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What Matters Most On Friday, November 13, 2020

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) talks with US President Barack Obama at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Menahem Kahana)

Accuses PM of 'orchestrated' push against his administration

Obama: Keeping power as ‘defender of Jews,’ Netanyahu justified almost anything

In new memoir, ex-president details fraught ties with Israeli PM and AIPAC; complains any criticism of Jerusalem makes one suspect of anti-Israel, even anti-Semitic sentiments

Then President Barack Obama meets with then President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Jim Watson)

Obama, in new memoir, condemns Trump for ‘birther’ lies, stoking racial ‘panic’

By ToI Staff and AFP

People demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol on November 6, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as vote counting continues following the US presidential elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US Jews relieved by nonviolent Election Day, but aren’t breathing easy just yet

Israel seals vaccine deal with Pfizer, amid signs pandemic spreading again

PM says Israel will receive enough doses to inoculate 4 million Israelis, though reports say deal allows company to pull out of its promises if circumstances demand

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a televised statement on the signing of a deal to purchase Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, at IDF military headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 13, 2020. At left is Health Minister Yuli Edelstein. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

AnalysisIsrael is buying up COVID vaccines — but faces huge challenge in deploying them

By Nathan Jeffay

Uğur Şahin (Kuebi; Armin Kübelbeck; Wikipedia)

German scientist who helped develop Pfizer vaccine says it’ll bash COVID on head

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, right, is juxtaposed with Josef Mengele on the front page of the Makeleio daily in Greece, November 10, 2020. (Courtesy/Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece via JTA)

Greek newspaper likens Pfizer’s Jewish CEO to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Daily warns readers Albert Bourla, a Greek Jew, will ‘stick the needle’ in them, calls prospective COVID vaccine ‘poison’; its publisher was convicted of anti-Semitic defamation

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing evacuate a patient to the coronavirus unit at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem on November 1, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Serious coronavirus cases dip below 300 for first time since July

People wearing face masks take cover from the rain on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem, on November 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers end meeting with no decision on further easing virus restrictions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) speaks during a joint press conference with the Slovenian prime minister (unseen) after their meeting in Bled, in the foothills of the Julian Alps, August 13, 2020. (Jure Makovec/AFP)

Pompeo expected to become 1st US secretary of state to visit W. Bank settlement

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and AFP

US diplomat’s trip to Israel next week will include a stop at Psagot Winery, as well as Golan Heights, according to multiple reports; Washington refuses to comment

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, October 21, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)

Pompeo heads for Europe, Mideast as Palestinians blast plan to visit settlement

By ToI Staff and AP

The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland, March 11, 2015 . (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

WHO assembly singles out Israel for alleged violations of health rights

Analysis

Who are Biden’s potential senior appointees, and what are their views on Israel?

Some picks may hinge on whether Democrats win Senate; choices for secretary of state boast pro-Israel bonafides but rankled some by supporting Iran deal

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Delaware Democratic US Senate candidate Chris Coons, right, applaud while attending a rally for the Delaware Democratic Party ticket on November 1, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. (AP/Rob Carr)

10 days after election, networks project Arizona for Biden, growing win margin

By AFP

Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus runs rampant in US

By AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller

No fraud: Top officials say presidential election was most secure in US history

By Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak

Ibrahima Gueye, left, as Momo and Sophia Loren as Madame Rosa in 'The Life Ahead,' directed by Edoardo Ponti. (Courtesy)

Film review

Even Sophia Loren as aging Auschwitz-survivor madame can’t save ‘The Life Ahead’

By Jordan Hoffman

An Ethiopian worshiper at the synagogue in Addis Ababa praying and holding photos of family members living in Israel. (Bernard Dichek/Times of Israel)

Analysis

Anxious, divided families wait to see who Israel will airlift from Ethiopia

November 15 will mark 5 years since the government first promised to bring some 8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel; officials are now selecting 2,000 for a January arrival

Arnold M. Eisen

After the election, laughter

News of Joe Biden’s election victory brought a sudden, exhilarating sense that possibility had been restored to America.

What we leave behind

Detailing Abraham’s death arrangements for his wife seems ghoulish, but the Torah’s real focus is the couple’s lasting legacy of kindness, faith, and resilience

David-Seth Kirshner

The 43-mile divide

I believe that Red State and Blue State citizens all love America; on that basis, we can root out meanness and disrespect and make room for multiple opinions and thoughtful debate

Days of our lives

From the biblical Abraham to Ulysses S. Grant, having the time to prepare for death leads to better, more effective living – with more purpose and more meaning

Illustrative image of Noveto Systems' SoundBeamer technology, which beams audio straight to your head, without the need for headphones. (Screenshot/Noveto Systems)

Futuristic device from Israeli firm puts music in your head, without headphones

By LOUISE DIXON

‘Sound beaming’ 3-D technology from Noveto Systems tracks ear and sends it audio using ultrasonic waves, creating personal listening pockets

Chief Justice Esther Hayut, hearing petitions against the position of alternate prime minister at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court signals it could nullify legislation at core of Netanyahu-Gantz deal

By Michael Bachner

In dramatic move that could send Israel to elections or even a constitutional crisis, judges give government 21 days to defend Basic Law changes propping up power-sharing coalition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Defense Minister Benny Gantz during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 7, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)

Israel media reviewOrder of (potential) magnitude: What the press is saying on November 13

By Joshua Davidovich

People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on November 7, 2020 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Protests held throughout Israel against Netanyahu for 21st straight week

Jenn Louis's mother's chicken soup, titled 'Isabel's Soup,' in her latest cookbook, 'The Chicken Soup Manifesto' (Courtesy Ed Anderson and George Dolese)

New cookbook offers the ultimate elixir: Chicken soups from around the globe

By Jessica Steinberg

US Vice President Joseph Biden (left) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Biden’s victory prompts great expectations in Ramallah, quite possibly too great

PA is anticipating a possible White House invite for Abbas, the reopening of its DC offices, and resumed aid. It may be over-confident, and there’s a two-month transition first

New homes under construction in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, November 2015 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Jerusalem municipality okays new homes in neighborhood that chafed Biden in 2010

By ToI Staff and AP

Elliot Abrams, US special representative for Iran, talks during an interview with The Associated Press at the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

US envoy insists pressure on Iran will persist under Biden

By Jon Gambrell

Former Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh (Avishai Finkelstein)

Behind the Headlines

How anti-Semitism and hate on social media is a chance to educate

By Haviv Rettig Gur

More Headlines

Arab Israelis protest against home demolitions in the northern town of Arara on January 21, 2017. (Courtesy)

Israel to cease enforcing measures seen as targeting Arab illegal building

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustrative: Cash seized at the Tel Aviv apartment of fraud suspect Ilan Marco, on November 11, 2020 (Israel Police)

Israeli police arrest French-Israeli man for suspected 1.5m euro fraud

By Simona Weinglass

The limousine that collected social media star Prisilia Kashty from jail after she was imprisoned for killing an 82-year-old man in a hit and run, November 11, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 12)

Anger after social media star who killed man in hit-and-run leaves jail in limo

Kobi Levi's Face It handbag, inspired by the blue disposable masks worn by many during COVID-19 (Courtesy Kobi Levi)

Viral chicOne designer’s COVID-19 accessories find irony in symbols of pandemic

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A couple walks in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market on September 25, 2020, during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Tweet and greetForeign Ministry plays Twitter matchmaker for China’s Singles Day

Illustrative image of someone smoking. (Tunatura; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months

A military police officer guards at the crime scene near a synagogue in Vienna, Austria, November 4, 2020. Several shots were fired shortly after 8 p.m. local time on November 2, in a lively street in the city center of Vienna. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

EU weighs tougher border controls, anti-extremism measures after terror attacks

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

2 of Israel’s wealthiest businessmen said arrested for massive tax evasion

Police remove 2 soldiers and several civilians from an ultra-Orthodox crowd in Jerusalem, November 12, 2020. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Police rescue 2 soldiers from hostile ultra-Orthodox group in Jerusalem

Police investigator Eli Assayag arrives at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Senior cop who investigated Netanyahu in graft cases to retire

US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt speaks at a conference in New York City, June 16, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Getting hitchedJason Greenblatt’s daughter gets engaged in Dubai

The Alaev family from the documentary film, 'The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev,' which will be screened at the digital version of the sixth Docu.Text Film Festival from the National Library of Israel (Courtesy Ori Ackerman)

Shhh! It's startingAuthors, poets, musical families headline National Library film fest

By Jessica Steinberg

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