7 injured as Palestinian gunmen fire on soldiers’ bus * Hamas executes ’collaborators’ with Israel * Liberman calls Netanyahu ’scum’ * Int’w: Historic speeches, not given

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, September 4, 2022 [7 injured as soldiers’ bus comes under fire by Palestinian gunmen in Jordan Valley]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Civilian driver among wounded; two Palestinian suspects arrested, firearms found after incident, which comes amid rising violence in the West Bank]( [Gantz vows to increase West Bank anti-terror operations after Jordan Valley attack]( By [Ash Obel]( [US said to be ‘very troubled’ by surge of violence, rising tensions in West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Jordan Valley attackers identified as residents of Jenin and nearby village]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian media names suspects as Muhammed Walid Ghawadara and Muhammed Maher Ghawadara, who were hurt when their vehicle caught fire while fleeing scene of shooting]( [Hamas executes 5 Palestinians in Gaza, including 2 for ‘collaborating’ with Israel]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Terror group says one man convicted of supplying Israel with information on rocket launchpad locations, another of assisting in ‘targeting and martyrdom of citizens’]( [Herzi Halevi, Kohavi’s deputy, named as next IDF chief of staff]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Defense minister chooses frontrunner candidate, who led Southern Command through several rounds of fighting and headed Military Intelligence; will take up post in January]( [Israeli military to hold 3-day drill near border with Lebanon]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Off-duty soldier killed, 2 seriously hurt in West Bank car-truck collision]( By [TOI staff]( [Foreign West Bank visitors must tell Israel if they ‘form a couple’ with Palestinian]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [New rules for visa extensions, set to take effect Monday, require foreigners to notify Defense Ministry unit within 30 days if they cohabit, get engaged to, or marry Palestinians]( [IDF bars settlers from living in illegal West Bank outpost of Ramat Migron]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Liberman calls Netanyahu ‘scum of the human race’ for alleged smear campaign]( By [TOI staff]( [Finance minister claims opposition leader behind allegations he offered to pay for the murder of a police officer; Likud: Hope Liberman won’t seek to have Netanyahu killed]( [AG to discuss claim that Liberman offered $100,000 to kill senior cop 20 years ago]( By [TOI staff]( [Father and teen son arrested for hurling rocks at anti-Netanyahu protesters]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [The undelivered speeches that reveal a series of unrealized alternate US histories]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [In his new book, presidential speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum opens the archives, uncovering the scenarios American leaders had prepared for — and the ones they avoided by keeping mum]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [Will an ‘election surprise’ party break the political deadlock?]( [Protest party Fiery Youth hopes to replicate the Pensioners’ longshot success of 2006. But it could also meet the same fate as 2021’s quickly forgotten Shulmanim]( Top Ops [Steven E. Zipperstein]( [Back when Palestinians insisted there’s no such place as Palestine]( [Early 20th century legal positions claiming the territory was part of Syria, and later Jordan, undermine the 21st century Palestinian claim to statehood]( [Jason Fredric Gilbert]( [Am I the ‘freier’?]( [I’d think everyone feels the pinch – working more for the same pay, spending more for fewer groceries and shabbier services – but maybe I’m the only sucker]( [Gorbachev as anti-Pharaoh; foreigners must declare love in PA]( [listen to the podcast]( [PM: Israel applying effective pressure on US over Iran deal while keeping good ties]( By [TOI staff]( [Lapid swipes at Netanyahu for clashing with White House in 2015, says Biden administration is attentive to Israel’s concerns over emerging agreement]( [Iran claims arrested Baha’i members were spying for Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran steps up defenses against foreign attacks, senior defense official says]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Sept 4: Gorbachev as anti-Pharaoh?; foreigners and partners in PA]( [Editor David Horovitz assesses Mikhail Gorbachev role in the ‘freeing’ Soviet Jewry; plus weekend security updates from military correspondent Emanuel Fabian]( [Herzog departs for Germany, where he’ll mark 50 years to Munich Massacre]( By [Ash Obel]( [President will also meet German leaders to discuss impending Iran deal; says, ‘Every visit to Germany carries with it tremendous personal weight’]( [Survivor of Holocaust and Munich Olympic attack visits Germany for memorial event]( By [Kirsten Grieshaber]( [Backed by FIFA, Playermaker dives into sports analytics feet first]( By [Ethan Freedman]( [Israeli company says its shoe-mounted trackers can give athletes a leg up honing footwork or avoiding injury by crunching masses of data for key insights]( [CRM]( [Trump brands Biden ‘enemy of the state,’ says FBI raid was an ‘abuse of power’]( By [Anne Lebreton]( [At Pennsylvania rally in his 1st public speech since search of his home, ex-US president blames administration for probe, says it’ll produce backlash like ‘nobody has ever seen’]( [Keeping America’s secrets: Trump’s unprecedented disregard of post-Watergate norms]( By [AAMER MADHANI]( Interview [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Decade-old Yesh Atid has evolved into a ruling party, says coalition whip Toporovsky]( [A founding member of Lapid’s 10-year-old ‘political startup,’ MK says his party has learned from experience, while power has ‘confused’ Likud and Netanyahu has rendered it extreme]( Whoever needs, come & eat [Missouri bagel shop goes viral for Talmudic effort to feed unhoused]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [ToI’s weekly deep dive: Can labels on Nazi-looted art serve as Holocaust education?]( By [TOI staff]( [ALSO INSIDE: Gorbachev’s Jewish legacy * Relentless settlers of Ramat Migron * Iran’s eyes are on Africa * Roger Waters, ’Jew-hater’? * Podcast: Teachers speak out]( [CRM]( [Why Scotland’s fiercest soccer rivalry features Israeli vs. Palestinian flags]( By [Jacob Judah]( [While many see the display as more about Catholic-Protestant sectarianism than politics, Irish support for Palestine factors in. Either way, local Jews would like to see it stopped]( More Headlines [Truss tipped to beat Sunak in UK PM race as Conservative party votes tallied]( By [Jitendra Joshi and Joe JACKSON]( [Girl, 4, hospitalized with broken jaw after hit by teen on electric bike in Tel Aviv]( By [TOI staff]( [In court, murder suspect says he didn’t kill woman ‘on purpose’]( By [TOI staff]( [Cop fires shot in air as partygoers riot during raid on illegal rave]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Tragedy, clearer / High quality film shows detail on Titanic shipwreck for 1st time]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant goes partially offline amid fierce fighting]( By [YESICA FISCH and Joanna Kozlowska]( [NASA undecided on September moon launch after mission suffers delays]( By [Lucie AUBOURG]( [First female Palestinian beer-maker brews success, despite multifaceted challenges]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [From our partner / UK student union head suspended during probe into antisemitism claims]( [Polio case stirs fear in New York, accelerates vaccine push in Jewish community]( By [Peter HUTCHISON and Celine Gesret]( [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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