7 hurt in terror shooting near Kotel * UN official loses post after condemning rocket fire at Israel * Eisenkot, Kahana join Gantz * Zvika Pik dies * Blogs: Rushdie & me

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, August 14, 2022 [‘Screams of terror’: 7 hurt, including 2 seriously, in shooting near Western Wall]( By [Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner]( [Terrorist waited for bus to stop outside Jerusalem Old City, opened fire in 2 places and fled; manhunt underway; ‘I jumped inside the bus and lay low,’ says passenger]( [Terrorist in Jerusalem shooting turns himself in to police]( By [TOI staff]( [US Embassy condemns Jerusalem terror shooting, confirms Americans among victims]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Teenage brothers wounded in Jerusalem terror shooting reunited at hospital]( By [TOI staff]( [Elazar and Dovi’s older brother says pair both hit in shoulder, in good condition: ‘It is a real miracle’]( Exclusive [Senior UN official loses her post after tweet condemning PIJ rocket fire at Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Jerusalem-based Sarah Muscroft to be assigned new role, spokesman says, after her statement panning rockets that ‘provoke Israeli retaliation’ met strong backlash from Palestinians]( [Ex-IDF chief Eisenkot, former Yamina minister Kahana join Gantz-led ‘National Unity’]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Retired general to get 3rd spot on newly rebranded electoral alliance of the Blue and White party and New Hope; Matan Kahana chooses Gantz over Shaked, will get 9th slot on list]( [Shaked swipes at Kahana as he leaves Yamina for ‘statesmanlike left-wing camp’]( By [Ash Obel]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing August 14: Gantz adds another general to Blue and White. Big whoop?]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Ali Deilami]( [Rushdie and me: A Persian tale]( [We studied the death sentence and argued with our teachers: how could it be permissible in Islam for Khomeini to order this killing?]( [Israel says Rushdie stabbing ‘an attack on our values,’ evidence of Iran’s brutality]( By [Jeremy Sharon and Agencies]( [Lapid says author’s attempted murder in the US is result of ‘decades of incitement’; deputy FM adds regime in Tehran is a threat to the free world; Biden condemns ‘vicious’ attack]( [Salman Rushdie felt his ‘life was very normal again’ prior to stabbing]( By [Ash Obel]( [J.K. Rowling gets death threat by person who hailed Rushdie’s stabbing]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Rushdie off ventilator and talking, a day after being stabbed, agent says]( By [CAROLYN THOMPSON and Hillel Italie]( [‘The Satanic Verses’ author likely to lose an eye after being attacked on stage in the US; accused assailant pleads not guilty]( [Salman Rushdie’s stabber charged with attempted murder, assault]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Explainer / Why decades later, Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ remains so controversial]( By [Myriam Renaud]( [French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo slams Rushdie stabbing]( By [AFP]( [Iconic Israeli singer-songwriter Zvika Pik dies at 72]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [The classically trained musician collaborated on 1970s hits and later on Eurovision songs, including 1998 winner ‘Diva’; is eulogized as a ‘pillar of Israeli pop’]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [Paltry bump for Lapid after Gaza op shows Israelis’ ‘electoral identity’ is baked in]( [Over two-thirds of voters think the PM handled the fight against Palestinian Islamic Jihad well, but so far that’s barely boosted his party or changed the balance between the blocs]( [Unveiling party platform, Liberman aims to make it harder to topple a government]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Yisrael Beytenu chief makes series of socioeconomic and governance pledges, including promise to raise to 90 the number of MKs needed to bring down a government in its 1st 2 years]( [Would-be Likud Knesset member accused of helping cover up sexual abuse claims]( By [TOI staff]( [Ayman Odeh reelected as Hadash party leader ahead of November election]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz adds another general to Blue and White. Big whoop?]( [listen to the podcast]( [After meeting on Clubhouse, a NY Jew is working to help an Afghan man out of Kabul]( By [Sarah Rosen]( [34-year-old musician Nat Rosenzweig is raising funds to secure safe passage for a man who’d worked with the US Army and has been hiding from the Taliban for nearly a year]( [Israel ranked last among European nations in reducing traffic deaths]( By [Ash Obel]( [Recent report showing Jewish state lags behind others in cutting vehicular fatalities is highlighted after week in which 19 were killed on Israeli roads]( [Man killed in crash near Beersheba; president mourns ’18 worlds destroyed in a week’]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [The particular Jewish meaning of my hamsa collection]( [’Cool’ Jews like me don’t display tchotchkes decorated with Jewish stars or bearded dancing Hasids. My souvenirs connect me to the modern multicultural Israel]( [Joshua Hammerman]( [Why hide planet-saving efforts behind a name like ’Inflation Reduction Act’?]( [From the James Webb telescope to Ron Howard’s ’13 Lives,’ humanity’s great responsibility is to work together, and use mercy to sustain life on Earth]( [CRM]( [Upcoming Israel Festival offers sandy opera, Dayan’s missing eye and VHS memories]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [60th year of annual Jerusalem event aims to break down walls between performers and audiences]( A saucy noodle [No fettuccine for you: Tel Aviv’s ‘Pasta Nazi’ goes viral]( By [TOI staff]( [In clip taking social media by storm, restaurateur Tal Rashevski breaks conventions with capricious management style, seeming indifference to customers… but still they come]( Analysis [Sebastian Smith]( [Documents scandal boosts prospect of Trump vs Biden rematch in 2024]( [FBI raid on former US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort seen as a game-changing moment that, ironically, could benefit both him and the incumbent; voters, however, may not want either]( [After Trump Mar-a-Lago search, Ohio gunman threatened FBI before being shot dead]( By [Mike Balsamo and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON]( [US upped security at federal buildings in hours after Soleimani killing — WSJ]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Howaaard? [Mrs. Wolowitz, penguin named for ‘Big Bang’ mom, dies in Scotland zoo]( By [TOI staff]( [Devoted to her one offspring, she was thought to be oldest of her kind in the world, as well as the ‘sassiest penguin in the colony’; she died after a fox broke into her enclosure]( [CRM]( More Headlines [41 killed in Cairo as fire engulfs Copt church during Sunday mass, officials say]( By [Khaled DESOUKI]( [UK church mural by Jewish artist who fled Nazis to be preserved]( By [TOI staff]( [4-year-old Jerusalem boy dies after allegedly being choked by uncle]( By [Ash Obel]( [US man slashes 3 with machete, including manager at shop that wouldn’t sell him guns]( By [AP]( [Iranian forest ranger accused of murder gunned down at court by victim’s father]( By [AFP]( [Days after airstrikes and rocket fire, 3 newborn lion cubs go on display in Gaza]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [‘Dead fish everywhere’ in German-Polish river after suspected chemical waste dump]( By [Hui Min NEO and Bernard OSSER]( [Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule]( By [Edith M. 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