Jordan flew in IDF drill * Podcast: Polar bears’ warning * Israel ’playing with fire’ on settlements * Nazi Speer’s Hollywood whitewash * Herzog sorry for Arab massacre

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, October 29, 2021 [German photographer spills the beans: Jordan flew in IDF aerial drill]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Amman’s participation in the massive Blue Flag exercise had been a secret… until a German military cameraman posted a photo of a Jordanian fighter jet on Instagram]( [Bennett asks visiting Swiss president to act against Iran’s nuclear program]( By [Lazar Berman and Aaron Boxerman]( [IDF liaison sets up shop in US CENTCOM offices in Florida, solidifying move]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Thousands march in Tel Aviv demanding more ambitious action on climate]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Organizers describe event as biggest climate protest to date in Israel, estimate 12,000 taking part]( [Israel joins growing number of countries pledging to be carbon neutral by 2050]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Bennett to meet with British, French, Indian leaders at UN climate conference]( By [Lazar Berman]( Times Will Tell [TOI staff]( [Podcast: Capturing nature, one photo at a time]( [Environmental reporter Sue Surkes speaks with award-winning Israeli photographer Roie Galitz about his love for polar bears and the coldest parts of the planet]( [Rabbis urge PM to make Israel full partner in global climate battle]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Award-winning Israeli photographer urges wildlife protection through his lens]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Tel Aviv-based Roie Galitz, who is drawn to frozen landscapes, warns that the disappearance of polar bears is the world’s ‘canary in the coalmine’]( Analysis [Jacob Magid]( [‘Playing with fire’: By building deep in the West Bank, Israel risks DC’s wrath]( [Latest settlement approvals have US officials doubting Gantz’s claim that he can limit scope of construction, and jeopardize ‘spirit of goodwill’ Biden hoped to build with Bennett]( [Lapid dismisses ‘background noise’ after PM quoted predicting coalition collapse]( By [TOI staff]( [Foreign Minister says in a Facebook post that ‘leaks, slanders, and attempts to make us quarrel’ will not shift government from its goals]( [Bennett quoted predicting government likely to collapse before Lapid becomes PM]( By [TOI staff]( [TV report claims to identify 3 diplomatic blunders by Lapid with US and Jordan]( By [TOI staff]( Exclusive [Biden administration won’t prevent settlement expansion, says source close to PM]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi and TOI staff]( [Official claims Americans ‘don’t care that much’ about new move to approve 3,000 West Bank homes; Bennett government doesn’t believe the US will reopen consulate to Palestinians]( Interview [Award-winning Israeli doc on camera-hungry Nazi Albert Speer opens in NYC and LA]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [In ‘Speer Goes to Hollywood,’ Vanessa Lapa uses uncovered audio and never-before-seen archival images to show how Hitler’s confidant tried to make a movie to whitewash his past]( Top Ops [Leah Herzog]( [Sarah’s well-lived life]( [’Life’ in Hebrew is plural, hinting to the complex, composite nature of human existence, indeed greater than the sum of its parts (Chayei Sarah)]( [Ariel Beery]( [Israel’s fight against climate change needs urban public housingÂ]( [Think of the investment as a social benefit, leading the country to better productivity, reduced carbon emissions, and greater financial returns for all]( [Dov Linzer]( [Was Rebecca a feminist?]( [Who asks a young bride-to-be what she wants?! In a matriarchy, women’s voices are welcome, and bringing that expectation into marriage changed Abraham’s family]( [Haim Shweky]( [A better café on the Place Dov Hoz]( [I shouldn’t be telling you about the idyllic Tel Aviv eatery I have found, where I can while away an afternoon, over a bowl of delectable overnight oats]( [President attends Kafr Qasim memorial, apologizes for 1956 massacre]( By [TOI staff]( [Speaking partially in Arabic, Herzog becomes second head of state to attend annual event marking police slaying of 48 Arabs, day after Knesset votes down bill taking responsibility]( [Arab politicians, mayors block major highways in protest of community crime]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Restored ancient mosaic, 1 of world’s largest, unveiled at Jericho desert castle]( By [AFP]( [Resembling a fine carpet, 9,000-square-foot mosaic unveiled after a $12 million Japanese-funded restoration at the 8th century Hisham Palace]( [Embattled Facebook to rebrand as ‘Meta’ to emphasize virtual reality vision]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Launching ‘metaverse’ following weeks of devastating press, Mark Zuckerberg says new name represents a future beyond just social media network]( [Explainer / What is the metaverse and how will it work?]( By [Matt O'Brien and Kelvin Chan]( [‘Very… meta’: Facebook rebrand is fodder for internet humor]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( Explainer [Aaron Boxerman]( [Which 6 Palestinian rights organizations has Israel declared as terror groups?]( [Gantz’s recent declaration that six Palestinian rights and civil society organizations are terror groups has triggered an international firestorm. Here’s what’s known about them]( [Progressive Dems submit motion panning Israel for outlawing Palestinian groups]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Trials for Israeli COVID-19 vaccine pill set to kick off in South Africa]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Oral inoculation intended to be effective after just one dose, and could also provide easy-to-distribute solution to growing need for boosters, inventors say]( [Active COVID-19 cases in Israel drop below 10,000 for 1st time in 3 months]( By [Amy Spiro and TOI staff]( [Health Ministry to open panel on vaccinating 5-11-year-olds to public]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Feels like dying’: Israel leads world by recognizing sorrow of chronic pain]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Israel now categorizing fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a disability; patients say it sets an important example to health policymakers internationally]( [Biden demands civilian-led government ‘must be restored’ in Sudan]( By [AFP]( [Following coup, US president voices backing for Sudanese civilians in ‘their non-violent struggle to advance the goals of Sudan’s revolution’]( [Sudanese coup leader al-Burhan seen as a strongman with powerful allies]( By [Samy Magdy and Isabel Debre]( [New clashes rock Sudan’s capital; UN urges restoration of civilian government]( By [AFP]( Critical race debate [Jewish critical race skeptics undeterred by Texas Holocaust education incident]( By [Ben Sales]( [After one administrator misinterpreted a new law to mean teachers must offer an ‘opposing’ view when teaching the genocide, US Jews debate whether the rule will really affect them]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Ted Cruz defends using a Nazi salute to protest COVID-19 public health measures]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [2 members of US neo-Nazi group get 9 years in prison under terrorism law]( By [Michael Kunzelman]( [Israeli startup Spike partners with newly rebranded Meta, launches VR email app]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Formal sexual assault accusation against ex-New York Governor Cuomo filed]( By [Michael Hill]( [From the web / Japan’s Renesas buys Israeli Wi-Fi chipmaker Celeno for $315m]( [German man goes on trial for castrating men on his kitchen table]( By [AP]( [World Health Organization says its COVID plan needs $23.4 billion over next year]( By [AFP]( [Reel life / After COVID break, documentary film festival returns to north]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [IDF’s 1st fallen paratrooper buried in Israel, 73 years after his death]( By [TOI staff]( [Police officer sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for rape by deception]( By [TOI staff]( [California condors can have ‘virgin births,’ study finds]( By [AP]( [Prosecutor says Alec {NAME} not in the clear yet for fatal movie set shooting]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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