Abbas at UN says ’apartheid Israel’ no partner * Raisi urges crackdown as Iran protests swell * The 1st Jew to escape Auschwitz* Op-ed: Abbas’s bad faith * Titanic’s Jews

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, September 24, 2022 Presented by [JBS]( [While nodding at Lapid’s backing of 2 states, Abbas says Israel ‘destroying’ chances]( By [Jacob Magid]( [In UN speech, PA leader says ‘apartheid’ regime no longer a partner, lashes US for ‘pretending to uphold human rights,’ urges countries to accept Palestine as full member state]( [Israeli envoy to UN blasts Abbas’s ‘bizarre, lie-laden speech’]( By [TOI staff]( [Hundreds held, internet blocked as Raisi calls ‘to deal decisively’ with Iran demos]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Local police chief says over 700 people arrested in just one province during 8 successive nights of protests; official death toll doubles to 35, rights group says many more killed]( [Iran’s official death toll doubles in ‘harrowing’ crackdown on anti-regime protests]( By [Agencies]( [Iranian protesters continue to rage against regime after pro-government rallies]( By [Agencies]( Author interview [The first Jew to escape Auschwitz helped save 200,000 lives — but few know his name]( By [Robert Philpot]( [Rudolf Vrba should be celebrated for his role in preventing the deportation of many of Budapest’s Jews, says UK author Jonathan Freedland in his new book, ‘The Escape Artist’]( from jbs [JBS Brings Meaningful Programming & Services to Jews Around the World]( [The cultural Jewish channel offers live Reform and pre-recorded Orthodox Shabbat and Holiday services in closed captioning. Click for the High Holiday Services airing on JBS.]( [Palestinian in West Bank rams into cop car in alleged attack, is shot dead]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Military says soldier fired at driver who plowed into police vehicle near Havat Gilad outpost, calls incident an attempted ramming]( [Security forces seize dozens of pistols, rifle parts from smugglers on Jordan border]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Abbas asked why there is no Palestinian state. The answers were in his speech]( [The PA president raged against Israel’s intransigence and the world’s complicity. But his own words made plain his bad faith]( Interview [AP]( [Dissident living in US: ‘Iran women are furious’ at headscarf death, sick of regime]( [Masih Alinejad says female demonstrators taking to the streets of Iran amid deadly unrest ‘are protesting against the whole regime,’ not just compulsory head covering]( [US moves to ease internet access for protesting Iranians]( By [AFP]( [Zelensky says he’s ‘shocked’ by lack of Israeli arms support: ‘They gave us nothing’]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukrainian leader complains of Jerusalem’s refusal to provide air defense systems to his country, indicates its leaders have been disingenuous]( [Ukraine boots Iranian ambassador over Tehran’s support for ‘Russian Nazism’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Top Ops [Jeff Rubin]( [For the sin we have sinned by making people feel unwelcome at synagogues]( [Congregations have a duty to proactively ensure that all feel welcome – a side comment can be enough to lose a member forever]( [Bishara A. Bahbah]( [Lapid’s support for a 2-state solution is laudable…and very late]( [There may soon be no partner for peace, as the PA – at risk of losing control over Nablus, Hebron, and Jenin – shows signs of impending collapse]( Exhibition [Titanic Jewish Experience offers a moving tribute to the liner’s Jewish history]( By [Marshall Weiss]( [Located in Pigeon Forge, the Titanic Museum’s exhibit on Jewish passengers and crew highlights the role of immigration at the time, while drawing a direct line to the Holocaust]( [Russia launches fresh strikes on Ukraine as Kremlin-staged annexation vote continues]( By [Karl Ritter]( [UK defense ministry says Russian forces targeting dam along Seversky Donets River in apparent effort to slow Kyiv’s counteroffensive by flooding Ukrainian military crossing points]( [Miles of traffic piles up on Russia’s borders as men flee military call-up]( By [Khalil Hamra and Mehmet Guzel]( [Biden vows ‘swift and severe’ costs if Russia annexes Ukraine regions]( By [AFP]( [Italy’s far-right Meloni expected to triumph in Sunday’s national vote]( By [Martina UCCI and Alice Ritchie]( [Head of post-fascist Brothers of Italy party set to establish 1st far-right Italian government since the fall of Mussolini after World War II]( [EU braces for trouble but no blowup with Italy as far-right expected to take power]( By [Christian SPILLMANN and Alex Pigman]( [Giorgia Meloni: Provocateur may become Italy’s first far-right leader post-Mussolini]( By [Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya]( [CRM]( [30-year-old seriously injured by Acre car explosion in apparent mob hit]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Victim taken to trauma center at local hospital as police launch investigation, say suspected motive not yet clear]( [Cutting-edge test for fatal brain disorder now available in Israel]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, disproportionately found among Jews of Libyan and Tunisian origin, is notoriously hard to diagnose]( [At least 77 dead as Lebanese migrant boat sinks off Syrian coast]( By [FAY ABUELGASIM and BILAL HUSSEIN]( [Up to 120 Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese thought to have been on vessel heading to Europe as masses flee deepening economic crisis; authorities raid suspected smugglers]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Sudanese military ruler Burhan says he will visit Israel if invited]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [4 Israelis hurt in deadly Georgia crash brought home for treatment]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel said ready to sell advanced air defense system to UAE]( By [TOI staff]( [Swastika scrawled on campaign sign for Jewish Congressional candidate in New York]( By [Luke Tress]( [Man stabbed to death in Kiryat Ata apartment building]( By [TOI staff]( [Blaze breaks out in Carmel Market, sending smoke plumes over Tel Aviv]( By [TOI staff]( [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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