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What Matters Most On Sunday, November 15, 2020

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Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, in an FBI post offering a reward for information on his whereabouts. (Screenshot/fbi.gov)

TV: Al-Qaeda No. 2 was planning attacks on Israelis, Jews when killed in Tehran

The US and Israel both had ‘scores to settle’ with terror chief al-Masri, reportedly shot dead by Israeli agents in August; Iran now said to fear more hits in Trump’s last 2 months

A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards walks past a new mural painted on the walls of the former US embassy in the capital Tehran on November 2, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Israel media reviewLove in a time of assassination: What the press is saying on November 15

By Joshua Davidovich

Composite: The United States Embassy and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, are shown on the day after a terrorist bombing, Aug. 8, 1998. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File); Small frame: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, in an FBI post offering a reward for information on his whereabouts. (Screenshot/fbi.gov)

Al-Masri’s daughter, also a target, was tapped for top al-Qaeda role – report

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump looks on after delivering an update on 'Operation Warp Speed' in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Trump says Biden ‘won’ because vote was ‘rigged,’ then says he’s not conceding

After appearing to acknowledge losing election, US president follows up by saying ‘I concede NOTHING!’ as he continues to push unfounded accusations of fraud

A counter-protester helps a supporter of US President Donald Trump who was injured after he was attacked during a pro-Trump rally, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Arrests in Washington as Trump supporters clash with counterdemonstrators

By ASHRAF KHALIL and KEVIN FREKING

Supporters of US President Donald Trump rally outside the Arizona state capitol on November 7, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

GOP leaders in 4 states won by Biden quash dubious Trump bid to flip electors

By Bob Christie and Nicholas Riccardi

This picture taken from Gaza City shows lightning flashing over buildings as the flare of a rocket launch is seen nearby during a thunderstorm in Gaza city on November 15, 2020. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Netanyahu, Gantz warn Gaza terror groups after rockets fired at central Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Following predawn attack, PM threatens ‘price of continued aggression will be heavy, very heavy’; defense minister reiterates Hamas ultimately responsible for violence from Strip

This picture taken from Gaza City shows lightning flashing over buildings as the flare of a rocket launch is seen nearby during a thunderstorm in Gaza city on November 15, 2020. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

IDF strikes Gaza targets after rocket fire in south, central Israel

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, November 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

2 rockets fired from Gaza at southern and central Israel, army says

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Masked members of Hamas ride a vehicle next to a rocket launcher during a rally in the Rafah refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Aug. 21, 2016 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Live updates (closed)

IDF said to determine Gaza rockets were fired from Hamas launchpad

Reports say Gaza-ruling terror group told Israel that it didn’t intend to fire the rockets, claimed weather or some other factor caused projectiles to launch

7:22 pm

Coronavirus cabinet meeting ends without any decisions on lockdown measures
7:21 pm

In recording, Sara Netanyahu heard calling Yamina's Shaked 'disturbed'
6:46 pm

Fines for Haredi schools that violated virus lockdown cancelled -- TV

Then US Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan, February 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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AP and ToI Staff

Biden’s expected historic Pentagon pick known for her work on US-Israel ties

Michele Flournoy, seen as top choice to serve as defense secretary, would be first woman to lead the department

In this file photo taken on October 8, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice President Joe Biden pauses while speaking to supporters in front of an Arizona state flag, at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America's training center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Progressives push for key posts in Biden administration, lay out policy goals

By Will Weissert

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Demcrat-Michigan, questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill, Washington, September 17, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

Jewish congresswoman warns Democrats infighting leading to ‘shanda’

What a mascot and a priest taught me about being a rabbi

In one profound moment of truth, I learned the value of doing the right thing, saying less, and turning tragedy into transformation

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

The US Supreme Court has no WASPs – and that matters for Jews

The waning of religiosity in the US corresponds to a rise in hyper-political partisanship, and with it a surge in political extremism

Benjamin Heidelberger's store in Bad Mergentheim, southern Germany, in an undated photo (Courtesy)

German whose grandfather bought Jew’s shop in 1938 calls descendant to apologize

Benjamin Heidelberger was forced to sell to Wilhelm Edelmann due to Nuremberg laws; Edelmann’s grandson found Heidelberger’s 83-year-old Israeli granddaughter to make amends

Illustrative: Houses in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Safafa on July 5, 2016 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Israel advances construction in controversial East Jerusalem neighborhood

By Aaron Boxerman

1,257 units planned for Givat Hamatos could cut off city from Bethlehem, disrupting contiguity of a Palestinian state; coalition chief says it will connect Jewish neighborhoods

A Muslim woman takes a photo next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city, November 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians torn as Israel pitches Jerusalem as destination to Gulf tourists

By Areej Hazboun and Joseph Krauss

Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani amd Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat, at the signing ceremony of a peace agreement between Israel and Bahrain, in Manama, October 18, 2020. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Jerusalem)

Cabinet ratifies Bahrain normalization deal; PM hails result of ‘long effort’

By Raphael Ahren

Netanyahu thanks ‘all those who openly and secretly assisted’ as ministers vote in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with tiny Gulf kingdom

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks to a motorcade vehicle after stepping off a plane at Paris Le Bourget Airport on November 14, 2020, in Le Bourget, at the start of a 10-day trip to Europe and the Middle East. (Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)

Pompeo kicks off 7-nation tour in France; will travel to Israel, Saudi Arabia

By Elaine Ganley

Caroline Dorn, left, and Ellie Klein Goldman spent the past year and a half tweeting on their parody account about the inner workings of American synagogue life. (Images courtesy of Dorn and Goldman/ via JTA)

Snark of the covenant

Creators of RogueShul parody Twitter account reveal their identities

Aner Ottolenghi receives the Israeli-developed Coronavirus vaccination at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem on November 1, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Expert: With 500,000 vaccines, Israel could cut virus death rate by up to 65%

First half a million shots would be sufficient to vaccinate all Israelis over 75, could reduce serious cases by up to 40%, estimates Eran Segal

People shop in Jerusalem on November 12, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers to meet on lockdown rollbacks amid concerns pandemic spreading again

A municipal police officer wearing a face mask controls pedestrian traffic on Via dei Condotti shopping street in downtown Rome on November 14, 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Europe tightens virus curbs as global deaths top 1.3 million

By AFP

Then-defense minister Naftali Bennett of Yamina, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of right-wing parties, on March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu heard calling Bennett ‘a little dog’ in 2018 recording

PM also heard agreeing with then-aide Nir Hefetz that his right-wing political rival is ‘a fool’; Yamina leader in response: ‘It is time for a new leadership for Israel’

Netanyahu corruption trial continues with hearing on defense request for delay

Blue and White officials said open to compromise on budget impasse

Opposition’s Lapid says willing to repartner with Gantz — if he’s leader

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Environmental Protection Ministry marine unit inspector Yevgeni Malkin aboard the Leviathan natural gas rig. (Environmental Protection Ministry)

Israel fines Noble Energy-Chevron NIS 3.78m for polluting sea

Illustrative: A cartoon published in the Guardian, portraying UK Labour Party leader Kier Starmer holding up former party leader Jeremy Corbyn's severed head on a golden plate.

Guardian readers’ editor criticizes Corbyn cartoon some called anti-Semitic

Palestinian workers enter Israel through the Meitar checkpoint near Hebron in the West Bank, May 5, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

To protect rights, Palestinian workers to get Israel permits untied to employers

By ToI Staff and Aaron Boxerman

This Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, photo provided by University of Washington Medicine shows rescued hiker Michael Knapinski, 45, of Woodinville, Wash., recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (Susan Gregg/University of Washington Medicine via AP)

Seattle hiker dies in ER — and is brought back to life

By AP

People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Turnout at anti-Netanyahu protests lower amid chill weather

People look at ancient sarcophagi on display, discovered in a vast necropolis in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, November 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt finds treasure trove of over 100 sarcophagi near Cairo

By Sally Kandil and MENNA ZAKI

Ethiopians who fled their homes due to ongoing fighting are pictured at a refugee camp in the Hamdait border area of Sudan's eastern Kassala state, on November 12, 2020. (Photo by - / AFP)

In huge escalation, Ethiopian rebel forces fire missiles at Eritrean capital

Des O'Connor, hosting the Des O'Connor show in the 1960s. (Screen capture: YouTube)

From our partnerVeteran UK Jewish entertainer Des O’Connor dies at 86

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