Lapid hails maritime proposal; Netanyahu: A surrender * Senator said to warn against extremist coalition * A telltale cancer sign * Troubling search for ’his’ Israel tree

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, October 2, 2022 Presented by [Identity/Crisis]( [PM: Proposal for Lebanon maritime border deal preserves Israel’s security interests]( By [TOI staff]( [Lapid confirms Jerusalem has received text of agreement; says allowing Lebanon to develop gas field will field will ‘weaken dependence on Iran, restrain Hezbollah’]( [In subdued comments, Nasrallah calls maritime border deal proposal ‘important step’]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 2: Nasrallah changes tune on maritime borders; security update]( By [TOI staff]( [Top senator said to warn Netanyahu that having Ben Gvir in gov’t would harm US ties]( By [TOI staff]( [Robert Menendez, who chairs Foreign Relations Committee, reportedly raised ‘serious concerns’ with ex-premier over potentially including extremist elements in next coalition]( [Shas chief: If judges bar me from being a minister, we’ll legislate to overrule them]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Gunmen target taxi, bus in West Bank terror attack; 1 lightly injured]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Shots fired at Israeli vehicles on road between Palestinian town of Bayt Furik and Elon Moreh settlement; security forces search for suspects; armed faction claims responsibility]( [Police say Palestinian killed after trying to hurl firebomb at cops near Jerusalem]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian woman visiting inmate brother stabs prison guard, is arrested]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( From OUR SPONSOR [The King of Flesh and Blood]( [What have the last few weeks been like for British Jews living through royal change and royal loss? Senior Rabbi Joseph Dweck discusses with Yehuda Kurtzer on the Identity/Crisis podcast.]( [IDF ‘logistically unprepared’ to continue West Bank arrest op, comptroller warns]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Investigation finds reservist troops missing essential equipment, given faulty guns, while Kfir training base has poor living conditions]( [6 Arab Israelis arrested for alleged IS ties, plans to attack Nazareth Muslim school]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Security agency says men consumed jihadist content online, sought to also attack busy bus stop, tourist site and police station in northern Israel]( [Suspect seriously wounded in police shooting in coastal Arab town]( By [TOI staff]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [For Netanyahu, the path to victory is more about mobilization than persuasion]( [2021’s vote saw a major drop-off in turnout from right-leaning and religious areas compared to 2020; in this campaign’s final month, Likud will focus on reversing that trend]( [Netanyahu’s efforts to sideline Jewish Home’s Shaked a ‘mistake,’ say Likud sources]( By [TOI staff]( [Fungus is telltale cancer sign, possibly screenable by blood test: Israel-US study]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Many tumors are teeming with fungi that shed DNA into blood, and researchers say blood analysis could offer treasure trove of information to detect and to shape treatment]( [Leaders of Lev Tahor cult released from Mexico jail due to ‘lack of evidence’]( By [TOI staff]( [Lawyer for pair suspected of human trafficking and sex crimes says they were ‘100% acquitted’; source involved in operation says decision a blow to police’s ‘untainted legal work’]( Top Ops [Sarah Hochman]( [How not fasting on Yom Kippur saved my life]( [The dietician and my Orthodox rabbi were insistent that I had to eat, but I knew I could not – it was the holiest fast of the year! Until I realized my error]( [Marianne Novak]( [Heaven is the place where love continues]( [I can’t prove it exists, but I can tell you why I have faith that my daughter is in a truly ‘Good Place,’ protected by G-d and surrounded by loved ones]( [Thousands of Iranian students protest violent crackdown since death of Mahsa Amini]( By [AFP]( [Demonstrators call for release of detained students; chants of ‘death to the dictator’ as women wave scarves, rights group says more than 80 killed in unrest]( [Hezbollah chief calls Mahsa Amini’s death a ‘vague incident’ exploited against Iran]( By [Agencies]( [Iran says 4 Revolutionary Guards members killed in clash at police station]( By [AP]( [Nasrallah changes tune on maritime borders; security update]( [listen to the podcast]( [In search of ‘his’ tree in Israel, a Canadian filmmaker unearths unsettling issues]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [After learning a sapling planted through JNF for his bar mitzvah is in a forest where once stood a Palestinian village, Jason Sherman asks himself if he is complicit in a cover-up]( [Michaeli promises to run Tel Aviv light rail on Shabbat starting next year]( By [TOI staff]( [Transportation minister announces norm-busting plan for seven-day public transportation system in Gush Dan area in 2023]( [Tel Aviv highway exit reopens partially after 2-week closure due to sinkhole]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran says waiting for US to unfreeze $7 billion after releasing American detainees]( By [AFP]( [Iranian state media reports funds held by South Korea due to American sanctions will be released following finalization of negotiations]( [American held in Iran allowed to leave, son freed from detention]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Jordanian triathlon event bars Israelis from competing over alleged security fears]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s deputy foreign minister says formal diplomatic rebuke unnecessary; athletes missed chance for points toward 2024 Olympic Games qualification]( [CRM]( [Israel approves NIS 90 million for absorbing immigrants from Russia amid Ukraine war]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Funds to go toward housing, employment, education and health services for new arrivals, as Israel sees most significant immigration wave from Russia since USSR’s collapse]( [Russian suicide drones hit Zelensky’s hometown as Ukraine presses counteroffensive]( By [JON GAMBREL]( [Russia should use low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, says Chechen leader]( By [AFP]( [Booking.com introduces travel warnings for Israeli, Palestinian West Bank properties]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Company adds small text advisory on search results denoting ‘conflict-affected area’; Israel says it dissuaded company from using harsher wording]( Space views [Space station commander snaps nighttime photos of Israeli city lights]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Italian astronaut sends warm ‘shalom’ to Jewish state alongside images of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Dead Sea taken aboard orbiting installation]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Chile’s president accepts Israeli envoy’s credentials, two weeks after snub]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli self-driving tech firm Mobileye, purchased by Intel in 2017, files for IPO]( By [TOI staff]( [Brazil votes as leftist candidate seeks to oust Bolsonaro in comeback]( By [DIANE JEANTET]( [At least 125 dead in Indonesia after fans trample each other to exit soccer match]( By [Agencies]( [Florida deaths rise sharply to 47 amid cleanup from Hurricane Ian]( By [AP]( [Swedish far-right party with roots in neo-Nazi movement to chair 4 Riksdag panels]( By [AP]( [Critics fear Saudi crown prince seeks cover from legal troubles with new PM title]( By [AFP]( [13-year-old boy seriously injured by snake bite in northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [In Tel Aviv, ‘quite emotional’ Djokovic reaches his fourth tennis final of season]( By [AFP]( [The long tail / Pink whiprays, endangered in most of the world, seen near Eilat]( 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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