The Times of Israel publishes Thursday’s occasions as they unfold.
France is extending the anti-COVID curfew in force in nine cities to giant portions of the country, bringing to 46 million the number of other people forced to stay home at night.
The new measures will come into force on Saturday, Prime Minister Jean Castex said, adding: “The coming months will be difficult.
– AFP
The World Bank reports that the Palestinian economy is expected to contract by up to 8% until the end of the year, more than previous estimates.
The Palestinian economy faces 3 major crises, according to the report: a momentary wave of coronavirus, a severe economic recession, and the widespread political crisis between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, which began following Israel’s previous commitment to ‘annex parts of the West Bank’.
While annexation plans have since been suspended, the Palestinian Authority has not yet agreed to resume collecting Israel’s tax profits, much of its budget, which it has refused to accept as an act of protest.
The World Bank had estimated last June that the Palestinian economy could contract by 11% by the end of 2020.
Debt as a percentage of Palestinian gross domestic product (GDP) may increase up to 20%, estimates the foreign monetary institution.
– Aaron Boxerman
Estonia imposes sanctions on Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah and prohibits any member or associate of the country’s “terrorist-supporting” motion.
The access ban affects Hezbollah’s military and political wing.
“Hezbollah poses a major risk to foreign security – and to Estonia – “said Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu.
Reinsalu points out that with this decision he joins the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania and others “who have concluded that Hezbollah uses terrorists and poses a security risk to many states. “
An approved sentence in Minnesota has ruled out a third-degree homicide rate opposed to that of the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee as opposed to George Floyd’s neck, but the maximum rate of second-degree serious homicides remains.
Following the ruling of Judge Peter Cahill of Hennepin County District Court, Derek Chauvin now faces two counts: momentary-grade manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. Cahill also rejected the defense’s requests to dismiss aid and stimulus fees opposed to 3 former officers, Thomas Lane, J. Jueng and Tou Thao.
Floyd, a handcuffed black American, died on May 25 after Chauvin pressed his knee opposite Floyd’s neck for about 10 minutes, while Floyd said he couldn’t breathe and came here to rest.
All four officials were fired.
Prosecutors argued that there is a likely explanation as to why officials would be attacks at all rates, claiming that Chauvin deliberately assaulted Floyd, which is a component of the momentary-grade homicide rate, and that the other officials had helped.
The defense’s suggestion argued that there is no likely explanation as to why to rate former officials. Chauvin’s lawyer claimed that his consumer did not intend to assault or kill Floyd, while the other officials’ lawyers argued that his consumers did not intend or conspire with Chauvin.
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A crowd of ultra-Orthodox extremist citizens of Modiin Illit is seen in recently published photographs shouting at Ronni Gamzu, the head of government fighting coronavirus, blaming him for the closure of the synagogue and other institutions.
“Evil, don’t close synagogues, don’t close the yeshivas,” one of them shouts, seeing Gamzu entering a vehicle and leaving the premises. The scene was filmed this morning.
“Stop cooperating with the Zionist enemy,” one says, boasting seconds after they “have escaped. “
– 22 October 2020 (@kann_news)
Some ultra-Orthodox sects have accused the government and Gamzu of unfairly attacking their communities with measures to combat coronavirus infections, even though the Haredi network has had higher morbidity rates than other Israeli populations.
They clashed violently with the police and other officials who had come to enforce the restrictions.
A circle of 35-year-old relatives, a Jewish grocery store in Denver closed, seven months after the pandemic began to affect restaurants in the United States and elsewhere.
Zaidy’s Deli, in Cherry Creek, a community that houses many Jewish establishments in Denver, announced its resolution on a Facebook post last night.
“We have organized many life cycle events, your son’s Bris, your daughter’s Bat Mitzvah, and celebrate love by organizing your weddings. We remember and mourn those who lost and provide food to their Shiva. And we enjoyed every moment, ” wrote Gerald and Jason Rudolfsky, Zaidy’s father-son team.
“It was with great regret that we made a resolve to avoid compromising the integrity and quality of our well-known Jewish prepared food to stay open, no matter what we wanted,” they added, before thanking the Denver Jewish community. who had shown their for the besieged grocery store.
The Facebook post attracts more than a hundred comments from locals describing their favorite foods and memories of Zaidy, adding one that says Zaidy offers “by far the Jewish deli of the city. “Denver, with about 90,000 Jews in the metropolitan area, has several deli shops, adding two koshers.
Among the many Places to Eat Americans to Close the Pandemic are several kosher eateries in New York and Seattle’s only kosher-certified dining option, a Chinese vegan eater called Bamboo Garden.
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The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee makes a wonderful resolution to leave the interest rate unchanged by 0. 1%, when it was expected to reduce it to 0% due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
However, the BOI will also increase its government bond purchases to 35 billion shekels ($10. 4 billion).
The U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee has not been able to do so. But it’s not the first time Vote to advance Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Senate Supreme Court as a Republican after Democrats boycotted the session.
Democratic senators refused to run to protest the GOP’s haste to install U. S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to update Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has never shown the Senate to a Supreme Court candidate so close to a presidential election.
Republicans, who have the majority, vote for Barrett, a conservative judge, while senators plan to convene a rare weekend consultation for procedural movements before a final confirmation vote scheduled for Monday.
“Barrett deserves to be a member of the Supreme Court and will be confirmed,” said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, chairman of the committee. Democrats, he said, “have made the selection to participate. “
Instead, Democrats organized the placement of posters in their electorate locations that they believed had received help through the Affordable Care Act.
The Supreme Court’s 48-year-old federal judge would secure a conservative 6-3 majority in court for the foreseeable future.
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The investigation into the murder in France of an instructor for elegantly appearing the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad has turned to Syria, where the killer had jihadist contact, according to a close to the case.
Seven other people have been accused of being complicit in a terrorist homicide after 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov from Chechen killed Samuel Paty last Friday, adding two teenagers who helped him identify the teacher.
In their search for accomplices, counter-terrorism investigators have established that Anzorov had contacts with a Russian-speaking jihadist in Syria whose identity is still known, the source told AFP.
Le Parisien newspaper reports that Anzorov’s alleged ip contact dates back to Idlib, a recalcitrant jihadist in northwestern Syria.
In a Russian audio message after the murder, translated through AFP, Anzorov said he had “avenged the prophet” that the instructor had shown “insultingly. “
In the recording, which contains several references to the Qur’an, as well as to the terrorist organization Islamic State, he also stated: “Brothers, pray that Allah will settle me as a martyr. “
– with AFP
The Albanian parliament officially adopts the definition of anti-Semitism of the International Alliance for holocaust Remembrance, making Albania the first Muslim-majority country to do so and promising to fight anti-Jewish prejudices.
The definition of IHRA, which throws some bureaucracy into Israel’s denunciation as anti-Semitic, has been followed in many Western countries, but not in Muslim countries.
Robert Singer, executive vice president of the World Jewish Congress, is quoted through the Makor Rishon newspaper expressing hope that more Muslim nations will follow in Albania’s footsteps.
Israel and Bahrain are signing a formal agreement for scheduled flights between countries, the Hebrew media reports, weeks after the Arab country agreed to normalize with the Jewish state.
According to the reported agreement, countries can operate up to 14 consistent passenger flights per week between Ben Gurion Airport and Bahrain International Airport, as well as unlimited flights between Manama and Eilat.
The agreement also allows five weekly cargo flights to the country.
Three incendiary bombs dropped at a border police post in the Palestinian village of Abu Dis, on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem, reported Hebrew media.
There were no casualties or injuries from the attack, reportedly.
They entered a search for the attackers, who fled the site.
Russia grants US whistleblower Edward Snowden the right to permanently remain after several years of asylum in this country, according to the media that mentioned his lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena.
Kucherena told news firm TASS that Snowden has not yet contemplated the option of applying for full Russian citizenship, according to news firm Reuters.
Snowden is a former US intelligence player. But it’s not the first time Which revealed in 2013 that the US government was not the only one in the world to do so. But it’s not the first time He spied on his citizens. Since then, he has been living in exile in Russia and has said he would like to return to the United States, but only on the condition of a fair trial.
U. S. President Donald Trump in August said he would “take a look” at Snowden’s forgiveness.
At least 50 Israelis have been inflamed with the coronavirus after coming into contact with travelers returning from Turkey, reports state broadcaster Kan.
The report indicates that known infections occurred basically in northern Israel, i. e. in the Haifa region.
He added that the IDF Internal Front Command recommended strengthening the application of quarantines for those returning from abroad.
Iran summons the Swiss envoy to join the United States in the Islamic Republic to protest U. S. accusations of interference in the November 3 elections in the country.
In a series of tweets, Iran’s foreign ministry accuses them of “puerile,” “rebel,” “unfounded,” “fabricated,” “amateur, and “misleading. “
The branch says Tehran doesn’t care if Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the vote.
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The new Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, is committed to forming a government of technocrats committed to a French initiative to get Lebanon out of the crisis.
He said he will “model a cabinet of experts politically aligned with the project of economic, monetary and administrative reforms contained in the roadmap of the French initiative. “
“I’m going to paint temporarily to shape a government because time is running out and this is the last chance for our country.
– AFP
Israeli police say 17,464 fines have been issued in the past seven days for violating restrictions on COVID-19 infections.
According to police, 1,726 fines have been imposed in the 24 hours.
A total of 341,266 fines have been imposed since the start of the pandemic.
Following reports that Israeli and Sudanese officials have reached a final agreement on the creation of publicly announced links soon, Walla’s online news page is appointing Israeli and U. S. officials who participated in yesterday’s day in Khartoum.
The report quotes officials familiar with the main points that said they included the acting director general of Prime Minister Ronen Peretz’s office and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s anonymous special envoy to the Arab world, nicknamed “Maoz. “
The senior director of the U. S. National Security Council for the Middle East and North Africa, Miguel Correa, and Aryeh Lightstone, senior adviser to U. S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, participated in Tel Aviv’s infrequent direct flight to Khartoum.
The settlers placed beaks in an olive grove in the Palestinian city of Qaryut in the West Bank to damage the apparatus before stealing the maximum of olives at the height of the harvest, rights organization Yesh Din said.
“One of the farmers driving the tractor felt his tire explode. When he went down to check, he discovered many peaks scattered in the area. Farmers . . . they realized that strangers had already stolen most of the olives from the trees,” says Yesh Din.
According to Yesh Din, 26 suspected settler attacks on Palestinians and their assets have occurred since the start of the existing harvest season. So far, more than 400 trees have been cut down and some 50 have been burned, the rights organization reports.
– Aaron Boxerman
Lebanese President Michel Aoun appoints Prime Minister Saad Hariri to shape a new closet to pull the country out of crisis after top parliamentary blocs subsidized his appointment.
Hariri, who has led three governments in Lebanon in the past, resigned almost a year ago because of unprecedented protests against the political class.
– AFP
A Greek court to imprison the leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn after his conviction for leading the party as a criminal organization, but granted conditional sentences to five of the party’s 18 former lawmakers who were convicted of minor charges.
The resolution through a three-judge panel comes after days of subpoenas through defense attorneys on the prosecutor’s advice that all former Golden Dawn legislators can remain on the loose awaiting appeal.
The judges rejected a request to suspend the sentences of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and other former lawmakers convicted of running an unscrupulous organization. Michaloliakos and five other former lawmakers were sentenced to thirteen years in prison, while a sixth was sentenced to 10 years.
The other 11, convicted of mere participation, were sentenced to between five and seven years. The judges discovered that five of those convicted of participation, adding that Michaloliakos’ wife, Eleni Zaroulia, can remain un appealed.
The resolution puts an end to a marathon, a five-year political trial involving 68 defendants, dozens of lawyers and 4 cases, the 2013 fatal murder of left-wing Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas and physical attacks on Egyptian fishermen and left-wing activists.
Golden Dawn lawmakers spent 18 months in prison at the start of the trial and were released because they reached the pre-trial detention limit.
A total of 57 party members and affiliates were convicted on October 7, basically for their involvement in violent attacks and participation in a criminal organization.
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France is extending the anti-COVID curfew in force in nine cities to giant portions of the country, bringing to 46 million the number of other people forced to stay home at night.
The new measures will come into force on Saturday, Prime Minister Jean Castex said, adding: “The coming months will be difficult. “
– AFP