Soldier shot dead at point-blank range at J’lem checkpoint; friends mourn ’wonderful girl’ * Chikli, Balad can run in election * How Israel found Syria’s nuclear reactor

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, October 9, 2022 Presented by [Shalom Hartman Institute]( [Soldier killed in East Jerusalem shooting identified as 18-year-old Noa Lazar]( By [TOI staff]( [Resident of northern community of Bat Hefer was hit when Palestinian gunman opened fire on checkpoint; guard wounded in attack in serious condition after undergoing brain surgery]( [Soldier killed in checkpoint shooting eulogized, as leaders vow to catch attacker]( By [TOI staff]( [Female soldier killed, guard badly hurt in shooting at East Jerusalem checkpoint]( By [TOI staff]( [Video shows gunman opened fire on checkpoint guards from point-blank range]( By [TOI staff]( [CCTV footage indicates apparent lapses in security as gunman manages to approach soldiers and civilian guards and shoot without being detected, before fleeing]( [High Court overturns election bans for Arab Balad party and ex-Yamina MK Chikli]( By [TOI staff]( [Unanimous decisions allow Balad to run in elections, while Chikli will be able to take up spot on Likud list; court also rejects appeal against allowing MK Idit Silman to run]( [Bennett said weighing resigning as alternate PM immediately after Nov. 1 elections]( By [TOI staff]( [Court orders Netanyahu to return late cousin’s $300,000 gift to cover legal fees]( By [TOI staff]( From our sponsor [What are Israelis Saying with Their Votes?]( [When voters define themselves by their party, what values are they actually expressing? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi and Elana Stein Hain discuss on the For Heaven’s Sake podcast.]( Interview [How Israel nearly failed to spot Syria’s nuclear reactor, from the man who found it]( By [Amir Bar Shalom]( [Amnon Sofrin, ex-head of Mossad intelligence, recalls a misguided search, an eventual realization, and the moment he told the PM that Israel faced an immediate existential threat]( [Despite tensions, testing of gas pipeline starts at Karish drilling site]( By [TOI staff]( [Defense minister warns of ‘resolute’ response to any attack as proposed maritime deal flounders; ‘And if things develop into a broader conflict, we will take Lebanon apart’]( [After Syria, Lebanon also faces first cholera outbreak in years]( By [Agencies]( [Miami Boys Choir takes TikTok; fragile calm on Lebanon border]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops [Yael Leibowitz]( [14 guests: Making Sukkot a time of heritage and wisdom]( [With a key twist on traditional ushpizin, we enter our sukkahs to sit with the memories of our forebears, and apply the lessons of their experiences to our lives]( [Mark Shinar]( [The lonely gay person of faith]( [The Orthodox world may not have it all figured out, and if we’re going to err, perhaps it should be on the side of compassion and human dignity]( [Hackers disrupt Iranian supreme leader on state TV with anti-regime message]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Government news broadcast cuts to footage showing women and girls killed during protests, crosshairs on Supreme Leader Khamenei’s forehead, as mass demonstrations enter 4th week]( [‘A time bomb’: Anger rises in Kurdish city at heart of Iran protests]( By [SAMYA KULLAB and SALAR SALIM]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [Why Gantz’s campaign might only really begin the day after the elections]( [Maintaining good relations with all sides, the defense minister is hoping neither Lapid nor Netanyahu can get 61seats, and he’ll sweep in as the ‘palatable compromise candidate’]( [Israel’s favorite sketch comedy show celebrates 20 years of political satire]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Kanye West says he’ll go to ‘death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE’ after Instagram ban]( By [TOI staff]( [Rapper claims Jews sabotaged him after the social media platform restricts his account over messages he sent to fellow rapper Diddy that some condemned as antisemitic]( [Music of Israel’s ‘Tehran’ star Liraz Charhi becomes a soundtrack for Iran protests]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Israeli singer secretly collaborated with Iranian artists in Istanbul on her latest album, and performed alongside them during a music festival in Krakow]( [Ignoring objections, minister inaugurates new bus route in Haifa during Shabbat]( By [TOI staff]( [‘The time has come to fight for our truth,’ Labor party leader Michaeli says as she rides line in northern city]( [How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed]( [listen to the podcast]( [Report: Police chief says MK’s shofar-blowing near flashpoint site could ignite war]( By [TOI staff]( [Kobi Shabtai said to pan Simcha Rothman’s actions at Muslim cemetery as ‘pure provocation’; courts have repeatedly upheld activists’ right to perform ritual]( [6 arrested in Jerusalem clashes during event to mark Muhammad’s birthday]( By [TOI staff]( [Step out of your booth: The 7 days of Sukkot bring festivals of arts – and coffee]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Along with arguably the world’s largest sukkah, Israel puts on activities geared to a wide range of interests]( [Israeli startup uses magnetic fields to provide accurate indoor navigation]( By [Judith Segaloff]( [Tel Aviv wayfinder company Oriient works with supermarket chains, retailers to allow shoppers to find their way inside spaces]( [UN: Ukraine nuclear power plant loses external power link]( By [AP]( [Site now relying on emergency power; though reactors shut down, they still require electricity for cooling and other safety functions]( [Death toll rises to 17 after Russian missile strike near nuclear plant]( By [AFP]( [Industrial-scale Russian looting destroys Ukraine’s historical sites and artifacts]( By [HANNA ARHIROVA]( [Chinese censors ban the printing of Hasidic woman’s memoir for a US publisher]( By [Asaf Elia-Shalev]( [Citing ‘anti-Communist’ content, authorities won’t let locals print ‘The Queen of Cleveland,’ Shula Kazen’s story of surviving the Iron Curtain, even though it would be sold abroad]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Incumbent expected to trounce far-right candidate as Austrians vote for president]( By [Julia ZAPPEI]( [Wealthiest Palestinian to demand apology from UK for alleged British Mandate abuse]( By [TOI staff]( [Scammers make off with $100 million from world’s largest crypto exchange]( By [AFP]( [Israel hopeful of qualifying for Euro 2024 soccer tournament after favorable draw]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [From our partner / Archbishop of Canterbury ‘concerned’ by potential UK embassy move to Jerusalem]( [Criminal shooting targets home in upscale Tel Aviv neighborhood]( 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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