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The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-defense minister Naftali Bennett (2nd L) visit an army base on the Golan Heights overlooking Syrian territory, on November 24, 2019. (Atef Safadi/Pool/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Polls show Yamina continuing to challenge Netanyahu as coalition falters

By Joshua Davidovich

Likud still in lead, and widening advantage according to one survey, as Gantz indicates he is holding out hope government can be saved and early elections avoided

7:33 pm

Parks authority shuts some hiking routes due to flooding fears
7:21 pm

Gantz unhappy with Netanyahu over secret trip, Likud not pleased with Gantz
7:12 pm

200 Jewish leaders back Georgia Senate candidate accused of anti-Semitism

Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, June 30, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Profile'A mensch with instinctive emotional attachment to Israel'

In tapping Blinken, Biden will be served by confidant with deep Jewish roots

US secretary of state nominee’s work with president-elect spans decades, and while the two sparred with Israel over Iran, they remain guided by fundamental support for Jewish state

AnalysisWhere Blinken stands on Jewish issues, from immigration to Israel

By Gabe Friedman

Biden announces Blinken as secretary of state, John Kerry as climate envoy

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

US president-elect nominates Latino Jew as Homeland Security secretary

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, L, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to make a joint statement after meeting in Jerusalem on November 19, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo / POOL / AFP)

TV report: Netanyahu, Pompeo hoped for normalization, but Saudis said no

Israeli security officials said to fume after PM keeps them in the dark about trip to enemy state for secret meeting with crown prince

Mask-clad Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown a demonstration of a coronavirus swab sampling during the inauguration of a COVID-19 coronavirus rapid testing center at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod on November 9, 2020. (ATEF SAFADI / POOL / AFP)

Saudi Arabia put on list of ‘green’ countries, sparing Netanyahu quarantine

US Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper during a visit to Jerusalem, November 23, 2020. (David Azagury/ US Embassy Jerusalem)

Saudis constantly weighing normalization with Israel, visiting US official says

By Raphael Ahren

A Saudi waves a national flag during celebrations marking National Day to commemorate the unification of the country as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP/Amr Nabil)

Israel media review

Premature exhilaration: What the press is saying on November 24

By Joshua Davidovich

A not-secret visit to Saudi Arabia is hyped as a major step, even though few think normalization with the big cheese is imminent; what is around the corner? elections (maybe)

Illustrative: Screensavers showing King Salman are visible on computers at the press center for upcoming summits, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, May 30, 2019. Arabic on computers reads, "Despite all the challenges facing our Arab nation. We are optimistic about a promising future that fulfills the hopes of our nations for leadership." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

New connection: Google plans fiber-optic cable linking Israel and Saudi Arabia

By Shoshanna Solomon

A man holds a poster with Arabic that reads, 'We will not give up, we will not sell out, we will not agree on normalization,' as others chant slogans to protest Sudanese President of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan's contentious decision to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a move toward normalizing relations, in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Sudan denies knowledge of Israeli delegation’s visit to Khartoum

By Agencies and TOI staff

Ruby Sosnowicz, center left, and Saul Drier, center right, in a still from 'Saul and Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band.' (Courtesy Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Director interview

2 Holocaust survivors return to Poland to Never Forget… with a side of Klezmer

By Jordan Hoffman

Education Minister Yoav Gallant visits schoolchildren on the first day of the school year in Mevo Horon, September 1, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/AFP)

Coronavirus cabinet approves plan to reopen schools in most areas

High schools in green and yellow areas will reopen on Sunday, while middle schools will follow a week later

View of the Knesset plenum on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)

Amid virus crisis, Knesset unanimously votes to freeze pay raises for lawmakers

Israel and a values-driven President Biden

’Might makes right’ won’t go over too well with an administration aiming to focus on promoting democracy and human rights

Danny Citrinowicz

It’s time for Egypt and Israel to finally warm up this cold peace

The relationship has been limited for far too long to security ties and top-level contact while Cairo continues to demonize Israelis

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

Michael Melchior

Effi Eitam is a deplorable choice to head Yad Vashem

The former lawmaker has espoused views about Arabs that violate the spirit of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center’s mission

A medic at a COVID-19 ward at the Galilee Medical Center. (Shlomi Tova)

Analysis

Mostly ‘shining green’: Experts say Israel not on the cusp of a 3rd COVID wave

The transmission rate has been rising but the full picture is less alarming than widely suggested, with outbreaks highly localized

Illustrative: Children enter the Beit Hakerem school in Jerusalem on November 24, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Daily cases swell to highest level in a month as grades 5-6 return to class

Palestinian children attend a kindergarten while wearing face shields due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Gaza City, on November 23, 2020. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

Health official warns COVID-19 ‘getting out of control’ in Gaza Strip

By AFP and TOI staff

(L to R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, all mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arrive for a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Menahem KAHANA / POOL / AFP)

Netanyahu says Bahraini crown prince invited him to Manama in ‘near future’

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

A week after first-ever visit to Jewish state by Gulf island’s foreign minister, PM says he will accept invitation ‘with pleasure’

Netanyahu touts his nomination for Nobel Peace Prize by N. Ireland laureate

Leave your chutzpah at home, branding expert advises Israelis as UAE ties beckon

By Shoshanna Solomon

UAE to open to Israelis in coming weeks, before visa-waiver deal takes effect

Gonen Ben Yitzhak lies under a water cannon at a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 18, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators indicted for 1st time, including protest leader

Gonen Ben Yitzhak charged with blocking use of water cannon against protesters; 2nd demonstrator accused of using pepper spray on officer who tried to remove her from street

Nizar Banat, a West Bank Palestinian and resident of Hebron, who was arrested by the Palestinian Authority security services for criticizing the resumption of ties with Israel (Screenshot: Facebook)

PA security services delay releasing Palestinian who criticized leadership

By Aaron Boxerman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his dog Kaia at the PM's residence in Jerusalem in December, 2015. (Facebook)

In bumbling speech, Netanyahu accidentally says ‘women are animals… with rights’

People walk by the Pfizer headquarters on November 9, 2020, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)

Israel to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as early as December – report

Medical personnel to be vaccinated first, with general population possibly facing winter with no immunization

Russia says its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine more than 95% effective

By AFP and TOI staff

COVID-19 vaccines offer hope as world leaders plan for future

By AFP

Qantas is 1st airline to say it’ll require COVID vaccine for international trips

By AFP

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

‘This is going nowhere’: Gantz, Netanyahu shout at each other at cabinet meeting

By Michael Bachner

In latest manifestation of coalition crisis, debate over pandemic response said to devolve into recriminations; Likud minister says he expects Knesset to be dissolved in December

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)

Netanyahu, Gantz trade fire on submarine inquiry as coalition collapse looms

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz (R) and No. 2 Yair Lapid at a faction meeting in the Knesset on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Upping pressure on Blue and White, Lapid vows no-confidence vote next week

By Raoul Wootliff

More Headlines

This combination of files pictures created on November 4, 2020, shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware; and US President Donald Trump on election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. (ANGELA WEISS and MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Trump directs team to begin aiding Biden transition, but vows to keep up fight

By Matthew Daly and MARY CLARE JALONICK

The scene where a fire broke out in a building complex in the Romema neighborhood of Jerusalem on November 24, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Residents try to jump from windows as fire engulfs Jerusalem residential complex

The scene of a plane crash near Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev, November 24, 2020. (Screenshot: Ynet)

2 killed as light plane crashes, burns in southern Israel

Relatives of Ahmad Jamal Manasrah, 26, mourn near his body during his funeral ceremony in the West Bank village of Wad Fokin, near Bethlehem on March 21, 2019. ( Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

High Court upholds light plea deal for soldier who killed Palestinian

By Aaron Boxerman

The Capitol Dome is visible in the window behind former Fed Chair Janet Yellen as she appears for an interview with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden to tap Janet Yellen as first woman to lead US treasury

Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2011. (AP /Virginia Mayo, File)

Friend tells court Saudi official close to crown prince threatened Khashoggi

By AFP

Freshly harvested cannabis (iStock)

Spiritual highMarijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard

By JTA

Mitzpe Kramim. (Gideon Mermelstein)

High Court agrees to reconsider order to demolish West Bank outpost homes

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative -- A man participates in a demonstration of the German far-right party 'Die Rechte' in Ingelheim, Germany, April 20, 2019. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Far-right German activists plan protest against ‘Zionism’ outside synagogue

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Ilustrative: Palestinian bedouins stand next to their belongings after Israeli soldiers demolished their tents in an area east of the village of Tubas, in the West Bank, on November 3, 2020. (AAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

US House progressives urge Pompeo to decry Israel’s razing of Palestinian hamlet

A man in Cairo holds a phone showing a picture of Egyptian singer Mohamed Ramadan posted by the official Facebook page of the State of Israel in Arabic (linked to the Foreign Ministry) depicting Ramadan (C) hugging Israeli singer Omer Adam (L) on a Dubai rooftop, November 22, 2020. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Egyptian singer to face charges over photos with Israelis

By AFP and TOI staff

A police officer (R) throws a bucket at a boy during a protest in Beitar Illit, October 4, 2020. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Cop to face disciplinary action, not criminal charges, for hurling bucket at boy

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