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What Matters Most On Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Illustrative: In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017 (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

Now said seeking measured response to enrichment violations

Trump mulled striking Iran nuke sites in final days, was talked out of it — NYT

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US president said to have convened top advisers a few days ago to discuss options for strike on main sites to halt enrichment, but was warned it could lead to wider conflict

FILE: Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital Tehran, on April 9, 2007. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/AP)

Iran warns of ‘crushing response’ after Trump said to mull strikes on nuke sites

By ToI Staff and Agencies

President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, November 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to reduce troops in Afghanistan by almost 50%, trim deployment in Iraq

By Lolita C. Baldor

Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at an event in Detroit, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya/File)

Israel’s US envoy: It would be a mistake for Biden to reenter Iran deal

Ron Dermer appears to be first Israeli official to speak out publicly against president-elect’s plans to renegotiate a ‘longer, stronger’ accord

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with US President Barack Obama in New York, on September 21, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Obama says he finds Netanyahu — and Putin — ‘fascinating’

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative: Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray during the Sigd holiday marking the desire to 'return to Jerusalem,' as they celebrate from a hilltop in the holy city overlooking the Temple Mount, on November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

After 1st conflict fatality, activists beg PM to airlift all Ethiopian Jews now

Knesset Aliyah Committee to grill officials Wednesday against backdrop of escalating fighting in northwest Ethiopia, in which Gondar Jew was killed last week

Ethiopian refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray province queue to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020. (Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)

UN says ‘full-scale humanitarian crisis unfolding’ in Ethiopia

By Robbie COREY-BOULET

BlogIsrael, you promised to save the last 9K Ethiopian Jews. There is no time left.

By Rachel Klausner

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recites a prayer as he arrives for a meeting in the West Bank's Ramallah on September 3, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Hamas livid as Palestinian Authority restores security ties with Israel

West Bank-based PA resumes cooperation with Jewish state, six months after severing ties over annexation bid

7:26 pm

US will reduce troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 in January
7:21 pm

Right-wing MKs press Netanyahu to legalize outposts while Trump is president
7:19 pm

'A retrograde step': British Jews aghast as Corbyn readmitted into Labour

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2020. (Maxim Shemtov/ Pool/ AFP/ File)

Netanyahu speaks with Putin about buying Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

Kremlin says leaders also discuss producing ‘Sputnik V’ shots in Israel; phone call comes after Israel strikes deal with Pfizer, in addition to Moderna

Moderna's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tal Zaks. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Moderna’s top medical officer says Israel will be among first to get vaccine

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer's chief scientist (Pfizer via JTA)

InterviewMikael Dolsten, Jewish immigrant and top Pfizer scientist, hails US melting pot

By Gabe Friedman

Oh, it’s fine, we asked some Jews and they said it was okay

The Guardian’s claim it consulted Jewish staffers before running a cartoon with Corbyn’s head on a platter is disgraceful

Shabbat with the militias

’You are Jewish?!’ asked Beard One. ’Yup. I am,’ I answered, feigning confidence. ’But you said you were from Israel!’

In Georgia, a scary partisan push to pit Blacks vs. Jews

Kelly Loeffler’s use of Israel as a wedge issue turns Jews’ complicated commitments into a tool for use by opportunistic politicians

The audacity and humility of my mentor, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

His generous guidance of 30 years taught me how to summon my hopes over my fears, my strengths over my weaknesses

In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. The vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc., generated antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19 in a study volunteers who were given either a low or medium dose. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Israel media review

Moderna love: What the press is saying on November 17

By Joshua Davidovich

Israel gets hyped up by the news that a company it actually already has a deal with appears to have a solid vaccine candidate, but others urge caution and yet others go shopping

People enjoy the beach in the resort city of Eilat, on November 6, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

As cases rise, Eilat and Dead Sea to greet Israeli tourists; strip malls reopen

Defense Minister Benny Gantz seen during a visit on the Israel-Lebanon border, northern Israel, on November 17, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Israel finds explosives planted on Syrian border; Gantz holds Damascus to blame

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense minister warns army ready to respond to any incident, won’t ignore bombs uncovered, disarmed in Israeli-controlled buffer zone on southern Golan Heights

An Israeli Yasur heavy transport helicopter flies over Hatzerim air base in southern Israel on June 24, 2015. (Oren Rozen/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)

Top defense official: Israel must replace aging aircraft before it’s too late

By Judah Ari Gross

A Palestinian policeman waves on a truck as it enters through the Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip on September 1, 2020, after a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Israeli gets 7 years for smuggling supplies to Hamas for tunnels, weapons

Michael Peretz also fined NIS 200,000 for facilitating transfer of illegal goods to Gaza terror group, money laundering and tax fraud

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the inauguration of a COVID-19 rapid testing center at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod on November 9, 2020. (Atef Safadi/ Pool/AFP)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Netanyahu lauds his pandemic success, but key government agencies are collapsing

S&P left Israel’s credit rating unchanged, citing strong state institutions and a fundamentally healthy economy. Both are now under assault by the political leadership

Blue and White Party leader Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a party faction meeting in the Knesset, November 16, 2020. (Elad Malka/Blue and White)

Gantz: If Netanyahu doesn’t get a grip, Knesset will disband for new elections

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a briefing on coronavirus developments in Israel at his office in Jerusalem, on September 13, 2020. (Yoav Dudkevitch / POOL / AFP)

High Court to Netanyahu: Explain why conflict of interest rules aren’t binding

By Raoul Wootliff

Justices also ask for explanation why Public Security Minister Ohana should be exempt from agreement and why senior law enforcement officials shouldn’t finally be appointed

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at the annual INSS conference in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

AG: State must explain failure to appoint Justice Ministry director

By Raoul Wootliff

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)

Yaakov Litzman to be appointed housing minister — again

Settlers visit the evacuated settlement of Sa-Nur on July 24, 2018. (Homesh T'cheela)

Dozens sneak into evacuated settlement; backers urge government to let them stay

20 families enter Sa-Nur ruins in effort to resettle northern West Bank communities abandoned along with Gaza settlements in 2005 ‘disengagement’

Eytan Stibbe, set to become Israel's 'second astronaut in space,' speaks at the president's residence on November 16, 2020. (Mark Neyman / GPO)

Israeli astronaut to fund own space flight, just might fly alongside Tom Cruise

Eytan Stibbe, ex-fighter pilot set to be Israel’s 2nd astronaut, will also finance equipment for experiments on space station; 1st astronaut Ilan Ramon was his air force commander

The SpaceX Dragon is seen after docking at the International Space Station, November 16, 2020. (NASA TV via AP)

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches International Space Station

By AP and ToI Staff

Christiane Amanpour participates in the 'Amanpour and Co.' panel during the TCA Summer Press Tour on July 30, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

CNN’s Amanpour apologizes for ‘juxtaposing’ Trump with Nazi crimes

After comparison sparks uproar, anchor recognizes Hitler’s actions ‘stand alone’ in history, says she was just trying to ‘show how democracy can potentially slip away’

Illustrative: Police officers look at bullet holes in the windows of a school across the street from the JC kosher supermarket on December 11, 2019, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Rick Loomis/Getty Images/AFP)

Anti-Semitic hate crimes in the US rose by 14% in 2019, FBI report says

'Isresilience' co-authors Dr. Naomi L. Baum and Michael Dickson (Courtesy)

Behind the Headlines

Join the ToI Community to be inspired by Israelis who overcame dire odds

In this week’s Behind the Headlines, exclusively for ToI Community, ‘Isresilience’ authors Michael Dickson and Dr. Naomi L. Baum explain ‘What Israelis can teach the world’

More Headlines

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with then US vice president Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu, in slip, almost refers to Biden as ‘president’

Illustrative image of how technology and innovation can disrupt, change, whole industries (EtiAmmos; iStock by Getty Images)

9 Israeli companies among 100 tech ’emerging market challengers’

By Shoshanna Solomon

Firefighters and police at the scene of a suspected gas explosion at a factory in Ashdod, November 17, 2020 (Flash90)

2 killed, 2 injured in large blast at Ashdod metalwork factory

Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani delivers a statement upon the arrival of a US-Israeli delegation in the Bahrain International Airport on October 18, 2020. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

Bahrain confirms foreign minister’s upcoming visit to Israel

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and AFP

Moshe Kaplinsky, CEO of Oil Refineries, right to left, Abdullah Mazrui, Chairman of Mazrui International, Mark Hana, Oil Refineries VP for Sales, Marketing, Purchasing & Contracts and CEO of the Mazrui Group, Charbel Khoury (Courtesy)

Israel’s Oil Refineries, UAE’s Mazrui set up joint venture for polymer imports

By Shoshanna Solomon

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Deni Avdija controls the ball during the Euro League basketball match between Olimpia Milan and Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv, in Milan, Italy, November 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Israeli hoopster Deni Avdija shoots for top 5 in Wednesday’s NBA draft

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Madison Cawthorn appears in a campaign video posted online in September, 2020. (Screenshot/YouTube)

GOP’s Madison Cawthorn says he’s trying to convert Jews to Christianity

By JTA and ToI Staff

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) greets Detroit Lions offensive guard Oday Aboushi (76) after an NFL football game, September 27, 2020, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Inspired by Kaepernick, Palestinian-American NFL player looks to build bridges

By AP and ToI Staff

In this July 1, 2008, file photo, a 7-Eleven is shown in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Slurpee time?7-Eleven may be on its way to Israel

A woman lays flowers at a menorah monument close to the Babi Yar ravine where tens of thousands of Jews were killed during WWII, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

New Ukraine synagogue to open in commemoration of Babi Yar massacre

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative: Male and female combat soldiers of the Caracal Battalion train to fight an Islamic State assault on southern Israel in late March 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

Program arms discharged fighters with cyberskills, wins IDF Chief of Staff award

By Shoshanna Solomon

IDF Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

Southern Command head Halevi tapped to be next IDF deputy chief of staff

By Judah Ari Gross

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