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What Matters Most On Monday, November 23, 2020

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-Mossad head Yossi Cohen during a toast for the Jewish new year on October 2, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO/File)

Netanyahu, Mossad chief fly to Saudi, hold first known meet with crown prince

Groundbreaking meeting said held in presence of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is seeking to persuade Riyadh to normalize ties with Jerusalem

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, listens to Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud during their meeting at the State Department, October 14, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce CENATA / POOL / AFP)

Despite confirmation by Saudi advisers, Riyadh FM denies prince met Netanyahu

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a virtual G-20 summit held over video conferencing, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 22, 2020. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Saudis confirm Netanyahu flew in for talks with crown prince on ties, Iran – WSJ

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Football fans stand beneath a large banner depicting Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) as they attend the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifying match between Palestine and Saudi Arabia in the town of al-Ram in the West Bank on October 15, 2019. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP / File)

Analysis

Not-so-secret meeting with Saudis a major step, but don’t say normalization yet

Establishment of full diplomatic ties may need to wait for Biden to get settled in, but Netanyahu’s meeting with crown prince is a significant breakthrough

US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid, left, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, second from left, greet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan as they arrive at Neom Bay Airport in Neom, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Wrapping up tour, Pompeo holds ‘constructive’ meeting with Saudi crown prince

By ToI Staff and AP

Palestinians prepare to set fire to an Israeli flag and portraits of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a protest at the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, April 13, 2018. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Arab MKs condemn Netanyahu’s Saudi visit, warn it could spark war

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (C) looks on as he sits next to other MKs while the Knesset debates its dissolution late on December 11, 2019. (Gali TIBBON / AFP)

Israel media review

Voyage to the bottom of the coalition: What the press is saying on November 23

By Joshua Davidovich

The government is seen as drowning after Gantz announces he is launching a probe of the submarine affair, one derided as toothless but that can still embarrass Netanyahu

Benny Gantz (left) and Gabi Ashkenazi of the Blue and White party arrive to give a joint a statement in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Gantz, Ashkenazi said kept in dark about Saudi Arabia trip

Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits the Jerusalem Municipality on November 10, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Yalla Fauda’: After setting up submarine probe, Gantz says he’s ready for fight

By Raoul Wootliff

Alternate PM accuses Netanyahu of putting country on backburner to deal with his legal woes, insists he is not afraid of early elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz issue a statement at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Tal Shahar, Yediot Ahronoth, Pool)

In blow to gov’t, Gantz sets up probe of submarine scam that’s hounded Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff

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

Likud says Gantz ‘dragging Israel to elections’ after he sets up submarine probe

Pressure chamber claims published in peer-reviewed article

Israeli scientist claims to ‘reverse’ aging in blood cells

By Nathan Jeffay

‘This means we can start to look at aging as a reversible disease,’ says Prof Shai Efrati; top geriatrician says he is skeptical, and raises concerns

Patient wearing a mask while having hyperbaric oxygen therapy. (iStock)

Zebra Medical and Scottish consultancy Storm ID will join forces to develop Artificial Intelligence based models to detect people at risk of developing osteoporosis (Courtesy)

Israel-UK teams to use AI to help flag patients at risk for osteoporosis

By Shoshanna Solomon

Then-US vice president Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk before a dinner at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)

Netanyahu warns against reengaging with Iran, in apparent message to Biden

By ToI Staff and AP

PM says world needs ‘uncompromising policy’ to block Tehran’s path to nuclear weapons, as incoming US administration expected to restart talks with Islamic Republic

US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Biden tipped to name Tony Blinken as secretary of state

By ToI Staff and AP

Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, director general of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, left, leave after a press conference as part of a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP/Michael Sohn, pool)

Germany accuses Iran of systematically breaking nuke deal, as top diplomats meet

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Kenneth S. Stern

Zionism is not racism – BDS isn’t always anti-Semitism

US Sec of State Pompeo’s declaration that the Israel boycott is anti-Jewish by definition is just the kind of false simplification we’ve seen before

Who will steer our ship?

With an increasingly fractured America, it is our job to ensure that Israeli society is one that thrives – one that does not unravel

Pollard is no hero, but I welcome him to Israel regardless

He may have pulled off an intel breach that far exceeded assisting Israel, yet after the steep price he paid, it’s time for him to come home

Daniel Orenstein

Me, my fake Facebook identity, and the future of humanity

I dove deep into the muck of shallow political debate, toxic discourse and malicious lies. Dispiriting, yes, but there’s a path out of this morass

Jonathan Pollard with his wife Esther after they cut off his electronic monitor bracelet on November 20, 2020. (Adi Ginzburg/Justice for Jonathan Pollard)

Interview

Pollard’s parole termination likely required ‘wink’ from White House — lawyer

Still, Eliot Lauer tells ToI ex-spy deserves to be free on merits of his case; says Pollard expresses ‘sincere regret’ for actions committed out of ‘extreme concern’ for Israel

Defense Minister Benny Gantz seen in the Knesset on November 10, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL/Flash90)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

With submarine probe, a cornered Gantz shows he’s willing to sink the coalition

Buffeted by criticism, defense minister formally launches an investigation into an affair that has stained his ostensible partner, all but officially triggering the 2021 election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with members of the Israeli Navy at a ceremony welcoming the INS Tanin submarine, built by the German firm ThyssenKrupp, in the Port of Haifa on September 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office )

ExplainerWhy Gantz has the right to establish a submarine probe, and what it can do

This combination of pictures created on October 23, 2020, shows an Israeli flag during a rally in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 19, 2020; and a Sudanese flag during a gathering east of the capital Khartoum on June 3, 2020. (JACK GUEZ and ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)

Israel said to send first official delegation to Sudan

Talks on agriculture, trade, aviation and migration reportedly set to begin in Khartoum as part of normalization process

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)þf

Steinitz asks Lebanese president for direct maritime border talks

By Aaron Boxerman and Agencies

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP/Susan Walsh)

ExplainerWith steps on Israel and Iran, Trump aims to lock in foreign policy before exit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on August 13, 2020 about the new Israel-UAE peace deal. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

TV: PM, Pompeo hoped for normalization breakthrough, but Saudis said no

During meeting with MBS, Saudis made clear they are not ready to take step, Channel 12 says; security officials said angry after PM flies to enemy state without telling anyone

7:32 pm

Knesset passes bill to freeze expected rise in salary of MKs
7:15 pm

Coronavirus czar said to back opening schools fully where infections low
7:06 pm

Jordan's Abdullah tells Biden he hopes to 'bolster strategic partnership'

Jerusalem residents wearing a face mask shop for grocery at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on November 22, 2020, as Israel steps out of coronavirus lockdown and rolls back restrictions. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Average daily virus cases at highest level since October, task force warns

Positivity rate remains above 2% and transmission rate continues to inch upward as government plots school reopenings

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Gallant visit Israeli kids at the Tali Bait Vegan elementary school in Jerusalem, on September 05, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Education minister says he’ll push to open all grades starting next week

Microsoft's new campus in Herzliya, Israel, inaugurated in November 2020 (Amit Geron)

Amid shift to work-from-home, Microsoft inaugurates gigantic new Herzliya campus

By Shoshanna Solomon

People in the audience applaud as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception on December 6, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Inside story

White House Hanukkah party invitees hesitant to attend due to coronavirus

Those who have RSVPed have been told to wear masks, but many are concerned given likelihood of event being held indoors and history of Trump hosting ‘superspreader’ events

Quebec eases virus rules for Christmas gatherings, but not Hanukkah

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Chicago Jewish community battered by 2nd wave of COVID is ‘pumping its brakes’

Satmar Hasidim hid massive Brooklyn wedding from public view – report

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Shlomi Tova with a nurse in a coronavirus ward at Galilee Medical Center (Shlomi Tova)

He lost his mom but survived the virus. Now ‘long COVID’ is wrecking him again

By Nathan Jeffay

Silver cuts from ingots used for trade prior to currency minting. (Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

Ancient forgers? Israeli researchers ID ‘dirty currency’ from 3,000 years ago

Joint Hebrew University and Haifa University research finds materials such as arsenic added to mainly copper primitive ‘cash,’ apparently to make it look like silver

More Headlines

Illustrative: Shiite Muslim women march toward the French Consulate during a rally against French President Emmanuel Macron and the republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani minister says France treating Muslims like Nazis treated Jews

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli soldiers stand on a road in the central West Bank where two improvised explosive devices were uncovered on November 22, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF finds bombs planted outside West Bank village, apparently to target soldiers

By Judah Ari Gross

Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion's grandson denounces Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a protest at Sde Boker, where an annual memorial event for Ben-Gurion was held, November 22, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Ben-Gurion’s grandson at memorial event: ‘F**k Netanyahu, long live Israel’

Then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon holds a press conference at the Prime Ministers Office, in Jerusalem on March 12, 2020. (Fitoussi/Flash90)

Former finance minister to head investment fund with Abu Dhabi royals — report

Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, September 15, 2019 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Yemen rebels claim cruise missile attack on Saudi oil facility

By AP

An illustrative image of working women (iStock by Getty Images).

Mastercard ranks Israel as best country for female entrepreneurs

By Shoshanna Solomon

An IDF tank flips over while driving onto a transport truck in the Jordan Valley on Novermber 22, 2020. (Screen capture)

IDF tank flips while boarding transport truck; none injured

By Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli Merkava battle tank on the border with the Gaza Strip on March 15, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

IDF blames ‘misunderstanding’ for tank firing on Hamas post without approval

By Judah Ari Gross

AstraZeneca says vaccine ‘highly effective’ against COVID-19

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Then-Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to reporters in Damascus, Syria, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syria’s Assad names new foreign minister to replace late envoy

By AP

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