US warns over rising West Bank violence * Palestinian boy, 7, dies in disputed circumstances * Antisemitism seen seeping into Russian media * The Bibi Bus comes to town

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, September 29, 2022 Presented by [Thirty-Six podcast]( [US sounds alarm over West Bank violence at White House, UN, State Department]( By [Jacob Magid]( [State Dept. spokesman highlights over 100 Palestinians killed in West Bank, 30 in Gaza, since start of 2022, in addition to 20 Israelis civilians killed in terror attacks]( [Kohavi holds meeting on West Bank violence, says ‘concrete threat’ foiled in Jenin]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Shots fired at Israeli vehicle in southern West Bank; IDF launches manhunt]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian boy, 7, dies in disputed circumstances amid IDF activity near Bethlehem]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Military denies connection between its activity and Rayan Suleiman’s death; family says he had a ‘heart attack’ after officer came to their home in Tuqu’ to question relatives]( Live updates [LIVE: Ra’am survives disqualification bids, Likud refuses to back booting Balad]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Central Elections Committee to vote on barring Arab nationalist party from running for Knesset; Netanyahu’s faction, which led anti-Balad push in past, now calls gambit a ‘circus’]( FROM OUR SPONSOR [Chana Mason on seeking life’s larger purpose]( [On the Thirty-Six podcast: Author and life coach Chana Mason explains how an armed home invasion as a child led her to Israel and to her remarkable work]( [Defying West, Russia says it will annex four occupied Ukraine regions Friday]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Putin to lead ceremony in Kremlin that will formally incorporate Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas into Russian territory, spokesperson says]( [Russians rush to flee country amid draft, fearing borders will soon ‘close forever’]( By [Viken KANTARCI and Elias Huuhtanen]( [Moscow reportedly sets up draft offices at border to intercept fleeing Russian men]( By [AP]( Explainer [Nina Srinivasan Rathbun]( [What are tactical nuclear weapons and what would happen if Putin used them?]( [The Russian president has threatened to use battlefield nukes in Ukraine, but such a move would achieve little and could set in motion unstoppable full-scale nuclear war with West]( [NATO vows determined response to ‘deliberate, reckless’ sabotage of Nord Stream]( By [AFP]( Inside story [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Antisemitism seen seeping into Russian media landscape as Ukraine invasion slows]( [Recent incidents include talk show host listing the names of Jews faulted for lacking patriotism, veteran columnist compiling list of known Jews, branding them ‘foreign agents’]( Reporter's notebook [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Netanyahu connects with supporters, one protective glass cage appearance at a time]( [The Likud leader is touring the country to pump up voter turnout ahead of the November election; last week, he spent 7 minutes before one excited group in Ramat Gan]( [Rebel ex-MK Chikli barred from running with Likud, which vows High Court appeal]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Netanyahu’s bloc drops to minority in TV poll predicting another election deadlock]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Michael Feldstein]( [The culture of fear in the Orthodox community]( [When people are too worried about what those to their right think, they lose the capacity for respectful disagreement and discussion]( [Zack Rothbart]( [Buying a beard trimmer at a gas station from a Palestinian]( [I could afford to overpay for the Geemy 6077 equipped with ’import security cutting head’ – especially since I was purchasing it from my friend]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [In Iran, the sparks of dissent are multiplying]( [Initially uncertain as to whether placating the public or opening fire was the wiser response, the regime seems to have decided on the latter]( [Iran’s Raisi pans ‘chaos’ of women-led ‘riots,’ calls for quashing them ‘decisively’]( By [Stuart Williams]( [Iraq summons Iranian ambassador following deadly drone bombing campaign]( By [AP]( [Solomon’s mines ruin environment and the fate of a rebel MK]( [listen to the podcast]( [Palestinian, 21, arrested on suspicion of raping Israeli teen on beach]( By [TOI staff]( [19-year-old says suspect dragged her to concealed spot on Bat Yam shore and assaulted her; suspect, from Hebron area, had permit to be in Israel]( [Planting trees in drylands unlikely to curb global warming, Israeli study shows]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Researchers find that while forests planted on arid lands reduce heat by absorbing carbon, those gains are often lost to heat radiation caused by the so-called albedo effects]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept 29: Solomon’s mines ruin environment and the fate of a rebel MK]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Kyiv’s Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah in shadow of Russian invasion]( By [TOI staff]( [Candle lighting and prayer times moved up to enable worshipers to celebrate Jewish New Year before mandatory curfew; Ukrainian PM lauds community for contribution to war effort]( [London’s Haredi and secular Jews find rare meeting point in special needs school]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Filling a gap in the city’s otherwise robust array of Jewish education options, Gesher provides a nurturing environment for students – and a place where diverse parents can engage]( [Children in Lev Tahor face ‘daily suffering,’ former cult member says after raid]( By [TOI staff]( [‘The children are abused daily, starved and married at a very young age,’ Yoel Levy recalls; top cop says children also forced to have kids immediately after marriage]( [US rabbis and reverends strive to reconcile politically divided congregations]( By [David Crary]( [Despite some leaving over his refusal to condemn Trump from pulpit, others bolting due to COVID policies, David Wolpe and others still committed to leaving politics out of sermons]( [Student absences for Yom Kippur could cost Michigan schools state funding]( By [JTA]( [Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers message against hatred in first visit to AuschwitzÂ]( By [Vanessa Gera and Rafal Niedzielski]( [The former California governor and ‘Terminator’ actor meets with Holocaust survivors, vows to ‘fight prejudice together’ and return to the notorious death camp in the future]( [Reversing earlier stance, Netherlands to return looted Kandinsky to Jewish family]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [US laws hamper efforts to prosecute war criminals, warns top Nazi hunter]( By [AFP]( [Herzog seeks to reduce ‘extremism’ and ‘violence’ in charged pre-election climate]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Amid activist altercations, political recriminations and polarized atmosphere, president says he is ‘disturbed and worried,’ calls for moderation]( [Labor party to hold Rabin rally in Jerusalem three days before election]( By [TOI staff]( [Meretz MK: Boost security for elections panel head after right-wing fury over ruling]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Hurricane Ian swamps Florida, trapping people in homes, gusting out electricity]( By [Curt Anderson]( [Government adopts European food standards in bid to tackle cost of living]( By [TOI staff]( [Senior Israeli officials kick off meetings to expand US-Israel tech collaboration]( By [Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid]( [Former justice Rubinstein selected to lead vetting panel for new IDF chief]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Israeli firm to sell social media-tracking software to Orban’s Hungary]( By [Tani Goldstein]( [Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews gain Spanish citizenship]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Couple who was implanted with wrong embryo: ‘They can’t take it away’]( By [TOI staff]( [Rook-ie mistake / Israeli chess grandmaster sacked for sexist comments]( By [TOI staff]( [Qatari UN envoy deletes Twitter account after antisemitic, homophobic tweets exposed]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Bazan Group indicted for pollution for 5th time in seven years]( By [Sue Surkes]( [‘Where’s Jackie?’ Biden asks for recently deceased congresswoman at event]( By [AFP]( [Abrahummus Accords / Brazilian Jews, Arabs hold hummus tourney to spread coexistence]( By [Marcus M. 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