Deadly fire at Iran jail * US tells Abbas he’s wrong on Putin * Netanyahu’s ’Houston, we are the problem!’ moment * Dead Sea hotel transformation * The source of my water

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, October 16, 2022 [Iran says four killed, 61 injured amid blaze at notorious Evin prison]( By [AP]( [State media reports flames extinguished, no detainees escaped; officials claim fire unrelated to ongoing anti-government demonstrations]( [Analysis / Over a month in, how far can the mass Iran protests go?]( By [Stuart Williams]( [Iran death toll climbs to 233, rights group says, as protests enter fifth week]( By [SAMYA KULLAB]( [White House ‘deeply disappointed’ after Abbas tells Putin he doesn’t trust US]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Biden spokesperson says Russian president ‘a far cry’ from international leader needed to address Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after PA president meets Putin, hails Russian stance]( [Netanyahu: Trump said I don’t want peace, in a ‘Houston, we are the problem!’ moment]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [In memoir, former PM says he used golf talk and visual aids to get ex-president on Israel’s side; Ron Dermer called peace with Palestinians a ‘hole-in-one through a brick wall’]( [With manmade islands and jetties, new hotel plan set to transform Dead Sea tourism]( By [Danielle Nagler and Joshua Davidovich]( [Projects in the works includes guest villas on stilts à la Maldives, spits of land reaching into the sea with a large expo dome, plus rooms along artificial inlets]( State of the campaign [Joshua Hantman and Simon Davies]( [Will weeks of consistent polling suddenly shift in campaign’s last 2 chaotic weeks?]( [The blocs have remained remarkably stable; even support for the parties within the blocs has been fairly steady; but then, of course, the real campaign is only starting now]( [Presidential mazaltov / Biden calls PM Lapid’s son to congratulate him on recent wedding]( By [TOI staff]( [Smotrich says may seek defense, finance, justice portfolios in a Netanyahu coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [Religious Zionism chair predicts 3-5 ministries for his party; MK Ohana says future government will pass law defining attorney general’s advice as non-binding]( [Thirsty to know where her water comes from, CA Jewish activist hikes to its source]( By [Melanie Lidman]( [Over 33 days, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked 240 miles from her California home to the Highland Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now she’s releasing a documentary about her journey]( [‘It was a miracle,’ says Israeli who was only lightly injured in West Bank shooting]( By [TOI staff]( [Yonatan Nizri was in sukkah with his wife and infant son when bullets from Palestinian terrorists pierced the chair he was sitting on]( [Following violent weekend, Israel imposes planned West Bank closure over holiday]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Four Palestinians killed in clashes, attempted attacks over weekend; more than 50 arrested as Jerusalem simmers following week of riots; officials warn of settler attacks]( [Israel revokes entry permits from over 150 relatives of Nablus ‘terror elements’]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian killed, another seriously wounded in clash with IDF in West Bank]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Two Bedouin men arrested for alleged Hamas ties, funneling funds to terror group]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Shin Bet says Sa’ad Abu Rakaik and Sameh al-Nabari, both in their 20s, were in direct contact with members of Gaza-based organization]( [Iran reportedly set to ship ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine]( By [Michael Horovitz and AFP]( [Washington Post says Tehran preparing delivery of short-range Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar missiles; in response, Israeli minister says Jerusalem must send military aid to Kyiv]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 16: Why Israel likely won’t send the Iron Dome to Ukraine]( By [TOI staff]( [11 killed as two men open fire on soldiers at Russian military training site]( By [Agencies]( [Separatists blame Ukraine for rocket strike on mayor’s office in Donetsk]( By [AP]( [Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for attack; no casualties reported, but municipal building, nearby cars damaged]( [Kyiv pushes to recapture Russian-annexed areas, as Moscow conducts massive air raids]( By [YESICA FISCH and Leo Correa]( Top Ops [Karen Miller Jackson]( [Better when I’m dancin’ (on Simchat Torah)]( [Celebrating the annual completion of reading the Torah is not reserved for the intellectual, ivory-tower educated elite, but for everyone – including women]( [Vivian Wineman]( [Who needs our prayers for the dead?]( [The notion that the souls of the departed benefit from prayers said on their behalf by people on this earth strains credulity]( [Iran slams Biden for US ‘interference’ in anti-government protests]( By [AFP]( [Tehran calls American president a ‘politician tired of years of failure,’ says he will not succeed in swaying Iran’s ‘strong will’]( [US: Iran ‘responsible’ for safety of Americans being held in Evin prison]( By [AFP]( [Iranian celebrities arrested, passports confiscated over support for protests]( By [SAMYA KULLAB]( ToI@10 event [Join us in Jerusalem for a live pre-elections event in which you set the agenda]( By [TOI staff]( [On October 19 at the Train Theater, our team of political experts are ready to answer your burning questions ahead of the November 1 elections — plus interactive polling]( [Israel has dealt with bigger issues than Kanye West’s ‘stupidities,’ says Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [In TV interview with US pundit Bill Maher, former PM urges support for ‘the brave women of Iran’ who are ‘showing the world what courage is’]( [Why Israel likely won’t send the Iron Dome to Ukraine]( [listen to the podcast]( From Israel with love [Israel’s tourism minister channels James Bond in promotional video]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Judoka-turned-politician Yoel Razvozov wades through water shirtless and dresses in a tuxedo similar to Daniel Craig’s take on fictional British spy]( [CRM]( More Headlines [24-year-old Israeli tourist drowns during post-army trip to Laos]( By [TOI staff]( [Two drivers killed as trucks collide in northern West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( [Arab man dies 2 months after being set alight while sleeping amid criminal dispute]( By [TOI staff]( [Mel Gibson can testify at Weinstein trial despite past racist remarks, judge rules]( By [ANDREW DALTON]( [Poland summons Israeli envoy over ‘misleading’ remarks on youth Holocaust trips]( By [TOI staff]( [Los Angeles mystery: Who taped Democrat councilors’ meeting with racist rants?]( By [Michael R. Blood]( [Beaches, homes and railways are disappearing into rising seas in California]( By [Romain FONSEGRIVES]( [‘The hell with it’: Musk decides to keep funding Starlink for Ukraine]( By [AFP]( [Paris girds for cost of living protests as fuel strike rages for third week]( By [AFP]( [China opens meeting expected to give Xi Jinping 5 more years in power]( By [Agencies]( [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved