [Green activists quit DC rally over inclusion of Jewish groups backing Israel]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Israeli startup unveils electric ‘flying car’ for consumer travel]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [AIR says its AIR ONE aircraft, an all-electric two-seater eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle, will allow people to fly ‘on their own terms’]( Obituary [Microbiologist and Holocaust hero David Sompolinsky dies at 100]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Sompolinsky worked to smuggle hundreds of Danish Jews to safety in Sweden in 1943 before embarking on a remarkable career in Israel]( [CRM]( More Headlines [UK police charge suspect with terrorist murder of lawmaker David Amess]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Russia disbanding Syrian militia it formed, opening up Golan for Iran – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Chinese state-run news site proposes ‘final solution to the Taiwan question’]( By [Jordyn Haime]( [Building contractor charged with murder of cop run over in Nahariya]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [French teacher convicted of antisemitism over COVID protest sign]( By [AFP]( [2 more arrested over cold case murders from ’80s, ’90s tied to Hasidic cult]( By [TOI staff]( [Tree of Life massacre looms large at Pittsburgh anti-hate summit]( By [David Rullo and Adam Reinherz]( [Police nab 15 in suspected forex investment scam of German citizens]( By [Simona Weinglass and TOI staff]( [Spreading his seed / Serial sperm donor nears 100 children after prolific pandemic]( By [Shira Hanau]( [There's the love / Black Eyed Peas to perform in Jerusalem in November]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Gunman pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland high school massacre]( By [TERRY SPENCER]( [Jewish doctor becomes most senior transgender person in US uniformed services]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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