Saudis open airspace: Lapid hails 1st step * Biden flies to Jeddah * Abbas told: Time not ripe for 2-state talks * Biden Torah lesson, pop star no-shake * Maccabiah opens

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, July 15, 2022 [Biden heads for Saudi Arabia as 1st US president to fly direct to Jeddah from Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( [US president slated to advance Israeli integration in region after clinching deal to warm ties between Jerusalem and kingdom, address energy concerns]( [Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée: Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia ‘heartbreaking’]( By [Ayse Wieting and Susan Fraser]( [Saudi decision to open skies will save Israeli travelers time and money]( By [TOI staff]( [In West Bank alongside Abbas, Biden endorses two states but says ‘ground isn’t ripe’]( By [Jeremy Sharon and Agencies]( [US president says Palestinians need ‘a political horizon they can see’; Abbas calls for an end to ‘occupation on our land,’ says Israel ‘can’t continue to act as a state above law’]( [PA fumes after visiting Biden dismisses likelihood of two states ‘in near term’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Biden to announce eased access for Palestinians at Allenby crossing, more measures]( By [Jacob Magid]( Live updates [LIVE: Biden flies to Saudi Arabia on historic flight, wrapping up Israel, West Bank trip]( By [TOI staff]( [President tells Palestinians time not ripe for two-state talks as first leg of trip ends; becomes 1st US leader to fly direct to Jeddah, hours after Saudis open airspace to Israel]( [Saudi Arabia opens airspace to all carriers, in first fruits of budding Israel deal]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Announcement comes hours before Biden set to fly to Jeddah to announce successful brokering of deal that will also see Egyptian islands transferred to Saudis]( [Israel lauds Saudi decision to open skies as ‘first step’ toward normalization]( By [TOI staff]( [Biden hails ‘historic’ Saudi decision allowing Israeli flights over its airspace]( By [Jacob Magid and Agencies]( [At East Jerusalem hospital, Biden pledges $100 million for Palestinian health care]( By [Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid]( [The US president stops at Augusta Victoria before traveling to meet Palestinian leader Abbas in Bethlehem; will take off for Saudi Arabia in the afternoon]( Maccabiah Games 2022 [Melanie Lidman and TOI staff]( [Rainbow of flags as largest-ever Maccabiah kicks off in Jerusalem with Biden on hand]( [US president, first ever to attend ‘Jewish Olympics’ held every four years, tells American athletes he is ‘damn proud of them,’ validating one of world’s largest competitions]( [Report: Saudis repeatedly rejected requests by PA’s Abbas to visit before Biden]( By [TOI staff]( [Riyadh only granted Palestinian leader a short phone call with king, amid reports Saudi Arabia would take steps toward normalization with Israel long opposed by Ramallah]( [Palestinian Authority President Abbas to meet France’s Macron in Paris]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Presidential research [Ron Kampeas]( [A Torah lesson from Biden shows grasp of Judaism’s quirky calendar]( [US president quotes from the Balak portion while in Israel, noting subtle difference between dates it is read for American Jews and Israelis]( [Meeting Biden briefly, Netanyahu cites need for credible military option versus Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Opposition leader tells US president in ‘warm’ 15-minute sitdown that Tehran won’t be stopped without real threat of force]( [As US vows to prevent nuclear Iran, Tehran warns of harsh response to any ‘mistake’]( By [TOI staff]( [Accepting medal, emotional Biden says Israel’s success ‘close to miraculous to me’]( By [Lazar Berman]( [US leader stresses his deep love for Jewish state, says it ‘will never be alone,’ invites Herzog to White House]( [Biden, Lapid press conf. / Full text: Yair Lapid and Joe Biden deliver remarks, answer questions in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Settler group openly planning establishment of 3 illegal outposts next week]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Nachala Settlement Movement making unprecedented effort to set up outposts en masse; scouts for group reportedly killed Palestinian in fight; Peace Now sets up opposition operation]( Top Ops [Matt Godwin]( [It’s time the West understood the new Middle East]( [Misconceptions and outdated stereotypes held by most Westerners about the Middle East are jarring – and detrimental to the economic growth of both regions]( [Leah Herzog]( [Pinchas needed God’s ‘covenant of peace’]( [Indignation and passion won the zealot his day, but God makes it clear, generations later, that even righteous hot-headedness is not ideal (Pinchas)]( Out of hand [Israeli pop star shows fist-bumping Biden how to avoid physical contact]( By [CALEB GUEDES-REED]( [Religious singer declines to shake hand of president for reasons of modesty, leaving leader of the free world hanging amid his own half-hearted attempt to keep away from others]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Law prof. looks at Roe vs. Wade and woman’s right to choose in Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Dr. Noya Rimalt, a University of Haifa law professor, discusses Israel’s legal path toward reproductive freedom]( [CRM]( [1 hurt after Israelis come under Palestinian fire at Joseph’s Tomb]( By [TOI staff]( [Pilgrims enter West Bank shrine without military escort; their vehicle overturns during escape from gunmen]( [Watchdog accuses Palestinian Authority, Hamas of routinely torturing detainees]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli man climbing fence sets off security alarms in West Bank settlement]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Groups launched to help Jewish couples with IVF face uncertainty after Roe reversal]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Organizations providing fertility services must navigate carefully when Jewish law seeks to protect the mother’s life but contravenes local statutes prohibiting abortion]( [Citing security needs, AG says new IDF chief can be selected before election]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [After reading classified dossier, Gali Baharav-Miara says despite legal difficulties, there’s ‘urgency’ for next chief of staff to enter role at start of 2023]( [CRM]( [Israeli study: Brainwaves may be key to gauging awareness in unconscious people]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Peer-reviewed research finds correlation between alpha-beta waves and sound processing]( More Headlines [MK Zandberg to take political time out, in latest resignation from left-wing Meretz]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [ToI investigates / Netanya accused of abusing fragile beach ecosystem with facility for Maccabiah Games]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, found dead at NYC home]( By [Jill Colvin and Jennifer Peltz]( [Congress honors Hershel Williams, WWII hero of Iwo Jima, with ultimate salute]( By [KEVIN FREKING]( [German court sentences ex-soldier to 5 and a half years for far-right terror plot]( By [Sarah Maria Brech and Deborah Cole]( [Iranian gets life in prison in Sweden for war crimes during war with Iraq in 1980s]( By [AP]( [From the web / Israel sells Haifa Port to India’s Adani Ports, chemicals firm Gadot for $1.2b]( [US Secret Service accused of erasing texts linked to Capitol insurrection]( By [Farnoush Amiri]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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