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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 3, 2020

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Kissing the ground, hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants welcomed to Israel

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Ethiopia-born Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shato arrives with flight, greeted with fanfare at airport, as plan to bring 2,000 kicks off, with thousands more still waiting

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend the funeral of late Rabbi Aharon David Hadash, spiritual leader of the Mir Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Thousands attend Jerusalem funeral of top rabbi who died from COVID-19

Aharon Hadash was spiritual leader of world-famous Mir Yeshiva; institute said to have made deal with police on size of crowd but participants violate guidelines en masse

Pandemic pushes number of deaths in Israel in March-October up 9% from 2019

Virus was spreading in US as early as December 2019, new study indicates

By TOI staff and Agencies

Coronavirus case tally in Iran tops 1 million

By Ahmad Parhizi

A boy waves on the back of a cattle truck in Khartoum, Sudan, November 2020. (Ziv Genesove)

Reporter's notebook'The Palestinians cooperate with Israel, so why can't we?'

In Khartoum, Sudanese tell ToI reporter: Prosperity better than hungry idealism

By Ziv Genesove

Visiting the capital weeks after normalization deal was announced, an Israeli journalist finds pragmatism — and a family with Jewish roots who claim anti-Semitism sucked them dry

Bahrain's Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed R. Alzayani speaks to Israeli reporters in Jerusalem on December 3, 2020 (Courtesy Bahrain Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism)

Bahrain will treat settlement goods as made in Israel, visiting minister says

By Raphael Ahren

Aligning with US and contradicting EU policies, Zayed Alzayani says his country won’t make a distinction based on ‘which city or which region’ Israeli goods were produced in

File: Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Czech Republic says it will open diplomatic office in Jerusalem

By Raphael Ahren

Yair Lapid (left) and Benny Gantz speak to supporters in Tel Aviv, on February 20, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Lapid urges Blue and White to reunite under him for new elections, is rebuffed

Gantz’s party rejects offer to get alliance back together, says defense minister ‘the only one who will lead’; Michaeli tells fellow Labor MKs to leave coalition, defect to Gantz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Eisenkot at a ceremony at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2019. (Flash90)

Poll finds party led by ex-IDF chief Eisenkot would snag 15 seats

Economy Minister Amir Peretz in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Labor leader Amir Peretz announces run for presidency

Flexibility as the ultimate employee benefit in 2021

The pandemic’s radical disruption of office work has shown that people need different environments for different tasks

Win-win-win: The Abraham Accords’ opportunities with Asia

Trilateral cooperation leveraging complementary strengths and strong historic ties mean boons in security, food, medicine, energy and much more

Michael Helfand

What the Supreme Court ruling does NOT mean for synagogues

Forget about jamming the pews with worshippers in COVID hotspots: The SCOTUS decision said, among other things, that a building’s size matters

Jacob the patriarch emerges from his wrestling match with a stranger transformed and prepared to lead – it’s a lesson for all of us (Vayishlach)

Live updates (closed)

COVID vaccines for 2 million Israelis may arrive in coming month — reports

Israeli television says health officials weighing giving approval to Pfizer’s vaccine before FDA does, potentially allowing Israel to begin receiving inoculations

7:28 pm

Bahrain's Gulf Air to begin direct flights to Israel in January
7:24 pm

National Security Council warns Iran may attack Israeli targets overseas
7:01 pm

FM Ashkenazi meets with Jordanian counterpart, who calls for resuming peace talks

Illustrative: Workers prepare a body before a funeral ceremony at a morgue for coronavirus victims, in Holon, on October 28, 2020. (Flash90)

Patient dies of suspected COVID months after being declared virus-free

Nursing home resident, 74, fell seriously ill with coronavirus in August but recovered, tested negative three times, then once again showed symptoms that became fatal

Jerusalemites wearing face masks shop at the Mamilla mall in Jerusalem on December 1, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Daily virus case count tops 1,500 for first time since lockdown eased

Israelis wear protectrive face masks in Tel Aviv on December 2, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Pace of virus spread seen accelerating as case numbers mount

South African artists Master KG (R) and Nomcebo Zikode are seen in the music video for 'Jerusalema' (YouTube screenshot)

A viral hit

S. African sensation ‘Jerusalema’ tops 260 million YouTube views

By TOI staff and AFP

In age of pandemic, the song and its accompanying dance have lit up social media with videos of medical workers, soldiers, clergymen and many more sharing its message of hope

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu urges Gantz to ‘slam the brakes,’ avert new elections

After bill to dissolve Knesset passes initial reading, PM says Blue and White acting like a ‘government within a government,’ refuses to commit to handing over power as promised

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset on December 1, 2020. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)

Gantz delays anti-discrimination law after majority of MKs oppose it

Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh (Hadash) addresses the Knesset during a vote dissolving Israel's government on December 2, 2020 (Credit: Knesset spokesperson)

Ra’am’s refusal to back Knesset break-up widens rift in mainly Arab Joint List

By Aaron Boxerman

Balad MK calls decision by Ra’am faction leader Mansour Abbas to skip out on vote and break ranks with rest of alliance ‘a blow to the platform of the Joint List’

Yamina MK Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset plenum on December 2, 2020. (Danny Shem Tov/ Knesset Spokesperson)

Surging Yamina seeks fast-tracked election as Bennett lashes rivals to-be

In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, President Hassan Rouhani, second right, parliament speaker Ali Larijani, right, judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani, second left, and head of the Assembly of Experts and secretary of Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati listen to the national anthem at the start of the official endorsement ceremony of President Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2017. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iranian panel okays bill to end UN nuclear inspections, increase enrichment

By AP and TOI staff

Proposal sent to Iran’s president, who says it will harm efforts to restore nuclear accord and receive US sanctions relief; supreme leader has final say on whether it’s implemented

People spend their weekend on the shore of Persian Gulf Martyrs' Lake, in western Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2020. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iran intensely disliked in survey of 14 top economies

By Stuart Winer

The US Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq Jan. 3, 2020 (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

US embassy in Iraq pulls some diplomats out, fearing attacks

By AFP

Israel gets missile boat to defend gas rigs, ‘dramatically’ help counter Iran

By AFP

First of four Sa’ar 6-class corvettes arrives at port in Haifa from Germany; naval officer says ships will boost ability to counter regional enemies

52 F-35 jets line up for a launch exercise at Utah's Hill Air Force Base in show of force and combat readiness amid US-Iran tensions, January 6, 2020. (US Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw/Twitter screen capture)

Republicans on key panel ‘uneasy’ about F-35 sale to UAE — congressional aides

A United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) convoy patrols next to Naqoura, in Lebanon near its border with Israel, ahead of negotiations between the two countries in the area, October 13, 2020. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

Lebanese president keen to solve Israel maritime border dispute

By Bassem Mroue

Malek Issa (YouTube screenshot)

Police won’t be charged after East Jerusalem boy loses eye during raid

Internal affairs closes probe into incident in which Malik Eissa, 9, was apparently hit with sponge-tipped bullet; lawyer decries ‘shameful’ decision

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

Air force probe unable to find cause for deadly plane crash

By Judah Ari Gross

Search and rescue workers remove a third body from the rubble of a collapsed parking garage in Tel Aviv on September 6, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Manslaughter charges filed over 2016 Tel Aviv parking garage collapse

By Stuart Winer

More Headlines

A swastika and the words 'Shoa blabla' on the stele of the Jardin du Souvenir (Garden of Memories) after anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered in the Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or cemetery in France, on February 20, 2019. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP)

EU urges ‘strong and systematic judicial response’ to rising anti-Semitism

By Raphael Ahren

The scene of a suspected hit-and-run by a bus near Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, December 2, 2020. (Magen David Adom)

Palestinian bus driver arrested over fatal hit-and-run near Bethlehem

California doctor Taylor Nichols speaks to ABC News (video screenshot)

American Jewish doctor shocked to find Nazi tattoos on COVID-19 patient

By AFP and TOI staff

Illustrative: A neuron network with electrical activity of neuron cells (libre de droit; iStock by Getty Images)

Scientists successfully restore cells to youth, bring back sight in mice

By AFP and TOI staff

Twitter announced on December 18, 2017, that it will be enforcing stricter policies on violent and abusive content, such as hateful images or symbols, including those attached to user profiles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Twitter bans content that ‘dehumanizes’ based on race, national origin

By TOI staff and AFP

Palestinians take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in Gaza City, on April 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

Israel transfers billions to Ramallah, does not deduct for terror stipends

By Aaron Boxerman

Rudy Giuliani conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, November 19, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/JTA)

Defending attacks on Soros, Giuliani raises doubts over his Jewishness

Illustrative: Silhouette of a man's head in front of a computer monitor (tommaso79; iStock by Getty Images)

Hackers who breached Israeli insurance firm demand $1m to keep data private

Malka Leifer seen on a screen, left, via a video link during a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court on July 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Leifer case comes before Supreme Court for what could be final time

Interior Ministry Aryeh Deri in an interview with the ultra-Orthodox news site Kikar HaShabbat, broadcast on May 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Kikar HaShabbat)

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said to secure top jobs for brother, son

Illustrative photo of Israeli shekels. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)

Shekel continues gain on dollar, shrugging off shadow of elections

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat-Michigan, listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, February 12, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Democrat Tlaib shares tweet alluding to Israel’s elimination

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