Israeli minister in 1st official visit to S. Arabia * Herzog deplores YK prayer clashes * Inside story: PA on Saudi deal * In Israel, Gaza girl gets new kind of pacemaker

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Live updates [LIVE: In first, Tourism Minister Katz leads official Israeli delegation to Saudi Arabia]( By ToI Staff ‘Tourism is a bridge between nations,’ says Katz, who is attending a United Nations World Tourism Organization event; Saudi ambassador arrives in Ramallah [Herzog on Yom Kippur prayer clashes: Polarization a ‘true danger to Israeli society’]( By Michael Bachner At ceremony marking 50 years since Yom Kippur War, president urges Israelis to set aside differences and unite like in 1973, since ‘internal threat is the most acute of all’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sep 26: Yom Kippur prayer leads to furor in TA; 1973 war remembered]( By ToI Staff [Yom Kippur prayer leads to furor in TA; 1973 war remembered]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops Zachary Roseman [Dizengoff Square on Yom Kippur eve: A stain on Tel Aviv]( They pushed me as I held my toddler and screamed at my pregnant wife – and it had nothing to do with gender separation Michael Boyden [Anarchy on Yom Kippur]( The organizers refused to comply with the court decisions and went ahead with its plans for gender segregated prayers Rawan Osman [My first encounter with Jews changed my life]( Growing up, the term ’Jew’ became synonymous with ’monster,’ but it wasn’t Israel who killed so many of my fellow Syrians Ammiel Hirsch [American Jews are partners in the destiny of our people]( Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War, Israel faces a new existential threat and We must continue to make our voices heard Inside story [PA officials: If Israel stops unilateral actions for Saudi deal, we’ll stop ours]( By Jacob Magid Saudis ‘told us they’re not brokers between us and Israel. They’re our partners,’ Palestinian official says, expressing confidence Riyadh won’t forget their cause [New Saudi envoy meets Abbas, backs Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital]( By ToI Staff Amid Israel normalization talks, Nayef al-Sudairi presents credentials as first ambassador to PA, heading kingdom’s first delegation to West Bank in 30 years; may visit Al-Aqsa [Saudis commit to full UN atomic agency inspection of nuclear activities]( By ToI Staff [Erdogan says Netanyahu may visit Turkey in coming months, then he’ll reciprocate]( By ToI Staff Turkish president, who last week sat with Israeli leader in first known meeting, says PM could make trip in October or November [Suspected explosion hits area of Iran missile base; Israeli involvement speculated]( By ToI Staff Residents of Khorramabad said to hear ‘terrible sound,’ feel the ground shake near Imam Ali underground base, which makes Shahab-3 missiles capable of hitting Israel [Iran’s defense ministry boasts of capabilities of ‘Israel-striker’ missiles]( By ToI Staff [US says it refused Iranian foreign minister’s request to visit Washington]( By Shaun Tandon [FM: Israel joining US Visa Waiver Program; State Department: No decision made yet]( By ToI Staff Eli Cohen hails ostensible acceptance into program as ‘important news for all Israelis’; Washington is widely expected to announce decision later this week [Police chief warns of dozens of alerts for terror attacks in coming days]( By ToI Staff Kobi Shabtai orders that officers be refreshed on procedures ahead of coming Sukkot holiday, during which thousands of cops will be deployed to secure public events [Report: Jailed French tycoon said he funded Netanyahu vacations, gave him $1 million]( By ToI Staff Arnaud Mimran, PM’s longtime associate who previously testified he’d given him $200,000, said to claim from prison that he bought Netanyahu array of luxury gifts; premier: ‘Lies’ [In Israeli first, Gazan girl receives new kind of pacemaker in innovative procedure]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Teams of doctors from Save A Child’s Heart at Wolfson Medical Center implant cardiac device, identical to the one given to Netanyahu, through 18-year-old patient’s neck [New research shows previously unidentified pathway used by HIV to infect cells]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Study led by professor at Touro University’s Nevada campus sheds light on how AIDS-causing virus enters a cell’s nucleus so it can replicate, finds possible drug countermeasure [New documentary follows Israeli who discovers family’s past as Egyptian spies]( By Michael Horovitz The Shahins were recruited by IDF after Six Day War for espionage; after execution of father, children and mother fled to Israel, changed name to Ben-David, converted to Judaism [CRM]( [NASA’s first asteroid samples from deep space, 4.5 billion years old, land on Earth]( By Marcia Dunn Samples taken to lab for careful examination after release from spacecraft at conclusion of seven-year journey Primer [Everything you need to know about the Jewish woman leading Mexico’s presidential race]( By Jacob Kessler and Gabe Friedman Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is polling double-digits ahead of her closest competitor, and will mark 2 firsts for the US neighbor if she’s successful More Headlines [Ukraine says Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander killed in Crimea missile strike]( By ILLIA NOVIKOV [Writers’ union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike]( By ANDREW DALTON [2 shot and killed in separate incidents as Arab community toll reaches 182]( By ToI Staff [Analysis / Can the United Nations become the global monitor of artificial intelligence?]( By Jennifer Peltz [Uber-backed delivery robots to deploy Israeli startup’s remote human operator tech]( By Sharon Wrobel [At least 20 dead, 200 injured in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion]( 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? 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