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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 13, 2020

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In this file photo taken on October 13, 2017, Moroccan Jews and Israeli Jewish tourists participate in a religious ceremony to observe the holiday of Sukkot (the Feast of the Tabernacles) at a synagogue in the "Mellah" Jewish quarter of the Medina in Marrakesh (FADEL SENNA / AFP)

In 1st for Arab world, Moroccan schools to teach Jewish history and culture

By Kaouthar Oudrhiri

Decision ‘has the impact of a tsunami,’ says country’s Jewish leader; curriculum was discreetly changed before the deal establishing diplomatic ties with Israel was announced

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a press conference after holding talks with his Spanish counterpart, in Rabat, Morocco, June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Morocco’s FM on normalization: Relations with Israel were ‘already normal’

Protesters tear at a makeshift Israeli flag during a protest in the Moroccan capital Rabat on June 23, 2019, against the US-led economic conference in Bahrain with its declared aim of achieving Palestinian prosperity. (AFP)

‘Deplorable’: Moroccan Islamist groups reject normalization of ties with Israel

By ToI Staff and Aaron Boxerman

Oil lamp molds from the Islamic period (mid-7th-11th century) uncovered in the summer 2020 excavation of ancient Tiberias. (Tal Rogovenski/Hebrew University)

Archaeology

Ancient oil lamp workshop, now at Israel Museum, shows the way we once lit

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

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 reportedly set to begin COVID vaccination drive next week

Netanyahu and coronavirus czar say shots will be administered earlier than planned; Nachman Ash says he believes many currently restricted activities can resume by Passover

Health care workers test Israelis for coronavirus at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Task force says effect of vaccine on pandemic won’t be felt until end of winter

An Israeli nurse seen during a simulated vaccination against the coronavirus, at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Health officials said looking to move up start of COVID vaccine drive to Dec. 20

Israel's ambassador to India, Ron Malka, right, signs a deal with his counterpart, Ambassador of Bhutan to India Major General Vetsop Namgyel establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, at Malka's residence in India, December 12, 2020. (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Israel inks deal establishing diplomatic relations with Bhutan

Israeli envoy to India hosts signing ceremony with Bhutanese ambassador; small Himalayan kingdom maintains full ties with just over 50 countries

BlogKingdom of Bhutan: Israel’s new friend in the Himalayas?

By Larry Luxner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touches the first batch of Pfizer vaccines to arrive in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, December 9, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu could be first world leader to get vaccinated, later this week

By Michael Bachner

PM says he’ll be 1st Israeli to be inoculated, expects ‘everyone’ to follow; Health Ministry official said to urge ending bid to develop Israeli vaccine, saying there’s ‘no point’

7:31 pm

Netanyahu said to delay his 1st trip to UAE due to political crisis
7:19 pm

Virus czar heard admitting Israel can't enforce virus rules at Temple Mount
7:02 pm

Health Ministry said to gather celebs for vaccine campaign; urges halt to Israeli vaccine

Jennifer Raskas

From chaos to light

Usually, we light Hanukkah candles as long as people are out and about, but this year, with people isolated at home, we needed a new way to share our light with others

The Morocco-Israel breakthrough: Let the game-changing begin!

With a relationship that goes all the way to the civilizational level, this agreement is nothing short of momentous

Bishara A. Bahbah

My fellow Palestinians wake up! You are all alone.

Arab nations, fed up with waiting for a divided, incompetent PA to get its act together, will continue to pursue their own best interests

John Brennan disputes Israel’s right to defend itself. There’s a word for that.

The former CIA director who drew up the US ’kill list’ criticizing the assassination of Iran’s Fakhridazeh? You’ve got to be kidding.

UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba joins the Israeli embassy's virtual Hanukkah lighting, December 12, 2020. (screencapture via Twitter)

UAE, Bahrain envoys join virtual Hanukkah event at Israel’s embassy in US

Ambassadors hail establishment of ties with Israel, wish Jews around the world a happy holiday

Israeli players watch the penalty shootout during the Euro 2020 playoff semi-final soccer match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on October 8, 2020. (Andy Buchanan/AFP)

Israeli, UAE soccer federations to ink cooperation deal

By AFP

Moroccan Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani delivers a speech during the opening session of the Opportunities For All economic conference in Marrakech, Morocco, January 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Moroccan PM slams Trump plan, pledges backing for Palestinians after Israel deal

By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff

Saad-Eddine El Othmani, who previously expressed opposition to normalization with Jewish state, lashes out at White House peace framework and alleged efforts to ‘Judaize’ Jerusalem

David Fischer, the US ambassador to Morocco, stands before a new US State Department map of Morocco recognizing the internationally-disputed territory of the Western Sahara (bearing a signature by Fischer) as a part of the North African kingdom, in the Moroccan capital Rabat on December 12, 2020. (AFP)

After Israel deal, US adopts map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara

By AFP

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, and Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad speak during a meeting in Algiers, Algeria, Jan. 7, 2020. (Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

Algeria PM on Israel-Morocco deal: ‘Zionist entity’ wants to be near our borders

By AFP

Gideon Sa'ar at his office at the Knesset on November 27, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sa’ar: If you want Netanyahu as prime minister, don’t vote for me

By Alexander Fulbright and ToI Staff

Former minister who quit Likud this week promises to head to opposition if he can’t defeat his former boss

Israelis protest against PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on Saturday, December 12, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Anti-Netanyahu protesters rally across Israel for 25th straight week

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at the 16th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 24, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

AG tells government to immediately fill senior law enforcement, legal posts

US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen disembark from a plane upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport to attend the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial center, January 23, 2020. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)

Pence said planning Israel visit a week before Biden’s inauguration

Minister in Netanyahu’s party says ‘it’s likely that during the trip itself there will be a declaration of normalization’ with another Arab state

US President Donald Trump talks on the phone with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, applaud in the Oval Office, October 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump said to offer $700 million to 9/11 victims to salvage Israel-Sudan deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Then-senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner, attending a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

AnalysisJared Kushner scores late-term wins for Israel, upending expections

By Shaun Tandon and Francesco FONTEMAGGI

Military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an assassinated top nuclear scientist, during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, November 30, 2020. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran awards posthumous medal to assassinated nuke chief for ‘defending nation’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Head of Iranian armed forces gives military decoration to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s family on behalf of supreme leader, says it’s ‘for dear ones who defend the Islamic Revolution’

Sahar Tabar (Instagram)

Iran jails ‘zombie’ Instagrammer for 10 years — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A view of the Leviathan natural gas processing rig from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90)

Noble Energy-Chevron fined NIS 3.2 million for exceeding emissions cap

Environmental Protection Ministry slams US energy firm for alleged ‘severe’ violations of air pollution limits at offshore Leviathan gas rig

US President-elect Joe Biden announces his choice for several positions in his administration during an event in Wilmington, Delaware, December 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

As global leaders set fresh climate goals, Biden pledges US support

By AP and ToI Staff

In this photo from December 12, 2012, policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Notes in which Isaac Newton sought to unlock secrets of Bible sold at auction

In burnt papers, British scientist tried to calculate the Great Pyramid’s dimensions to determine the size of Solomon’s Temple, in hopes of uncovering the timing of the Apocalypse

Avraham Yisrael (screen capture via Channel 12)

Homeless man has been on trial for 3 years over alleged attempt to steal $1

Avraham Yisrael, 74, says he only wanted a few shekels to enter movie theater for AC; police say he tried to pry open cash register to steal larger sum

More Headlines

A picture taken on November 8, 2019, shows an Israeli soldier closing a border gate on the Israeli side of the border at the Jordan Valley site of Naharayim. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

4 IDF troops accidentally left behind on Jordanian side of the fence near Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

Supporters of US President Donald Trump wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys attend a rally at Freedom Plaza, December 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Violence in DC as far-right Trump supporters clash with counter-protesters

By ASHRAF KHALIL

Police and medical personnel at scene where 2 kids were killed in a collision between a truck and a car on Road number 1, near Latrun on December 11 , 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

5 people killed in car crashes in 2 days, including 3 children

In this file photo taken on December 8, 2020 a member of staff poses with a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination health center in Cardiff, South Wales. (Justine Tallis/AFP)

US states to start getting COVID-19 vaccines Monday, after shot approved

By MATTHEW PERRONE, Mike Stobbe and MARK SCOLFORO

Illustrative -- Police tape hangs in Jerusalem. (Garrett Mills/Flash90)

Man killed after reportedly trying to break up brawl in northern village

Illustrative: Police officers stand outside an apartment building during a search in Osnabrueck, Germany, November 6, 2020. (Festim Beqiri/TV7News/dpa via AP)

Joint Austrian-German police operation targets neo-Nazis, seizes arms

By AFP

Lorries queue at check-in at the port in Dover, December 11, 2020 (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UK, EU agree to push off deadline for post-Brexit trade deal

By Raf Casert and Jill Lawless

Illustrative. A hacker breaking into a computer. (gorodenkoff via iStockPhoto)

Cyberattack hits Israeli companies, with Iran reportedly the likely culprit

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A mozarella cheese ball made with Remilk's milk proteins (Courtesy)

No-cow dairy startup Remilk raises $11.3 million from investors

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Vertical Field container stationed at the Tel Aviv port (Courtesy)

You’ve got kale: Grocery chain to sell salad leaves, herbs grown on ‘green wall’

By Shoshanna Solomon

Likud MK David Bitan at the Knesset on January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)

Likud MK David Bitan hospitalized in intensive care with coronavirus

Journalist Ruhollah Zam speaks during his trial at the Revolutionary Court, in Tehran, Iran on June 2, 2020. (Ali Shirband/Mizan News Agency via AP)

Iran summons EU envoys for condemning hanging of reporter who inspired protests

By AP

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