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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg (center, black t-shirt), his new partner Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (fourth from right), and the sheikh's son Mohammad, Beitar's new vice-chairman (third from right), discuss their new joint ownership of the Israeli soccer club at an online press conference from the UAE, December 8, 2020. At far-right is Solly Wolf, president of the UAE Jewish community. (Screenshot)

Asked about royal status, sheikh cites sparse Wikipedia page

Sheikh who bought into Beitar Jerusalem vows to show anti-Arab fans the light

Hamad bin Khalifa says soccer team’s ‘brainwashed’ racist fans will see ‘right path’; co-owner Moshe Hogeg says partnership shows Muslims, Jews ‘can do beautiful things together’

Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg (C) with UAE member of the royal family Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (R) (Beitar Jerusalem)

UAE royal buys half of Jerusalem soccer team known for fans’ anti-Arab racism

People visit an exhibit at the GITEX technology summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Israeli delegation appears at UAE’s major Gitex tech summit for the first time

Israeli donuts sold at the Roladin bakery ahead of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, outside the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on December 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lights out: Ministers okay nightly curfew on Hanukkah to drive down virus cases

Policy to be implemented from Wednesday, remain in force until January 2; coronavirus czar skeptical it’ll be effective

Israel media reviewWorkin’ on some night moves: What the press is saying on December 8

By Joshua Davidovich

Experts warn nightly curfew will do little to curb virus spread

Hit with legal challenges over night curfew, government weighs other options

MK Gideon Sa'ar announces he is leaving Likud to form his own party, in a televised statement on December 8, 2020. (Screen capture: Facebook)

Live updates (closed)

Likud lashes out at Sa’ar over decision to leave party

Ruling faction assails the veteran MK after he announces he’s forming his own party, says he’s joining ‘a long list of politicians who abandoned Likud and then completely crashed’

7:36 pm

Palestinians in Hebron protest against new virus restrictions
7:26 pm

Health officials reportedly refused to sign doc stating curfew would significantly curb infections
7:25 pm

US hits record-high averages for coronavirus cases, deaths

Illustrative: An NHS pharmacy technician at the Royal Free Hospital, simulates the preparation of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout, in London, December 4, 2020. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel to get first batch of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines on Thursday — reports

Some 100,000 doses said set to arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, accompanied by company representatives, as pilot for transit and storage of larger amounts

‘V-Day’: UK rolls out trailblazing coronavirus vaccine program as world looks on

By DANICA KIRKA

US regulators confirm Pfizer vaccine strongly protective against COVID-19

By AP and ToI Staff

Israelis aid COVID-stricken Italian region, with billionaire Abramovich paying

By Nathan Jeffay

First Person

Shoshanna Solomon

30,000 feet above virus-stricken planet, a terrifying view of the way we are now

The FlyDubai plane to the UAE was packed, and I was paranoid: Forget terrorism or crashing, it was a simple cough that now had me wondering if we can ever go home again

A FlyDubai flight from Tel Aviv to Dubai on December 7, 2020. (Shoshanna Solomon/ Times of Israel)

Ilai Z. Saltzman

Reclaiming Israel as a bipartisan issue in American politics

Pigeon-holing Israel as an exclusively Republican commodity poses a clear threat – Netanyahu must pull back from his provocative policies

The ‘new normal’ is here, and it brings new art

A Zoom audience member has one thing a live audience member doesn’t have: A name the actors can see – and use in their performance

Susannah Schild

Top 10 family hikes for Hanukkah in 2020

Visit King David’s hiding cave, explore beachside cliffs, roam the desert and give the kids and yourself the gift of nature, exploration, fun and history

With freedom at stake, the bigger crisis is one of leadership

The pandemic has undermined democracy and exposed leaders’ failure to uphold core values. That’s what we’re discussing at our gathering this week

Healthcare workers take test samples from Israelis to check if they have been infected with the coronavirus in Lod, on December 1, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Daily virus case count jumps to over 1,800 ahead of nightly curfew

Highest figures in almost two months recorded, positivity rate also on the rise, as officials plot out new restrictions

Likud MK David Bitan contracts COVID-19, has mild symptoms

Palestinians to lock down 4 West Bank governorates on Thursday

By Aaron Boxerman

Jerusalem mayor self-isolates after contact with virus carrier

People arrive to vote at a special polling station for voters quarantined due to possible exposure to the coronavirus in Jerusalem, during the Knesset elections, on March 2, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Election official says next vote may require drive-thru ballots, several days

Orly Ades butts heads with Health Ministry over plans for pandemic-era vote, as Knesset committee seeks ways to cut down on travel, avoid repeat of US-style electoral chaos

Shaked said trying to assemble new right-wing coalition to forestall election

Blue and White wins control over timetable for bill to dissolve Knesset

Poll: Majority of Israelis find neither Netanyahu nor Gantz credible

Second Temple-era menorah drawn in a cistern in the al-Aliliyat cliffs near modern Kfar Mukhmas. (Boaz Langford)

Archaeology

Rare Second Temple menorah drawing from biblical Maccabean site brought to light

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Chef and culinary guide Harry Rubenstein is giving a master class in latke making on December 9, 2020, for the Times of Israel series Israel Unlocked. (Photos courtesy)

Eight oily nights

Join the ToI Community for a sizzling latke master class with Chef Harry

In a ToI Community exclusive live cooking class, Harry will teach you how to make potato pancakes that even your bubbe would be jealous of

Illustrative: People wearing face masks walk on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on December 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pandemic plunging Israelis into depression, depleting ‘bounce back’ ability

By Nathan Jeffay

A third of Israelis have high anxiety and one in five has high levels of depression, study indicates, with young adults hit hardest

25 arrested after clashes at huge ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem

Unemployment drops as businesses return from lockdown

Israeli firms raise record amount of capital in 2020 despite pandemic downturn

Left: An F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vermont, September 19, 2019. Right, Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, walks through the Capitol in Washington on September 11, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite, Wilson Ring/ AP/ File)

Envoy: Israel ‘comfortable’ with US arms deal to UAE, keeps military edge

Envoy to US confident arms deal won’t harm Israel’s regional military edge, says he is more concerned about Biden’s plan to reenter Iran deal

Iran president vows to help Syria confront Israel ‘until Golan liberated’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US fears Iranian attacks as it withdraws troops from Iraq, Afghanistan

By Lolita C. Baldor

Biden to pick former general Lloyd Austin as US secretary of defense

By Robert Burns, MICHAEL BALSAMO, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller

A Kadosh sufganiya, or doughnut, this one topped with fresh cream and strawberries, costs NIS 18 and may require an hour-long wait outside the Jerusalem bakery.(courtesy, Asaf Karela)

Jerusalem’s Kadosh sufganiyot: Filled, fried, famed and now in print

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: Arab students leave for their homes after school in Nahf, in the Galilee, on October 4, 2012. (Louis Fisher/Flash 90)

Justice Ministry slams judge’s use of nation-state law to deny rights to Arabs

Official tells Knesset controversial law not intended to ‘diminish rights of children,’ after it was invoked to justify not providing transportation for Arab school in Jewish town

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, December 2, 2020. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

Netanyahu, on trial for corruption, says Israel needs judicial reform

Ofira Assayag, left, and Eyal Berkovic, right, during an interview with Transportation Minister Miri Regev, October 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Former soccer star Berkovic cleared of defamation after calling Arab MKs ‘spies’

Illustrative: Former Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko speaks during official meeting marking the 130th anniversary of Symon Petlyura's birth, Kiev, Wednesday, May 27, 2009, with Petlyura's, left, and members of his army photos in the background. In 1921 after Ukraine finally fell under Soviet authority Petlyura moved to Paris, where in 1926 he was fatally shot in revenge for the deaths of Jews during pogroms staged by members of his army. (AP Photo/Presidential Press Service, Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Ukraine Jewish prof. claims he was fired for protesting controversial statue

By Cnaan Liphshiz

More Headlines

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews defy coronavirus restrictions to attend a funeral for Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Menashe Friedman, a longtime judge of the Satmar rabbinic court in Brooklyn on December 7, 2020 (Screencapture/New York Post)

Thousands again defy restrictions to attend Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox funeral

Caesarea mansion on sale with 42% reduction, October 2022 (via Sotheby International Realty)

Caesarea's palacePalatial Israeli mansion goes on sale for record-tripling $259 million

Rabia Kna’aneh, suspected of murdering his ex-wife, is brought for a hearing at the Nazareth Court, on December 8, 2020 (David Cohen/Flash90)

Man admits he stabbed ex-wife, but says he didn’t mean to kill her

A view of a road in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, November 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Matrix of new highways could pave way for massive settlement growth

By Joseph Krauss

Outgoing Justice Minister Amir Ohana and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit share an elbow bump during a ceremony at the Justice Ministry on May 18, 2020. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

Attorney general orders minister to nominate police commissioner by end of month

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Illustrative. A young girl gives blood at a Magen David Adom mobile blood donation center. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90)

MDA secures $10 million for new missile-proof national blood bank

Supreme Court Justice Meni Mazuz at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Supreme Court Justice Menachem Mazuz announces retirement 4 years early

In this Jan. 9, 2014 file picture the medieval Dome Reliquary (13th century) of the Guelph Treasure, is displayed at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million. He is on a decades long mission to reclaim some 40 pieces of the Guelph Treasure, artwork, that his grandfather was forced to sell to the Nazis. It’s a pursuit that's now landed him at the Supreme Court, in a case to be argued Monday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber,file)

US Supreme Court debates hearing 2 cases on restoring Nazi-era Jewish property

By Jessica Gresko

American singer Bob Dylan smiles as he performs during his show at the Colombes Olympic stadium in Colombes, France on June 24, 1981. Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, which spans 60 years and is among the most prized next to that of the Beatles, is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group. The deal covers 600 song copyrights. (AP Photo/Herve Merliac, File)

His back pagesBob Dylan sells ‘priceless’ rights to his entire song collection

By David Bauder

Kelly Loeffler and the Rev. Raphael Warnock met in a debate in Atlanta, December 6 2020. (C-Span via JTA)

Georgia Senate candidates accuse each other of fraternizing with anti-Semites

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