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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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Hadassah Medical Center staff members receive the second round of the COVID-19 vaccine, at the Hadassah Medical Center, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Major Israeli studies indicate 1st vaccine dose curbing virus cases

HMOs record drop in infections among inoculated population, from 13-14 days after receiving first shot; but 17% of new serious cases said to have received vaccine

7:35 pm

At Swiss graft trial, Israeli diamond magnate accused of 'telling tall tales'
7:21 pm

Gantz again calls for center-left unity, says he won't quit
7:05 pm

Poll predicts 7 small parties would fail to clear electoral threshold

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson, stands as he is recognized by President Donald Trump during a Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, key backer of Trump and Netanyahu, dies at 87

Wife Miriam says the gambling magnate and philanthropist, who donated hundreds of millions to GOP candidates in recent years, died after ‘complications from a long illness’

A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to people at the Maccabi Health Services drive-in vaccination center, in the northern coastal city of Haifa, on January 11, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israel expands vaccination drive to anyone 50 years and up

Move announced hours after anyone 55-plus was made eligible for shots, as country continues to lead world in immunization rate with over one in five given first dose

An Israeli health care professional holds a COVID-19 test sample in a bag at a testing center in Jerusalem during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Record high of nearly 10,000 daily cases as total infections surge past 500,000

A senior citizen receives his second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Maccabi Health Services drive-in vaccination center, in the northern coastal city of Haifa, on January 11, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israel said to be paying average of $47 per person for Pfizer, Moderna vaccines

By Stuart Winer

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, in a January 11, 2021 speech, says he was wrong to partner with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Elad Malka)

Gantz: I was wrong to shake Netanyahu’s hand, parties that oppose him must unite

By Raoul Wootliff

Blue and White chief says PM ‘deceived me, deceived you’; urges politicians to let go of ego and grievances and ‘unite for the good of the country’

Then Blue and White leaders Benny Gantz (right) and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Gantz snubbed after reaching out to opposition leaders to form alliance

By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff

Finance Minister Israel Katz holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on July 1, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Israel sees $50.4 billion budget deficit in 2020 — largest in history

Armed civilians stand on the steps of the Michigan state capitol building after a rally in support of US President Donald Trump in Lansing, Michigan, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

FBI warns of planned armed protests next week in all 50 US state capitals and DC

By Colleen Long, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Michael Kunzelman

After deadly Capitol assault, bulletin warns of extremists gathering ahead of Biden’s inauguration, cites a call to ‘storm’ buildings, reports ‘threats’ to Biden, Harris, Pelosi

Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 23, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trump’s Homeland Security chief resigns amid threats of more political violence

By AP and ToI Staff

Then-US Vice President Mike Pence officiates as a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes at the Capitol, January 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump, Pence signal common front in first meeting since attack on Capitol

By AFP

Naomi Bloom Wurtman

Ezra Gorodesky’s ‘very rare disease’ was a blessing

The eccentric, ’incurable’ collector and Jerusalem icon contributed countless treasures to cultural institutions, especially to the National Library of Israel

Task number one for the incoming Israel Police commissioner

The public has given your organization a failing grade for fairness and transparency. Do citizens believe this can change? Not so much

I finally believe the Nazi analogy applies

I grew up Jewish in the shadow of Nazi Germany. The parallels I’m seeing now in the US are unavoidable

The Talmud won’t pardon Donald Trump

Jewish law introduces us to the ’cheat’ who relishes duping those under his power. The sages declare, ’We have no responsibility toward cheats.’

Analysis

Gantz unity plea falls flat, but his deep coffers are nothing to sneeze at

The Blue and White head will bring some NIS 20 million in campaign money to whoever he joins up with, and while Lapid is interested, scars and distrust will need to be overcome

Blue and White head Benny Gantz delivers a statement to the media at the Knesset on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

AnalysisResponsible parties? Fragmenting political field is ripe for mergers

By Raoul Wootliff

Naftali Bennett (R) and Bezalel Smotrich of the right-wing Yamina party hold a press conference in Jerusalem on May 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich confirms he’ll split from Yamina and field independent run

By Raoul Wootliff

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz visits at the Jerusalem Municipality on November 10, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Times of Israel Podcast

PODCAST: The Daily Briefing – Gantz’s sorry (not) sorry plea for anti-Bibi bloc

In the run-up to the March election, a ToI panel dissects the latest political maneuvers, the unusual Knesset Guard, and anti-Semitism rampant among those storming the Capitol

View of the construction of the then new Palestinian city of Rawabi, on February 23, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90/File)

After approving settlements, Gantz advances permits for Palestinian construction

By Judah Ari Gross

US Capitol Police officers walk through the Rotunda as they and other federal police forces respond to violent rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Capitol cop allegedly wore MAGA hat, directed pro-Trump mob around the building

By ToI Staff and Agencies

He and a 2nd officer, who allegedly posed for selfie with rioter, suspended; at least 10 being investigated after assault on Capitol

A person dressed as Lady Liberty wears a shirt with the letter Q, referring to QAnon, as protesters take part in a protest at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington, against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, DC, affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory, January 6, 2021. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

Twitter suspends over 70,000 accounts linked to far-right QAnon conspiracy

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A pro-Trump rioter identified as Adam Johnson carries the lectern of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi through the Roturnda of the US Capitol Building after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building on January 6, 2021. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)

Florida man spotted with Pelosi lectern during Capitol riot gets $25,000 bail

By Curt Anderson

In this file photo taken on July 11, 2018, Turkish police officers escort Adnan Oktar (C) in Istanbul, as he is arrested on fraud charges (DOGAN NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

Turkish sex cult televangelist jailed for 1,075 years for abuse

By AFP and ToI Staff

Adnan Oktar, who hosted Israeli politicians and renounced his Holocaust denial, found guilty of assault, sexual abuse of minors, fraud, attempted political and military espionage

A health care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the new Alamodome COVID-19 vaccine site, Jan. 11, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

WHO says global COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccines

By Maria Cheng and Jamey Keaten

70% vaccination rate typically needed, but some fear virus’s infectious nature could require a higher threshold

A Hadassah Medical Center staff member receives the second round of the COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, January 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

5.2 million Israelis to be fully vaccinated by late March – Health Ministry plan

Members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California are seen in their habitat on January 10, 2021 (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Safari Park via AP)

In 1st known primate case, gorillas test positive for virus at San Diego Zoo

By JULIE WATSON

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an EU-Serbia videoconference council at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, December 17, 2020. (Francisco Seco/AP)

EU warns Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 20% ‘a matter of deep concern’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Union says Iranians undermining diplomacy surrounding 2015 nuclear pact, looks forward to working on issue with Biden’s incoming administration

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi at the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, September 14, 2020. (Ronald Zak/AP)

IAEA chief: Iran moving rapidly to enrich uranium, mere ‘weeks’ to save deal

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, December 9, 2020. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Pompeo reportedly plans to disclose intel showing Iranian support for al-Qaeda

A boy with hearing aids and Cochlear implants. (icarmen13 via iStock by Getty Images)

Israelis’ gene therapy prevents mice hearing loss, a step toward human treatment

By Nathan Jeffay

Mice with rare mutation that causes deafness, and can occur in Iraqi Jews, gain ability to hear in experiments run by Tel Aviv researchers, showing potential for curing people too

Illustrative: Laboratory mice. (toeytoey2530/Istock via Getty Images)

Changing mouse behavior with drugs, Israeli lab aims at possible autism therapy

By Nathan Jeffay

US Senate staff carry boxes containing state Electoral College votes at the U.S. Capitol, January 6, 2021. Brennan Leach, a Northwestern student whose photo went viral, is second from left, partially obscured. (Cheriss May/Getty Images/ via JTA/ SUE)

Analysis

Jewish student helped ensure Joe Biden’s path to presidency on a day of crisis

While Brennan Leach didn’t rescue electoral ballot boxes from Capitol building rioters as the caption on a viral photo suggests, she did assist on what she calls a terrifying day

US House Representative David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, talks to reporters outside the House chamber after a resolution calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office was blocked by Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, January 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

3 Jewish Democrats are leading the House impeachment charge; 1 is not on board

Jeanine Pirro, right, makes the Kristallnacht comparison on Fox News. (Screen shot)

Top Trump backers compare social media crackdown on far-right to Kristallnacht

By Gabe Friedman

More Headlines

A swastika on the wall of a Jewish cemetery in Oświęcim, Poland, Jan. 10, 2021. (The Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via JTA)

Swastika, SS symbol painted on wall of Jewish cemetery near Auschwitz

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Mohammad Bakri at the Lod District Court on December 21, 2017 (FLASH90)

‘Jenin, Jenin’ screenings banned in Israel as court orders damages for soldier

Young Haredi residents of Ashdod clash with police who were dispatched to shutter a yeshiva in the town that was operating in violation of the government lockdown on January 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Haredim clash with police at Ashdod yeshiva open in violation of lockdown

Palestinian workers enter Israel through the Meitar checkpoint near Hebron in the West Bank, May 5, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Report: Health officials warn against withholding vaccines from Palestinians

The Israeli and the American flags are seen during a visit of Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, in Gush Etzion, on May 29, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Two homeland security ventures get backing from Israel-US BIRD fund

By Shoshanna Solomon

Prison guards wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, seen as they transport a prisoner suspected of having the coronavirus at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on March 30, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Gantz calls for prisoners to be vaccinated, calling ban illegal and unhelpful

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Edith and Lou Bluefeld seen in a local news report, undated (Screen shot from WPTV via JTA)

L'chaim100 years of life, 80 of marriage: US couple marks landmark year

By Gabe Friedman

The website of the social media platform Parler is displayed in Berlin, January 10, 2021. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)

Right-wing app Parler booted off internet over ties to Capitol siege

By Matt O'Brien

Trash on the shore of the Dead Sea. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

Israelis more concerned about littering than climate change, extinctions — poll

(From L) US actress Sarah Jessica-Parker, US actress Kristin Davis, English actress Kim Cattrall and US actress Cynthia Nixon pose as they arrive at the UK premiere of 'Sex and the City 2' in London, on May 27, 2010 (MAX NASH / AFP)

Back in the saddle‘Sex and the City’ revival coming to HBO

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Robert Schuyler, associate professor of anthropology and associate curator-in-charge of the historical archaeology section at the Penn Museum, as he makes a Nazi salute during an archaeology video conference. (Twitter)

Calls to fire Penn prof who gave Nazi salute during video conference

By Stuart Winer

70 Faces Media acquires the New York Jewish Week

By JTA

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