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What Matters Most On Friday, December 4, 2020

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Grounded El Al planes at Ben Gurion Airport on April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)

Israel warns citizens they could be targeted by Iran terror in Gulf and beyond

By TOI staff and AP

Advisory lists UAE, Bahrain, Turkey among countries where Iranian terrorists could strike in wake of killing of nuke chief; travelers told to be vigilant, avoid crowds

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israel warns ex-nuclear scientists they could be targets of Iran revenge attack

Elliott Abrams (photo credit: Courtesy/Tikvah Fund)

US envoy: Iran unlikely to avenge assassination of nuclear scientist

Jacqueline Saper at age 16 in 1977, before the 1979 Iranian Revolution (left), and at age 23 in 1982. (right).

Author interview

Miniskirted no more: Jewish woman charts 8 years of oppression under Iran regime

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Vials of a potential coronavirus vaccine are seen on an assembly line, in a photograph released by the Israel Institute for Biological Research on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Israel may get 4 million COVID shots this month, start vaccinating — reports

Health officials said preparing to inoculate 80,000 a day, weighing local approval without FDA; Health Ministry chief warns of new restrictions as infections rise

An entrance to a Moderna, Inc., building, May 18, 2020, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Israel signs with Moderna to triple upcoming vaccine supply

Jerusalemites wearing face masks walk in the city center on December 3, 2020 )(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Task force: Every 2 days at current infection rate will require day of lockdown

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

Bahrain minister says he took a stroll around Jerusalem, felt its holy ‘spirit’

By Raphael Ahren

Zayed Alzayani compares nighttime walk that brought him near Western Wall and Dome of the Rock to his visits to Mecca and Medina

Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba at an event with then-US House speaker Paul Ryan, at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 25, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

UAE envoy: If US unwilling to supply weapons, we’ll have to turn elsewhere

An Israeli passenger from a flydubai flight from Tel Aviv waves her Israeli passport on arrival at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, November 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

UAE launches tourist visas for Israelis as waiver deal lags

By AFP

Chana Tannenbaum

‘Blessed be their anger, for it is strong’

When the biblical Dina is raped, her brothers kill her rapist and his entire town. What if they did the right thing? (Vayishlach)

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

‘Sinterklaass’: A tongue-in-cheek look at a remarkable tradition

As I child, I would prepare myself and repent for any misbehavior (so as not to lose out on the presents) before encountering this great personality

Mansour Abbas of the Ra'am party holds a press conference after a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Renegade Arab MK to ToI on skipping election vote: It’ll only elevate the right

By Aaron Boxerman

MK Mansour Abbas, recently seen as cozying up to the PM, insists he doesn’t support him, but says Netanyahu is the inescapable address for the Arab community’s needs

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) on trial at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Large courtroom being specially constructed for Netanyahu trial

A man dressed as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in chains and a prison uniform standing in front of an inflatable submarine at a march between the Tel Aviv suburbs of Ramat Gan and Givatayim Thursday, December 4, 2020. (Screengrab: Twitter)

Dwindling protests: Hundreds rally against Netanyahu, his government

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi talks to the media at a news conference in front of the Liebermann Villa at the Wannsee Lake in Berlin, Germany, August 27, 2020. (Michele Tantussi/Pool Photo via AP)

In first meeting of FMs in years, Jordan urges Israel to resume peace talks

Ayman Safadi tells Gabi Ashkenazi of need to maintain Temple Mount status quo; Gantz calls on Palestinians to negotiate: ‘Don’t remain behind’

An Israeli doctor greets Palestinian patients in Gaza as part of a delegation of Israeli physicians to the coastal enclave on Thursday, December 3, 2020 (Credit: Mu'ataz Azayza)

Israeli medical delegation enters Gaza to provide essential COVID-19 care

By Aaron Boxerman

Hamas security officers stand guard on the main road of the Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, October 30, 2020. (Adel Hana/AP)

Hamas to tighten Gaza virus restrictions amid surge in infections

By Aaron Boxerman

File: A lesson in the Carlo-Mierendorff school in Frankfurt, Germany, November 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

‘D is for David’: Germany to return to pre-Nazi alphabet table with Jewish names

By AFP

For first time in 86 years, schools plan to use so-called Weimar tables as aid to help children learn to spell

Clockwise from top left: Paul Sobol (Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images), Maurice Cling (Memorial de la Shoa), Esther Cohen (Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images), Renzo Gattegna (Stefano Montesi – Corbis/Getty Images), Justin Sonder (Bernd Thissen/picture alliance via Getty Images), and Mikhail Zhvanetsky (Artyom Geodakyan/TASS via Getty Images). All photos via JTA.

Never forgottenHonoring 6 prominent Holocaust survivors who recently died

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Adolf Hitler Uunona (Twitter)

Politician named Adolf Hitler wins local election in Namibia

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden: ‘Hard to tell’ how much Fakhrizadeh killing complicates detente with Iran

US president-elect says ‘bottom line is we can’t allow Iran to get nuclear weapons,’ while arguing Trump’s policies have actually contributed to such a potential outcome

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Iran’s Zarif says nuclear deal ‘will never be renegotiated,’ rules out new talks

By TOI staff and AFP

In this frame grab from Iranian state television video aired Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is seen in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian State Television via AP)

Bahraini ex-MP dismisses Iranian misinformation about released academic

Gal Garber and Mathilde Lair prepare jachnun in their apartment in Amsterdam, November 20, 2020. (Mathilde Lair/ via JTA)

Why slow-baked Yemenite bread ‘jachnun’ is Europe’s next COVID craze

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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

Gantz before meeting with finance minister: ‘It’s either a budget or elections’

With Knesset on brink of dissolution, Blue and White chief says new vote preferable to gov’t paralysis: ‘I’m afraid Netanyahu is more concerned with his trial than his country’

Acting Israel Police chief Motti Cohen speaks at the annual Justice Conference in Airport City, outside Tel Aviv, on September 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

High Court orders gov’t to appoint permanent police chief, but gives no deadline

By Raoul Wootliff

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (left), and then-Maj. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot when Eisenkot learned he had won the appointment to head the Israel Defense Forces, November 27, 2014. (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense)

Former IDF chiefs Eisenkot and Ya’alon said weighing joint election run

Alek Trebek (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Schvitzing it out

Clueless contestants sweat in ‘Jeopardy!’ Yiddish round

By JTA

Longtime fans of iconic show give confused participants a social media zetz after poor scores in 5 questions

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US Rep. Gregory Meeks, Democrat-New York speaks during a news conference outside the USPS Jamaica station, in the Queens borough of New York, August 18, 2020. (John Minchillo/AP)

Pro-Israel Democrat Gregory Meeks voted chair of key House foreign affairs panel

Burned benches in the Church of All Nations in East Jerusalem, where arson allegedly took place on Friday December 4, 2020 (Courtesy: Israel Police)

Jewish man detained after suspected arson attempt at East Jerusalem church

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustrative: Hacker using laptop on abstract binary code map background. (Peshkov/ iStock, by Getty Images)

‘Be a mensch’: Hackers leak negotiation texts as Israeli insurer refuses ransom

Houston's Chabad chapter lights a large menorah at City Hall every year. (YJP Houston via JTA)

Everything's bigger in...Deep in the heart of Texas, mega show of Hanukkah festivities must go on

Manchester United's Paul Pogba scores the opening goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, April 13, 2019. (AP/Rui Vieira)

In bid to kick out anti-Semitism, UK’s Premier League adopts IHRA definition

This image made by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows M106 with additional information captured by amateur astronomers. (STScI/AURA), R. Gendler via AP)

We’re all alone: Oxford study says chance of intelligent life elsewhere very low

Employees of the Competence Call Center (CCC) work for the Facebook Community Operations Team in Essen, Germany, November 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Facebook to change hate speech policy to better protect Jews, other minorities

By AFP

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at the 17th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 24, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Attorney general voices opposition to High Court involvement in nation-state law

In this March 27, 2020 photo, US soldiers stand guard during the hand over ceremony of Qayyarah Airfield, Iraqi Security Forces, in the south of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)

AnalysisHow a US troop drawdown in Iraq could aid Islamic State and Iran

By SAMYA KULLAB

Assadollah Assadi (Courtesy)

Belgian court hearings end on Iran diplomat accused of bomb plot

By AFP

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