3rd shots for over-30s * COVID czar to ToI: We dropped ball on vaccines * PM leaves for DC, vows new spirit of cooperation * Blog: When US student rabbis charge apartheid

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, August 24, 2021 [Health Ministry expands COVID booster shot drive to ages 30 and up]( By [TOI staff]( [Nitzan Horowitz pledges there are enough vaccines for everyone; experts say 3rd dose ending surge of serious cases, though daily infections still climbing]( [Israel passes 1 million total COVID cases, approaches one-day record]( By [Amy Spiro]( Interview [Nathan Jeffay]( [Delta surprised Israel, which dropped the ball on vaccination, admits COVID czar]( [Despite massive surge in cases, Salman Zarka says he’s determined to keep Israel open over holidays, warns virus here to stay]( [FDA gives full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 16 and up]( By [LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE]( [Anti-vaccine protesters storm HQ of British news broadcaster]( By [AFP]( [Unvaccinated teachers threaten to sue if they are forced on unpaid leave]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Teachers Union head Yaffa Ben David warns there will be a huge shortage if thousands of educational staff are compelled to stay home]( [Back-to-school serology testing of children limited to high-infection zones]( By [TOI staff]( [Minister dispatches mobile vaccine units to towns with low inoculation rates]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Heading to US, Bennett says he and Biden will discuss ways to counter Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [On tarmac, new Israeli leader says he’s bringing a new ‘spirit of cooperation’ to Washington, which he hopes will bolster Israel’s security]( [US sends helicopter into Kabul neighborhood to extricate stranded Americans]( By [Robert Burns and Ellen Knickmeyer]( [Completing its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan, US races to end its mission by August 31 deadline]( [UN rights chief says Taliban treatment of women will be a ‘red line’]( By [AFP]( [Afghan soldier killed by gunfire at Kabul airport amid chaotic evacuations]( By [ahmad seir, Rahim Faiez and Joseph Krauss]( [CIA director William Burns meets Taliban leader in Kabul]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Meanwhile, UN human rights chief warns that she has credible reports of ‘summary executions’ in areas of Afghanistan under Taliban control]( [Biden fights to regain control of Afghanistan narrative]( By [Sebastian Smith]( [Taliban threatens ‘consequences’ if US, allies stay beyond withdrawal deadline]( By [David Fox]( [Taliban takeover prompts fears of a resurgent al-Qaeda]( By [Eric Tucker]( [The terror group’s capabilities have been severely diminished by 20 years of war, but it still has hundreds of operatives in Afghanistan shielded by their Taliban allies]( [Taliban takeover could open new chasm in US-Pakistan ties]( By [Shaun Tandon]( [Explainer / How and why did the Afghan army fall so quickly to the Taliban?]( By [Todd Lehmann]( [Bennett to present Biden with strategy for stopping Iran without nuclear deal]( By [Lazar Berman]( [When he meets US president on Thursday on 1st official visit, PM will argue that 2015 accord is no longer relevant; no major concessions to Palestinians expected to be announced]( [Iranian official admits abuse in notorious Evin prison]( By [Jon Gambrell]( Top Ops [Hen Mazzig]( [What Afghanistan taught us about Israel-Palestine]( [The progressive US Democrats who slammed the Jewish state over a Jerusalem real estate dispute stayed mum for days when the Taliban crushed Kabul]( [Zvika Klein]( [Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch sees no future for Reform Judaism without Israel ties]( [With rabbinical students accusing Israel of apartheid, this top New York rabbi fears a split over whether or not Jewish peoplehood is a central priority]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing August 24 – Has Israel lost its deterrence against Hamas?]( [David Horovitz and Palestinian affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman examine rising tension on the Gaza border and Israel’s attempts to battle the raging spread of the Delta variant]( [Security officials believe Israel, Hamas on collision course in Gaza — TV]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [For South African-raised MK, Jewish-Arab coexistence is urgent and close to home]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Blue and White’s Ruth Wasserman Lande is hoping her third time being sworn into the Knesset will be the charm]( [Some parents in wealthy Tel Aviv suburb oppose appointment of Arab teacher]( By [TOI staff]( [3 more arrested over Jewish mob’s beating of Arab man in Bat Yam]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli jets strike Gaza following fires set by arson balloons]( By [Aaron Boxerman and TOI staff]( [Israel hits Hamas weapons factory, tunnel entrance and underground rocket launcher next to a school; raids after incendiary devices from enclave ignite blazes in southern Israel]( [Gaza arson attacks spark 9 fires in Israel; terror groups plan border protests]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Netanyahu blasts Bennett for botching injured soldier’s name, then backtracks]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian teen killed by IDF, allegedly while throwing heavy object from roof]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Incident near Nablus occurs amid a gun battle between troops and Palestinians; no soldiers injured]( [UN, EU denounce Palestinian Authority for arresting activists]( By [AFP]( Tokyo 2020 [Israeli athletes parade in empty Tokyo stadium as Paralympic Games kick off]( By [Amy Spiro and Agencies]( [Rower Moran Samuel and boccia player Nadav Levi serve as flag bearers for 33-member delegation set to compete in 11 sports as Games begin under pandemic’s shadow]( [Israel’s SavorEat to launch US pilot offering 3D-printed, plant-based burgers]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Israeli food tech startup partners with French conglomerate to roll out kosher, vegan, gluten-free products at American universities in trial run]( [Japan’s Mitsui insurance ups investment in Israel’s Upstream Security]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [CRM]( More Headlines [15-year-old arrested in stabbing death of 17-year-old]( By [TOI staff]( [Man arrested over vandalism and stolen Torahs at Long Island shul]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Manager of Rashbi gravesite tells Meron probe his authority is ‘limited’]( By [TOI staff]( [Bahrain used NSO spyware to target activists, says cybersecurity watchdog]( By [Alan Suderman]( [Ukraine denies rescue plane hijacked from Kabul to Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [US military completes first Iron Dome tests on American soil]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Man wearing kippa beaten by a group of 10 in Cologne, Germany]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [IDF launches artillery exercise in disputed land on Lebanese border]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Kathy Hochul sworn in as New York’s first female governor]( By [MARINA VILLENEUVE]( [Pretty, pretty good / ‘Enthusiasm’ uncurbed: Larry David’s 11th season returns in October]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Two former California police officers charged with painting swastika on car]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Mayim Bialik to host ‘Jeopardy!’ for 3 weeks after Richards bows out]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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