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In today’s ‘Post’ Fighting inflation
Renewal and commitment:
A special Yom Kippur magazine
Expanding Law of Return may include Russian great-grandchildren
• By ZVIKA KLEIN ity of draftees to leave, a first
debate will be held on mon-
Following russian president day on whether to extend the
Vladimir putin’s mobilization “Law of return” to immigrants
draft in russia and the inabil- from russia to the fourth-gen-
SEEKING FORGIVENESS
Thousands of worshipers gather Sunday night at the Western Wall for ‘slihot’ penitential
prayers ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins tonight. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)
Shooting attacks increased
by 47% since August
• By ANNA AHRONHEIM agency showed that in sep-
tember there were 34 shoot-
there has been a 47% rise in ing attacks, 23 in august and
shooting attacks in the west 15 in july, a 120% increase in
bank and jerusalem over the two months.
past month, according to data the shin bet recorded 212
released by the shin bet (israel attacks of all kinds in septem-
security agency). ber, 172 in august, 113 in july
the numbers released by the and 147 in june.
Netanyahu pledges to push ahead
with huge settlement building if elected
• By TOVAH LAZAROFF to support massive housing
construction in west bank
in an appeal to right-wing settlements if he regains his
voters, former prime minister former leadership position.
benjamin netanyahu pledged netanyahu signed his name,
along with 30 members of his
Likud party, and another 26
Fast Times
politicians from shas, unit-
ed torah judaism, religious
Zionist party and bayit yehudi
to a declaration on intend-
5:36 p.m. 6:52 p.m. ed settlement building by the
5:56 p.m. 6:53 p.m. sovereignty movement.
5:47 p.m. 6:52 p.m.
in a campaign titled “mov-
5:58 p.m. 6:54 p.m.
5:48 p.m. 6:53 p.m. ing eastward,” the sovereign-
ty movement is claiming that
the best resolution to the
housing crisis is to build in
judea and samaria.
those that signed the state-
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Bank of Israel raises
interest rates by 0.75%
Page 4
eration descendants of jews.
Kan’s diplomatic corre-
spondent amichai stein
revealed that the meeting will
take place after the request
most attacks were with
molotov cocktails; 139 in sep-
tember, 135 in august and 75
in july. in addition, there were
53 pipe bombs in september,
39 in august and 27 in july.
september also witnessed four
See SHOOTING, Page 7
OPPOSITION LEADER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a press
conference yesterday. (Avshalom Sassoni/Maariv)
ment put their name to a
text that said: “the distress in
housing prices in the coun-
try’s center requires massive
construction in the adjacent
Founded in 1932
of Finance minister avigdor
Liberman during sunday’s
cabinet meeting.
the Law of return grants
jews, or people with one or
Lapid defends Lebanon
deal as resignation of
top negotiator is revealed
Adviser left team to ‘go on vacation, start new job’
• Cabinet to discuss Hochstein’s proposal on Thursday
• By LAHAV HARKOV
and YONAH JEREMY BOB
the resignation of israel’s
top negotiator in its maritime
dispute with Lebanon, frus-
trated by the handling of the
talks in the prime minister’s
office, emerged on monday
as prime minister yair Lapid
defended the deal from critics.
Hezbollah believes
Lebanon is on
verge of gas
wealth, Page 3
udi adiri, former energy
ministry director-general
and the lead negotiator with
Lebanon over the econom-
ic waters dispute in recent
years, resigned last week, days
before us energy envoy amos
hochstein made his final pro-
posal for an agreement, The
areas in judea and samaria.”
the declaration targeted in
particular the route between
See PLEDGES, Page 7
A tale of two aliyot
Immigration from
Ethiopia and Ukraine
Page 10
more jewish grandparent
and their spouses the right
to immigrate to israel and
acquire citizenship. Liberman
proposed this change due
Marker first reported.
amid reports that adiri
opposed the agreement that
was being drafted and was
frustrated by how national
security adviser eyal hulata
conducted the talks after the
responsibility for them was
moved to the prime minis-
ter’s office, he tweeted a more
mundane reason.
“i have no desire or inten-
tion to get into the political
controversy surrounding the
agreement with Lebanon,” he
wrote. “i will only say that i
had the great privilege of head-
ing the negotiating team.... i
left the team recently to go
on vacation and start a new
job. to the best of my under-
standing, the agreement is
fully consistent with the pro-
fessional position as presented
to the decision-makers.”
Lapid countered criticism
of the agreement, which the
See DEAL, Page 7
Alarming logistical problems
ANALYSIS
• By HERB KEINON
throughout the jewish
world, the period from rosh
hashanah through yom Kip-
pur, known collectively as the
ten days of repentance, is full
of religious rituals meant to
encourage repentance, prayer
and acts of charity.
in israel, this period has also
given birth to several new ritu-
als, though not necessarily of
the religious variety.
the first is for people to take
to the airwaves and social
media and say what oth-
ers – such as rival politicians
or other sectors of society –
should be asking forgiveness
for. the second is to remember
the 1973 yom Kippur war.
Forty-nine years later, much
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to the escalation in russia,
where tens of thousands of
aliyah candidates have asked
to immigrate to israel imme-
diately.
Israel gives up its
piece of the pie
ANALYSIS
• By LAHAV HARKOV
israel and Lebanon have
been in an ongoing dispute
for the past decade over the
economic rights to an area
of the mediterranean sea
shaped like a slice of pizza.
israel is giving up the
entire zone in dispute –
something concrete – in
exchange for theoretical,
amorphous promises and
things it already has.
prime minister yair Lapid
presented the deal on twit-
ter on monday as giving
israel “100% of its security
of the public discussion of
that war is about the coun-
try’s intelligence failure and
the jewish state’s overall lack
of preparedness, even though
at the end – after being taken
completely by surprise – the
idF stood knocking on the
gates of cairo and damascus.
that lack of preparedness
traumatized the country.
despite that trauma, however,
there have been other times
since then that the idF has
found itself unprepared or ill-
equipped for battle. the 2006
second Lebanon war is the
starkest example, as reserve sol-
diers complained of going into
battle with poor logistical sup-
port, without proper equip-
ment or sufficient supplies.
when Gabi ashkenazi took
over as chief of staff after that
Liberman proposed to
extend the law to fourth-gen-
eration descendants “even
See RETURN, Page 7
needs, 100% of the Karish
reservoir and even part of
the earnings of the Leba-
nese reservoir.”
when Lapid says “securi-
ty needs,” he is referring to
several things.
the most solid security
benefit of the deal is recog-
nition of the “buoy line,” a
5 km.-long row of floating
obstructions extending
from the point along the
mediterranean sea at which
israel and Lebanon meet.
the buoys help secure the
northernmost points on
See PIE, Page 7
war, his immediate priority was
to fix the shortcomings that
were revealed during the war.
emergency supplies would be
restocked and updated and
training would be stepped up.
it is in light of both the short-
comings of the yom Kippur
and second Lebanon wars that
a preliminary report put out
sunday by state comptroller
matanyahu englman about
logistical problems facing idF
soldiers in judea and samaria
currently engaged in stem-
ming a wave of terror is so
troubling. englman concluded
that the “idF is not sufficient-
ly prepared logistically for the
continuation of the fighting”
in the west bank.
his conclusions were based
See ALARMING, Page 7
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Lapid to EU: I support two-states, oppose Iran deal

• By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Yair Lapid
pledged his support for a two-
state resolution to the Israe-
li-Palestinian conflict and spoke
of his opposition to the revival
of the 2015 Iran deal on Mon-
day when he addressed the first
European Union-Israel Associa-
tion Council meeting to be held
in a decade.
“Over the past year, there has
also been a positive change in
our work with the Palestinian
Authority,” Lapid told the gath-
ering of EU foreign ministers
in Brussels in a virtual address.
“We are working with them and
helping their economy devel-
op,” he added.
Lapid referenced his speech
in September at the United
Nations General Assembly in
which he spoke of two states.
“I expressed once more my
commitment to the two-state
solution. But the Palestinians
need to put an end to terrorism
and incitement.
“Israel wants peace that will
lead to security, not peace that
will destabilize the Middle
East,” he added.
The EU and Israel are sharp-
ly divided on the issue of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with
Brussels perpetually calling for
a freeze on Israeli settlement
activity and supporting two
states based on the pre-1967
lines with east Jerusalem as the
capital of a Palestinian state.
The council had met annually
since it inception in 2000 and
had been an important tool in
strengthening bilateral ties. The
meeting was suspended in 2013
when Likud Party leader Benja-
min Netanyahu was prime min-
ister, due to tensions between
the EU and Israel over settle-
ment activity,
The EU agreed to resume the
meetings after Lapid became
prime minister in July and
scheduled the gathering prior
to the November elections in
Israel.
The resumption of the annual
high-level meeting is seen as a
diplomatic coup for Lapid. The
Israeli delegation to Brussels
was led by Intelligence Minister
Elazar Stern, who met separate-
ly with EU foreign policy chief
Josep Borrell on the sidelines of
the council meeting.
After the meeting, the EU
issued a wide-ranging state-
ment sharply criticizing Israel’s
actions against the Palestinians,
reiterating its long list of policy
differences on that score.
The EU reaffirmed its com-
mitment to a two-state reso-
lution based on the pre-1967
lines, with east Jerusalem as the
future capital of a Palestinian
state.
It also confirmed its support
of the 2016 UN Security Coun-
cil Resolution 2334, which
condemned Israeli settlement
activity.
The EU also separately in its
PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid in a video address to the first European Union-Israel Association
Council held in a decade. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
statement called on Israel to
halt settlement activity and to
refrain from construction in the
unbuilt E1 neighborhood of the
Ma’aleh Adumim settlement.
The EU called on Israel to
respect the status quo on the
Temple Mount, also known to
Muslims as al Haram, al Sharif.
It picked up on the charge that
Israel must respect the status
Christian holy sites. Israel has
refuted claims that it is disturb-
ing the states quo.
But not everything in the
statement was negative, in par-
ticular, it condemned Hamas’
indiscriminate rocket firing
against Israel and said it was
committed to Israel’s security.
“The EU reiterates its funda-
mental commitment to Israel’s
security, including with regard
to threats in the region. The EU
firmly condemns recent terror
attacks in Israel as well as all
forms of terrorism and remains
committed to the prevention
and fight against terrorism and
violent extremism,” it stated.
Iran was also a divisive topic
given Israel’s opposition to the
EU’s attempts to broker a revival
of the 2015 Iran deal, common-
ly known as the Joint Compre-
hensive Plan of Action.
“Even though we disagree on
the JCPOA, we all agree that
everything must be done to
prevent Iran from becoming a
nuclear state,” Lapid empha-
sized at the Council meeting.
“We are all united in our
desire to stop Iran from obtain-
ing a nuclear weapon,” Lapid
said as he explained that “this
is a regime that is murdering its
citizens even as we speak.”
“The world must not be
silent,” he stated.
He also spoke against Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine, stating
that “we are all united in our
desire for the war in Ukraine
to end.
“And in our desire for the res-
toration of its territorial integri-
ty,” he said.
Lapid spoke of the impor-
tance of freedom of expression,
religion and the press and com-
mitted to fight discrimination.
He warned that “antisemitism
is on the rise again in Europe.
We welcome the EU strategy to
combat it and now have to put
that plan into action.”
LAPID RECALLED that the EU
was Israel’s main trading part-
ner and that one of his foreign
policy goals was to improve Isra-
el’s political and economic ties
with the 27-member body.
“This council has not con-
vened in over a decade – for
the wrong reasons. The fact that
we are convening it now cor-
rects an historic mistake,” Lapid
said, adding “it is an import-
ant milestone in our improving
relations.”
Lapid clarified that EU ties
benefited Israel in science, tech-
nology, trade, economy, agri-
culture, cyber, health democra-
cy and the environment, add-
ing that it would lower the cost
of living and help Israel combat
climate change.
Borrell focused his remarks
on the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict and relaunching the coun-
cil “was the best way of frank-
ly engaging on many issues,
which are of mutual concern.”
He told Lapid he was encour-
aged by his “clear support” for
two states.
“We are – however – also con-
cerned about the continued
tensions and violence on the
ground and the continuation
of unilateral measures, such as
settlement expansion, and the
security issues.”
Borrell pointed in particular
to the rising number of Pales-
tinian deaths in the West Bank
at the hands of Israeli security
forces.
“This year is the year in which
there has been the highest
number of Palestinian deaths
since 2007,” said Borrell. He
did not mention that many of
them occurred during violent
clashes with the IDF or during
terror attacks against Israelis.
Borrell also spoke out against
the “forcible transfer” of Pal-
estinians. Presumably he was
referring to the IDF’s demoli-
tion of illegal Palestinian homes
and the absence of building per-
mits for Palestinians.
The EU foreign policy chief
said these were all issues that
should be discussed. He refer-
enced the US-brokered Abra-
ham Accords, under whose aus-
pices Israel normalized ties with
four Arab countries.
“We believe that this can
make a major contribution to
enhancing regional stability,”
he said.

Gantz discussed defense in Azerbaijan Palestinians: Israeli crackdown

• By ANNA AHRONHEIM
Defense Minister Benny
Gantz has returned from an
official visit to Azerbaijan where
he met with President Ilham
Aliyev to foster defense coopera-
tion between the two countries.
According to a statement
released by the minister’s office,
the visit was “dedicated to secu-
rity and policy issues.”
Gantz also met with Minister
of Defense Col.-Gen. Hasanov
Zakir Asgar Oglu.
While meeting with the Azeri
officials, Gantz “emphasized
the importance of maintaining
strategic relations between the
State of Israel and the Republic
of Azerbaijan and continuing
to work towards regional and
global peace and stability,” the
statement continued.
The officials also discussed
the changes in the Middle East
following the signing of the
Abraham Accords and Israel’s
developing ties with Turkey and
other countries in the region
and the world in general.
The Muslim-majority Cen-
DEFENSE MINISTER Benny Gantz is flanked by a guard of honor
during his visit to Azerbaijan. (Nicole Laskavi/Ministry of Defense)
tral Asian country borders Iran,
which according to foreign
reports, allows Israel to conduct
espionage operations and more
against its main foe.
Baku has also been the main
supplier of crude oil to Israel and
has become a significant recipi-
ent of Israeli military hardware
in recent years. A 2020 report
by the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute found
that Baku was the second larg-
est customer of Israeli weapons
systems after India.
Azerbaijan and neighboring
Armenia have had a long-stand-
ing dispute over the contested
Armenian-populated enclave
of Nagorno-Karabakh. Violence
has spiraled into an all-out war
twice in 2020 and in the 1990s
over the area.
The six-week war in 2020
claimed more than 6,500 lives
and saw the use of Israeli weap-
ons systems including drones
that tilted the war’s balance on
the side of Baku, allowing it to
regain control of territory it lost
to Armenia during the 1990s.
Last month at least 286 peo-
ple were killed on both sides
before a truce was brokered by
the United States.
Gantz’s visit came days after
graphic video footage surfaced
of Azeri soldiers executing six
Armenian prisoners of war cap-
tured during the last round of
fighting in September.
Armenian Ministry of Defense
spokesman Aram Torosyan said
there was “no doubt” about the
authenticity of the footage, add-
ing “it is typical of the Azerbai-
jani Armed Forces. That style
is known to us and the inter-
national community from the
irrefutable evidence of previous
similar incidents.”
The video came weeks after
other reports of the rape and
mutilation of a female Armenian
soldier by Azeri troops during
the same round of fighting.
harms our effort to impose order
• By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
The Palestinian Authority
said on Monday that the ongo-
ing IDF crackdown in the West
Bank was obstructing its efforts
to restore order and prevent fur-
ther deterioration.
Senior PA officials held Israel
fully responsible for the flare-up
of violence and said its count-
er-terrorism measures won’t
bring security and stability to
Israelis and Palestinians.
The officials called on the
international community to
put pressure on Israel to halt its
military operations.
Last week, PA President Mah-
moud Abbas ordered the Pales-
tinian security forces to increase
their efforts to enforce law and
order in order to avoid a large-
scale IDF operation, especially
in Nablus and Jenin, where doz-
ens of gunmen have become
active in the past few months.
Palestinian sources said the PA
leadership was worried that the
attacks by the gunmen against
settlers and soldiers would
prompt the IDF to launch an
offensive similar to the 2002
Operation Defensive Shield.
Abbas has also expressed con-
cern over the involvement of PA
security officers in some of the
attacks, the sources said. The PA
president relayed his concern to
the commanders of the Pales-
tinian security forces during an
emergency meeting in Ramal-
lah last Thursday, they added.
“The Palestinian security forc-
es can’t [take] serious measures
to restore order while the Israeli
army is conducting daily raids
into Palestinian cities and vil-
lages,” said a Palestinian official.
“Israel is playing with fire.”
The Nablus-based Lions’ Den
armed group, which claimed
responsibility for several shoot-
ing attacks against soldiers and
settlers in the past few weeks,
on Sunday night threatened
to “ban” settlers from visiting
Joseph’s Tomb in the city. The
group also threatened to impose
a “curfew” on the settlements.
On Monday morning, two
Palestinians from the Jalazon
Refugee Camp north of Ramal-
lah, Bassel Basbous, 19, and
Khaled al-Dabbas, 21, were shot
dead by soldiers. The IDF said
the two men attempted to carry
out a ramming attack against
the soldiers.
A general strike was declared
in Ramallah and nearby El-Bi-
reh to mourn the death of the
two men.
PA presidential spokesman
Nabil Abu Rudaineh said in
response to the incident that
Israel was “committing crimes”
against the Palestinians.
Abu Rudaineh called on the
Israeli government to “stop
this dangerous and irresponsi-
ble policy which could destroy
everything.”
He added: “The dangerous
Israeli escalation against our
people in Jerusalem, Jenin and
Nablus has crossed all red lines.
This reckless policy will not
bring security and stability for
anyone.”

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Hezbollah believes
Lebanon is on
verge of gas wealth
ANALYSIS dispute. On the other hand, met with Lebanese caretaker
• By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iran could use Hezbollah in Prime Minister Mikati. The
coming months to threaten US official said “we are work-
Nabil Qaouk, a member of Israel or the US to distract from ing very closely in support of
the executive council of Hez- problems at home. Lebanon in a number of ways,
bollah, predicts Lebanon is on The news report from Iran particularly working through
the verge of achieving its oil says that “according to Leb- the incredibly challenging
and gas wealth, and its mari- anese sources, Hezbollah, in economic issues, and are very
time rights, according to Irani- cooperation with the Speak- much supportive of Lebanon
an and Lebanese media. er of the Lebanese Parliament moving forward in dealing
The claims come amid news Nabih Berri, has increased its with these challenges, includ-
that a gas and maritime deal is efforts to bring the views of ing with the IMF.” HEZBOLLAH SUPPORTERS in a religious procession hold up portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Lebanon’s
close to approval, which could southern city of Nabatiyeh in August. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images)
Michel Aoun and Najib Mika- Mikati agreed with him.
see Israel receive royalties from ti closer together and resolve “I know what you are doing
gas that Lebanon extracts in their differences.” directly and indirectly – direct- all the help done to Lebanon. and you are giving great help to its support. If Hezbollah is try- ognition that his relationship
a disputed area of the Med- Two weeks ago, US Secre- ly through USAID, through And indirectly I know that the the Lebanese army.” ing to work more closely with with the US could bring bene-
iterranean Sea. At the same tary of State Antony Blinken your embassy in Beirut, and Lebanese army is in your mind Mikati also thanks Qatar for Mikati it may be due to rec- fits to Hezbollah as well.
time, Israel would give up a
triangle of claims to waters off
the coast. Lebanon could then
develop the Kana gas field.
The “resistance,” as Hezbol-
lah claims to be, is now hop-
ing that this deal could see
Lebanon become rich off gas
development. This is a change
of tune for Hezbollah, which
had been threatening up until
recently to strike at Israel’s Kar-
ish gas field. As recently as July,
Hezbollah launched drones
targeting the Karish field and a
platform located there.
Nabil Qaouk did not mention
Israel in his recent speech, but
he says the current situation
means Lebanon will become
an oil and gas producer and
can exit from its economic cri-
sis. “This is good news and can
be the beginning of progress
that we want all Lebanese to
benefit from at the national
level,” he said, according to
Tasnim News in Iran and Al
Jadeed TV in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah is
seeking to influence the for-
mation of a new government
in Lebanon. It has vowed to
take action to “solve” the
issues related to government
formation and choosing a new
president, set to be voted in on
October 31.
However, Lebanon has gone
through this before; Hezbollah
prevented a new leader from
being chosen from 2014 to
2016.
Hezbollah poses as Leba-
non’s helping hand, a respon-
sible component of the polit-
ical system. But at the same
time it wages conflicts around
the region and backs Iran. It
backs pro-Iranian militias in
Syria and Iraq. It continues to
threaten Israel with more than
100,000 missiles and drones.
Nowadays, Hezbollah
appears pleased by the pros-
pect of a maritime deal. This
is new rhetoric. In the past,
Hezbollah rejected US-led
mediation about the waters
off the coast, but now Hez-
bollah appears to be flexible.
This could be due to the fact
it thinks Lebanon has fulfilled
most of its demands and Israel
hasn’t gotten much.
In addition, under the deal,
Lebanon wouldn’t have to rec-
ognize Israel, so Hezbollah can
continue its “resistance” activ-
ities, stockpiling and moving
missiles under the watchful
eyes of the UN in southern
Lebanon; changing nothing.
At the same time, Hezbollah
is spreading rumors that for-
eign embassies “are planning
to elect the president accord-
ing to their desired specifica-
tions so that foreigners will
dominate the country and as a
result Lebanon will be in chaos
and sedition will drag on.”
Hezbollah has argued that
it has another plan that will
see Lebanon achieve econom-
ic success. The group claims it
doesn’t want a political vacu-
um to emerge in the country,
as in the past.
However, pro-Iranian groups
often benefit from vacuums
because they act as parallel
governments and they can
therefore increase their power
when the state is weak. They
have done this in Baghdad,
where pro-Iran parties have
prevented the country from
forming a government.
Meanwhile, in Iran, the
regime that backs Hezbollah
is facing chaos due to protests.
Hezbollah may be concerned
by this development and fear-
ful of heating up a maritime
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BoI battles inflation with

another 3/4-point rate hike
• By STEVEN SCHEER
and ARI RABINOVITCH
The Bank of Israel on Mon-
day raised its benchmark inter-
est rate by three-quarters of a
percentage point for the sec-
ond meeting in a row, citing its
determination to move infla-
tion back to within its target.
The central bank lifted its
key rate to 2.75% from 2.0%
in its fifth straight decision to
hike rates and the highest level
of rates since January 2012. In
April, policymakers had begun
raising the rate from 0.1% –
an all-time low where it had
stayed for the prior 15 decisions
since a 0.15 point reduction at
Can AI stop the next highway sinkhole?
the outset of the pandemic.
Bank of Israel Governor
Amir Yaron said the monetary
policy committee (MPC) was
front-loading rate increases
to move inflation rate to its
1%-to-3% annual target.
The country’s annual infla-
tion rate stood at 4.6% in
August after reaching a 14-year
high of 5.2% in July, stirring
public anger at spiking living
costs ahead of the election.
“We know that the process
of increasing the interest rate
takes some time to show its
results,” Yaron told report-
ers. “[But] we are determined
to return the inflation rate to
within the target range and
the steps we are taking today...
emphasize that.”
He noted that inflation
derives from strong domestic
demand as well as external fac-
tors such as the war in Ukraine,
high global energy costs and
continued global supply chain
disruptions.
Still, Yaron said, the nation’s
economy is in a good place,
especially relative to other
advanced economies, with a
high level of activity and a tight
labor market.
Israel’s economy grew an
annualized 6.8% in the second
quarter from the first quarter.
In updated forecasts, the cen-
tral bank projected economic
growth of 6% in 2022, up from
a prior estimate of 5%, easing
to a 3% pace in 2023. Inflation
is expected at 4.6% this year,
falling to 2.5% in 2023.
Bank of Israel economists
forecast the benchmark inter-
est rate at 3.5% in the third
quarter of next year.
The shekel, which earlier on
Tuesday hit a fresh 2-1/2-year
low versus the dollar to a rate of
3.61, accelerated after the rates
decision to 3.57.
SHLOMO GLIKMAN working on the family ranch. (Ayalon Valley Ranch)
Ahead of next month’s elec-
tion, Yaron said the next gov-
ernment must focus on passing
a new state budget and advance
needed economic reforms.
The farmer who went from
(Reuters)
agriculture to hi-tech culture
• By ZACHY HENNESSEY

My first impression of Shlomo Glikman was

• By YANIV COSTICA
Depending on your faith perspective,
it was either a miracle or sheer luck
that a sinkhole opened up on one of
the most-traveled portions of highway in
Israel on a Saturday evening – a time of the
week when traffic is usually at its lightest.
It’s shuddering to think about the conse-
quences if the sinkhole on the Hashalom
exit ramp of the Ayalon Expressway had
opened up just 12 hours later, when Sun-
day morning drivers commuting to work
usually jam the exit.
Either way, a major potential tragedy
was averted. But relying on miracles (or
luck) is no way to conduct infrastructure
policy. Authorities are still examining the
circumstances surrounding the sinkhole’s
creation, but the current theory is that
excavations for construction work near the
highway allowed groundwater to rush into
a cavity under the roadbed, weakening it
and eventually leading to the collapse.
So, is there any way to prevent highway
sinkholes in the first place? Like with any
other phenomena, it’s all about the data;
the more you know about a situation,
the more information you have about the
cause, and the better you can apply subse-
quent cures. And fortunately, the techno-
logical infrastructure to prevent sinkholes
– in the form of collected data and the
ability to analyze it – exists right now.
Sinkholes are by no means rare – they
happen in places from Maryland to Atlan-
ta to Canada to India – but they aren’t
common enough for a tech company to
invest in a solution specifically to pre-
vent them. However, existing technology
that monitors traffic patterns, weather,
street conditions, and dozens of other
aspects of road transportation generates
huge amounts of data that, if applied and
analyzed properly, could give authori-
ties an idea of what roadways are weak,
or possibly in danger of collapse. Using
advanced artificial intelligence-based data
analysis, authorities could use data that is
already being collected to prevent all sorts
of unwanted incidents – including road
collapses.
That data is currently collected by a slew
of existing traffic cameras, roadbed sen-
sors, and uploaded from smart vehicles.
It’s already used by policy-makers to ensure
safer roads, especially when they are occur-
ring too frequently on a specific stretch of
highway. For example, AI systems analyze
the data associated with those accidents
and that section of the road to determine
the cause – such as if a curve on the road is
too sharp for the recommended speed or
if an additional lane is needed. Such road
and traffic data is also being used today to
reduce congestion, with AI systems deter-
mining the most efficient deployment of
traffic lights, enabling officials to develop
systems to prompt drivers to take alternate
routes, or determining the best places to
build new exits and interchanges.
AND THAT same data can be used to
predict potential road collapses – giving
authorities an opportunity to fix the prob-
lem before it happens. Sensors and camer-
as are already in place on major highways
around the world (including the Ayalon)
monitor traffic, weather conditions, con-
gestion at specific times of the day, acci-
dents, and much more. Data collected
on peak road usage, for example, could
be analyzed together with data on how
a road was constructed – what materials
were used, whether there are any water
channels (including pipe infrastructure)
or gas lines adjacent to the road, and what
construction or other underground work
is going on in the area. Analyzing all that
data, the systems can determine if the road
is in danger of collapse from usage that was
far beyond what its developers anticipated.
If the analysis shows that a section of
road is getting overstressed because of too
many vehicles, or that other stress elements
are present – like a compromised roadbed
due to nearby construction – the system
would issue an alert, prompting immedi-
ate action to ensure full safety. AI-based
analysis can thus ensure that authorities
act as efficiently as possible and free up and
redirect resources to repair trouble spots
that need immediate attention.
The writer is SVP Engineering & General
Manager, Rekor
“clever.” As we sat for our (online) interview,
he seemed both reserved and intelligent – the
latter trait was proven to be more than apt once
he explained to me how he went from raising
camels and goats to landing a job at a leading
Israeli fintech company.
Born to a family of ranchers, Glikman began
working for the family business from an early
age. His family owns the Ayalon Valley Ranch,
located west of Jerusalem.
“I didn’t know anything about development;
I just spent my life working on the farm, basical-
ly since childhood,” Glikman said.
Following his service in the IDF, Glikman
worked with his father to transform the ranch
into an educational farm, hosting students and
special needs children expeditions from all over
the country.
Running such an establishment requires a
fair bit of logistics work, though, and Glikman
took that work upon himself, managing salary
software, supply/provider programs, customer
relations and whatever other tech-related jobs
needed to be handled to keep things running
smoothly – despite the fact that he had abso-
lutely no technological experience.
“I had a lot of complicated tasks that I needed
to manage so I started researching how to do it
in a more efficient way. Like problem solving,”
he explained.
As he worked, Glikman discovered that it was
way easier to manage Excel spreadsheets by
programming some basic commands within
the software – so he did, with a little help from
Google.
Over time, Glikman picked up more knowl-
edge, learning more advanced coding tricks for
Excel and reaching out to a private tutor who
gave him online coding lessons.
“I took like five lessons with an Access devel-
oper who showed me how to use MS Access,”
he said.
When the lessons were finished, he asked
his tutor: “Okay, so how does the code behind
it work?” Glikman recalled. “He showed me,
but he told me ‘you’re not a developer, what
do you want to learn this for?’ That was when I
really started surfing the Internet and teaching
myself how to code.”
Shortly thereafter, he began taking free
online programming courses, culminating in
his development of a management program
custom-tailored to the ranch’s needs.
Upon discovering that he had an aptitude
for coding, Glikman set his sights on the Israeli
hi-tech sector, and continued to broaden his
well of knowledge while hunting for a job.
Earlier this year, Glikman was scooped up
by the talent acquisition team at Capitolis, an
Israeli fintech company, as a full-stack devel-
oper. The move from camel ranch to hi-tech
fintech firm took a little bit of adjustment.
“It’s a major change in my life. I don’t see a lot
of daylight,” he joked. “But my children like my
current job more, because I’m more… I don’t
know. I’m not exhausted all the time.”
I was shocked to discover that the 36-year-
old’s entire journey from managing Excel
sheets to full-stack development transpired in
“two, maybe three years.”
I asked for his thoughts on the adage that you
can’t teach an old dog new tricks. “In my view,
it’s an old fashioned idea,” he answered.

NewMed Energy to list on LSE through merger New pension safety net
• By OMRI COHEN

Delek Group Ltd. unit

NewMed Energy (formerly
Delek Drilling) is listing on
the London Stock Exchange
through a reverse merger with
UK company Capricorn Energy
plc, which is already publicly
traded there. The move comes
after NewMed has spent the
past 18 months attempting to
undertake a complex legal pro-
cedure, which would change it
from a limited partnership to a
limited company, for the pur-
poses of an initial public offer-
ing (IPO) in London.
NewMed Energy holds rights
to 45% of the Leviathan Israe-
li offshore gas field as well
as the Aphrodite gas field in
Cyprus’s economic waters.
After the completion of the
merger, NewMed Energy CEO
Yossi Abu, will lead the merged
company, which will be called
NewMed Energy.
As part of the merger agree-
ment, shortly before the com-
pletion of the deal, Capricorn
will distribute to its sharehold-
ers a special dividend in cash
and related payments, amount-
ing to $620 million. Capricorn
will then offer 2.337344 new
shares for every NewMed par-
ticipation unit held.
Under this ratio, the owners
of the existing units of NewMed
will hold 89.7% of the shares
of the consolidated company,
while the shareholders of Cap-
ricorn will hold the remaining
10.3%. Thus, the partnership
will become a private corpora-
tion fully owned by Capricorn.
The shares of the combined
company are expected to be
listed for trading on the premi-
um list on the London Stock
Exchange under the name
New-Med Energy, and will also
be dual listed for trading on
the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Completion of the transaction
is subject to a number of con-
“We share with Capricorn
a common vision and a stra-
tegic plan to double our pro-
replaces designated
ditions, including the approval
of the New-Med participation
unit holders’ meeting as well
duction by 2030, from organic
opportunities, with exposure
to the LNG (liquefied natural
government bonds
as approval by the Jerusalem gas) market and with the aim • By ETI AFLALO the fund will receive a top-up
District Court, where the pro- of contributing to the supply to this amount from the state.
cedures for turning the partner- of natural gas to European mar- A historic change in pen- This mechanism will consider-
ship into a public company are kets,” he said. “The merger will sion funds is now underway. ably reduce the state’s commit-
taking place. play a central role in the tran- For the first time in decades, ment, in comparison with the
“The merger with Capricorn sition of energy and bringing the state will not issue desig- designated bonds mechanism.
creates the leading energy com- attractive value to our share- nated bonds as a safety net for A state-managed fund will
pany in the Mediterranean holders.” pension-fund savers, and a new be set up into which returns
region, while producing signif- Capricorn CEO Simon mechanism will come into exceeding 5.15% achieved by
icant benefit for the sharehold- Thomson added that “the deal operation. the pension funds will be paid.
ers of both companies,” Abu produces an immediate and Up until now, the state has An accounting will take place
said. “This is a merger that cre- significant capital return for issued to the pension funds des- on a rolling monthly basis.
ates a prominent, leading and our shareholders, in addition ignated bonds giving a guaran- Meaning, on money invested
significant energy company to continued ownership of a teed return of 4.86% and linked in the capital market in October
that will be traded in London unique company that is trad- to the CPI. These bonds were 2022, there will be an account-
and Tel Aviv, with 2P reserves ed in England, and is correctly issued monthly, and 30% of the ing in October 2027. On money
of more than 1.5 billion barrels positioned for the future of the funds’ assets were invested in invested in November 2022, an
of oil equivalent, most of which energy industry. The merged them. This is the safety net that accounting will take place in
is natural gas first and foremost operation will offer investors the state gave to savers, and it November 2027, and so forth.
from the giant Leviathan reser- a large natural gas company, ensured that monthly pension At each accounting date, either
voir, with low production costs with a stable capital return pol- payments would be stable. top-up money will be paid to
and stable cash flow. The high icy and solid environmental The cost of subsidizing this the pension funds, or excess
and stable flows will allow the and corporate standards, serv- benefit, however, has grown. returns will be transferred to
merged company to generate a ing the energy-thirsty Middle The main reason is the fact that the state, to be managed con-
return for investors with signifi- East and European markets.” the pension funds have become servatively by the accoun-
cant growth potential. (Globes/ TNS) the exclusive savings instru- tant-general.
ment, and have grown rapidly, The reform also affects switch-
while the cost of raising pub- ing between pension funds. To
lic debt through instruments make this easier, the top-up will
other than the designated be paid for the whole period in
bonds has fallen. which the return was below par
Under the reform, the pen- by the saver’s original fund into
sion fund cash that was ear- the new fund, and the origi-
The Gottesman Family Israel Aquarium and the marked for the special bonds nal fund will make an account-
Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem send sincere will be invested in the capital ing vis-à-vis the state after five
condolences to the Gottesman family at the passing of market. At the same time, the years.
safety-net mechanism will be Annual deposits into the new
David (Sandy) Gottesman replaced by a new one guaran-
teeing pension savers an index-
pension funds total NIS 40 bil-
lion. Some 30% of this amount,
linked return of 5.15% on 30% about NIS 12b., will now be
His vision and generosity led to the establishment of the of their pension savings. channeled to the capital mar-
Aquarium in Jerusalem, which he inaugurated in 2017. How will it work? The funds ket. According to a study by
will allocate 30% of their assets the Bank of Israel, most of the
The Gottesman Foundation, which he headed, led to the
to be managed as determined money will be invested over-
establishment of many wonderful projects in Jerusalem. by the Finance Ministry, and seas, raising the proportion of
the return will be measured. foreign assets in the funds’ port-
May his memory be blessed. If after five years the annual folios. In 2021, that proportion
return does not reach 5.15%, was about 30%. (Globes/TNS)
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What is a rock hyrax – and why does it sing?

Keeping to a beat is linked to reproductive success in male rock hyraxes, according to Israeli study
• By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH plexity and consistency shown Hyraxes have an eight- calls, the researchers suggest
to be attractive to the opposite month-long gestation period, that male hyrax courtship
Hyraxes are medium-sized, sex. with the pups being born in song rhythm could be an indi-
plant-eating mammals with Compared to bird songs, March and April. A female will cator of health and suitability
soft, gray-brown or yellow- mammalian vocal displays are usually give birth to between as mates to prospective female
ish fur that look like a robust, usually less elaborate. Never- one and four pups, and the partners.
oversized guinea pig or a rabbit theless, several mammalian group engages in limited com- Rhythm has now been
with rounded ears and no tail. species produce acoustic dis- munal care, such as babysitting shown to act as an advertise-
Native to Africa and the Middle plays that can be defined as and predator defense. Despite ment for individual quality in
East, the species are common songs due to their syntactic this, on average, only 10% of some species, while in others,
on hills in Israel and have some and structural complexity. One the pups survive the first year, it helps in coordinating sig-
unpleasant characteristics. assumption is that rhythm has whereas the juvenile and adult nals from different individuals
They bite, can spread rabies evolved so that animals that survival rate is less than 75%. within a group. However, the
and, when bitten by sand flies, call in groups can better syn- Since certain physiological researchers said it is not yet A MALE rock hyrax sings at
can transmit a parasite, caus- chronize their songs, for exam- ailments may have a negative known if different rhythmic the Ein Gedi Nature
ing a disease characterized by ple, musicians in a band or effect on the ability of hyraxes patterns are used for these two Reserve. (Amiyaal Ilani)
irregular bouts of fever, weight singers in a choir. to produce precise, rhythmic different functions.
loss, enlargement of the spleen
and liver and anemia, which
could be fatal if left untreated.
Their redeeming feature is
that the males sing beauti-
ful courting songs to female
hyraxes. A study on ani-
mal behavior that involved
researchers from Bar-Ilan Uni-
versity (BIU) in Ramat Gan has
linked reproductive success in
male rock hyraxes to their abil-
ity to maintain rhythm during
songs.
“Male hyraxes that sing more
frequently tend to have more
surviving offspring,” said Prof.
Lee Koren of BIU’s Goodman
Faculty of Life Sciences, who
initiated the study with Dr. Eli
Geffen.
It has just been published in
the British Ecological Society’s
Journal of Animal Ecology under
the title “Male rock hyraxes
that maintain an isochronous
song rhythm achieve higher
reproductive success.”
One only needs to look at the
adoring fans of famous musi-
cians, such as The Beatles and
the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to
realize that being rhythmical-
ly skilled is a desirable trait.
In male rock hyraxes, singing
frequency and rhythm (non-
random temporal structure)
could be seen as indicators of
individual quality by potential
mates, signaling information
about their health and suitabil-
ity as a partner.
To investigate the role of
rhythm in mammalian court-
ship songs, the scientists
observed the daily morning
activity of hyrax communities
between 2002 and 2013 at the
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve near
the Dead Sea. The researchers
captured information about
their location, behavior and
vocalizations while recording
the identities of their nearest
neighbors. Genetic informa-
tion for each hyrax was then
analyzed in the lab alongside
audio recordings.
“Male hyraxes that sing more
frequently tend to have more
surviving offspring,” Koren
said. “Song rhythms and sta-
bility are related to reproduc-
tive success and thus poten-
tially hold information about
individual quality.”
Unlike many other ani-
mals known to communicate
through song, hyraxes usual-
ly sing alone, according to Dr.
Vlad Demartsev, who collected
the data for this study while
at Tel Aviv University and is
now a postdoctoral researcher
in the biology department at
the University of Konstanz in
Germany and the Max Planck
Institute of Animal Behavior.
“Their songs have regional
dialects, so individuals living
in proximity sing more sim-
ilarly to each other,” he said.
“They tend to sing in crescen-
do [getting louder as the song
progresses] and reach peak
complexity towards the end of
their songs, maybe to keep the
audience engaged and listen-
ing to the signals.”
“We have been studying
hyraxes for the past 20 years
and have previously found
several patterns in their songs
that are common features of
human language and music,”
he said.
Rhythm plays a crucial role
in the communication of some
animals. Acoustic courtship
displays have been described
in fish, insects, frogs and mam-
mals. Nevertheless, bird songs
remain the most widespread
and best-described examples,
with signal diversity, rate, com-
6 NEWS T u e s d ay, o c T o b e r 4 , 2 0 2 2  T h e j e r u s a l e m p o s T

Court acquits woman accused of spying for Iran

• By YONAH JEREMY BOB
The jerusalem district
court on monday acquitted
a 50-year-old Iranian-Israeli
woman of spying for Tehran,
in the first decision in a case
involving four other defen-
dants.
It’s rare that Israelis are
accused of spying for the Islam-
ic republic and even rarer for
them to be acquitted once the
state, and usually the shin bet
(Israel security agency), has
gone to the trouble of tracking,
probing and indicting them.
The prosecution said it still
believed it had a basis to indict
and convict, citing the defen-
dant’s testimony that she was
suspicious about the Iranian
agent she was communicat-
ing with, and said it may still
appeal the decision.
In january, the shin bet
announced it had arrested five
Israelis who had been recruit-
ed by an Iranian intelligence
agent to whom they sent pho-
tographs and other informa-
tion.
The investigation was carried
out by the shin bet and police
after suspicions arose that a
number of citizens were in
contact with an Iranian intelli-
gence agent known as rambud
Namdar.
The suspects met Namdar,
who said on Facebook that
he was a jew living in Iran.
according to the agency, ram-
bud requested from all suspects
that instead of being in contact
on Facebook, they would talk
on Whatsapp, where he also
video chatted with them.
The court acquitted the
woman on monday noting
that it found her testimony
believable.
she said she never gave any-
thing damaging to Namdar
and did not realize he was an
Iranian intelligence agent.
The court actually highlight-
ed that the prosecution did not
bother to cross-examine the
defendant, an unusual move
when seeking to convict some-
one who denies they commit-
ted a crime.
It appears that the prose-
cution argued that the low-
er-grade crime of contact
with a foreign agent does not
require actual harm to Israel,
only a failure to report to the
state.
Given that the defendant
did not, nor was it her inten-
tion to, harm the state, the full
balance of her circumstances
needed to be analyzed.
It said that she had taken pre-
cautions to try to check Nam-
dar’s identity to ensure that
he was not a negative influ-
ence and that just because he
convinced her anyway did not
necessitate a conviction.
The defendant was in con-
tact with Namdar for a year
and a half until her arrest. The
court said she received 1,240
australian dollars in exchange
for various business ventures
and charity projects.
all the defendants are Israelis
of Iranian descent. The four
women involved have been
indicted on charges of making
contact with a foreign agent.
Indictment would mean a
maximum sentence of 15 years
– though this seems unlikely.
still, some of the other
women undertook larger acts
for Namdar and may still be
convicted.
The shin bet said: “This is
a serious case, in which there
was the intention to establish a
spy network for Iran, operating
within the state of Israel.”
Though the suspects said
they had no intention of
harming Israeli security, “with
their heinous acts, those
involved endangered them-
selves, their family members
and innocent Israeli citizens,
whose details were passed to
Iranian intelligence, in addi-
tion to information passed on
about Israeli and american
targets in Israel in a way that
could be used for terrorist pur-
poses,” said the shin bet offi-
cial. he added that there has
been an upsurge in attempts
by Iranian intelligence agents
to reach Israeli citizens who
might assist the Islamic
republic against Israel.
The names of those involved
have been banned from publi-
cation following a gag order
issued at the request of the
suspects’ defense attorneys.
Anna Ahronheim contributed
to this report.

Champagne, cigar sellers Cache of 44 Byzantine-era solid gold

testify in Netanyahu coins uncovered at nature reserve
Case 1000 trial Coins found at Hermon River Nature Reserve thought to have been buried around
the time of the Muslim Conquest of the Levantine Byzantine Empire in 635 CE
• By YONAH JEREMY BOB • Jerusalem Post Staff

Two businessmen who sold a cache of 44 pure gold coins from

a mix of expensive cigars and
champagne to tycoon friends
of former prime minister ben-
jamin Netanyahu for his ben-
efit testified before the jerusa-
lem district court on monday
in case 1000 the Illegal Gifts
affair.
The two men, amit barzi-
lai, owner of Wine Ways, and
david bavli, owner of the y.d.
business, sold the now infa-
mous cigars and champagne to
arnon milchin and james pack-
er, who then provided them to
Netanyahu.
according to the prosecu-
tion, Netanyahu’s acceptance
of these expensive gifts was a
breach of public trust, and some
of the prosecution team had
even wanted a bribery charge,
especially because Netanyahu
at least tried to assist milchin in
various business pursuits.
For his part, Netanyahu has
said the gifts were given out of
friendship and denies criminal
wrongdoing.
Netanyahu allegedly received
from billionaire milchin NIs
267,254 in cigars, NIs 184,448
worth of champagne and NIs
10,900 to sara Netanyahu for
jewelry from 2011 to 2016.
he and his family also
received another NIs 229,174
in champagne and cigars from
milchin associate, billionaire
packer, between 2014 and 2016.
barzilai and bavli’s testimony
for the prosecution was mostly
technical.
They confirmed that the
receipts for the cigars and
champagne, which are part
of the above totals assembled
by the prosecution, were accu-
rate and how the numbers
were arrived at.
barzilai added that he had
given milchin and packer dis-
counts because they placed
such unusually large orders.
Further, he testified that
there were a few rare instanc-
es where he personally deliv-
ered the products, though as
business owner, this was a rare
AMIT BARZILAI arrives to a court hearing in the trial against
former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District
Court in Jerusalem yesterday. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
thing for him to do.
moreover, barzilai was very
well acquainted with milchin’s
chief aide and key prosecution
witness, hadas Kline, as well
as milchin’s driver, yonatan
hasson, referring to them with
the familiarity of first names,
as opposed to a more formal
business-like reference to their
last names.
Netanyahu defense lawyer
amit hadad tried to use their
testimony as an opportunity
to emphasize potential contra-
dictions with allegations Kline
made against Netanyahu.
Whereas Kline said that there
was a clear delineation between
which products were bought
for milchim himself and which
for Netanyahu by milchin,
hadad showed that the receipts
showed no such distinctions.
In fact, hadad showed that
sometimes the volume of prod-
ucts referenced in the receipts
would have been difficult to
clearly divide up.
In addition, hadad tried to
highlight where the volume of
products being purchased on
the receipts did not seem to
match up exactly with Kline’s
memory of what was pur-
chased.
also, hadad noted that
milchin bought significant
amounts of white wine and
other products which clearly
had nothing to do with Net-
anyahu.
hadad argued that this
showed that discounts and
other special treatment given
to milchin were for him as a
customer who bought a wide
assortment of products far
beyond whatever he purchased
for Netanyahu.
Next, he said that milchin’s
purchasing of such expensive
items was part of a culture of his
own enjoyment of these prod-
ucts and giving gifts to a range
of powerful friends, of which
Netanyahu was only one.
The defense previously made
these points to Kline, who
admitted that milchin gave
expensive gifts to others besides
Netanyahu.
however, she also said that
the volume of gifts to Net-
anyahu was without compari-
son and the idea that milchin
brought packer in to help with
the cost showed that he felt
coerced into giving the expen-
sive items.
The trial was on pause for the
court’s summer recess from
mid-july to early september
and has held only a few hear-
ings over the last month due to
the jewish holidays and other
scheduling conflicts.
It is due to resume on october
24 after the last of the fall holi-
days have concluded.
the byzantine era was recently dis-
covered during an archaeological
excavation at the banyas site within
the hermon river Nature reserve, the
antiquities authority (Iaa) announced
on monday.
upon discovery of the coins, they
were passed on to Iaa numismatic
expert Gabriela bijovsky for exam-
ination. bijovsky was able to identify
several coins minted during the reign
of emperor phocas (602–610 ce), as
well as others minted during the reign
of emperor heraclius between 610-641
ce.
The presence of coins minted by her-
aclius toward the end of his reign helps
to place the cache of coins as being
from around the time of the muslim
conquest of the levantine byzantine
empire in 635 ce.
“What is particularly interesting
is that in [heraclius’s] early years as
emperor, only his portrait was depicted
on the coin, whereas after a short time,
the images of his sons also appear,” GOLD COIN depicting Emperor Phocas (Dafna Gazit/IAA)
explained bijovsky. “one can actual-
ly follow his sons growing up – from tery kiln, bronze coins, and fragments the place where peter the apostle pro-
childhood until their image appears of many pottery, glass, and metal arti- claimed jesus to be the christ, where
the same size as their father, who is facts, as well as the solid gold coins. jesus gave peter the keys to the king-
depicted with a long beard.” The artifacts uncovered date back to dom of heaven and during the byzan-
The collection of coins, weighing the end of the byzantine period in the tine era, a church was built next to the
around 170 gr. total, was concealed early seventh century and all the way spring.
within the base of an ashlar stone to the early middle ages (11-13 centu- during the time of the crusaders,
wall during the time of the muslim ries). they undertook the fortification of
conquest, according to Iaa excavation “The coin hoard is an extremely sig- the city, turning it into a military base
director yoav lerer. nificant archaeological find as it dates from which to attack and conquer
The discovery reflects a specific to an important transitional period in damascus. however, this was a short-
moment in time, when we can imagine the history of the city of banyas and lived fortification, as the city was con-
the owner concealing his fortune in the entire region of the levant,” said quered by muslim forces in 1132 ce.
the threat of war, hoping to return one Iaa director eli escusido. “The Israel “The banyas Nature reserve,
day to retrieve his property. In retro- antiquities authority, together with endowed with its unique nature and
spect, we know that he was less fortu- the National parks authority, will work landscape, does not cease to surprise
nate,” he continued, painting a picture together to exhibit the treasure to the us from a historical-cultural point of
of the long-gone byzantine empire. public.” view,” said Nature and parks authority
“The discovery of the coin hoard may banyas was first settled during the director raya soraki of the discovery.
also shed light on the economy of the hellenistic period as a worship site for “The gold coin hoard is on a par with
city of banyas during the last 40 years the god pan in the third century bce. the byzantine church, possibly the
of byzantine rule.” The Greek name for the site, paneas, church of st. peter, that was recently
The excavations, funded by the Isra- was taken from the name of the god discovered.
el electric corporation, were carried worshiped there. The settlement “The finds include the remains of
out prior to connecting the adjacent reached its peak in the early roman a mosaic floor and a stone engraved
druze holy site makam Nabi Khidir to period, when herod the Great, and with many crosses, indicating that
the national electricity grid. They took his son philip II, entirely rebuilt the banyas became a christian pilgrim site.
place in the northwestern residential city and named it caesarea philippi, in The church, that was damaged in an
quarter of the ancient city of banyas, honor of the roman emperor augus- earthquake that struck the north of the
and uncovered the remains of build- tus. country, will soon be exhibited to the
ings, water channels and pipes, a pot- according to christian lore, banyas is public visiting the nature reserve.”

TAU study: War-ravaged Ukrainians show

threat to life can enhance toughness and hope
• By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
ukrainians have a relatively
high level of national resilience
– 4.35 on a scale from one to six
– a study from Tel aviv univer-
sity found.
The researchers also found
that the ukrainians show sig-
nificantly higher rates of resil-
ience than Israeli citizens did at
the height of operation Guard-
ian of the Walls in may 2021
(3.89 out of six).
according to the research-
ers, while ukrainians now find
themselves fighting for their
homeland and are ready to do
anything to win, the rounds of
fighting in Gaza have become
a kind of recurrent nuisance for
Israelis, accompanied by a mod-
erate level of national resilience.
The study was led by prof.
bruria adini and prof. shaul
Kimhi of the resWell research
center at Tau’s sackler Faculty
of medicine. The study has not
yet been published in a journal,
but it has been sent for review
to two scientific publications,
Frontiers in Public Health and
Disaster Medicine and Public
Health Preparedness.
according to the authors, the
uniqueness of the study is it
constitutes the first attempt by
academic researchers to assess
ukrainian citizens’ positive and
negative coping indices during
wartime.
The study indicates that, in
such conditions of conflict, a
population may experience
high levels of stress and, simul-
taneously, high levels of socie-
tal resilience and hope for the
future.
In ukraine, the population
has also demonstrated much
support for their government,
as they are well aware that their
lives, families and futures are on
the firing line.
The study surveyed about a
thousand ukrainians, who con-
stituted a representative sample
of society in that country, as
well as a sample of about 650
Israelis using data collected
during operation Guardian of
the Walls.
The findings suggest that the
danger, in the eyes of ukraini-
ans, is perceived as much more
tangible (3.7 on a scale of one to
five) than Israelis’ perception of
danger in the rounds of fighting
against hamas in Gaza (2.45).
despite the significant dan-
gers and the threats they face,
ukrainians have not lost hope,
with their “hope index” being
higher (an average of 3.95) than
that of Israelis (3.5).
With regards to demograph-
ics, the conclusions that have
emerged from the study are that
the population between the
ages of 26 to 30 present higher
levels of stress and post-traumat-
ic stress symptoms compared to
other age groups. In addition,
women reported higher levels
of all negative coping mecha-
nisms when compared to men.
“The perception of a threat as
existential to the survival and
sovereignty of the state and
society is likely, under certain
conditions, to enhance the
population’s societal resilience
and sense of hope,” adini and
Kimhi explained.
“This is the case even when
the population feels anxious
and threatened by the situation.
moreover, it appears that the
war launched by russia against
ukraine has actually contribut-
ed to the process of ukrainian
identity-building, which also
leads to increased levels of resil-
ience, as well as an extremely
high sense of hope.
“Israelis, unlike the ukrainian
people, do not feel that their
country is under a direct exis-
tential threat and have to a
certain degree adapted to an
‘emergency routine’ due to the
recurrent conflicts. In light of
this, they present lower levels of
resilience relative to ukrainians,
but at the same time higher lev-
els of well-being and morale.”
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Khamenei: Iran riots were planned by Israel, US

• By YONAH JEREMY BOB
and Reuters
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed
the widespread protests over the
killing of Mahsa Amini on Israel,
the United States, and paid Irani-
an dissident agents without giving
any explicit evidence, saying that
they were “planned by the Zionist
Regime,” in a speech on Monday
afternoon.
Protesters have said that Amini was
tortured to death over an extended
period by morality police for vio-
lating Iranian mores requiring that
women cover their heads with the
religious hijab head-covering.
Global and domestic critics of
Iran have demanded an indepen-
dent investigation of her killing,
but on Monday Khamenei clear-
ly rejected those calls, saying that
Iran’s regular judiciary would
probe the issue.
Iran’s judiciary has itself in the
past been accused of endorsing or
covering up similar incidents of tor-
turing or killing civilians for appear-
ing to violate religious edicts or for
expressing dissident political views.
Khamenei also gave no deadline
for results from the probe, indicat-
ing that his regime may seek to delay
the outcome until the protests fade.
In comments reported by state
media, Khamenei said the death of
22-year-old Amini “deeply broke my
heart,” calling it a “bitter incident.”
But he said “some people had
caused insecurity in the streets,” say-
ing there had been planned “riots.”
He expressed strong backing for
the security forces, saying they had
faced injustice during the protests.
Khamenei’s main accusations
against Israel, the US and their paid
agents was that they have called for
supporting protesters against Iran
whereas they do not do so when
there are protests in England, France
or other countries.
Also, he said that the US had gone
public in support of Iranians circum-
venting the government’s current
crack down on internet use – which
he said it has not done in other coun-
tries.
Although the US does not typi-
cally support protesters in democ-
racies against their governments,
Washington has often condemned IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces
non-democratic countries’ suppres- during a graduation ceremony at the police academy in Tehran on
sion of protests. Monday. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/via Reuters)

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PMO views as close to final,
on Twitter.
“Israel receives 100% of its
security needs, 100% of the
Karish Reservoir and even
some of the earnings from
the Lebanese reservoir,” Lapid
tweeted.
Though Lapid presented it
as an achievement, through-
out the negotiations during
which Hezbollah leader Has-
san Nasrallah threatened Kar-
ish, Lapid, Energy Minister
Karin Elharrar and their offic-
es consistently said the Israeli
reservoir was not part of the
negotiations.
“I understand your pain
that you did not succeed in
reaching an agreement like
this, but this is no reason to
join Nasrallah’s propaganda,”
Lapid added, addressing his
remarks to opposition leader
Benjamin Netanyahu. “You
can give some credit to the
government that works and
brings results for Israel.”
Netanyahu continued to rail
against the deal in a press con-
ference at Likud headquarters,
saying that it is an expression
of the government’s weakness
that it is “surrendering to Hez-
bollah.”
“His surrender agreement
is illegal and will not oblige
us,” Netanyahu said. “Lapid
gave Hezbollah all that Hez-
bollah demanded.... Nasral-
lah is receiving Israeli sover-
eign territory and a gas field
that is worth billions. He will
not build hospitals and pre-
schools with that money; he
will use that money to arm
himself with missiles and
rockets against us.”
It remains unclear how
much gas, if any, is in the
relevant area of the Mediter-
ranean and how much it is
worth.
A source close to Alternate
Prime Minister Naftali Ben-
nett said he was still assessing
the agreement and formulat-
ing his opinion on it.
Hochstein’s proposal is set
to be brought to the Securi-
ty Cabinet for approval on
Thursday.
However, there may still be
changes to the agreement.
Lebanese Deputy Parliamen-
tary Speaker Elias Bou Saab
said his country “has com-
ments about the draft.... Our
answer will be given within
48 hours.”
“The atmosphere is very
positive and it is clear that
the other side recognizes that
Lebanon achieved more,” Bou
Saab stated.
The current draft of the deal
will have Israel concede the
entire triangle of economic
waters that had been in dis-
pute with Lebanon from 2012
to 2021, but not the extend-
ed triangle that Lebanon
demanded in early 2021. It
will also allow Lebanon to
develop the entire Kana Field,
which extends south into
what would be Israeli waters.
If Total Energy, which has
the Lebanese license to devel-
op Kana, finds and extracts
gas from the reservoir, it will
have to pay Israel royalties for
the percentage of the gas in its
economic waters.
Energy Ministry Direc-
tor-General Lior Schillat
was at Total headquarters in
France on Monday to negoti-
ate the royalties agreement,
Reuters reported.
France, a major stakeholder
in Total, and the US, which
conducted the talks, would be
their guarantors.
In addition, the deal
includes formalizing the
long-extant “buoys line,” a
5 km. security line of buoys
Israel placed in the Mediter-
ranean Sea extending from its
border with Lebanon.
The High Court of Justice
ordered the state to respond
to a petition by October 27
from the NGO Lavi against
the impending natural gas
deal between Israel and Leb-
anon.
It was unclear when the
High Court would actually
hold a hearing on the issue
and the justices rejected Lavi’s
request for an interim injunc-
tion freezing any further
progress toward the deal.
The Kohelet Policy Forum
has also filed a petition against
the deal.
A number of legal issues
have been raised, such as the
role of the Knesset in such
a deal and whether a refer-
endum must be held, as in
certain cases in which the
government might negotiate
waiving its rights to certain
land-based territory.
The government is expected
to argue that it is negotiat-
ing over economic rights to
waters off the coast that are
different from actual land,
and therefore not sovereign
territory.
The High Court generally
declines to rule on such issues
before a deal is finalized, so
might view the petitions
as premature until the deal
comes before the Knesset or
some operative and concrete
move is about to take place.
In addition, the justices
tend to stay out of diplomat-
ic decisions unless an explicit
law is violated.
Justice Minister Gideon
Sa’ar said on Monday, that
when complete, the agree-
ment would be submitted to
the Knesset.
Sa’ar’s statement came in
response to MKs Yariv Levin
(Likud) and Orit Struck (Reli-
gious Zionist Party), who
asked for clarifications fol-
lowing reports that Lapid
planned to circumvent the
legislature and keep the agree-
ment confidential.
According to law, the agree-
ment needs only to be submit-
ted to the Knesset and not put
to a parliamentary vote.
Interior Minister Ayelet
Shaked, however, called for a
vote, tweeting that “such an
important agreement abso-
lutely cannot pass without
approval from the real sover-
eign and that is the Knesset....
The Israeli public has the
right to know the details of
the agreement.... Everything
must be fully transparent.” •
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Israel’s shores. The agreement
is supposed to include recog-
nition of that line and get the
UN Interim Force in Lebanon
off Israel’s back about it.
However, the “buoy line”
has never been a huge issue,
even if Lebanon or UNIFIL
would occasionally kvetch.
And having the Lebanese
government sign an agree-
ment with the US – they’re
not co-signing anything with
Israel – doesn’t do much for
Israel’s security, because the
threat from Lebanon is not
the Lebanese Army as much
as it is Hezbollah. And since
when does Hezbollah care
about international agree-
ments?
The other security advan-
tage of the deal that Lapid
presented is that by helping
Beirut to become a natural gas
exporter, thus improving its
economy, it “will weaken Leb-
anon’s reliance on Iran, will
restrain Hezbollah and will
bring regional stability.” That
is a theory that is a frequent-
ly-heard refrain in Israel’s
security establishment when
it comes to the Palestinians:
Give them something to lose,
and they will behave more
peacefully to protect it.
The theory shouldn’t be
knocked entirely, but histori-
cally, its results for Israel have
been mixed. As such, this can
only be an aspiration, not an
achievement for Israel’s secu-
rity at this point.
What Lapid understand-
ably does not want to admit,
but gave away in his remarks
about Israel retaining 100%
of the Karish Reservoir, is that
this deal is trying to buy quiet
from Hezbollah.
As talks between Israel and
Lebanon advanced earlier this
year and Karish licensee Ener-
gean set up a gas rig, the Iran-
backed terror group’s leader,
Hassan Nasrallah, grew bolder
in his threats against the Israe-
li natural gas field, even send-
ing drones – which Israel shot
down – to fly over it.
Throughout, Lapid, Energy
Minister Karin Elharrar and
their ministries insisted that
Karish is not up for negoti-
ation. But now Lapid is pre-
senting its retention as an
achievement of the talks.
In other words, for Lapid,
the talks were, in fact, about
protecting Karish, and just as
governments under former
prime minister Benjamin Net-
anyahu allowed suitcases full
of cash to be sent into Gaza
to buy temporary quiet from
Hamas, Lapid was willing to
take a calculated risk and pay
a price to put Karish out of
Hezbollah’s sights.
Lapid also mentioned in his
tweet that Israel would get
“part of the earnings of the
Lebanese reservoir.” The Kana
gas field juts out beyond the
pizza-slice disputed area into
Israeli waters, coming very
close to Karish. It is within
“Line 29,” a broader disputed
area – a wider slice of pizza
– that Lebanon put on the
table in early 2021, which Isra-
el rejected and was never the
actual basis of negotiations.
As former US ambassador
to Israel David Friedman
described it on Twitter, the
not-yet-extant royalties deal
would mean “that Israel
gets royalties only on drill-
ing within its own sovereign
territory – that’s beyond the
scope of the maritime dispute
with Lebanon.” Israel is nego-
tiating to get paid for what is
already rightfully Israel’s.
In addition, due to the ongo-
ing dispute, Lebanese licensee
Total Energy has never actu-
ally been able to check if and
how much hydrocarbons
are in Kana. The estimate is
that it is a small-to-medium
reservoir, but there remains
a chance that Israel will get
little to nothing in terms of
economic compensation.
Israeli negotiators were wise
enough not to rely on Leb-
anon, an enemy state with
a failed economy, to pay up.
The Energy Ministry is still
working out a deal with Total
for the French-owned compa-
ny to pay Israel for the per-
centage of the area that is in
Israeli waters.
And then there’s the very
fact that Israel is conceding
the entire area in dispute.
“The way things look mat-
ters,” former energy minister
Yuval Steinitz, of Netanyahu’s
Likud Party, told The Jerusalem
Post this week, and he argued
that it looks like Israel is a
pushover.
As energy minister when
renewed negotiations took
place in 2020 and early 2021,
Steinitz was in favor of nego-
tiating with Lebanon to allow
both sides to move forward
and develop their gas fields.
He noted that opposing the
outcome of the deal is not the
same as opposing the talks
when they were ongoing. ians and wounded a third in
Steinitz recounted that, in Jelazoun refugee camp near
2012, the US first attempted Ramallah after they attempt-
to negotiate the maritime ed to run the troops down
line issue, proposing the during an arrest raid in the
“Hoff Line,” which would area. The two were identified
have given Lebanon 55% of by Palestinian media as Basel
the pizza slice and Israel 45%, Basbous and Khalid Anbar.
with each able to extract gas “During the activity, a ram-
on their own side. The for- ming attack was attempt-
mer minister was willing to be ed against the forces, who
flexible and for Israel to take responded by firing and neu-
as little as one-third of the tralized the two suspects,” the
disputed zone when he was IDF said.
minister. September saw 14 Israelis
“What kind of negotiation is wounded and two killed.
it if they get 100% and we get On September 15, 30-year-
zero?” Steinitz asked. “That old Maj. Bar Falach from the
is wrong and it’s a dangerous Nahal Brigade’s elite recon-
precedent.” naissance battalion was killed
Israel is involved in negoti- after two Palestinian gunmen
ations with Cyprus over the fired at him and his force
Aphrodite-Yishai gas reser- near Jenin. On September 21,
voir, as well, 10-12% of which 84-year-old Shulamit Rachel
is in Israeli waters. Cyprus Ovadiah was killed 50 meters
already had a firm stance in from her home in Holon by a
the talks, and the result of the 28-year-old Palestinian, who
Lebanon negotiation could was legally in Israel.
indicate to Nicosia that they The suspect, Mousa Sarsour,
can get Israel to give up. was later found hanged in an
Meanwhile, Lapid and his abandoned building on Diz-
associates have tried to paint engoff Street in Tel Aviv.
a rosy picture of the deal, with In August, 15 Israeli civilians
only advantages. and soldiers were wounded in
“Lebanon is not getting attacks.
100% of what it wanted,” a The rise in attacks comes as
senior diplomatic source said the IDF continues Operation
on Sunday, praising the deal Break the Wave in the West
in fainter terms than he had Bank, focusing on Jenin and
probably intended. Nablus and neighboring ref-
It’s understandable that pol- ugee camps, to put an end to
iticians don’t want to pres- attacks against Israelis.
ent the weaknesses of their More than 100 Palestinians
policies, especially less than a have been killed and more
month before an election. than 1,500 have been arrest-
But the fact that Israel is giv- ed. But despite the high num-
ing up its piece of the pizza ber of arrests, the increase in
pie is too obvious to obfuscate shooting attacks has become
with political spin. • a major source of concern for
the IDF.
Sources told The Jerusalem
RETURN Post that in the many years
Continued from Page 1 before a strong barrier was
erected between Israel and the
temporarily.” Prime Minister West Bank a significant quan-
Yair Lapid then requested the tity of weapons were smug-
meeting. gled to gunmen.
Religious Zionist MK Sim- “There was a lot of smug-
cha Rothman tweeted, “Liber- gling, you can just imagine
man is working on destroy- what went through,” one
ing Israel’s Jewish identity. source said in a recent inter-
Shouting that your political view, adding that “now we
opponents are Goebbels and have to fix those years of mis-
Stalin is less effective, so he takes.” • anyahu spokesperson did not
[Liberman] feels the need to
import voters.”
As reported on Sunday, the PLEDGES
government approved a pro- Continued from Page 1
posal to expedite the immi-
gration of Russians who qual- Tel Aviv and the settlement of
ify under the Law of Return. Ariel, located deep within the
The emergency proposal Samaria region.
was drafted by Liberman and “Construction of thousands
Aliyah and Integration Minis- of housing units on the Tel
ter Pnina Tamano-Shata. Tens Aviv-Ariel thoroughfare will
of thousands of aliyah can- lead to a dramatic rise in the
didates are expected to arrive supply of land for construc-
here in the coming months. tion and to a significant drop
According to the decision, in housing prices,” the decla-
until an individual’s eligibili- ration stated.
ty under the Law of Return is Those who signed it pledged
clarified, they will receive the to use all parliamentary tools
rights that all immigrants are at their disposal to ensure that
given, including an absorp- such construction takes place,
tion package and subsistence particularly by changing regu-
allowance. lations to ease the granting of
In addition, it is expected to settler building permits.
provide a holistic response in Netanyahu put his name on
a variety of areas, including the document at a time when
housing, employment, health the Biden administration has
and education. The Finance sharpened its rhetoric against
Ministry will immediately settlement building, with US
allocate NIS 90 million, will Ambassador Tom Nides clar-
monitor developments and ifying that Israel had been
allocate additional resources asked to constrain settlement
as needed. activity.
According to the ministry, Holding fast to that pledge
since the invasion of Ukraine would put him on a collision
in February, more than 40,000 course with the US adminis-
new immigrants have arrived, tration.
approximately 24,000 of It would also sharpen the
them from Russia. This is the conflict on the issue with the
most significant wave in two European Union, which just
decades. • resumed its annual EU-Isra-
el Association Council meet-
ings.
SHOOTING Netanyahu had a strong
Continued from Page 1 record on advancing settle-
ment planning during the
stabbing attacks, four assaults supportive Trump administra-
and four vehicular ramming tion but struggled to hold his
attacks. own on the matter against US
On Monday morning, IDF president Barack Obama.
troops shot dead two Palestin- He agreed to a 10-month
moratorium on breaking
ground for new settler homes
and periodic de-facto plan-
ning freezes. There were also
periods during the Obama era
when he surged forward with
settler housing plans.
The US, the EU and the Pal-
estinians have opposed settle-
ment building, arguing that
it prevents a two-state resolu-
tion to the conflict. Israel has
argued that settlements have
no connection to the peace
process.
The Sovereignty Movement
intends to publish a more
detailed study in the near
future claiming that 75,000
homes could be constructed
there in the next five years.
The movement, led by
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia
Matar, has focused in partic-
ular in the areas over the pre-
1967 lines between Hadera
and Gedera, explaining that
this is where many citizens
want to live.
Building there will also drop
housing prices within the
Green Line by 20% once the
75,000 homes are on the mar-
ket, Matar said.
The Yesha Council in the
past has also argued that set-
tlement construction is the
best answer to the lack of
affordable housing.
Katsover and Matar said
that, “today, the population
density in Israel is one of the
highest among countries in
the developed world.
“By 2040, Israel’s popula-
tion is projected to grow to
almost 13 million people. In
Tel Aviv alone, the density is
7,841 residents per sq. km.,
a density significantly greater
than the density in the Gaza
Strip, which is 6,859 residents
per sq. km.”
Meretz head Zehava Galon
said in response, “Solving the
housing problem in Israel by
building outside of Israel is
like robbing a bank in order to
close your deficit in that same
bank.
“But Bibi will do anything
to win votes to get him out
of prison,” she added. A Net-
respond to a query by The
Jerusalem Post by press time. •
ALARMING
Continued from Page 1
on snap visits to the Kfir Bri-
gade training base in the Jor-
dan Valley, as well as to a base
for soldiers at the Yakir out-
post.
Englman found, among
other deficiencies, a lack of
cold drinking water in des-
ert conditions, inadequate
air conditioners, insufficient
food, unhygienic conditions
and poor medical care. In
short, severe logistical flaws.
Older veterans of the IDF
might look at the report and
say, “Welcome to the army.”
They may then complain that
this generation is soft and
spoiled, and that when they
themselves were in uniform
years ago, they experienced
everything spelled out in the
Englman report, and then
some.
Which all might be true
but it’s beside the point. Just
because these veterans might
not have had air condition-
ers in the summer heat of
the Jordan Valley 50 years
ago, doesn’t mean that their
grandchildren should suffer
the same deprivations. The
country is in a much different
place today than it was then.
In 1954, Haim Hefer wrote
a song that captured – in a
humorous way – the spirit of
the times.
“Cannons instead of socks, a
tank instead of a pair of shoes,
we will take off three T-shirts
if you give us a destroyer, and
instead of a Shabbat shirt, give
us a jet.”
But that was then, that was
in the early days of the state,
when that type of physical
derivation was seen as nec-
essary so the state could
afford essential weaponry. But
today? Today the state has suf-
ficient wherewithal to afford
both cannons and socks, both
T-shirts and a destroyer, both
state-of-the-art armaments
and sufficient food for its sol-
diers.
An inability to provide basic
needs for soldiers at a time of
relative plenty impacts on the
morale and motivation of the
soldiers, as well as on the will-
ingness of parents to encour-
age their children to serve in
combat units.
In a speech to a graduat-
ing class of Air Force cadets
in December, Chief of Staff
Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi took aim
at a sign he saw in Herzliya
that was a take-off on the well
known Air Force slogan, “the
best become pilots.” The Her-
zliya sign read “the best to
hi-tech.”
Kohavi passionate-
ly bewailed a culture that
encourages the country’s
youth to shirk combat units
and prefer serving in the IDF’s
cyber units because they serve
as a springboard into lucrative
hi-tech jobs after the army.
“Who marches in a silent
column and captures the kill-
ers in the heart of a Palestin-
ian village? The fighters. Who
lies along the borders and
foils infiltrations? The fight-
ers. Who crosses our borders
week after week and flies to
attack enemy weapons? The
fighters,” Kohavi said.
While cyber has “great
potential,” Kohavi said,
“The best are those willing to
endanger their lives to save
others – that is the clearest
expression of ‘the best,’ and
don’t dare take that from us.”
If that’s the case, then as the
head of the army, he needs to
ensure that the fighters – the
combat soldiers and reserv-
ists – have what they need
in terms of food, water and
medical care.
Warfare may have “pro-
gressed” light years over the
last two centuries, but the dic-
tum attributed to Napoleon
that “what a soldier needs
most is a full belly and a pair
of shoes” is as true today as it
was in the 19th century.
Just ask the Russians. The
world is watching open-
mouthed at how the vaunt-
ed Russian army is underper-
forming in Ukraine, with part
of the problem attributed to
poor logistics.
As early as March 17, just
three weeks into the war
that has been raging now for
more than seven months, The
Washington Post reported that
British defense intelligence
claimed logistical problems
were “preventing Russia from
effectively resupplying their
forward troops with even
basic essentials such as food
and fuel.” The New York Times
reported that troops outside
Kyiv were heard complaining
in intercepted radio commu-
nication that they needed
food, water and fuel.
And that was well before the
Ukrainian counteroffensive
last month, which included
severe disruptions on Rus-
sia’s main supply lines to its
troops. While in the midst
of war the Kremlin may have
credible explanations now
about why it is unable to suf-
ficiently supply its troops in
southern Ukraine, there is
no reason why in 2022 Israeli
soldiers in the Jordan Valley
– less than 100 km. from the
capital – lack access to ade-
quate food, water and medical
care. •
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Israeli bikers shine at
Trophy of Nations
• Jerusalem Post Sports Staff
For the first time ever, an
Israeli enduro mountain bik-
ing team qualified for the
prestigious Trophy of Nations
2022 in northern Italy.
The race, which took
place over the weekend and
involved over 20 teams from
around the world, marks the
end of the grueling Enduro
World Series season, in which
elite mountain bikers both
bike up and then back down
treacherous mountain paths
in locations ranging from
the Canadian Rockies, the
French Pyrenies, and Swiss
and Italian Alps.
An Israeli team led by Omer
Hutman, one of the world’s
top U21 riders, qualified for
the first time ever.
“It was definitely painful
at times,” said the 17-year-
old Hutman, who returned
to Israel Monday. “Finale is
just amazing. We are biking
down thousands meter high
mountains, on tight ‘single’
paths, with thousands of fans
lining the course… Just wild.”
Hutman was joined in Italy
by fellow U21 Israeli riders
Yuval Sandel and Ori Luskey.
The Israeli team came in 14th
place, which was beyond
expectations. In the Men’s
U21 category, the US took
first followed by France and
Australia. In the Elite Men’s
category, New Zealand,
France, and the US took the
top three spots.
The Israeli team, decked
out in blue and white Israeli
jersey provided by the Israeli
Biking Association, held the
Israeli flag high for the first
time ever at the Trophy of
Nations opening ceremony,
which included a parade of
nations in the Mediterra-
nean coast Italian town of
Finale Ligura. The parade was
attended by thousands of
biking enthusiasts.
Haifa
Tiberias
36/23
27/21
Netanya
29/23
Ariel
28/18
Tel Aviv
29/23
Jerusalem
30/17
Ashkelon
29/22 Dead Sea
35/26
Beersheba
32/19
Mitzpe Ramon
29/17
Eilat
38/25
Montreal
Toronto
17/10
Chicago Boston
21/11 14/10
Denver
20/9 Washington DC New York
16/9
Dallas Atlanta
24/10
29/16
Orlando
27/18
Miami
28/22
OMER HUTMAN (Boris Beyer)
Enduro biking, while
already a major sport in much
of the world, is relatively new
to Israel. Israeli endure bik-
ers are challenged by the fact
that training here, even on
the country’s biggest moun-
tains, is simply nothing like
the conditions where other
leading bikers in Europe and
North America are preparing
for the race season.
Despite this, the sport is fast
growing in Israel, and Hut-
man, Sandel, and Luskey are
among the first generation of
young top Israeli riders.
For Sandel and Luskey, Tro-
phy of Nations was their first
international race. Hutman
biked in the entire Enduro
World Series, and participat-
ed over the course of the sea-
son in the races in Canada,
the US, and Europe. He qual-
ified just last year, at age 16,
by taking the enduro biking
world by surprise with first
and second place showings
in national races in Italy and
Switzerland.
“I’m happy to have a little
time to rest now, before I have
to start training again for the
start of the season next year
[with the first two races in
Tasmania, Austria] already in
March,” Hutman said.
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Lots of drama, both on and off the field
Kiryat
Concussion crisis overshadows exciting slate of games • Wilson leads Jets • Eagles stay perfect
Shmona
30/17
Ida, putting a damper on the show-
down between Bills QB Josh Allen and
the Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. Probably the
league’s leading MVP candidates entering
Week 4, they combined for three TDs and
three interceptions in suboptimal con-
ditions.
20. However Allen collected a new
feather for his cap, leading the Bills to
a 23-20 victory after they trailed by 17
points in the second quarter. It was Allen’s
first career comeback from a deficit so
large and Buffalo’s first since 2011, when
Ryan Fitzpatrick was the team’s quarter-
back.
COMMENTARY 21. If the Cleveland Browns hope to be
• By NATE DAVIS relevant when suspended QB Deshaun
Watson is scheduled to return in Week
H
ere are the top 32 things we 13, QB2 Jacoby Brissett & Co. can’t afford
learned from Week 4 of the 2022 to lose to teams like the Atlanta Falcons
NFL season: and Jets. Tough break for the Browns to be
1. The league’s concussion protocol – it’s without starting DEs Jadeveon Clowney
issue No. 1 hanging over this season. No. and Myles Garrett, who was injured last
1 also happens to be the jersey number Monday in a car accident. But they’ll sure-
of Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa, ly rue these losses given their schedule is
who was in obvious peril – at least to about to get significantly more difficult,
any casual observer, and most certainly KANSAS CITY CHIEFS tight end Travis Kelce runs the ball in for a touchdown during the
starting with the Los Angeles Chargers
to current and former NFL players who Chiefs 41-31 road victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. (USA Today Sports)
in Week 5.
were watching – after his head snapped 22. The Tennessee Titans have won four
into the ground twice in a five-day stretch first three weeks following surgery from career-best 134 yards at waterlogged Lin- in a row in Indianapolis. Prior to that,
spanning Weeks 3 and 4. Tagovailoa and a preseason knee injury, threw a pair of coln Financial Field. they’d lost 14 of 16 to the Colts in the
the Dolphins blamed a back injury on picks against the Pittsburgh Steelers but 9. Sunday’s game in London’s Tot- Circle City.
the first incident against the Buffalo Bills, also passed for 252 yards and a TD in a tenham Hotspur Stadium between the 23. The Titans, who won the AFC South
which left him staggering back to the 24-20 upset at Acrisure Stadium. Wilson Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans the past two seasons, improved to 2-2
huddle before temporarily leaving the became the first Jets quarterback to ever Saints was the NFL’s 100th played outside and claimed a share of the division lead
game. The NFL Players Association ini- catch a TD pass... and celebrated accord- American borders, 41 of those of the regu- following the Jacksonville Jaguars’ loss
tiated an investigation into Tagovailoa’s ingly. lar-season variety. at Philadelphia. Jacksonville coach Doug
treatment – the case remains open – but 3. As for the Steelers, who have lost three 10. For the first time in an NFL Interna- Pederson’s return was marred by five
the union has already fired the unaffiliat- in a row without OLB T.J. Watt, rookie QB tional Series game, “God Save the King” turnovers from QB Trevor Lawrence.
ed neurotrauma consultant who helped Kenny Pickett made his regular-season was sung prior to kickoff. 24. Lawrence became the first player in
treat the quarterback September 25. Since debut. 2022 The first-rounder became the 10a. The late Queen Elizabeth II’s reign the 21st century to lose four fumbles in a
Tagovailoa was cleared that day, he was first quarterback in league history to rush of 70+ years predated the existence of all single game.
not placed in concussion protocol in the for multiple TDs in his first game. He but 11 of the NFL’s 32 teams. 25. The over/under for the Seattle Sea-
days leading up to Thursday’s game in also threw a trio of INTs, one a Hail Mary 11. The Vikings’ 28-25 win moved them hawks’ visit to the Detroit Lions was 47½.
Cincinnati, when he suffered a vicious attempt on the game’s final play. to 3-0 in International Series games, tying Turns out, that should’ve been the over/
sack against the Bengals which left no 4. Though Pickett failed to throw a them with the Patriots for the best record under for each team, Seattle prevailing
17/7 doubt about his condition – the third- touchdown pass, New England Patriots on foreign soil. 48-45. The teams combined for 12 TDs
year quarterback left in a fencing position QB3 Bailey Zappe connected – making 12. Had Saints kicker Wil Lutz had just a
and 1,075 yards of offense.
on his back before being carted off the him the first rookie to do so in 2022. bit more juice on his game-ending 61-yard 26. Chargers RB Austin Ekeler tied for
field and to a local hospital. Saturday, 5. Time to trade Dak Prescott? Back- field-goal attempt – he established a career the league lead with 20 TDs scored in
14/11 the league and union released a joint up Cooper Rush became the first Dallas high earlier in the game by connecting 2021 but began Sunday with a dough-
statement, which read in part: “The NFL Cowboys quarterback to win his first four from 60 yards – New Orleans would have nut in the scoring column. But he bust-
and the NFLPA agree that modifications starts after overseeing a 25-10 win against had a shot to improve to 3-0 in London. ed loose for three as the battered Bolts
to the Concussion Protocol are needed the Washington Commanders. Rush 13. But Lutz’s “double doink” – maybe notched a badly needed 34-24 win against
to enhance player safety... We anticipate passed for 223 yards and a pair of TDs an upright-to-crossbar carom should be the Houston Texans.
changes to the protocol being made in while the Dallas defense largely snuffed worth two points? – certainly added an 27. The Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh McDan-
the coming days based on what has been the Commanders offense. extra layer of drama for our soccer-loving iels broke a personal six-game losing
learned thus far in the review process.” 5a. Said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of allies, who continue to progress into fer- streak as a head coach, a skid dating to
1a. The upside is that the NFL and Rush, who might have made his final vent American football fans. And we’re 2010, as the Silver and Black secured their
NFLPA acknowledge the process isn’t start if Prescott is able to hit his targeted glad to embrace them ... so long as we first win of 2022 by beating his former
working, and that a better resolution Week 5 return: “To give us a chance to sit can reasonably minimize this concussion team, the Denver Broncos, 32-23.
need not be delayed by two sides that
are so often bitterly divided on collec-
tively bargained issues. Thank goodness
here after these last three ball games and
maybe have the opportunity we’ve got
for the rest of the year – it’s amazing. It’s
bugaboo.
14. Cool to see the cast from “Ted Lasso,”
including Jason Sudeikis, at the season’s
28. The Texans (0-3-1) are now the
league’s only winless team.
29. The Arizona Cardinals’ 26-16 win
they’re expeditiously working toward
what should be a common goal.
1b. The downside is the obvious price
far more than what I would’ve expected.”
5b. Or anyone else. But the Cowboys are
3-1 and just a game behind the league’s
first London matchup. A shame there’s
no NFC Richmond given this game was
between the Vikes and Saints.
over the Panthers on Sunday ended a six-
game losing streak to Carolina that dated
to 2015. His record now 11-26, how many
paid by Tagovailoa, who wasn’t sufficient- only unbeaten team, the Philadelphia 15. The Giants and Green Bay Packers more nails are needed to close the coffin
ly protected by medical professionals nor, Eagles, in the NFC East. will meet in London in Week 5, the Pack on Panthers coach Matt Rhule?
apparently, his team – rookie coach Mike 6. Also 3-1 in the NFC East? How about becoming the last of the NFL’s 32 teams to 30. The first 14 games of Week 4 were
McDaniel’s protests to the contrary not- the New York Football Giants. The last play a regular-season game abroad. within one score at some point in the
withstanding – which clearly cast cau- time they began 3-1 was 2011 – which also 16. By edging New England in overtime, fourth quarter, tied for the most in a sin-
tion to the wind by allowing him to play happens to be the last time they won the the Packers notched their 785th franchise gle week in NFL history. In sum, there
Thursday despite the frightening episode Super Bowl. victory – tying the archrival Bears for the have been 49 games within a score in the
from the previous game. 6a. Sunday, the Giants and Chicago most in NFL history. final period – a record for this point of an
1c. Let’s get this fixed and protect the Bears combined for 226 passing yards. 17. The Pack also ran their regular-sea- NFL campaign.
players, who are the only indispensable No, Y.A. Tittle and Billy Wade were not son winning streak at Lambeau Field to 31. There have also been 23 games this
part of this game, no matter how expend- the starting quarterbacks. 15. (Of course, they’ve lost their past two season decided by three points or fewer,
able they might seem given football’s 7. Lest you’d already mentally moved off playoff games at home, both times as the also a record in the first four weeks of a
inherently violent nature. They deserve the latest iteration of the league’s concus- NFC’s No. seed.) season.
better and fans almost universally want sion crisis, a reminder that Tagovailoa was 18. Also Sunday, QB Aaron Rodgers 32. And the constant drama and upsets
the best for them – and the owners better on the turf at Paycor Stadium for more threw his 500th career TD pass, including are what help make NFL football so com-
recognize as much lest their golden goose than seven minutes Thursday night. playoffs – the fifth man in NFL history to pelling. But how about we do a better job
go the way of boxing and horse racing as 8. The Eagles improved to 4-0 – for the reach that plateau. addressing and managing the concussion
once ubiquitous sports that were relegat- sixth time in team history and first since 18a. Tom Brady (713), Drew Brees (608), issue, y’all? And lest we forget, it’s hardly
ed to niche status. 2004 (when they ultimately lost Super Peyton Manning (579) and Brett Favre just Tagovailoa. Patriots QB2 Brian Hoyer
2. New York Jets QB Zach Wilson gave Bowl 39) – largely thanks to RB Miles (552) are the others. and Colts All-Pro LB Shaquille Leonard
a gritty and Griddy performance in his Sanders, who proved to be an all-weather 19. Like Philadelphia, Baltimore was also suffered head injuries Sunday.
2022 debut. Wilson, who missed the back by scoring twice and rushing for a soaked by the remnants of Hurricane (USA Today/TNS)
Gulf between Manchester clubs as large as ever
the imperious champion across its lowly position of ninth in with the Spaniard saying: “The But Potter’s results tally of a
the city. the standings, having taken 10 table says what it says and we 1-1 Champions League draw
“We will have setbacks during points from seven matches this don’t look at that.” at home to Salzburg and a nar-
our process and we have to learn season. But if the Guners beat Liver- row win on Saturday at Palace
from it,” Ten Hag said. “We can “We want to get the confi- pool at the Emirates next week show just how much work he
• By PETER HALL
walk away from it, but if we dence back,” coach Jurgen even he might start taking a peek still has to do.
ignore our problems we will not Klopp said. “ The first goal and at the standings. Newcastle finally wins
Manchester United fans will get the solution.” second goal did not help that. New manager, same on the road
have gone into their derby Here are some other main talking The set-up of Brighton sur- challenges at Chelsea Newcastle United fans’ cry of
clash with reigning champion points from the Premier League prised us but before we adapted Chelsea’s new manager Gra- “Howay the Lads” is one of the
Manchester City on Sunday weekend: we were 2-0 down. We have to ham Potter enjoyed a winning more famous in English soccer
in buoyant mood after a run Liverpool continues to be do better.” start in his first Premier League and a first away win this season
of four successive league wins, plagued by slow starts Statement win for Arsenal game in charge of the Blues, but for Eddie Howe’s team at Ful-
including successes over Liver- There are only so many times Arsenal’s flying start to the the problems that beset his pre- ham on Saturday gave the “Toon
pool and Arsenal, in the run-up even the best sides in world soc- season was accompanied by an decessor Thomas Tuchel were Army” something to cheer on
to the fixture. cer can come from behind to asterisk as it had not yet beaten evident in their last-gasp 2-1 their travels.
But for all United’s recent win matches. Liverpool is no any of the so-called big six in its comeback win at Crystal Palace. The supporters who made
progress, City operates in a dif- different. march to the top of the table. Chelsea created few clear-cut their way from the north-east
ferent realm to its local rival, and There have been some thrill- But that can now be removed chances and allowed Palace to to London had to contend with
put the Red Devils to the sword ing late victories in the league after a 3-1 home win over a Tot- take the lead with the first prop- heavy traffic and train strikes,
with a thumping 6-3 victory at and Champions League already tenham Hotspur side that was er attack of the game, assisted by but those who made it to Craven
the Etihad Stadium thanks to this term at Anfield, but Satur- previously unbeaten in the errors in the back line. Cottage got to see their side win
hat-tricks from Erling Haaland day proved a step too far, as the league. Former Brighton & Hove 4-1 against 10-man Fulham to
and Phil Foden. Reds gave Brighton & Hove Albi- Admittedly, Spurs gave Arsenal Albion boss Potter described his move into the top seven.
The margin of victory does on a two-goal headstart in their a helping hand with a calamitous start at Chelsea as “decent” as If Howe’s team is to make it
not tell the true tale of the gulf 3-3 draw. second-half display, but the hosts Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s back to the promised land of
between City and United and That is now nine times in the were the better side in all depart- and Conor Gallagher’s first goals European soccer and competing
just how big a job coach Erik last 11 league games Liverpool ments throughout the game. for the club on Saturday – both for titles, it will have to ensure this
ten Hag has got to get his new has conceded first, something Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta is beautifully taken – offered some is the first of many wins on the
side back fighting for titles with that has played a huge part in not getting carried away though, encouragement. road this season. (Reuters)
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T
he attacks on the prime minis-
ter’s recent call for a two-state

Time for atonement solution prove again that elec-

tioneering is as kind to truth as Iranian
mullahs are to hijab-free women. Isra-

Y
om Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest el’s leader chose to “state the whole
day in the Jewish calendar, is a time for Jews to truth” that “in the heart of our Jewish
search inward and atone for their sins, individually homeland, now lives a large popula-
and collectively. tion of Palestinians. We do not want
According to Jewish tradition, the origins of Yom Kip- to rule over them.” He concluded, “In
pur can be traced to Moses’s descent from Mount Sinai my vision of peace, there are two free
with the Ten Commandments. When he saw the People peoples living side by side in this small
of Israel worshiping a golden calf, he smashed the tablets land, with good neighborly relations
in anger, then ascended the mountain again to pray for and mutual respect, each with its flag,
forgiveness for himself and his people. anthem and government, with neither
Similarly, we too are required to seek forgiveness for the one threatening its neighbor’s security
wrongs we have done, wittingly or unknowingly, over the and existence.” Perhaps he didn’t have
past year. In the elegant words of the late Rabbi Jonathan to go so far and say “Let’s go in the path
Sacks, “To those who fully open themselves to it, Yom of … Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein” –
Kippur is a life-transforming experience. It tells us that given the Oslo “peace” process’s failures.
God, who created the universe in love and forgiveness, But it’s important for Israel’s prime min-
reaches out to us in love and forgiveness, asking us to ister to proclaim “Let us know peace” –
love and forgive others. God never asked us not to make without compromising security.
mistakes. All He asks is that we acknowledge our mistakes, Admittedly, these were not Prime Min- PA HEAD Mahmoud Abbas addresses the UN General Assembly last month. Abbas’s rancid UN speech showed fair-minded
learn from them, grow through them, and make amends ister Yair Lapid’s supposedly-treasonous people the contrast: Israelis seek peace, Palestinian leaders… not so much, says the writer. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)
where we can.” words at the UN General Assembly.
Just as individuals can acknowledge their mistakes, so These were prime minister Benjamin and the West have a big chance here to nomically instead of boycotting – we imperialist terms; call this illiberal liber-
can larger bodies – even countries. The State of Israel, as Netanyahu’s words in his 2009 Bar-Ilan rattle the Iranian regime with rigorous- might achieve stability. If, ultimately, alism “dis-orientalism.” Romanticizing
wonderful as it is, has many reasons for soul-searching speech endorsing a two-state solution. ly-enforced economic sanctions, satel- Palestinian tribal and religious rivalries the Palestinians and demonizing Israel
this year. Here are some sins of commission and omission As recently as 2016, Netanyahu told the lite support for protest networks, fro- require cantons or geographic archipel- disorients everyone. That’s why Pales-
of which the Israeli people and government – collectively UN – “I remain committed to a vision zen nuclear negotiations and constant agos, and if the lines dividing Israeli tinians wearing bling showing maximal
– might be remiss and in need of penitence. of peace based on two states for two denunciations. They must not blow it. If areas from Palestinian ones are as jagged maps of a Palestinian state, leaving no
Ashamnu peoples.” stoking that potentially great opportu- as Republican – or Democratic – gerry- room for any Jews, get lionized by the
• Although a fifth election in three and a half years It was therefore reasonable for Lapid nity required an Israeli diplomatic min- mandered political districts, so be it. Life Left – while Jews even acknowledging
might have been unavoidable given the make-up of the to support “the vision of this two-state uet, so be it. Israel needs weapons of war is messy. our biblical boundaries are called “set-
last Knesset, we are wasting hundreds of millions of shek- solution,” with “only one condition: to survive, but we need some hopes for tler-colonialists.”
els that we all know could be better spent during these that a future Palestinian state will be a peace too – to reassure our allies – and to INSTEAD OF acknowledging the truth That’s why Palestinians terrorizing
difficult times. peaceful one; that it will not become not get too demoralized ourselves. – and these nuances – Netanyahu and innocents are nevertheless forever-in-
Tafalnu sheker another terror base….” Examining Isra- The right move is often the shrewd his worshipers falsely accused Lapid of nocent, while Israelis defending them-
• The rhetoric in the current election campaign has el’s broken neighbors, Lapid delivered move. Endorsing a two-state solution offering Palestinians “a terrorist state in selves against terrorists are automati-
plunged to a shameful ebb. Have we not learned the a great one-liner: “You can ask us to – with a demilitarized Palestinian state the heart of the country.” Worse than cally guilty. And that’s why battlefield
lesson that, in the words of former Jewish Agency board live according to the values in the UN that accepts Israel’s legitimacy – remains the usual hypocrisy, this is hippo-cracy, reporters killed accidentally anywhere
chairman Michael Siegel, “The Temple falls when Jews Charter, but you cannot ask us to die the wisest and most politically-correct as big, obvious and ugly as a hippopot- else are mourned quickly as victims
fight Jews”? for them.” path toward peace. Mahmoud Abbas’s amus. And Netanyahu’s claim – that of “the fog of war,” but a Palestinian
Kizavnu, latznu rancid UN speech showed fair-minded the world ignored the Palestinians until journalist killed by equally-stray bullets
• Israeli tribalism and the delegitimization of the other TODAY, as in 2009, a similar challenge people the contrast – Israelis seek peace, Lapid revived their cause – is delusional. becomes a martyr.
are rampant. As social scientist Dr. Shuki Friedman haunts Israel: a Democratic president Palestinian leaders: not so much. Calling for a Palestinian state is ritual- All these harsh, demonizing, external
recently warned, “If Israeli society cannot rise above the too sweet on the mullahs, too anx- Right-wingers deny it, but the con- istic for western diplomats, Democrat- attacks fuel an internal hysteria. When
tribal identities of its diverse population groups and find ious to rush into a toothless nuclear tours of a Palestinian state already exist. ic presidents, most American Jews and campaign after campaign politicizes
a common ground on which the State of Israel can stand deal with Iran. If anything, Lapid’s They, like all Israelis, are banned from even Republicans – including Donald this understandable defensiveness, the
firm, it will simply fall apart.” need to mollify President Joe Biden is Gaza, and “Area A,” which leaves most Trump, who offered “a realistic two- result is the silly, demagogic name-call-
Tzararnu even more compelling than Netanya- Palestinian cities controlled by the state solution” in 2020. ing contest we keep getting about the
• Israel is increasingly alienating Diaspora Jewry, the hu’s need was to sweet-talk president Palestinian Authority. Netanyahu was Somehow, the Palestinian conflict Palestinians and peace – rather than the
majority of whom are non-Orthodox and want a say in Barack Obama. When Lapid spoke on correct: Whenever Palestinians wave makes people particularly hippo-criti- thoughtful, honest, constructive discus-
our shared homeland. September 22, Iran’s hair-raising pro- their flags there, express their national cal – and hypercritical. Netanyahu and sion we all deserve.
Maradnu tests over the murder of Mahsa Amini heritage there, and finally start build- other right-wingers denounce what he The writer is a distinguished scholar of
• We have not done nearly enough to stop violent for exposing some hair were in their ing civil society institutions and a peo- endorsed, while left-wingers defend Pal- North American history at McGill Univer-
crime, especially in the Arab sector, where at least 75 peo- sixth day. President Biden had already ple-oriented political culture, peace will estinian behaviors they would other- sity, and the author of nine books on Amer-
ple have been murdered in 2022. declared “we stand with the brave cit- come easily. wise denounce, from terrorism and dic- ican History and four books on Zionism.
Rashanu izens and the brave women of Iran.” Even if that democratic day never tatorship to homophobia and sexism. He is the editor of the new three-volume
• We have also not done enough to stop domestic But Lapid remembers how Obama arrives, if Palestinians accept the reality Palestinian scholar Edward Said set, Theodor Herzl: Zionist Writings, the
violence. Four femicides were reported in just 10 days in let down Iran’s Green Revolutionaries of Israel, as other Arabs have done – accused the West of “orientalism,” inaugural publication of The Library of the
June. in 2009. He understands that America and start cooperating with Israel eco- describing Arabs in condescending, Jewish People (www.theljp.org).
Gazalnu
• We have not made significant progress in the battle

More than ever:

against poverty. The aid organization Latet reports that
more than 2.5 million Israelis live in poverty, more than
1.1 million of them children.
The list could go on – insufficient measures to curb the
soaring cost-of-living and the price of housing, the situa-
tion of the elderly and Holocaust survivors and the battles
against traffic accidents and climate change.
The point here is not to paint a bleak picture of Israel.
A responsibility to
We’re well aware of its awesome virtues. But at the same
time, we can demonstrate that as a Jewish state, we have
plenty of room for improvement and repair.
amplify Iranian voices
Maimonides taught us that the process of teshuvah • By ZINA RAKHAMILOVA to identify protesters almost immedi-
(repentance) should be accompanied not only by peni- ately. We have a moral responsibility

A
tential prayer but also by the giving of tzedaka (charity), nyone with Internet access is to stand up for Iranians, especially in
particularly on the day before Yom Kippur. watching the protests erupt- Israel, where the Iranian regime plays
Just as we ask for divine pardon, so are we entreated ing in Iran over the murder a significant role in sponsoring the
to beg forgiveness from one another, from family and of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Iran’s daily terrorism we face.
friends, colleagues and neighbors. But that alone is not morality police apprehended Mahsa Not only should we care morally
enough. We need to work to be better, to strive to be the for improperly wearing her hijab about Iran’s brutal actions against its
state that we know Israel has the potential to become, one and took her to a re-education cen- people, but we must also be concerned
that is proudly Jewish but also a strong democracy in the ter. Police claimed that Mahsa had about the threat that the regime poses
Middle East. a heart attack, fell on the floor and internationally. Iran is the world’s larg-
As the late Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz succinctly put it, died after two days in a coma. Howev- est state sponsor of terrorism, fund-
“essentially, repentance is a feeling of the heart – regret er, eyewitnesses detained with Mahsa ing groups like Hezbollah, Palestinian A PROTEST following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran takes place in front of
the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, last week. (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)
over the past and a resolution for the future.” revealed that officials severely beat her terrorist groups in Gaza and various
In the next 24 hours and in the coming year, let’s give to death. terrorist groups throughout the Mid-
change a chance. Mahsa is not the first woman to die dle East. Tehran has armed, trained, cans and Europeans to obtain nuclear Mohamed Bouazizi’s setting himself
at the hands of the Iranian regime; financed, inspired, organized and sup- capabilities. on fire in Tunisia paved the way for
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10 COMMENT & FEATURES T U E S D AY, O C T O B E R 4 , 2 0 2 2  T H E J E R U S A L E M P O S T

A tale of two aliyot

• By DAN ELBAUM he was trying to comfort her of civil war and oppression. A
and express how happy he was visit to the market carries the

‘I
t was early in the morn-
ing when my father
woke me up. He told me
that we were going to escape
our village in Ethiopia that
night to begin the journey to
Israel. He told me that I was
to go to the market and buy
a pair of shoes, a jug for water
and a shovel. When I asked
him why we would need a
shovel he said, ‘Not all of us
will make it.’”
I was sitting on a bus in Gon-
dar, Ethiopia, as I heard that
story. The only sound came
from the bus hitting rocks on
the dirt road. I was there with
60 Jewish leaders from North
America on a mission spon-
sored by The Jewish Agency
for Israel and The Jewish Fed-
erations of North America. We
were there to show our support
for Ethiopian Jewish commu-
nity members still yearning to
be reunited with their families
in Israel. The next night, we
accompanied 200 new Ethi-
opian immigrants on a char-
tered flight to Tel Aviv.
Just six months earlier,
I found myself in a not dis-
similar situation on a flight
accompanying 180 Ukrainian
Jews to Israel. This was in the
weeks after the Russian inva-
sion and the refugees had
escaped to Budapest. As the
flight readied for takeoff, I saw
a young woman crying as she
Face-timed with a young man
in a Ukrainian military uni-
form. Although I do not speak
their language, it seemed like
that she was flying to safety in
Israel.
In 2022, Israel will wel-
come a greater number of
new olim than it saw during
any year since the fall of the
Soviet Union. This year has
seen more immigrants from
Ukraine, the former Sovi-
et Union and Ethiopia than
the worldwide total (a little
over 28,000) in 2021. Bear in
mind that 2021 was a year of
substantial aliyah because of
the number of prospective
immigrants who had delayed
their plans due to COVID-19
in 2020.
Having now traveled with
both Ukrainian and Ethiopi-
an Jews, I have found myself
reflecting on the differences
in the experiences of these
two aliyot. To be sure, there
were many similarities. They
were both escaping wars and
were also incredibly reliant on
a people whose language they
did not speak. There were tears
on both occasions and moth-
ers on both planes grabbed
their children’s hands tightly.
But there were two main dif-
ferences.
First, simply put, the Ukrai-
nians were sad to depart and
the Ethiopians were over-
joyed. This is, of course, not
surprising. For Ukrainian
Jews, the decision to move to
Israel happened in moments.
All men ages 18-60 were not
allowed to leave, making this
an Aliyah wave of women,
children and the elderly.
THE WRITER poses with a community member at the Hatikva Synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia. (The Jewish Agency)
THESE ARE, by and large, a
people who had every oppor-
tunity to move to Israel
before the invasion but like
me had chosen to live their
lives somewhere else. Many of
them appeared to be people
of means who had lost every-
thing in an instant and were
now on a journey to a country
that they had never visited.
To be sure, they were grateful
beyond words but they were
also terrified.
In contrast, many Ethiopian
Jews had been waiting for over
two decades to come to Isra-
el. Several told our delegation
that they had siblings in Israel
whom they had never met.
Jerusalem for them is more
than a place, it is the stuff of
dreams. As my Jewish Agency
colleague, Sigal Kanotopsky,
told me about when she was a
little girl in Ethiopia and a bird
flew away, she would shout up
to it “carry words of peace to
our holy city of Jerusalem.”
The second difference is
more complicated. When I
looked at the Ukrainian ref-
ugees, I saw myself. Like me,
they lived a fully Western
lifestyle and their clothes
and pace of life mirrored my
own. For months after meet-
ing with them, I have had the
same thought: this could hap-
pen to me. These people were
living in a developed country
as doctors, lawyers and con-
sultants, and one day woke up
to discover that their apart-
ment walls were shaking and
their safety was very much in
danger.
On the other hand, the
Ethiopian Jews come from a
world that most of us could
never contemplate. They live
in abject poverty, and in fear
risk of rape and even murder.
Amid this perilous situation,
they have not chosen to assim-
ilate into other communities
for safety. They have not tried
to hide their identities. They
go to synagogue, wear Stars of
David and sing songs of Jeru-
salem they learned from their
parents. And they wait, some
with suitcases that have been
packed for decades.
These men and women are
Zionists to their core. From
leaving key family members
behind to walking for miles
in a scorching hot desert, the
sacrifices they have made and
continue to make in order to
be Israeli are remarkable.
As I do on nearly every trip
to Israel, I visited the West-
ern Wall before leaving. As I
touched the ancient stones, I
thought about the new olim
beginning their first full
day in Israel, those who are
still waiting and I thought
of those who never made it.
Mostly, I thanked God that
Israel is there for all Jews,
regardless of our color, back-
ground or whether the deci-
sion to make Aliyah was sud-
den or years in the making.
No matter where we live or
who we are, we are privileged
to live in a world with a Jew-
ish state and we can never
take it for granted.
The writer is head of North
America at The Jewish Agency
for Israel, and the president and
CEO of Jewish Agency Interna-
tional Development.

Making ends meet

when making aliyah
• By ANDREA SAMUELS plunge and began teaching English to
both adults and children on a one-on-

T
here is an old saying, “two Jews,
three views.” We Jews are a con-
tentious bunch. We can even find
someone to argue with in an empty room.
Thus, the old gag about the Jew who
was discovered after years of living alone
on a desert island. His rescuers asked him
why he had built two separate huts aside
from the one in which he lived and he
responded one in which to pray and the
other into which he would never set foot,
he explained.
This skill has enabled so many of us, over
the years, to turn to law as a way of mak-
ing a living. Arguing, dissecting informa-
tion and problem solving is something
that comes naturally.
This is why it’s not surprising that until
recently, Israel had the highest number
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lay wreaths in memory of the victims of the massacre at the of lawyers per capita in the world one in
1972 Munich Olympics, on the anniversary last month. Germany paid a 28 million euro settlement – finally, after 50 years – to the every 114 people.
families of the 11 Israeli athletes tortured and murdered by Palestinian terrorists. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
Me, I went in the other direction after
arriving here as a lawyer. Despite the
one basis.
TO HER surprise, she found that it was
something she was, actually very good at
doing. She now takes great satisfaction
from the blessing of her new work.
Jeremy Lerman, a former magazine and
newspaper photographer in the UK has
always been open-minded, especially
when it comes to his career. He lives by
the mantra, “we never stop learning new
things as long as we can adapt to this
constantly changing country.”
When Jeremy first made aliyah, in
1983, he started out teaching youth lead-
ers how to understand the mass media
and its anti-Israel propaganda produc-
tion machine. Thereafter, he embarked
on a successful career in technical writ-
ing, while nurturing his love of pho-
tography on the side by photographing
boutique weddings and events whenever
possible.

Terrorism has its day in court

• By MILTON ELBOGEN that time, contained a line item supporting
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which led to the
There have been congressional investiga-
tions and hearings regarding Iranian ter-
endless studying, numerous exams and
huge expenses, my legal career was cut
dead.
Like so many new olim, I couldn’t
continue along the career path which I’d
chosen all those years ago. I needed to
Many others have also survived by
adapting.
Beverley Marks Booker, a mobile hair-
dresser for 30 years in Britain, came here
with limited Hebrew and a love of cook-
ing. Consequently, she’s been working as

I
t has been a long and bloody history of
lawsuits versus terrorism. Governments
fostering terrorism need to be brought
to justice.
A United States court has recently ruled
that the Lebanese/Iran-backed militant
group, Hezbollah, must pay $111 million
(NIS 397 m.) to a group of Americans who
sued for damages caused by the group’s
rockets, back in 2006. The case was brought
under the US Anti-Terrorism Act, in 2009.
The decision against Hezbollah did not
require any terrorists to appear before the
court. The message was clear and could be
heard worldwide.
However, courts need to bring penalties
to bear on the governments of those who
send out terrorists. In the case of Hezbollah,
that address is the regime in Tehran. The
funding that paid for those rockets stretch-
es from Beirut to Tehran. That is, from the
Iranian government.
AP reported, “Such civil lawsuits brought
against militant groups are difficult to
enforce but Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, one of
the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, said
it was an important legal victory against the
Iran-backed group.” An international effort
should make such lawsuits easier by fully
tracing the main address of the terrorist act
to those financially supporting that group
and who are therefore responsible.
In the largest judgment at the time, under
a 1996 anti-terrorism law, a US court ordered
the Government of Iran to pay $247.5 mil-
lion (NIS 884 m.) in damages to the family
of a 20-year-old New Jersey exchange stu-
dent killed in a terrorist bombing in Israel.
Attorney Stephen Flatow, the father of Alisa
Flatow, the murdered student, pursued the
matter. He took the government of Iran to
court in 1998. The national budget of Iran,
which was published in a newspaper at
settlement. However, the nuclear deal com-
pensated Tehran for its losses.
In October 1985, terrorists took cruise pas-
sengers hostage aboard the Achille Lauro,
an Italian cruise ship, including the wheel-
chair-bound Leon Klinghoffer and his wife,
Marilyn. They then shot Mr. Klinghoffer
and threw his body overboard. In 1997, the
Palestine Liberation Organization agreed
to settle – perhaps because of the “Mideast
peace process” that was underway. The PLO
had to answer for their actions, financially,
for the first time. A broader net of all who
supported these activities should have been
on a higher level. That is, those who had a
line item or supported terrorism in their
budgets of government.
ON DECEMBER 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight
103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. This
bombing, which killed 259 people on board
and 11 more on the ground, was, according
to the US Department of Justice, planned
by and executed by Libyan intelligence
operatives. This points the responsibility to
the government of Libya, who are and were
responsible for their intelligence services.
Attorneys Lee Kreindler and Steven
Pounian were able to prove that Pan Am
acted with willful misconduct in allowing a
bomb on board and they obtained a recov-
ery of over $500 million (NIS 1.8 b.) from
the airline. They were able to exact further
justice by also forcing Libya to pay $10 mil-
lion (NIS 35.8 m.) to each family, for a total
of $2.7 billion (NIS 9.7 b.).
That litigation spanned twenty years. The
price paid by Pan Am caused airlines to put
improved security in place. However, the
buck stops with those in positions of power
and governments who support terrorists.
They should have paid dearly for killing
innocents.
ror operations on American soil. In 2001,
following the September 11 attacks, a US
federal court ordered Iran to pay billions
in compensation to victims’ families and
insurance companies.
Americans now have a process in place for
terrorist attacks on American soil and inter-
nationally. Americans harmed by interna-
tional terrorists may sue “... in any appro-
priate district court of the United States and
shall recover threefold the damages he or
she sustains and the cost of the suit, includ-
ing attorney’s fees” according to 18 U.S.C.
Section 233, Civil remedies. Where should
the remedies come from? The masters of
the terrorists at the very top need to feel the
pain and be discouraged from sending out
their terror agents.
Recently, Germany paid a 28 million euro
(NIS 98 m.) settlement – finally, after 50
years – awarded to the families of the 11
Israeli athletes tortured and murdered by
Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich
Olympics. The German government
spokesperson said he would appreciate an
apology from the current PLO leadership.
Of course, the German government back
then had let some of the murderers go
free, which is unconscionable. More than
an apology is warranted from the highest
echelons.
Turn off the financial faucets and dis-
rupt the flow of money and save the lives
of countless innocent would-be victims of
terror. Make those in power pay, personally
and from their government so that terror-
ism is no longer an option.
The writer has served in several capacities
in building Israel-US trade relations, including
that of trade commissioner/director of trade for
the government of Israel to the United States. He
currently lives in Jerusalem, and writes about
things that make him angry.
find a new career.
According to the Rashi Foundation,
“unfamiliarity with the local job market,
lack of social-professional networking,
cultural gaps and the language barrier,”
are the main reasons why almost a third
of new, highly-qualified immigrants
leave the country within three years.
Sadly, Israel suffers when things don’t
work out, career-wise, for these new
immigrants as their precious brain gain
is lost.
Nefesh B’Nefesh is an organization that
helps and guides people through their
aliyah journey. Not only do they advise
new immigrants on their rights and
benefits, they also help them to find the
right community and most importantly,
the right job.
Their help was invaluable for Joseph
Zitt, a video editor and technical writer
in the United States. He began his new
life here answering the phone in a hotel
for several months, “until a job in my
field found me, via Nefesh B’Nefesh,” he
said.
Joseph was one of the lucky ones, as
he was able to continue working in his
chosen field.
More often, the fresh start that inevita-
bly comes with making aliyah, includes a
new career.
Chaiya Rivka Channah Monas is
one such person. Having made aliyah
three years ago from Canada, where she
worked as an administrative assistant,
she was forced to change her career when
she moved here.
The language barrier, a problem for so
many of us, restricted her options signifi-
cantly. After an initial period in which
she found herself, “flailing along without
any experience or skills,” she took the
a hotel cook for the past 11 years.
As I mentioned, my own circumstances
forced me to reevaluate my career as a
new immigrant. Having given up law, I
scratched around for a couple of years,
looking for something to fill my time –
and my pocket.
Quite out of the blue, my daughter’s
friend’s mum, a lecturer at Bar-Ilan Uni-
versity, asked me to look over some of her
articles and lectures written in English.
I readily agreed. Soon enough, all her
colleagues were asking me to do the same
for them. I set up a little business editing
academic papers from my lounge table.
Then I dabbled in writing. Facebook
posts at first, which seemed to go down
well. Having got a taste for it, I started
writing more. To my astonishment, I
found that I really enjoyed it.
As time went on, I started to take it
more seriously, writing regular blogs and
articles for various publications. I was
pushy. No doubt that helped. I had no
choice really if I wanted to get anywhere
and, quite frankly, I had nothing to lose.
I now have two weekly columns, this
being one.
Making aliyah brought with it a fresh
start, which included a career change.
But this is what many of us here have
come to expect.
As Mo Jo neatly put it, that’s just Israeli
life: five times as many things as we did
elsewhere, earning half as much, paying
twice as much in taxes, waiting three
times as long in the post office, living in
space at least half as small as where we
used to and five times as happy.
The writer is a former lawyer from Man-
chester, England. She now lives in Netanya,
where she spends most of her time writing
and enjoying her new life in Israel.
t h e j e r u s a l e m p o s t  t u e s d ay, o c t o b e r 4 , 2 0 2 2 COMMENT & fEaTurEs 11

The ayatollahs are coming!

Why Iranians’ bid for freedom is also our fight
• By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM the uK would gain from assuming that the Islamic
republic will encourage violence abroad to cater to

I
ran’s budding revolution went global this weekend
as protesters took their fight to the streets of our
western capitals, living testimonies of the growing
public support Iranians have mobilized as they contin-
ue to call for freedom.
the governments of the West have, so far, been absent
from the party, hiding behind empty declarations of
solidarity. In the absence of tangible actions, they
equate to no more than whispers against the brutality
of a regime which has already claimed dozens of lives
and imprisoned over a thousand intellectuals, artists
and social media influencers in a few short weeks. the
West may soon learn that its apathy may cost its insti-
tutions dearly.
If the Islamic republic claims supremacy within the
confines of its borders, its agencies have long exported
its ideology, its outposts and networks of influence
peppered across our capitals – the symbols of a will to
rewrite our democracies to the mad ambitions of its
mullahs.
unless the West come to terms with the lenticular
reach of the ayatollahs, we may soon find ourselves the
unwanted hostages of dynamics threatening not only
the integrity of our state institutions but of our very
national security. For we have ignored the writing on
the wall, thinking ourselves immune to tehran’s influ-
ence – whether by arrogance or sheer political naivety.
We have allowed our capitals to become instrumental
in exporting Khomeini’s ideology; the regime’s men are
left free to exploit our laws and institutions to pervert
our spaces, with all the risks that entail.
today, the uK stands in tehran’s line of fire; tomor-
row, who knows? For every inch the regime has had to
cede to protesters, risks to our security have exponen-
tially increased. and since it is unlikely the regime will
quietly abandon its positions, we must realize that as it
faces complete collapse, tehran will call on its outposts
to rescue its political enterprise.
and though many still doubt the potency of Iran’s
budding revolution, it would be to discount Iranians’
determination to lay waste to their oppressors to
imagine they will ever retreat. yes, Iran has witnessed
periodic scenes of popular discontent over the years
and yes, every single attempt at dislodging the regime
has so far collapsed on the back end of extreme vio-
lence. but Iran was a different place then, its people’s
motivations were different and their demands dis-
jointed.
september’s outpouring of violence needs to be
understood within the context of the country’s socio-
economic collapse: high unemployment, high infla-
tion, the deterioration of public services such as access
to health, potable water, electricity, and education,
state-sponsored violence against both rights and polit-
ical activists, as well as religious oppression against
minority groups. under the presidency of ebrahim
raisi, the ‘butcher of tehran,’ the nation has been crip-
pled by an unprecedented wave of repression and abus-
es. united in their fear, Iranians found common ground
– the cornerstone of any revolutionary movement – in
their rage against the regime.
IRANIAN AMERICANS, including two people dressed up as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and
President Ebrahim Raisi, rally outside the White House, last month, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran
following the death of Mahsa Amini. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
those dynamics have been compounded by the very
notable absence from public view of the regime’s main
proponent and figurehead: the supreme leader.
ali Khamenei’s recent disappearance amid reports of
internal disputes over his succession has emboldened
protesters, fanning hopes that the Islamic republic is
in fact on its last leg. public perception today could well
override political realities.
most telling of the regime’s loss of legitimacy was a
declaration in late september by clerics hailing from
Iran’s most renowned religious circles, labeling Khame-
nei unfit to rule. Never before have the clergy so public-
ly disavowed the regime, proof not only of the potency
of the protests but the coming realization by the shia
clergy that should it survive the storm, it would need to
declare its support of Iranians’ cries for freedom.
but what does this mean for us? and why should
western countries be concerned by events unfolding so
very far away from their borders?
home to a large Iranian community (400,000 accord-
ing to the latest figure), the uK has already been affect-
ed by the fallouts of Iran’s revolutionary outbursts. pro-
tests on september 24-25 at the Iranian embassy and
the Islamic centre of england demonstrate how quick-
ly events in Iran can translate into violence abroad,
with a real risk that unrest could spread further.
by virtue of its demographic, the uK is susceptible to
an explosion of violence, orchestrated by both anti-re-
gime protesters and regime supporters, thus forcing the
authorities to act as a bona fide referee.
the rIsK to national security is compounded by the
presence of a well-organized pro-regime network by
way of charitable and religious organizations as well
as media outlets, notwithstanding sympathies within
britain’s political landscape.
the Islamic centre of england – a uK registered char-
ity – poses the most visual and inherent threat. Violat-
ing the guidelines of the charity commission, which
proscribes any and all forms of political lobbying (never
mind religious indoctrination), the center, with its five
offices, operates as an extension of Khamenei’s authori-
ty abroad. appointed by the Iranian leadership to act as
its representative abroad, the center’s main mandate is
to decimate the Islamic republic’s ideology and recruit
operatives to its ranks.
Iran’s reach has been growing and consolidating in
the uK, more than in any other european country,
something successive british governments have failed
to curb.
and because it caters to the needs of those shia mus-
lims in the uK, whose politics and ideology are in line
with that of the Islamic republic, the regime’s reach
essentially cuts across ethnic lines, making its base as
broad as it is wide – a concern should tehran wish to
mobilize.
the notion that protesters in Iran are playing a foreign
powers game, threatening the interests of the shia
community to better assert their alleged neo-colonial
agenda – a narrative tehran has employed ad nauseam
in the past.
Iran has long curated the notion that the West
stands an enemy of Iran’s sovereignty by virtue of
its colonial past, as well as argued britain’s rejection
of Islamic values due to its support of Israel. on this
basis and in view of past attempts to destabilize our
institutional integrity, tehran may double-down on
its rhetoric of hate and division to support its world-
view – even and maybe more to the point, especially
if it means sowing discord at home and abroad, wher-
ever it has cultivated support.
there are signs today that tehran intends on weapon-
izing its ideology and acting as an agent of chaos in the
uK, driving home the notion that a war is being waged
between the West and Islam, with all the complications
and dangers it entails for the uK security services. there
is also the very real possibility that Iran’s ideologues will
attempt to drag other religious communities into the
fray to hold london hostage of their manipulation and
extract concessions from the government – mainly that
it keeps mum about the abuses the regime will level at
protesters on its home ground.
an article in the Tehran Times (september 28) outlines
that very narrative arguing that several european capi-
tals are behind anti-regime protests in Iran.
a master manipulator, the Islamic republic will
attempt to frame the protests against its rule as proof
of western manipulation. put that against protesters’
feelings of betrayal over britain’s perceived protection
of what they understand as the symbols and arms of
the regime abroad, and we find ourselves in an unat-
tainable situation.
and since no clear statement was issued as to the brit-
ish government’s position on the protests, such a polit-
ical vacuum may not only feed dangerous assumptions
but fan resentment, setting it up as a recipe for disaster.
the current perception is that the uK acts as a gate-
keeper to the regime, which in light of the current wave
of protest against the regime, puts london seemingly
at odds with the values it is committing to defend and
project, namely human rights and democratic advance-
ment.
Iran, we must realize, remains a hostile player in our
domestic politics. the past sympathies the Islamic
republic shored up within our political landscape, as
well as its campaigns of disinformation through its
many media arms and, of course, the anti-western rhet-
oric its NGos have catered to attest to the potency of
Iran’s influence and its ability to do us harm.
Iran’s values, we must remember, are antithetical to
our own and yet its apologists are many, most partic-
ularly among antisemitic and conspiratorial circles
where its worldviews and bigotry are espoused.
the danger, today, is that those dynamics will be wea-
ponized further.
The writer is a research fellow at the London-based Henry
Jackson Society.

Republican tolerance for the Jew-hatred of Marjorie Taylor Greene

cism of Israel. but calling a holocaust survivor
NO HOLDS BARRED
N a Nazi is disgusting and repulsive. she has
• By SHMULEY BOTEACH also said that the man who drove his car into
the protesters at the unite the right rally in

l
ast week, the husband of republi-
can congresswoman marjorie taylor
Green filed for divorce. perry Greene
called his marriage “irretrievably broken” and
said that he and his wife had already been liv-
ing separate lives, even as they had married in
college and raised three children.
salacious allegations surrounded the
breakup, none of which are of interest to me
because taylor Greene’s personal life is her
own. rather, what makes her unfit for office is
her repulsive antisemitism that way too many
republicans give her a pass on, including
jewish ones.
I have lambasted the democratic party for
its failure to take action against the antisem-
ites in its midst. I was disgusted when demo-
crats in congress refused to take any punitive
measures against Ilhan omar, instead issuing
only a mealy-mouthed condemnation of all
forms of bigotry that didn’t mention her. but
the republican party has its share of antisem-
ites and I am equally appalled at its tolerance
of those like marjorie taylor Greene.
Greene’s latest in a long series of outra-
geous slanders was to compare president joe
biden to adolf hitler in response to his speech
warning of the threat to democracy posed
by “donald trump and the maGa republi-
cans.” biden’s speech was way too political
and a mistake. to state the obvious, there
are plenty of pro-trump americans who are
deeply patriotic.
regardless, Greene tweeted: “joe biden is
hitler” with the hashtag “Nazijoe has got
to go.” Further amplifying her venomous
slander, she posted a doctored video of biden
with a hitler mustache surrounded by swas-
tikas with the audio of a recording of hitler
speaking.
even by the standards of today’s vicious
political discourse, Greene’s remark is beyond
the pale, denigrates the holocaust and consti-
tutes a form of holocaust denial. If joe biden
is hitler, then the holocaust was not so bad
after all.
Where are the republican leaders to
denounce her?
largely, silent.
thIs Is a longstanding pattern with both
Greene and the Gop, which began almost
from the moment she entered congress.
republicans have been reluctant to criticize
her or enact punitive measures against her.
as The New York Times noted last year, this
REP. MARJORIE Taylor Greene waves to the crowd during her speech last month at a rally held by former US president Donald Trump in
Youngstown, Ohio. (Gaelen Morse/Reuters)
starkly contrasts with rep. liz cheney’s treat-
ment for criticizing donald trump: she was
expelled from her post as house Gop con-
ference chair. the Times report came after
Greene compared mask and vaccine man-
dates to the treatment of jews during the
holocaust multiple times, again engaging in
holocaust denigration and denial.
she said employer-mandated proof of vac-
cination was “just like [how] the Nazis forced
jewish people to wear a gold star.” she com-
pared the house mask mandate to how jews
were “put in trains and taken to gas chambers
in Nazi Germany.” she also equated univer-
sity vaccination requirements to the holo-
caust.
Greene seems to be not only pathological-
ly antisemitic but to have a sick holocaust
fetish. her antisemitism would be comical if
it were not tragic – and indeed, Saturday Night
Live did a sketch in their season opener last
week making fun of Greene’s obsession with
jews.
It took nearly a week of bad publicity before
house minority leader Kevin mccarthy
managed to condemn the remarks she made
last year. taking a page from the democratic
playbook, he could not simply repudiate her;
instead, he had to gratuitously mention the
rise of antisemitism in the democratic party.
the Times reported that Greene’s response
to mccarthy was not contrition but a retweet
of a post calling him a “moron” and “feck-
less.”
moNths earlIer, democrats in the house
voted to remove Greene from congressional
committees for her antisemitic comments
and others unrelated to jews, such as saying
the quickest way to remove speaker Nancy
pelosi from power would be “a bullet to the
head” and that the september 11 attacks
and some school shootings never happened.
republicans objected, but democrats only
acted after it was clear the Gop would not.
mccarthy said he spoke to Greene about
her responsibility as a member of congress
to be held to a higher standard than a private
citizen, but this talking to clearly had no
impact on her.
president trump should have also rebuked
her. Greene said she had a “Great call” with
him and expressed gratitude for his support.
earlier this year, Greene attended the amer-
ica First political action conference orga-
nized by a man the adl called a “prominent
white supremacist pundit” and is a holocaust
denier who said jews burning in gas cham-
bers was like baking cookies. after being crit-
icized for speaking at the conference where
Vladimir putin and adolf hitler were praised,
Greene doubled down and blamed the bad
publicity she got on democrats and “phari-
sees in the republican party.”
mccarthy again was silent. although sen.
mitch mcconnell wouldn’t mention Greene’s
name, he did say that “there’s no place in the
republican party for white supremacists or
antisemitism.” sen. mitt romney referred to
her as a “moron,” saying “I have to think that
anybody who would sit down with white
nationalists and speak at their conference was
certainly missing a few IQ points.”
Greene has also called George soros, a holo-
caust survivor, a Nazi and accused him of
turning his fellow jews over to the Nazis. I’m
well aware that many jews are deeply uncom-
fortable with soros’s politics and unfair criti-
charlottesville, Virginia, was on soros’s pay-
roll and that the neo-Nazi rally was a false flag
operation.
at FIrst, it was easy to dismiss Greene as
a quack when she said california wildfires
were started by space lasers controlled by the
rothschild Family and expressed support for
Qanon, the mysterious producer of conspir-
acy theories, including ones about jewish
power. but she is not crazy. she is a member
of the united states congress: one acting
with malevolent intent and indicative of the
kind of right-wing bigotry that emerged from
the shadows into the light over the last years.
conservatives, like mccarthy, have been
quick to point out the repugnant antisemi-
tism from the far left that has metastasized
because of its acceptance by democrats, but
they have been too hesitant to express similar
disdain for the antisemites on the far right.
this is a great shame, as mccarthy is a stal-
wart supporter of Israel and much admired by
the american jewish community.
cNN’s abby phillip suggested that Greene
thinks her comments help her with the base
loyal to donald trump. While it certainly
does not apply to most republicans, we have
seen that there are bigots in his base who
would applaud her remarks. she proved it
by turning the attacks on her into a success-
ful fundraising tool. more alarming, she had
enough support in her district to win her
primary with 70% of the vote.
I can understand the political logic of
mccarthy being disinclined to punish some-
one democratically elected by such a wide
margin. this is not a political issue, however
– it is a moral one and a test of leadership.
the republican party cannot say it con-
demns antisemitism and then accept a rabid
antisemite in its midst. republicans may
think it is good politics to change the subject
by talking about the democrats, but they
only succeed in looking like hypocrites.
although it is late, it is not too late for the
Gop to condemn Greene outright before the
plague of antisemitism spreads. marjorie tay-
lor Greene must be ostracized by the repub-
lican party.
The writer, whom the Washington post calls
“the most famous Rabbi in America,” is the
author of holocaust holiday: one Family’s
descent into Genocide memory hell. Fol-
low him on Instagram and Twitter @Rab-
biShmuley.
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Tense Brazil runoff looms Britain’s budget bomb still

as Bolsonaro outperforms ticking despite tax U-turn
ANALYSIS Orla Garvey, senior portfolio manager of

polling predictions
• By LISANDRA PARAGUASSU
and MARIA CAROLINA MARCELLO
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reu-
ters) – The second round of
Brazil’s presidential election
campaign kicked off on Mon-
day after far-right President
Jair Bolsonaro outperformed
polling predictions and
robbed leftist ex-president
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of
outright victory in the first
round.
The unexpectedly strong
showing by Bolsonaro on Sun-
day dashed hopes for a quick
resolution to the deeply polar-
ized election in the world’s
fourth-largest democracy. It
also revitalized the president’s
campaign, setting the stage for
a highly competitive and tense
run-off on October 30.
Local markets cheered the
result. Brazil’s real strength-
ened over 2% against the dol-
lar, while the Bovespa stock
index futures market rose 3.4%.
With 99.9% of electronic
votes counted, Lula had taken
48.4% of votes versus 43.2%
for Bolsonaro, prompting the
runoff as neither garnered a
majority.
The race has proven tighter
than most surveys suggested,
giving momentum to Bol-
sonaro, who had insisted the
polls could not be trusted. If he
pulls off a comeback, it would
break with a wave of victories
for leftists across the region in
recent years, including Mexi-
co, Colombia, Argentina and
Chile.
Capital Economics said in
a note that Lula was still the
favorite to be elected. But it
said Bolsonaro and his allies’
“surprisingly strong perfor-
mance” will provide severe
obstacles to governing Latin
BRAZIL’S FORMER president and current presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
addresses a crowd of supporters on election day in Sao Paulo on Sunday. (Mariana Greif/Reuters)
America’s biggest country.
“That should help to tem-
per fears of a sharp shift to the
left,” it wrote.
Adding to tensions, Bolson-
aro has made baseless attacks
on the integrity of Brazil’s elec-
tronic voting system and sug-
gested he may not concede if
he loses.
On Sunday night, he sound-
ed confident that victory was
within reach and avoided criti-
cism of the voting system.
“I plan to make the right
political alliances to win this
election,” he told journalists,
pointing to significant advanc-
es his party made in Congress
in the general election.
Bolsonaro’s right-wing
allies won 19 of the 27 seats
up for grabs in the Senate,
and initial returns suggested
a strong showing for his base
in the lower house.
The good showing by Bolson-
aro and his allies raised pressure
on Lula to tack to the center. It
also led bankers and analysts
to expect a boost for Brazilian
financial markets on Monday.
Lula put an optimistic spin
on the result, saying he was
looking forward to another
month on the campaign trail
and the chance to debate Bol-
sonaro head-to-head.
Inside his campaign, howev-
er, there was clear frustration
that he had fallen short of the
narrow majority forecast in
some polls, along with weak
results in state races outside of
his party’s traditional north-
eastern stronghold.
“There was a clear move-
ment of votes in the southeast,
beyond what the surveys and
even the campaign managed
to detect,” a campaign source
said on condition of anonym-
ity because of the sensitivity of
the matter.
Support for distant third- and
fourth-place finishers also fell
short of recent surveys, sug-
gesting some of their backers
may have shifted to Bolsonaro
when it came time to vote.
Centrist Senator Simone
Tebet, who drew 4% of votes,
and center-left former lawmak-
er Ciro Gomes, who secured
3%, both said on Sunday night
they would announce deci-
sions about endorsements in
the coming days.
With the momentum in Bol-
sonaro’s favor, Lula may need
all the help he can get.
“Clearly Bolsonarismo was
underestimated,” said Senator
Humberto Costa, a compatriot
of Lula’s Workers Party.
• By ANDY BRUCE
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Liz Truss’s
U-turn on abolishing Britain’s top rate of
income tax may be only a first step on the path
to restoring fiscal credibility, with investors
warning that the government still needs to
show that it can afford its plans.
On the face of it, Britain’s financial markets
look in better shape than last week, when the
pound crashed to a record low against the dol-
lar and government bonds tanked in response
to Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng’s econom-
ic plans.
The BoE had to step in on Wednesday to
restore order to Britain’s long-dated govern-
ment bond market, which seized up when
pension funds rushed to raise cash amid the
turbulent market reaction to Kwarteng’s Sep-
tember 23 “mini budget.”
While the pound edged up and govern-
ment borrowing costs fell on Monday after
the decision to reverse the planned cut to the
highest rate of income tax, investors still had a
clear message: Kwarteng must convince them
that he can finance his growth plan without
ruining Britain’s reputation for managing the
budget.
“The answer will be clear in a few weeks’ time
when the Bank of England’s emergency mea-
sures end,” said Jane Foley, head of forex and
rates strategy at Rabobank.
The BoE’s bond-buying intervention is due
to finish on October 14.
“UK assets, the pound and gilts are not out of
woods yet,” Foley added.
The worry is that wild market condi-
tions could return quickly unless Truss and
Kwarteng acknowledge that their promises of
future economic growth on their own are not
enough to explain how a high-spending, low-
tax agenda will be funded.
Any relapse into severe dysfunction for the
gilt market would pile pressure on the BoE to
keep buying bonds – even with inflation close
to its highest level in 40 years.
This, economists say, could open the door to
full-blown “fiscal dominance,” when a central
bank’s mission to control inflation is com-
promised by its involvement in government
financing – anathema for investor confidence.
“The issue was not tax changes announced at
the mini-budget but the institutional ‘scorched
earth policy’ that preceded it. UK risk premia
will likely only pull back if that is addressed,”
said Simon French, chief economist of broker-
age Panmure Gordon.
fixed income at Federated Hermes, said last
week that yields on long-dated gilts were likely
to shift higher once the BoE’s intervention
ends.
British government bonds have mostly failed
to recoup the historic losses incurred in the
aftermath of Kwarteng’s announcement – with
the exception of the long-dated debt subject to
the BoE’s support.
“We have to see what happens when the
Bank of England stops buying next month. It’s
just a sticking plaster,” one pension fund man-
ager told Reuters last week.
Kwarteng hopes markets stay calm enough
to allow him to wait until November 23 before
announcing his next budget plans. Unlike his
mini-budget, they will come with forecasts for
the economy and the public finances from
Britain’s budget watchdog.
HOME TRUTHS
Truss has repeatedly blamed Britain’s market
crash on global financial conditions.
While bond prices for many governments
have fallen sharply in response to rising US
interest rates, in September 10-year British gilts
suffered their steepest calendar-month loss
since at least 1957, according to a Reuters analy-
sis of Refinitiv and Bank of England data.
It was also the heaviest fall for any Group of
Seven country’s 10-year bonds since 1987.
One cabinet minister, Simon Clarke, said in
an interview with The Times on Friday that
the worst of the market anxiety had passed.
But economists, including those from major
US banks, are not so sure, even after Monday’s
U-turn.
“The key question now is whether this sig-
nals a broader change in tack with respect to
this government’s fiscal approach,” analysts at
US bank Citi said. “Markets are yet to be con-
vinced.”
The slump of Truss’s Conservative Party in
opinion polls “is likely to add to the pressure
for the PM to [change] course, especially given
the initial weakness of Truss’s position,” they
said in a note to clients.
If the government fails to calm markets,
the pressure on the BoE is likely to build as
the October 14 end-date for its emergency
bond-buying approaches.
“If the bank resists fiscal dominance and
does indeed stick to its mandate, the pound
should stabilize – but the costs will be sub-
stantial,” said academic economist Jonathan
Portes, senior fellow at the UK in a Changing
Europe think tank.

Khamenei backing of police Ukraine forces score another major advance • By TOM BALMFORTH

may signal tougher crackdown KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forc-

• By PARISA HAFEZI
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s
supreme leader on Monday
gave his full backing to securi-
ty forces confronting protests
ignited by the death of Mahsa
Amini in custody, comments
that could herald a harsh-
er crackdown to quell unrest
more than two weeks since she
died.
In his first remarks address-
ing the 22-year-old woman’s
death after being arrested for
wearing clothes deemed un-Is-
lamic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
said her death “deeply broke
my heart” and called it a “bitter
incident” provoked by Iran’s
enemies.
“The duty of our security
forces, including police, is to
ensure the safety of the Iranian
nation.... The ones who attack
the police are leaving Iranian
citizens defenseless against
thugs, robbers and extortion-
ists,” Khamenei said.
Security forces, including
police and the volunteer Basij
militia, have been leading a
crackdown on the protests,
with thousands arrested and
hundreds injured, according to
rights groups, which put the
death toll at more than 130.
Iranian authorities have
reported many members of the
security forces killed during the
unrest, which has spiraled into
the biggest show of opposition
to Iran’s authorities in years,
with many calling for the end
of more than four decades of
Islamic clerical rule.
Khamenei said security forc-
es had faced “injustice” during
the protests. “In recent inci-
dents, it is above all security
forces including the police and
Basij, as well as the people of
Iran, who were wronged,” he
said.
“Some people have caused
insecurity in the streets,”
Khamenei said, condemning
what he described as planned
“riots,” and accusing the Unit-
ed States and Israel – the Islamic
Republic’s arch-adversaries – of
orchestrating the disturbances.
Amini, whose funeral in the
Kurdish town of Saqez on Sep-
tember 17 sparked the unrest
that quickly spread across Iran,
died after being taken into
the custody of Iran’s morality
police in the capital over “inap-
propriate attire.”
The protests have not abat-
ed despite a growing death toll
and an increasingly violent
crackdown by security forces
using tear gas, clubs and – in
some cases, according to vid-
eos on social media and rights
groups – live ammunition.
Protests continued across
Iran on Monday, with universi-
ty students staging strikes after
security forces clashed with
students at a prominent Tehran
university on Sunday.
Dozens of students were
arrested and many have been
injured according to social
media posts and videos. Reu-
ters could not verify the videos
and posts.
es achieved their biggest break-
through in the south of the
country since the war began,
bursting through the front
and advancing rapidly along
the Dnipro River on Monday,
threatening supply lines for
thousands of Russian troops.
Kyiv gave no official confir-
mation of the gains, but Rus-
sian sources acknowledged that
a Ukrainian tank offensive had
advanced dozens of kilometers
along the river’s west bank,
recapturing a number of villag-
es along the way.
The breakthrough mirrors
recent Ukrainian successes in
the east that have turned the
tide in the war against Russia,
even as Moscow has tried to UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS dismantle a cannon from a captured Russian armored personnel carrier
raise the stakes by annexing near the town of Izium in the Kharkiv region on Sunday. (Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters)
territory, ordering mobilization
and threatening nuclear retal- Ukrainian soldiers posing with Just hours after a concert in which is firmly under the con-
iation. their flag draping a golden Moscow’s Red Square on Friday trol of Putin’s ruling party,
“The information is tense, statue of an angel. He said it during which Russian President passed bills endorsing the
let’s put it that way, because, was the village of Mikhailivka, Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of the four partly
yes there were indeed break- around 20 km. beyond the pre- provinces of Donetsk, Luhansk, occupied Ukrainian provinces.
throughs,” Vladimir Saldo, vious front. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to But Russia’s flagging fortunes
the Russian-installed leader “In the last days, we have be Russian territory forever, have led to a shift in mood on
in occupied parts of Ukraine’s seen the first photo of Osoko- Ukraine recaptured Lyman, the once triumphal state media,
Kherson province told Russian rivka... we have seen our troops main Russian bastion in the where talk show hosts have
state television. near the entrance to Mykhail- north of Donetsk province. been acknowledging setbacks

Yemen could return to civil war “There’s a settlement called

ANALYSIS
• By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Yemen could return to civil war due to the
inability of various sides of the conflict to
renew a truce.
The UN had backed a truce since April.
The Iranian-backed Houthis recently held a
military parade showing off their drones and
other weapons with which Tehran has helped
the Houthis, the same way it has helped Hez-
bollah and Russia.
Erin Hutchinson, the Norwegian Refugee
Council’s country director in Yemen, put out a
statement about the failure to renew the truce.
“Today’s announcement that an agreement
to renew the truce in Yemen has not been
reached is deeply disappointing. It is a missed
opportunity to help millions of Yemeni civil-
ians out of the brutal conflict that the warring
parties have dug the country into,” he said.
“We call on the parties to the conflict to
reconsider, refrain from pulling the trigger,
put aside their differences and extend the arm
of diplomacy as they have done successfully
for the last six months. Indeed, the last two
months have shown that solutions are with-
in sight when they agree to focus on them,
instead of the fighting.”
The war in Yemen dates back seven years.
Saudi Arabia led an intervention to prevent
the Houthis from taking Aden and overrun-
ning most of the country.
Iran supplied the Houthis with weapons,
and the Houthis threatened Israel, the US and
other Gulf states. This jeopardizes the safety of
trade in the region and threatens the Red Sea.
Recently, Iran has sought to target US naval
unmanned vessels, such as sail drones. Iran
also attacked a ship last year in the Gulf of
Oman.
UN Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said
he “regrets that an agreement has not been
reached today.”
Yemen’s government blamed the Houthis.
Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, the foreign min-
ister, said the Houthis had made a new cease-
fire difficult.
“The government made many concessions
to extend the truce,” he said.
Dudchany, right along the Dni-
pro River, and right there, in
that region, there was a break-
through. There are settlements
that are occupied by Ukrainian
forces,” he said.
Dudchany is around 30
km. south of where the front
stood before the breakthrough,
indicating one of the fastest
advances of the war and by far
the most rapid in the south,
where Russian forces had been
dug into heavily reinforced
positions along a mainly static
front line since the early weeks
of the invasion.
While Kyiv maintained
almost complete silence, as it
has in the past during major
offensives, some officials did
describe what they referred
to as unconfirmed reports of
gains.
Anton Gerashchenko, an
adviser to Ukraine’s interior
ministry, posted a photo of
ivka, we have seen our troops
in Khreschenivka, next to the
monument. This means that
Zolota Balka also is under the
control of our armed forces,
and it means that our armed
forces are moving powerfully
along the banks of the Dni-
pro nearer to Beryslav,” Ser-
hiy Khlan, a Kherson regional
council member, told Reuters,
naming villages in the area.
“Officially, there is no such
information yet, but the (Rus-
sian) social media pages which
are panicking... absolutely con-
firm these photos.”
THE ADVANCE in the south
mirrors the tactics that have
brought Kyiv major gains
since the start of September
in eastern Ukraine, where its
forces swiftly seized territo-
ry to gain control of Russian
supply lines, cutting off larg-
er Russian forces and forcing
them to retreat.
That has opened the way for
it to advance deep into Luhansk
province, threatening the main
supply routes to territory Mos-
cow captured in some of the
war’s bloodiest battles in June
and July.
In the south, Ukraine’s
advance targets supply lines for
thousands of Russian troops,
perhaps as many as 25,000, on
the west bank of the Dnipro.
Ukraine has already destroyed
the main bridges, forcing
Russian troops to use make-
shift crossings. A substantial
advance down river could cut
them off entirely.
“The fact we have broken
through the front means that...
the Russian army has already
lost the ability to attack, and
today or tomorrow it could lose
the ability to defend,” said Oleh
Zhdanov, a military analyst
based in Kyiv.
On Monday, Russia’s Duma,
the lower house of parliament
and are looking for scapegoats.
“For a certain period of time,
things won’t be easy for us. We
shouldn’t be expecting good
news right now,” said Vladimir
Solovyov, the most prominent
presenter on state TV.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the pro-Pu-
tin leader of Russia’s Chechnya
province who commands a per-
sonal army, demanded that the
commander of Russian forces
in eastern Ukraine be stripped
of his medals and sent to the
front line.
Kadyrov also said Russia
should use a nuclear weapon.
Putin and other officials have
said they could use nuclear
weapons to protect Russian ter-
ritory including newly annexed
provinces, but had so far
stopped short of explicitly say-
ing they will do so. Asked about
Kadyrov’s remarks, Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov
said: “This is a very emotional
moment.”
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Energy crisis sires new European order:

A strong Italy and an ailing Germany
By FRANCESCA LANDINI
and CHRISTOPH STEITZ
MILAN/FRANKFURT (Reuters)
– In the weeks after Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
24, Claudio Descalzi, CEO of
Italian energy major Eni ENI.
MI, embarked on a whirlwind
of trips to gas suppliers in Afri-
ca.
The visits included meet-
ings with officials in Algeria in
February plus talks in Angola,
Egypt and Republic of Congo
in March, with Descalzi often
accompanied by senior Rome
officials, according to compa-
ny and government releases.
State-controlled Eni and
Italy were able to leverage
existing supply relationships
with those nations to secure
extra gas to replace a large part
of the volumes it received from
its top supplier Russia.
It’s a nimble shift that many
European countries have been
unable to perform as Vladimir
Putin’s war jolts the continent
into an alternate reality.
Take Germany. An econom-
ic powerhouse and long a
byword for prudent planning,
it has been caught wholly
unprepared. It’s on the brink
of recession, its industry is
preparing for gas and power
rationing and it has just
nationalized a major utility.
Italy, a country familiar with
economic crises, is looking
comparatively resilient. It has
secured additional supplies
and is confident it will not
need to ration gas, with its gov-
ernment hailing the nation as
the “best in Europe” on energy
security.
“The appreciation Descalzi
enjoys in several African coun-
tries is for sure a competitive
advantage,” said Alberto Clò,
a former Italian industry min-
ister and ex-board member at
Eni, referring to the difficulties
of signing deals during a sup-
ply crisis.
Indeed the two countries
find themselves in contrast-
ing circumstances as a severe
energy crunch weighs uneven-
ly across a continent where
dependence on Russian gas
varies widely.
Much of the region faces
a winter supply crisis, with
those heavily exposed includ-
ing Germany, Hungary and
Austria. Less-affected nations
include France, Sweden and
Britain, which haven’t tradi-
tionally relied on Russia, as
well as Italy.
Martijn Murphy, an oil
and gas specialist at research
firm Wood Mackenzie, said
although Italy had long count-
ed Russia as its biggest gas pro-
vider, its greater diversity of
suppliers and long-standing
links with Africa meant it was
better placed to withstand a
cessation of Russian supply
than many others.
“Eni has very strong ties
with all the countries it oper-
ates with in north Africa and is
present in all: Algeria, Tunisia,
Libya, Egypt and in most of
these countries it is the biggest
upstream investor and interna-
tional oil company producer.”
The power crunch caused
by the war has forced govern-
ments to confront the risks of
over-reliance on a dominant
supplier or region. It bears
echoes of the 1970s ener-
gy crisis that led to the West
rethinking its dependence on
Middle Eastern oil, a shift that
spurred global exploration and
a search for alternative sup-
pliers such as Venezuela and
Mexico.
The Italian government
declined to comment. Ger-
many’s economy ministry
said it wanted to move away
from Russian gas imports as
quickly as possible and diver-
sify its supplies, citing early
steps towards that such as the
leasing of five floating termi-
nals for liquefied natural gas
(LNG). Germany currently has
no LNG terminals, while Italy
has three in operation and has
recently bought another two.
A tale of two buyers
Italy consumed 29 billion
cubic meters (bcm) of Rus-
sian gas last year, representing
about 40% of its imports. It
THE TELEVISION TOWER in Berlin glows at dusk next to the Protestant Berlin Cathedral with reduced lighting to save energy in
light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)
is gradually replacing around
10.5 bcm of that by increased
imports from other countries
starting from this winter,
according to Eni.
Most of the extra gas will
come from Algeria, which said
on Sept. 21 it would increase
total deliveries to Italy by near-
ly 20% to 25.2 bcm this year.
This means it will become
Italy’s top supplier, provide
roughly 35% of imports; Rus-
sia’s share has meanwhile
dropped to very low levels,
Descalzi said this week.
From the spring of 2023, an
increasing flow of LNG will
start to arrive from countries
including Egypt, Qatar, Congo,
Nigeria and Angola, allowing
Italy to replace another 4 bcm
of Russian gas, Eni said.
Germany, whose 58 bcm of
imported Russian gas last year
made up 58% of consump-
tion, has seen supplies via the
Nord Stream 1 pipeline been
reduced since June and halted
in August.
Unable to secure enough
long-term replacement sup-
plies from other countries,
and lacking a national oil and
gas major with production
abroad, it has been forced to
go to the spot, or cash, market
where it has had to pay about
eight times the prices seen a
year ago for replacement gas.
Factors beyond human con-
trol can shape energy security:
Germany does not enjoy Italy’s
proximity to north Africa, for
example, or Britain and Nor-
way’s North Sea riches. It has
no major oil or gas reserves.
Nonetheless German offi-
cials and executives have
made miscalculations in
recent years, notably after Rus-
sia’s annexation of Ukraine’s
Crimea peninsula, suggesting
the current crisis could have
turned out differently.
Back in 2006, it was Italy
running fastest to Russian gas,
with Eni – the country’s dom-
inant gas importer – agreeing
at that time the biggest-ever
gas deal by a European firm
with Moscow-controlled ener-
gy giant Gazprom.
But in the past eight years,
the two countries have
diverged: Germany has dou-
bled down on Russian gas and
became increasingly depen-
dent while Italy has sought to
hedge its bets.
Italy began charting a dif-
ferent course in 2014 when a
new government replaced that
of Silvio Berlusconi, who was
a long-time friend of Putin,
and Descalzi took the helm of
Eni, according to three sourc-
es familiar with the country’s
energy strategy.
Descalzi, an exploration and
production specialist who
had overseen projects in plac-
es such as Libya, Nigeria and
Congo, focused on what he
knew best, one source said:
exploring Africa.
A major success came in
Egypt in 2015, when Eni dis-
covered the Mediterranean
Sea’s biggest gas field Zohr.
As Descalzi pushed Eni to
fast-track projects, the source
added, Eni was able to start
production at the Zohr in less
than two-and-a-half years, a
comparatively quick develop-
ment in the industry.
In Algeria, where Eni has
been present since 1981, the
company clinched a deal in
2019 to renew gas imports
until 2027.
Crossroads at Crimea
Russia’s annexation of
Crimea in 2014, and the ensu-
ing Western sanctions, was a
watershed moment.
Rome withdrew its support
for Gazprom’s $40 billion
South Stream project – which
was meant to transport gas
from Russia to Hungary,
Austria and Italy while bypass-
ing Ukraine – also in response
to the sanctions. South Stream
was abandoned by Eni later
that year, before it was moth-
balled by Moscow.
Italy instead turned its sights
to the construction of the
smaller Trans Adriatic Pipeline
from Azerbaijan via Greece
and Albania.
Germany did not pare back
its Russian exposure, though.
“Europe and Russia have
built an energy partnership
over four decades, and there
has not been a single day in
that time when gas has been
used as a strategic weapon
against the West,” Johannes
Teyssen, then-CEO of E.ON,
said in 2014 in the wake of the
annexation.
Furthermore, an agreement
was struck in 2015 between
Gazprom and companies
including Germany’s E.ON
and Wintershall to form a
consortium to build the Nord
Stream 2 pipeline.
Germany has once again
been blindsided.
A day before Moscow invad-
ed Ukraine, Klaus-Dieter Mau-
bach, CEO of Uniper, Germa-
ny’s largest importer of Rus-
sian gas, described Gazprom as
a trustworthy supplier.
He has since changed his
view.
Seven months on, Uniper is
preparing to sue Gazprom for
damages over supply cuts and
has been bailed out to the tune
of 29 billion euros ($28 billion)
by the German government,
which agreed in September to
nationalize the company.
Germany aims to fully
replace Russian gas by mid-
2024, though some utilities –
including top power producer
RWE – reckon it could take lon-
ger than that, given alternative
sources are scarce and volumes
difficult to procure.
All agree it will be an expen-
sive endeavor.
“We have relied too long and
too heavily on energy supplies
from Russia,” German Chan-
cellor Olaf Scholz said in June.
“The old equation that Russia
is a reliable economic part-
ner even in crises no longer
applies.”

Amid Cuban protests, activists fret US aid may offer lifeline to gov’t
• By NORA GÁMEZ TORRES Avenue and Monte. tent with US laws and regulations.”
In one of the videos of the protest

W
ith many homes across
the country without elec-
tricity or water for four
days, residents of Havana blocked
some of the city’s main avenues
and banged pots and pans on Sat-
urday, the third day of demonstra-
tions following the collapse of the
electrical grid after hurricane Ian
battered the island early this week.
On Saturday morning, women
banged pots and stopped traffic in
Calzada del Cerro, one of the city’s
central avenues. Another group
blocked a street in the opposite side
of the city, in Guanabacoa.
Amid the unrest, a Wall Street
Journal report that the island’s
authorities have asked the Biden
administration for assistance to
help respond to the devastation
left by Hurricane Ian in western
Cuba has further unnerved activ-
ists and Cuban exiles, who fear any
aid channeled through the gov-
ernment would allow it to contain
the largest protests since July last
year without making the political
changes many Cubans desire.
“This is a message for President
Biden: Do not stabilize the commu-
nist regime of Cuba, Russia’s main
ally in the Western Hemisphere,”
said Orlando Gutiérrez, the coordi-
nator of Asamblea de La Resisten-
cia, a group of several Cuban exiles
organizations based in Miami.
“If American humanitarian aid is
going to be sent to Cuba, let it be by
institutions that are not under the
control of the regime such as the
Catholic Church, the Evangelical
Churches and the Great Masonic
Brotherhood, or by the multiple
dissident groups throughout the
Island. The regime has too long
a history of stealing, wasting and
diverting humanitarian aid from
abroad.”
On the island, dozens of videos
circulating on social media before
Cuban authorities shut down the
internet late Friday evening show
crowds demonstrating in different
spots around the capital and block-
ing main avenues like Boyeros, 31st
in the neighborhood of Playa, the
crowd quickly went from demand-
ing electricity to calling for “Liber-
tad” – freedom.
A woman watching the multitude
marching on 31st Avenue, forcing
police patrols to retreat, couldn’t
hide her amazement.
”It is very emotional to see this,”
she is heard saying in one of the
videos. “What are they going to
do?” she asked, referring to the
police cars. “They have to leave.
How wonderful!”
But as the protests continued on
Friday night, Cuban authorities cut
internet service on the island.
“Confirmed: Real-time network
data show internet has been cut
in Cuba for the second evening
in a row; metrics show a collapse
in connectivity after 8 p.m. local
time amid protests over poor condi-
tions and power cuts worsened by
Hurricane Ian,” Netblock, a Lon-
don-based internet observatory
that tracks disruptions, published
on Twitter. Internet traffic returned
on early Saturday after a seven-hour
interruption, Netblock said.
Previously, following protests on
Thursday afternoon and evening
in Havana and other cities, Cuba’s
telecommunications state compa-
ny, Etecsa, had suspended the ser-
vice too.
ACTIVISTS FEAR the Cuban gov-
ernment is shutting down internet
access to stop the images of the pro-
tests from spreading further or hide
incidents of state violence. So far,
the available images show that the
protests have been peaceful, and
demonstrators have tried to make
that clear to authorities.
“Zero violence, lights and water,”
protesters in Playa chanted.
The videos also show heavy police
deployment, but so far the available
images do not show the kind of
violent crackdown ordered by the
government during the protests last
year, perhaps because the Cuban
government fears the internation-
al backslash and ruining the pros-
YOUTHS POUND on drums in protest amid an electrical blackout in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian at the
weekend in Havana. (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
pects of improving relations with
the United States.
It could also be that the crack-
down is happening while the inter-
net is down and the images are not
public yet, some activists believe.
New images that came out on
Saturday morning show a pro-gov-
ernment group armed with sticks,
likely Rapid Response Brigades
or military recruits, running and
chanting pro-government slogans
in what also seems to be the Playa
neighborhood where the demon-
strations were taking place during
Friday evening.
But with so many Cubans with-
out phone and internet access, or
power to charge their devices, it is
difficulty to know the actual situa-
tion, said Salomé García, an activist
with Justicia 11J in Miami, a group
tracking the arrests of anti-govern-
ment demonstrators and activists.
She is worried about the fate of
human-rights defenders and inde-
pendent journalists, and pointed
to a report that activist Yoel Acosta
Gámez was arrested in Baracoa, a
city in eastern Cuba.
“The activists and sources of Jus-
tice 11J in Cuba have been almost
totally incommunicado for 48
hours, due to the combination
of internet and electricity cuts,”
García said. “Internet shutdowns
are a serious human rights viola-
tion, especially during a national
emergency, because they prevent
people from accessing information
and asking for help.”
Amid the uncertainty, the Wall
Street Journal reported Friday that
Cuban authorities requested emer-
gency assistance from the Biden
administration following the dev-
astation left by Ian in western Cuba,
where at least three people died
and hundreds lost their homes.
Cuba regularly accuses the US of
plotting to overthrow the island’s
government and in the past Cuba
has refused donations from the US,
making the current request even
more remarkable.
The US State Department said the
two governments are communicat-
ing about the devastation left by
the hurricane but did not say if
Cuba formally requested the aid.
A spokesperson said “the US con-
tinues to communicate with the
Government of Cuba regarding the
evolving humanitarian and envi-
ronmental consequences of both
Hurricane Ian and the Aug. 5 fire
in Matanzas, and we are evaluating
ways in which we can continue to
support the Cuban people, consis-
WHILE THE Biden administration
has kept in place some of the sanc-
tions against Cuba imposed by the
previous administration, including
maintaining Cuba on the list of
countries that support terrorism, it
has eased some restrictions on trav-
el and remittances. The administra-
tion re-established high-level talks
with the Cuban government earlier
this year in hopes of curbing the
mass exodus from the island. After
a fire ravaged an oil storage facility
in Matanzas in August, US experts
also provided technical advice to
their counterparts on the island.
For a while, pro-engagement
activists have been urging both
governments to find areas of coop-
eration to improve relations. Some
are already encouraging the Biden
administration to deliver humani-
tarian aid to the island.
But that possibility has been
instantly rebuked by some Cuban
and Cuban American activists.
“I feel the cause of democracy
and respect for human rights in
Cuba would be betrayed if the State
Department agrees to give oxygen
to a regime that expels, represses
and imprisons” critics, Cuban
activist Saily González said on Twit-
ter.
The Democracy Movement said
in a statement that President Biden
“should not fall for the advice of
those who advocate for engaging
with the Cuban regime in the hope
that the regime, if given the right
resources, will stop the massive
exodus from Cuba.”
The exile organization called
instead for the administration to
provide unrestricted internet access
to the island.
Cuban art historian and activist
Carolina Barrero likened providing
aid to the government to giving it
to authoritarian leaders like Vlad-
imir Putin in Russia or Alexander
Lukashenko of Belarus, and helping
“the Castro regime to perpetuate
itself,” she said on Twitter.
“What Cubans ask for is free-
dom.” (Miami Herald/TNS)
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Placing poets among the ‘ushpizin’ this Sukkot

The three-night Ushpizin’s Poetry festival in Jerusalem will reintroduce works by Dickinson,
Vysotsky, Pessoa and Gouri under the baton of artistic director Benyamin Shvili
• By HAGAY HACOHEN wisdom and beauty.”
shvili moved on to discuss the

T
he fourth annual edition
of ushpizin’s poetry (shirat
haushpizin or songs/poems
of the Guests) will open at confed-
eration house on Tuesday, october
11, with a special discussion devoted
to portuguese poet Fernando pessoa.
It will close on Thursday, october
13, with an evening performance
honoring the legacy of the great late
soviet bard Vladimir Vysotsky.
“In light of the accursed russian
invasion of ukraine,” artistic direc-
tor benyamin shvili said, “we select-
ed Vysotsky whom, we believe,
expresses a universalist russian per-
spective rather than a totalitarian
one.”
Vysotsky, lauded today as one of
the greatest russian poetic talents,
was a dissident under the soviet
regime. his music was banned from
the airwaves and passed among fans
underground through clandestine
[samizdat] cassettes that document-
ed his live performances.
In this country, singers lior yanai
and arkadai duchin recorded
hebrew cover versions of his most
famous works in the early 1990s. In
“Idiot,” translated by yonathan Gef-
fen and sung by duchin, Vysotsky
describes a fool who starts a war.
In “pilot’s ballade,” sung by yanai,
the story of a soviet airman who
perished in the Great patriotic War
is described. “I wept daily for home,”
his surviving friend tells us, “he was
better than me.”
on Thursday, shmuel Zeltser will
perform works by the bard in rus-
sian and hebrew. a panel about
Vysotsky will be held with theater
director efim rinenberg, writer and
translator sivan beskin and academ-
ic researcher alexandra mandel-
baum Kupeev.
“I believe Vysotsky would have
been against the russian invasion,”
shvili offered, “last year, we did a
homage to bob dylan, this year,
we are honoring the russian bob
dylan.”
If Vysotsky raged against the walls
built around the russian people
under soviet rule, pessoa rebelled
BENYAMIN SHBILY
against the tyranny of being just
one person. The portuguese genius
invented a new form of literature
which he named heteronym.
unlike a pseudonym [false-name],
a heteronym is a distinct imaginary
person with a biography, physical
traits and in pessoa’s case, his own
unique autograph and astrological
chart. In this way, pessoa lived the
lives of 70 invented personas.
rIcardo reIs, for example,
admired Greek culture and lived in
brazil, rafael baldaya was an astrol-
oger, Thomas crosse was an english
occultist – none of them were pessoa
and yet, they were created by him.
They wrote in different styles, on
different themes, and were aware of
one another to the extent that they
offered reviews of works penned by
other personas and sent them let-
ters.
The chief translator of the lisbon
mage into hebrew is rami saari. The
Tuesday event will be devoted to pes-
soa’s The Book of Disquiet (translated
by yoram meltzer) and hosted by
oded carmeli.
Interestingly, carmeli suggest-
ed that Álvaro de campos, one of
pessoa’s heteronyms, predicted our
(Tamir Lahav Radlmesser)
start-up nation when he wrote “I
predict the absolute coming of a
human race composed entirely of
engineers!”
The panel will focus on the city of
lisbon, a city pessoa, in his brilliant
mind, reshaped as a cradle for all
possible humanities. music for this
special poetic event will be offered
by singer Victoria seroya.
patrons will be able to move
between the great hall, where many
of the panels will be held, and the
reading café where poet agi mishol
will read from the works of leah
Goldberg (Tuesday, october 11, 5:30
p.m.). shvili will read works by rumi
(Wednesday, october 12, 5:30 p.m.).
The theme of rumi is a rich one
as many of the english translations
of the persian poet dwell in the twi-
light zone between forgery and spir-
itual belief.
daniel ladinsky, who translated
poems by the sufi master without
learning Farsi, is responsible for
many of the lines Westerners like
to quote in the context of muslim
spirituality. just how much freedom
can a translator take? What is the
moral responsibility that comes
with introducing poetic genius?
“I translate from an inner experi-
VICTORIA SEROYA (Aharon Adam)
ence of an intimate meeting with
the poet I am translating,” shvi-
li told The Jerusalem Post, “I grant
myself an ample amount of free-
dom.” he offers a comparison to
Tchernichovsky, who translated
homer’s Iliad into hebrew in a poet-
ic surge that was anything but of his
own time.
The late scholar aminadav dick-
man, who passed away in june, was
compared to Tchernichovsky in a
moving tribute written by scholar
dan miron who noted this exact ten-
dency toward the brilliant hebrew
poetic verse positioned dickman in
opposition to poetry translators of
his own generation who sought to
employ the parlance of contempo-
rary native hebrew speakers.
miron pointed to the hebrew
translations from ancient Greek
made by, for example, aharon
shabtai, as contrasting examples to
the artistic choices made by dick-
man.
a discussion honoring the
immense treasures dickman offered
the hebrew reader will be held on
Thursday, october 13, at 5 p.m.
surprisingly, the festival honors
late russian poet joseph brodsky
with a special discussion to be held
on Wednesday, october 12, at 4 p.m.
deVoTed To the poet’s 1983 pub-
lication “New stanzas to augus-
ta,” the panel is unlikely to treat
an ongoing discussion within the
russian-speaking world [Russkiy
mir] about the hostility brodsky
expressed towards ukrainian cul-
ture in his other works. In them,
he described works by ukrainian
national poet Taras shevchenko as
“bullshit.”
“It is important for me to say there
are no good countries and bad coun-
tries,” shvili explained, “both russia
and ukraine are present in the festi-
val.” Indeed, ukrainian poetry will
be read on Tuesday, october 11, at 3
p.m. at reading café.
“This holiday [sukkot] is a hol-
iday for all of us,” he added, “as
described in Isaiah 2:2 ‘the lord’s
house shall be established as the top
of the mountains... and all nations
shall flow unto it.’ In this holiday we
allow what is on the outside to enter
our innermost self.”
“I am against boycotting,” shvili
offered, “if I censor brodsky because
of my views concerning him, I will
be hurting my own self. by censor-
ing myself, I will deprive myself of
late american poet ezra pound.
“pound was a huge poetic talent, at
the same time, he was antisemitic
and served the Nazi propaganda
machinery,” he noted, adding he
suspects the explanation offered
after the war, that the great poet
was mentally ill, is untrue.
“yet,” he added, “the poems
pound penned are brilliant. should
I inflict punishment on my own
self? Great art does not always mesh
well with ethics.”
among the poetic joys the festi-
val offers this year is the return of
mishol as a guest reader of works
by late poet haim Gouri in a special
panel focused on his love poems to
be held on Tuesday, october 11, at 7
p.m. shvili will serve as moderator
of the discussion and, as fitting the
Independence War poet, accordion
music will accompany the event.
The singular voice of emily dick-
inson will be transported from
amherst to jerusalem on Tuesday,
october 11, at 4 p.m. musician efrat
ben Zur will perform music from
her 2012 english language album
Robin, which contains nine works
by the great american genius.
discussing his childhood
near what was, at that time, the
Israeli-jordanian border which
cut through the capital, shvili
described what it was like to grow
up facing a wall.
“I was deeply impacted by the
idea there is a wall I may not pass,”
he said, “I always wanted to smash
walls, to move across borders that
might have helped my own writ-
ing.”
shirat haushpizin will be held at
the confederation house, 12 emile
botta st., from Tuesday, october 11
to Thursday, october 13. Tickets are
NIs 30 for most events with some,
such as the Thursday, october 13,
8:30 p.m. event for Vysotsky cost-
ing NIs 50 per ticket. call *6226 to
book. Nearly all events are held in
hebrew only with some musical
performances being held in russian
or english. The festival is supported
by the jerusalem municipality.

‘Traitor’s a treat, ‘The Old Man’s a snooze and ‘Blonde’ is a bore

TV TIME
• By HANNAH BROWN

raitor, a suspenseful new series run-

T ning on hot Vod and NextTV, with

new episodes coming out Thursdays
at 8:15 p.m. on hot 3, brings to mind the
popular series False Flag.
This should come as no surprise, because it
was cocreated by False Flag’s amit cohen, as
well as ron leshem (euphoria).
The eight-episode series tells the story of
a plane flying from Israel to India that sud-
denly drops off the radar. Is it an accident?
Terrorism? or something more complicat-
ed? Israel’s security services rush to find the
answer, and it turns out, naturally, that many
of the passengers are hiding secrets.
lior ashkenazi, one of Israel’s leading
actors, who is currently in the movie Kara-
oke, and who appeared in such films as Walk
on Water and Footnote, as well as the series
Valley of Tears, plays Georgie, senior shin
bet (Israel security agency) field officer who
was wounded several years before and is now
blind (coincidentally, ashkenazi played an
orchestra conductor going deaf a few years
ago). Georgie’s wife and children are aboard
the flight, and he is brought back in to help
investigate.
oz Zehavi (yossi) is assigned to help Geor-
gie, but has an agenda of his own, while orna
banai, best known for comic roles, is grim-
faced here as a commander under pressure.
Niv sultan (Tehran) plays a young woman
whose war hero brother is aboard and who
becomes suspicious when she learns that his
girlfriend is arab.
just as in False Flag, there are more red her-
rings here than in a deli counter at sunset,
but guessing what information matters and
what will turn out to be irrelevant is most
of the fun, and the series – which will likely
become Israel’s latest export – is a lot of fun. I
only hope the big reveal at the end turns out
to be as interesting as the buildup.
The series was directed by asaph polonsky,
who made the excellent dramatic film One
Week and a Day, and has a wonderful touch
with actors.
IF oNly The Old Man, a new series on dis-
ney+, were as much fun as Traitor. although
it stars jeff bridges, one of the most appealing
actors, and features a fair amount of action,
from the first two episodes it seems to be
LIOR ASHKENAZI and Orna Banai in ‘Traitor.’ (Next TV/Hot)
something of a slog.
bridges plays dan chase, a former cIa
operative who has been living a quiet life for
years, under the radar, and discovers that bad
guys have found out where he lives and are
after him again. It has something to do with
the fact that he supported “one of the good
guys” in afghanistan 30 years ago, while his
cIa bosses did not share his assessment.
john lithgow is the cIa colleague sent
to bring him back, while joel Grey (and it’s
great to see Grey on-screen again) is another
former colleague. amy brenneman plays the
sexy woman he inevitably meets while he
tries to hide out, and hiam abbass, who has
appeared in so many Israeli movies, portrays
dan’s dead wife in flashbacks.
I know this all sounds good and the cast
is great, but this is the kind of series where
characters turn their backs to each other,
stare out of windows and utter platitudes
about life, very slowly and very often. bridges
is so good, though, that I’ll probably tune in
when they release new episodes.
oNe ThING you can say for sure about
marilyn monroe’s life: It wasn’t boring. but
that can’t be said of the much-hyped Netflix
movie Blonde, a pretentious look at the tragic
star, starring ana de armas.
based on the joyce carol oates novel of
the same name, and directed by andrew
dominik – who made The Assassination of
Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, possibly
the most boring Western of all time – the
movie is the conventional take on mon-
roe: that she was victimized by hollywood,
which led her to commit suicide at 36. It’s
filled with a number of artsy touches, such
as slow motion dissolves and that kind of
thing, and it almost slavishly recreates many
famous photographs of her – the cinematog-
rapher and production designer are the real
stars here.
There has been backlash against the movie
because in one sequence, when she is a
young, pregnant starlet, the movie studio
forces her to have an abortion, and she is
haunted by the decision later, fantasizing
about a fetus that talks to her during a later
pregnancy. critics have said this shows an
antiabortion bias, but I would say that it is
more a sign of creative desperation on the
part of the filmmakers.
The most convincing parts of the movie
are the early scenes of her as a child (lily
Fisher), terrified by the erratic behavior of the
mentally unstable single mother (julianne
Nicholson) whom she nevertheless loved.
anyone who would have gone through this
harrowing childhood and subsequent peri-
od of foster care (according to biographies,
she was sexually abused while in care, and
she married a neighbor at 16 to escape the
system, but neither of these parts of her life
are dramatized here, oddly) would have had
significant issues to deal with as an adult.
It seems facile to say that hollywood,
ADRIEN BRODY and Ana de Armas in ‘Blonde.’ (Netflix)
where she so quickly rose to major stardom,
destroyed her.
dominik has said that he was not familiar
with her work when he took on this proj-
ect and that no one watches her movies
today, but this latter statement is patently
untrue. monroe’s 1959 movie, Some Like It
Hot, directed by billy Wilder, topped a 2017
bbc poll of the greatest comedies of all time.
This was arguably her best film, but she was
also very good in many others, including
How to Marry a Millionaire, which holds up
quite well.
George cukor, who directed her in Let’s
Make Love, said, “she had this absolute,
unerring touch with comedy. In real life, she
didn’t seem funny, but she had this touch.
she acted as if she didn’t quite understand
why it was funny, which is what made it so
funny.”
We don’t get to see that gifted comedian
here, although it’s not de armas’s fault. a
very lively and sexy actress from cuba, who
was the highlight of the otherwise leaden
james bond movie No Time to Die, she is
made up to look as much like monroe as
possible and does a decent imitation of her,
as these things go.
but no young viewer unfamiliar with the
monroe legend who saw this movie would
have a clue as to why marilyn became the
most famous entertainment icon of the 20th
century.
Blonde simply presents her as a perpetual
victim, slightly dazed by her abuse much of
the time. her second husband, joe dimaggio
(bobby cannavale), is a physically abusive
lout, while arthur miller, her third husband,
annoyingly called The playwright here, is
well played by adrien brody but does not
make much of an impact. all the men in
this story are there just to let her down, like
the father, whose absence is presented as the
key trauma of her life. she takes no pleasure
in any of her success and sits murmuring,
“oh, daddy, that thing on the screen, it isn’t
me,” during the premiere of Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes.
That’s actually one of the best scenes in
Blonde, which goes on in this vein for nearly
three hours.
It even leaves out monroe’s best line. When
she was asked whether it was true that she
had nothing on when she posed for a cal-
endar – there are many versions of this
anecdote – she said, “I had the radio on.”*