NY Times: An Israeli City Where Compromise and Division Swim Side by Side - At a time when Israeli Jews can seem irreconcilably divided, an unusual swimming center in the city of Rehovot illustrates the compromises that many Israelis make daily. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/middleeast/israel-two-pools-religious-secular.html -

NY Times: Palestinian Kills Israeli in Tel Aviv, a Day After West Bank Violence - A gunman from Jenin, West Bank, shot and killed an Israeli security guard on Saturday. It came the evening after a Palestinian was killed in a fight with Israeli settlers. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/middleeast/palestinian-shooting-israel-tel-aviv.html -

NY Times: Israeli Missile Strike Kills 4 Near Damascus, Syria Says - A report in Syrian state media said the attack had come from the Golan Heights. The four killed were soldiers, it said. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/middleeast/syria-israel-missile-strike.html -

NY Times: Gaza Protests Struggle to Gain Traction as Police Crack Down - Demonstrators’ efforts to rally against Hamas, including at protests on Monday, have been foiled by a heavy security presence. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/world/middleeast/gaza-strip-protests-hamas.html -

NY Times: UAE, a US Ally, Looks to China and Russia for Deeper Ties - The United Arab Emirates, which has translated its wealth into outsize global influence, is diverging from U.S. foreign policy — particularly when it comes to isolating Russia and limiting ties with China. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/world/middleeast/uae-russia-china-us.html -

NY Times: Israel’s Supreme Court Braces to Rule on Judicial Overhaul - The justices will be scrutinized as never before at a hearing in September on the first part of a judicial overhaul that the government pushed through Parliament, angering many Israelis. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/middleeast/israel-judicial-overhaul-supreme-court.html -

NY Times: Russia Is Making Copies of Iranian Drones to Attack Ukraine - Called the Geran-2, the drones are a Russian-made version of the Shahed-136, which explodes on impact, researchers say. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/russia-iran-drones-ukraine.html -

NY Times: U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds - Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoner-swap.html -

NY Times: Prisoner Deal Could Smooth Effort to Contain Iran’s Nuclear Program - Iran and the United States appear to be observing an informal agreement under which Iran has limited its nuclear program and restrained proxy militias. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoners-nuclear-program.html -

NY Times: Tanker in Yemen Is Emptied of Oil, Averting Catastrophic Spill - More than a million barrels of oil on a tanker off the coast of Yemen were transferred to another ship bought by the United Nations. But now a new hurdle looms: Who owns the recovered oil? - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/middleeast/yemen-oil-tanker-un.html -

NY Times: Americans Held Prisoner in Iran Saw Promise of Better Relations - The five Americans who are part of a prisoner swap could be released by September under a complicated agreement with Tehran. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/middleeast/americans-prisoners-iran-swap.html -

NY Times: William H. Dilday Jr., First Black TV Station Manager in U.S., Dies at 85 - Hired to run a troubled Mississippi affiliate of NBC, he turned it into a respected and highly profitable operation, with a more diverse staff. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/business/media/william-dilday-jr-dead.html -

NY Times: Julia Scully, Influential Photography Editor and Memoirist, Dies at 94 - She oversaw Modern Photography for 20 years and wrote an acclaimed book about her rough-and-tumble childhood, some of it spent in an orphanage and in remote Alaska. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/books/julia-scully-dead.html -

NY Times: Charles J. Ogletree Jr., 70, Dies; at Harvard Law, a Voice for Equal Justice - A mentor to the Obamas and many others, he was renowned for his work in both the classroom and the courtroom, taking cases on behalf of the famous and the indigent alike. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/obituaries/charles-j-ogletree-jr-dead.html -

NY Times: Florence Berger, Who Helped People Find Enduring Love, Dies at 83 - A tenured professor at Cornell with a feel for human chemistry, she found a second calling as a successful matchmaker. Almost all of her pairings lasted. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/style/florence-berger-dead.html -

NY Times: William Friedkin, Director of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Exorcist,’ Dies at 87 - He made his name with two of the biggest box-office hits of the 1970s. But despite some later successes, he never regained his early acclaim. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/movies/william-friedkin-dead.html -

NY Times: Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93 - The first woman to be named executive director of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, she expanded its readership and its influence in Washington. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/business/rhoda-karpatkin-dead.html -

NY Times: Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor at Funeral Procession - In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners gathered to pay their respects to the singer. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/world/europe/sinead-oconnor-funeral-ireland.html -

NY Times: Michael Boyd, 68, Who Invigorated the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dies - He is credited with stabilizing that venerable British troupe while energizing it with ambitious projects, including Broadway’s “Matilda the Musical.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/theater/michael-boyd-dead.html -

NY Times: Martin Walser, 96, Dies; Among Postwar Germany’s Last Literary Titans - He won critical and commercial acclaim, but drew censure for comments on the Holocaust and antisemitic tropes in one of his novels. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/books/martin-walser-dead.html -