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What Matters Most On Sunday, November 29, 2020

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The scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, in Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2020. (Fars News Agency via AP); Inset: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

Iranian newspaper says Haifa should be bombed in retaliation

World should thank Israel for hit on Iran nuke chief, Israeli official tells NYT

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ex-CIA official: Israel striking in enemy territory in ‘unprecedented’ manner and Iranians seem unable to stop it; Israeli minister: Fakhrizadeh’s assassination good for the world

An Iranian flag flutters at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on November 10, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Nuke chief’s death said to be ‘pinnacle’ of Israeli strategy to thwart Iran bomb

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: A medic disinfects the hands of colleague against the coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2020 (Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency via AP)

Iran claims slain nuclear scientist was working on virus detection kit, vaccine

In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry and taken on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, people pray over the flag draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country's military nuclear program,(Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Top Iran adviser vows ‘calculated and decisive’ response to nuke chief’s killing

Separately, Tehran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman says response to attack must be twofold: increasing uranium production and targeting those responsible

Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. (Agencies)

Ex-Israeli intel chief: Slain Iranian nuke scientist near impossible to replace

By Raphael Ahren

Students of Iran's Basij paramilitary force burn US and Israeli flags during a rally in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran, on November 28, 2020, to protest the killing of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a day earlier near the capital. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iranians burn Israel and US flags, Trump and Biden photos after scientist killed

Students of Iran's Basij paramilitary force burn posters depicting US President Donald Trump (top) and President-elect Joe Biden, during a rally in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran, on November 28, 2020, to protest the killing of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a day earlier near the capital. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iranian newspaper urges striking Haifa in retaliation for Fakhrizadeh killing

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Columnist says Israeli coastal city should suffer assault that destroys facilities and ‘also causes heavy human casualties’

Students of Iran's Basij paramilitary force burn US and Israeli flags during a rally in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran, on November 28, 2020, to protest the killing of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a day earlier near the capital.(ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Widow of slain Iran nuclear scientist: His wish to be ‘martyred’ came true

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi pays his respect to the body of slain scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh among his family, in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020. (Mizan News Agency via AP)

Body of assassinated Iran nuclear chief taken to Muslim shrine ahead of burial

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Russian police guard outside the Israeli embassy in Moscow, on September 18, 2018. (AFP/Vasily Maximov)

Israeli missions, Jews around world said on alert after hit on Iran nuke chief

By ToI Staff and Agencies

TV reports say embassies, communities heighten security as Iran promises to avenge assassination of nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, allegedly by Israel

Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi (R) pays respects to the body of slain scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh among his family, in the capital Tehran on November 28, 2020. (MIZAN NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

J Street denounces killing of top Iranian nuclear scientist

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Farzin Hashemi (4th-L), a representative of the People's Mujahedeen for international organizations and lawyers of National Council of Resistance of Iran William Bourdon (3rd-L) and Georges-Henri Beauthier (2nd-L) answer journalists questions at Antwerp courthouse, on November 27, 2020. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)

Iran says won’t accept verdict in Belgian trial of diplomat accused in bomb plot

By AFP

This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 (Fars News Agency via AP)

Israel media review

Killer moves: What the press is saying on November 29

By Joshua Davidovich

Israel’s reported assassination of the ‘father’ of Iran’s nuke program brings the world of skullduggery to the surface as pundits weigh the possible ramifications from Tehran to DC

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, in an image released on November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

From the webHow close is Iran to making a nuclear weapon?

EffieEitam speaks during the Gush Katif conference at the Tel Aviv Museum on March 23, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

From the blogs

Efraim Zuroff and Yossi Klein Halevi

Effi Eitam appointment would negate Yad Vashem’s core message

OPINION: The former brigadier general’s public record renders him unfit to do battle in the fight against trivializing the memory of the Holocaust

The Partition Plan in perspective

A snapshot of the UN in 1947, when 6 Arab nations walked out of the assembly and the world didn’t know that the US would vote in favor of dividing the land between Arabs and Jews

Joshua Hammerman

God prefers parishioners who aren’t dead

The most essential service we clergy can provide is to help people survive until next Shabbat — or to whenever the vaccine brings immunity. Nothing else matters

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and then-transportation minister Israel Katz attend the inauguration ceremony for a new train station in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, September 17, 2018. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Leaders told to swiftly submit budget proposals as brouhaha threatens coalition

By Joshua Davidovich

Attorney general notes Knesset needs time to mull proposals; Gantz said considering backing no-confidence bid as report details budget proposal that ignores virus damage to economy

7:22 pm

Mandelblit tells leaders to submit 2020-2021 budgets in a hurry
7:09 pm

New York City to reopen schools despite renewed outbreak
6:58 pm

Travel warning for Gulf still the same, but fears remain

Muslims gather for Friday prayer, next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Nov. 6, 2020 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Bahrainis tour Temple Mount, hide IDs for fear Muslim authorities would bar them

Delegation head, a member of ruling royal family, says the Waqf would have prevented their visit; Manama’s industry minister set to lead economic trip to Israel on Tuesday

This combination of pictures created on October 24, 2020 shows (L to R): the President of the Sudanese Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum on October 30, 2019; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020; and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok in the capital Khartoum on July 26, 2020.(ASHRAF SHAZLY and Sarah Silbiger / various sources / AFP)

After denial, Sudan reportedly confirms visit by Israeli delegation last week

By Aaron Boxerman

Watergen's president and CEO, Michael Mirilashvili, and Khadim Al Darei, vice chairman and co-founder of Al-Dahra in Abu Dhabi, Nov. 25, 2020 (Courtesy)

Watergen signs deal with UAE’s Al Dhara to sell ‘water-from-air’ units to region

By Shoshanna Solomon

Windsurfer Yoav Cohen at the 2020 European Championships in Portugal, November 2020 (Israeli Sailing Association)

Israeli windsurfers win gold, two silvers at European Championships

Yoav Cohen, Shahar Tzuberi take top two spots in men’s race, while Katy Spychakov wins second in women’s category; medals follow wins in gymnastics, judo

Yam Madar plays in a game against Argentina in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on April 2, 2018. (CC BY-SA Sven Mandel/Wikipedia)

Israeli men’s team beats basketball powerhouse Spain in EuroBasket qualifier

Illustrative -- Ben Gurion Airport, November 6, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Two-thirds of Israelis returning from abroad break quarantine — report

Health officials reportedly mull compelling all travelers to get tested prior to arrival in Israel as 1-2% of arrivals said to be infected; Edelstein: ‘Pandemic is being imported’

People wearing face masks shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on November 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New virus infections top 1,000 for 3rd straight day; outbreak at Dead Sea hotel

Israeli students protest against remote learning at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, November 12, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

High schoolers return to classrooms, but principals say most studies stay online

US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, November 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump considering announcing 2024 run during Biden inauguration — report

US president reportedly exploring how to best time declaration of intention to seek presidency in four years, brags that networks will cover him over ‘boring’ successor

A woman holds up her cell phone before a rally with then presidential candidate Donald Trump in Bedford, New Hampshire, September 29, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

ExplainerEnter the Parler: Trump fans flock to platform where anti-Semitism has thrived

By alex newhouse

Lehigh County workers count ballots as counting for the general election continues, Nov. 5, 2020, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Pennsylvania high court throws out lawsuit challenging US election

Rick Doblin is a leading advocate for the use of MDMA in psychotherapy. A clinical trial he championed produced favorable results this year. (Ben Harris/ illustration by Grace Yagel/ JTA)

Interview

Jewish psychedelics reformer Rick Doblin wants to see therapeutic MDMA legalized

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In this photo from the Jewish Agency, Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (left) and then-Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog (center) greet 119 new immigrants from Ethiopia at Ben Gurion Airport, May 21, 2020. (Shlomi Amsalem)

Immigration minister arrives in Ethiopia to airlift 500 Jews to Israel

An illustration of a City Transformer vehicle (Courtesy)

6 Israeli creations get showcased in TIME’s 100 Best Inventions for 2020

By Shoshanna Solomon

George Soros at the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, June 21, 2019. (AP Photo/ Ronald Zak)

Hungarian official says Europe is ‘gas chamber’ of Soros the ‘liberal Fuhrer’

By AFP and ToI Staff

People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Several thousand attend protests against PM in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Caesaria

Zencity offices in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy, Zencity)

Tel Aviv’s Zencity wins international award for ‘pioneering’ smart city project

By Jake Epstein

Illustrative: The Israeli military fires flares into the sky over the Lebanese border on August 25, 2020. (Courtesy)

2 Sudanese migrants arrested after crossing into Israel from Lebanon

Illustrative: Zim shipping containers. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Iranian national caught after sneaking onto Israeli-owned ship — report

Police arrest demonstrators during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on August 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Senior cop indicted for beating protesters at anti-Netanyahu rally

Nati Hadad, who was sentenced in 2018 to four years in prison in Thailand and later was extradited to Israel, is seen after his release from the Hermon Prison, November 29, 2020 (David Cohen/Flash90)

Israeli freed early from jail where he was serving time for Thailand offenses

In this file photo taken on September 11, 2020, a laboratory technician supervises capped vials during filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine candidate (Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

UK hospitals expected to receive first virus vaccines by December 7

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The scene in Arad where a man shot dead another man he says was trying to steal his car, November 29, 2020 (Screen grab/Walla)

Suspect arrested for fatally shooting a man he says was trying to steal his car

Demonstrators stands next to a fire during a protest against the 'global security' draft law' in Paris, on November 28, 2020. (Alain JOCARD / AFP)

Violent protests in France over security law after police beating of Black man

By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU and Alice Lefebvre

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