Palestinian gunmen kill IDF officer * Netanyahu brokers deal to keep anti-LGBT party in Knesset * US stands by Iran envoy trashed by Israel * NY’s new rules for yeshivas

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Presented by [Electrolux]( [Senior officer killed in West Bank firefight identified as Maj. Bar Falah, 30]( By [Emanuel Fabian and Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Deputy commander of elite Nahal reconnaissance unit leads a force to arrest suspects when they open fire; soldiers killed the two gunmen]( [IDF officer, 2 Palestinians killed in firefight near tense West Bank barrier zone]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian boy armed with knife arrested at West Bank junction]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Netanyahu brokers deal for far-right anti-LGBT party to run with Religious Zionism]( By [TOI staff]( [Noam head Avi Maoz says he’ll take 11th spot on slate of allied extremist parties]( [Smotrich says extremist Ben Gvir will be senior minister in Netanyahu government]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Elections 2022 / Joint List agrees on another united run ahead of deadline for filing Knesset slates]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Party changes, political deals come down to the wire as electoral registration opens]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Jewish Home adds political newcomer to list and Noam agrees to join forces with Religious Zionism amid last-minute negotiations over mergers, defections ahead of deadline tomorrow]( from our sponsor [Better living through smart laundry]( [Break the pattern and reduce pollution by better maintaining your clothes]( [US redoubles support for its Iran talks envoy, trashed by senior Israeli official]( By [Jacob Magid]( [State Department says Rob Malley leading US effort on Iran, again rebuffing source in Lapid delegation who claimed Israel managed to sideline him]( [Iran arrests several over killing of general it blamed on Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [COVID czar reports rise in infections, warns of fresh wave in winter]( By [TOI staff]( [Salman Zarka urges people to get vaccinated for coronavirus and flu, noting that new vaccines adapted to variants have arrived in Israel]( [Sheba to open new neuroscience center backed by Thomas Jefferson University]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Hamas, Islamic Jihad said to offer $200 per shooting attack, if video posted]( By [TOI staff]( [Terror groups reportedly aiming to encourage copycat incidents in an effort to ramp up violence in the West Bank]( [‘Concrete warnings’ terror groups mean to incite violence on Temple Mount — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Financial offenses tied to terror funds, organized crime in Israel soared in 2021]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( Top Ops [Gilad Malach]( [Israel’s future depends on Haredi integration]( [The path of isolation will devastate the country’s economy – even modest advances toward modernizing will not outweigh the demographic burden]( [Ari Wallach]( [When Judaism considers the long term, it looks to the past]( [The High Holidays remind us that in order to build a better world we must adopt a mindset that integrates the far past and the far future in the here and now]( [New York gives final approval to new rules regulating secular studies in yeshivas]( By [Luke Tress]( [Legislation will boost oversight of non-public schools, require lessons in core subjects, in measure fiercely opposed for years by ultra-Orthodox communities]( [US appears to back off pressuring Israel on IDF rules of engagement after backlash]( By [Jacob Magid]( [State Department says it is not being ‘prescriptive’ in talks with Israeli officials on seeking accountability for Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, in shift from previous comments]( [US says Israel handed it intel justifying shuttering of Palestinian NGOs]( By [Jacob Magid]( Interview [An ex-Marine was about to bomb an Indiana mosque. And then they welcomed him inside]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Joshua Seftel’s ‘Stranger at the Gate’ tells the story of military vet Richard ‘Mac’ McKinney’s change of heart — and religion — after getting to know Muslims off the battlefield]( [Why Lapid got vague in Berlin; West Bank’s newest settlers]( [listen to the podcast]( [Unveiling Yesh Atid’s roster, Lapid slams Netanyahu for Haredi education deal]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [PM keeps most of party’s 26 sitting politicians in realistic spots, says Netanyahu sold out Haredi children’s futures with deal to fund schools that don’t teach core curriculum]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 14: Why Lapid got vague in Berlin; West Bank’s newest settlers]( By [TOI staff]( [Michaeli slams Lapid’s attempts to push Labor, Meretz together as ‘harming the bloc’]( By [TOI staff]( [Woman sentenced to 7 months of community service for bribing Likud MK Bitan]( By [TOI staff]( [Lihi Sunak-Kuperly gave checks worth NIS 40,000 to then-deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion for supermarket giant Hatzi Hinam to receive benefits from municipality; MK denies charge]( [‘Bring stars’: Witness says Sara Netanyahu demanded film mogul get celebs for events]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Israeli leaders commemorate UK chief rabbi Sacks: ‘He made the world better’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [PM Lapid says he still keeps former British chief rabbi’s book close; Herzog hails his writings as a ‘fountain of strength, originality’]( [Herzog confirms he’ll represent Israel at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Miles-long line expected as crowds build to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state]( By [James Pheby]( [Is there such a thing as too many converts to Judaism? The debate roils German Jewry]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [After a Berlin cantor opens up a Pandora’s box in a public forum, she is fired from her post. But as Jewish community response rolls in, it’s clear she’s hardly alone in her musing]( [Iranian president says Tehran will pursue membership in Russia-China bloc]( By [AFP]( [Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit set for Thursday and Friday in Uzbekistan is first entirely face-to-face leaders’ meeting since start of coronavirus pandemic]( [Iran says it wants closer ties with UAE as relations thaw after six frosty years]( By [AFP]( [Food trucks are driving Israel’s latest restaurant trend]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [With burgers, taco bowls and artisanal pizzas, Israeli chefs and entrepreneurs are serving up dinner (and lunch) al fresco]( [CRM]( [A trailblazing filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard was a polarizing figure to Jews offscreen]( By [Andrew Lapin]( More Headlines [Flight delayed 5 hours at Ben Gurion as passenger demands to smoke weed]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel confirms talks to open temporary office in Qatar for World Cup]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Soldier gets 26-month prison sentence for accidentally killing comrade]( By [TOI staff]( [One person rescued, five dead, at least 10 still missing in Jordan building collapse]( By [Agencies]( [At trial, ex-head of Bnei Zion academy apologizes for deaths of 10 students in flood]( By [TOI staff]( [Death toll reaches 99 in fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan flareup]( By [AVET DEMOURIAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV]( [Round here / Counting Crows frontman calls Israel ‘a heady liquor’ for Jews]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Navy arrests 4 Gaza fishermen suspected of smuggling]( By [Jack Mukand]( ['Love brings love' / ‘Love and respect’ as Elbaz exhibit opens in Holon a year post-death]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Ken Starr, whose probe of Lewinsky scandal led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 76]( By [AP]( [Stage truths / Play about abused women still resonates after 25 years]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Prague cobblestones made from Jewish headstones returned to community]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [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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