Tel Aviv Rallies for an Oct. 7 Inquiry
Organizers said more than 100,000 filled Hostages Square. Israel votes Tuesday.
Organizers say more than 100,000 people rallied in Tel Aviv for an Oct. 7 inquiry. The October Council, made up of survivors, former hostages, and bereaved families, filled Hostages Square Saturday night and urged voters to back candidates who support a state commission. Police gave no estimate. Netanyahu has refused, saying a Supreme Court-appointed panel would be biased. Israelis vote Tuesday. 1
Netanyahu floated crypto as a way around sanctions. He said Friday that Israel could face banking sanctions and that he's asked advisers for a crypto plan. The Bank of Israel said crypto "cannot be used as a route for bypassing sanctions." Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot called it "the BibiCoin vision." 2
The Chabad man stabbed in the Diamond District was back on 47th Street the next day. Yosef, 26, has wrapped tefillin with Jewish workers there for about three years. He was stabbed Wednesday and returned Thursday afternoon. He told JTA, "We can't allow some hate to stop us." No one has been arrested. 3
Erin Foster disagrees with her star, out loud. The creator of Netflix's Nobody Wants This addressed Adam Brody's GQ comments on the Gaza war on an upcoming episode of the podcast Not Skinny but Not Fat. "While I love Adam, I also disagree with him, and that's OK," she said. Foster, who converted to Reform Judaism in 2019, called the show a "love letter to Judaism" at a time "when there is almost zero positive representation of Jewish people." Our view: she handled it like a mensch. 4
Also opening Sunday at Manhattan's New Plaza Cinema: Yaniv, an indie comedy about two teachers who infiltrate an underground gambling circle run by Hasidic Jews to win at the Israeli card game Yaniv. 5
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