Key bridge linking Russia to Crimea blown up * Iran protests surge * US envoy says predecessor wrong on Lebanon deal * Nablus gov. slams moms who send out suicide bombers

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, October 8, 2022 [Russia says truck bomb caused Crimea bridge explosion, stops short of blaming Kyiv]( By [Agencies]( [Moscow says 3 killed in blast that set ablaze oil tankers transported by train, collapsing 2 car lanes on vital military-supplies link to Russian troops in Ukraine]( [Massive blast on key bridge linking Crimea to Russia; Moscow says caused by car bomb]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Pushing the envelope / Ukraine mocks Russia with Crimea bridge blast commemorative stamp]( By [Agencies]( [‘Not afraid anymore’: Iran protests enter 4th week in defiance of deadly crackdown]( By [AFP]( [As Raisi calls for unity in appearance at all-female Tehran university, students outside seen waving hijabs, denouncing him and regime; France tells its nationals to leave country]( [Artist turns Tehran fountains blood red to reflect regime’s brutal protest crackdown]( By [AFP]( [Teen’s mom denies Iran claim she was killed by fall, says she died of blows to head]( By [AP]( Interview [Jotam Confino]( [US envoy: Claims Israel is ceding to Hezbollah in Lebanon gas deal are ‘ridiculous’]( [Ambassador Tom Nides derides criticism of US-brokered negotiations made by Netanyahu, says predecessor David Friedman is ‘wrong’ to assert potential agreement favors Lebanese side]( [Nablus governor criticizes mothers who encourage martyrdom; Hamas tells him to quit]( By [Jack Mukand]( [Terror groups call on Ibrahim Ramadan to resign after he tells Palestinian radio that mothers who send their sons to carry out suicide bombings are ‘perverse’]( [Israel to pay compensation for death of elderly US-Palestinian man after IDF arrest]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Defense Ministry to pay NIS 500,000 to family of 78-year-old Omar As’ad, which will drop legal claims over incident top Israeli officials acknowledged as a ‘grave moral failing’]( [IDF says will only impose full West Bank, Gaza closure on 1st, last days of Sukkot]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Menachem Zaman]( [‘For’: Grieving for my people in Iran]( [For my grandfather, who spent his life longing to return; For all the tears and the mother’s cries]( [Jonathan Feldstein]( [The October I didn’t get married]( [My bride-to-be was one of fewer than 900 Jews to be given permission to leave the USSR that year. Did my activism on her behalf rob me of a ’wife’?]( [2 Palestinian teens said killed in Jenin clashes as IDF arrests shooting suspect]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Palestinian report says both were 17-years-old; Israeli military says it responded to explosives, gunfire while detaining suspect accused of attacks on troops in West Bank]( [Two Palestinian teens said killed in West Bank clashes with IDF]( By [TOI staff and AP]( Israel Travels [The night time is the right time for enchanting Jerusalem Lights Tour]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [The Holy City’s famed golden stones glow as dozens of the city’s historical sites are lit up at night. Through December, an illuminating guided bus tour tells their stories]( [Report: Ministers told gas field at heart of Lebanon dispute may be ‘completely dry’]( By [TOI staff]( [Indicating that Israel won’t be compromising on very much, Energy Ministry director’s estimate appears aimed at convincing wary cabinet members to back Lebanon maritime deal]( Interview [Andréa Bambino]( [Protests present Iran with ‘Berlin Wall’ moment, says activist targeted by regime]( [US-based Masih Alinejad, target of a 2018 kidnapping attempt by Iranian agents, says compulsory hijab is a tool of oppression, the ‘weakest pillar’ of Islamic Republic]( [Canada to permanently deny entry to 10,000 members of ‘murderous’ Iranian regime]( By [AFP]( [Knife-wielding man arrested after entering Iran embassy in Denmark]( By [AFP]( [In documentary ‘Last Flight Home,’ a Jewish family helps their father end his life]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [When former airline exec Eli Timoner started putting his affairs in order decades after being felled by a stroke, his daughters chronicled it. Now their film opens in NY and LA]( [Kanye West says Jared Kushner only brokered Abraham Accords ‘to make money’]( By [TOI staff]( [Rapper who was once friends with ex-White House senior adviser tells Fox News that Kushner ‘held Trump back,’ isn’t capable of making money on his own and was ‘born into money’]( [US expands penalties for complying with Arab League boycott of Israel]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed]( [listen to the podcast]( [Biden’s talk of nuclear ‘Armageddon’ edges beyond the bounds of US intel]( By [AAMER MADHANI, Ellen Knickmeyer and Josh Boak]( [US has no indications Moscow is preparing weapons of mass destruction, but president’s warning could have consequences as other countries, including Russia, take note]( [White House: Despite Biden warning, no indications of Russian nuclear preparations]( By [AFP]( [Lawyer for jailed far-right Golden Dawn MEP gives Nazi salute in Greek court]( By [AFP]( [Attorney makes sign during row with mother of anti-fascist rapper killed by group; a gov’t minister’s father, he has published books questioning Holocaust, calling Jews ‘sub-human’]( [Jewish groups, others in North Macedonia angered by ethnic Bulgarian club’s name]( By [KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES]( [How an accidental activist became the ‘foreign minister of the Jewish people’]( By [Gary Rosenblatt]( [CRM]( People of the puck [The (surprisingly many) Jewish NHL players to watch this season]( By [EVELYN FRICK]( More Headlines [Hours after it wins Nobel Peace Prize, rights group’s office seized by Russian court]( By [AFP]( [Pro-Israel watchdog group accuses senior UN official of trying to block its work]( By [TOI staff and Luke Tress]( [Catholic leader warns Truss against potential UK Jerusalem embassy move]( By [TOI staff]( [Man shot dead outside his home in apparent retaliatory attack in deadly family feud]( By [TOI staff]( [ADL chief favorably compares Elon Musk to antisemite Henry Ford, then thinks again]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Small civilian airplane accidentally lands at Israeli Air Force base]( By [TOI staff]( [Trader Joe’s drops ‘Israeli’ from its pearl couscous name, citing supplier change]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [USAF Academy pledges to ‘correct’ process that scheduled key training on Yom Kippur]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [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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