Rachel Lester: "I didn't think I could get PTSD at my desk job after October 7. My mother knew better – and what she did saved my life." Read the full post on The Blogs. *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel.

Yousef Jabareen said the Joint List would be prepared to enter into negotiations with the opposition in order to reach an agreement on forming a government to unseat Netanyahu. Read more on The Times of Israel.

Nim Shapira: “It takes a particular habit of mind to look at a grainy photo of a kidnapped person and start by asking what color they are” Read the full post on The Blogs. *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel.

At least 12 killed, more than 300 hurt in Houthi attack on Riyadh airport. Saudi civil aviation authorities earlier Saturday said airport operations were suspended. Read the latest on The Times of Israel.

The seven women are close in age, all with young children. Each covered their hair when they were married, but now leave their heads bare: Their husbands were killed in battle during the last three years or died as a result of war injuries. Read the full interview on The Times of Israel.

In this week's A Mandatory Listen, "Israel regained deterrence. The US lost it," host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens who was in the country for a lightning reporting trip ahead of the Israeli election on October 27. Stream anywhere you get your podcasts.

Israel’s Raz Hershko wins the bronze medal in the open weight category (over 78 kg) at the Judo World Championships in Baku. Hershko had a good run in the competition but lost to South Korea’s Hyeonji Lee in the semifinals.

J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA — When celebrity chef and Bay Area food ambassador Samin Nosrat appeared this week at San Francisco’s JCC alongside two Israeli chefs, it was nearly three years since she pledged not to buy or promote Israeli food. Read more on The Times of Israel.

An Omani flydubai copilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Ben Gurion Airport on September 30 in a suicide attack, the UAE attorney general said, according to the state news agency.