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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks to the House chamber to consider the impeachment of US President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

US House begins voting on second Trump impeachment

Pelosi: President a ‘clear and present danger’ to US; top House Republican says Trump ‘bears responsibility’ for riot but impeaching a ‘mistake’

9:28 pm

Our coverage continues on the main page of the site
9:02 pm

House begins voting on 2nd Trump impeachment
8:25 pm

Iran says will advance research on uranium metal, used in nuclear weapons

Analysis

AFP and TOI staff

How Israel’s efficient, data-savvy HMOs help it lead world in COVID vaccination

As he gingerly lowered himself into a chair after his first coronavirus vaccine jab, Simcha Barlow, a 75-year-old Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jew, said deciding to get inoculated was simple. "If the rabbis approve, I do not ask any questions at all," the hobbling Torah scholar told AFP at a clinic in the mainly ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, city of Bnei Brak. Israel's initial... Continue Reading

An Israeli woman gets vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Kupat Holim Meuhedet clinic vaccination centre in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2021. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Israeli police on the beach boardwalk in Tel Aviv, making sure people are keeping to the government's guidelines during a nationwide lockdown. January 12, 2021. ( Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Government said planning to roll out vaccine ‘green passport’ in lockdown exit

A Maccabi Healthcare Services staffer holds up a vial of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Initial Israeli data: First Pfizer shot curbs infections by 50% after 14 days

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks through the Capitol in Washington on January 12, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

Poetic justice

‘I can’t keep silent’: Pelosi quotes Israeli poet to urge Trump removal

US House speaker cites lines from Ehud Manor’s ‘I Have No Other Land’ while urging Republicans to back bill calling on Pence to invoke 25th Amendment

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Demcrat-Michigan, questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill, Washington, September 17, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

Slotkin joins call to impeach Trump, last of 25 Jewish Democrats to do so

Aaron Mostofsky (in fur pelt) and a protester with the Confederate flag in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Cops nab son of Jewish New York judge who stormed US Capitol in fur pelt

By TOI staff and Agencies

This combination of photos shows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP and Miriam Alster/Flash90)

US official: Israel carried out Syria strikes using American intelligence

By AP and TOI staff

Intel official tells AP overnight raids targeted warehouses used to store Iranian weapons; says Pompeo and Mossad chief discussed the attack during meeting at DC restaurant

An explosion from a suspected Israeli airstrike in eastern Syria on January 13, 2021. (Screencapture/Twitter)

Syria says Israel massively bombs area with large Iranian presence

By Judah Ari Gross and AP

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, on January 12, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP)

Pompeo: Al-Qaeda has new home base in Iran, threatening region, Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump alongside Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson before speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Florida, December 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Analysis

Backed by deep pockets, Adelson made his mark with an unwavering focus on Israel

Friends of billionaire acknowledge his influence had much to do with his wealth, but say his determination to advance his hawkish pro-Israel agenda made him an unstoppable force

US billionaire Sheldon Adelson speaks during a news conference for the opening of Parisian Macao in Macau, September 13, 2016. (Kin Cheung/AP)

Adelson, who bolstered Trump’s pro-Israel policy, to be buried in Jewish state

By Tia Goldenberg

American businessman and investor Sheldon Adelson, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Medicine Faculty buildings at Ariel University in the West Bank, June 28, 2017. (Ben Dori/Flash90)

Netanyahu: Adelson ‘champion of Jewish people’; Trump: World lost a great man

The cyclamen grows upside-down

Go for a walk in any wild forest or green landscape in Israel right now and you’ll see the distinctive ’rakefet’ plant that became King Solomon’s crown

The hottest commodity on the political market: Israeli Arabs

To all courting this sector’s vote: they won’t suddenly call themselves Zionists or support the nation-state law, but they are eager to bridge the gaps in our society, together

Will we recover from the Trump cult?

By the time even Fox News fought Trump’s ridiculous and dangerous claims, alternative news sites had taken its place – and fomented complete distrust of any naysayer

Kenneth Jacobson

Separate peaces

What the Palestinians should do to gain some measure of trust from Israel, and why it falls to them to pick up the baton

Police hold back supporters of US President Donald Trump as they gather outside the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery/AFP)

Capitol Police said to warn of plot to attack Biden inauguration, kill lawmakers

US House Democrats reportedly briefed on 3 separate plans by insurrectionists, one of which would see thousands besiege Capitol; 15,000 National Guard members to be deployed

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol, in Washington on January 6, 2021. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)

FBI warned of extremists’ call for ‘war’ at Capitol, day before assault – report

By AP and TOI staff

Two members of the US National Guard patrol around the US Capitol as another stands at his post in Washington, DC, on January 12, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

National Guard troops on Washington streets begin carrying arms

By AFP

This photo was shared tens of thousands of times in conjunction with Wednesday's insurrection, but it was taken last year. (Screenshot from Twitter/ via JTA)

Analysis

Right anti-Semite, wrong Trump protest: Tweets of racist T-shirt may help bigots

Photo of man wearing ‘6MWE’ shirt, meaning six million weren’t enough, shared over 20,000 times despite being from 2020; experts say extremists could use it as a straw man defense

Robert Keith Packer's shirt, right, was one of many hate symbols present at the storming of the Capitol. Other rioters constructed a noose. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP Images and screenshot from Reddit via JTA)

Etsy removes ‘Camp Auschwitz’ shirt from its online store

By Gabe Friedman

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, January 6, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Ted Cruz, AOC spar over using Holocaust analogies to describe US Capitol riot

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, January 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says his behavior on day of attack on Capitol ‘was totally appropriate’

Boarding plane to border wall in Texas, president says there is ‘tremendous anger’ in US over impeachment, but urges ‘no violence,’ as House discusses punitive measures

In this file photo taken on November 13, 2020 US Vice President Mike Pence delivers an update on "Operation Warp Speed" in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. - US Vice President Mike Pence on January 12, 2021, told House leaders he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all but guaranteeing an imminent impeachment vote against the president. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Pence rejects invoking 25th Amendment to oust Trump

By AFP

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

McConnell said pleased with Trump impeachment as 3 Republicans vow to back move

Illustrative. An Israeli D9 bulldozer rolls along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on July 10, 2014. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Shots fired at IDF bulldozers in 2 attacks on Gaza border, none injured

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli tanks shell nearby Hamas position in response to attacks; exchange comes amid relative lull in violence from the Strip

Palestinians receive their financial aid as part of assistance given by Qatar, at a post office in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 6, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas official says Qatar to provide aid to Gaza for another year

By Aaron Boxerman

Palestinian Health worker takes samples for coronavirus at a health center in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 5, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel acknowledges it gave 100 COVID vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustrative: Border police near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron June 20, 2018. (Israel Police)

Police say Palestinian shot after trying to stab officer near Hebron shrine

Suspected attacker hit in leg and in moderate condition; no injuries to Border Police guarding Tomb of the Patriarchs

Israeli soldiers check the ID of a Palestinian woman at the Tapuach junction checkpoint next to the West Bank city of Nablus, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Leading Israeli rights group to henceforth refer to country as ‘apartheid’ state

By Agencies and TOI staff

Illustrative: Border Police officers deploy at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem after an apparent stabbing attack, September 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian allegedly tries to stab West Bank checkpoint guards, is arrested

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Samples from the NaorCov19 test, developed by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Red indicates a positive result; yellow is negative. (courtesy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)

Technion rolls out home-made coronavirus spit tests on campus

By Nathan Jeffay

As Israel’s third wave rages, university says swift saliva checks it developed can help prevent outbreaks in dorms and allow school to reopen when lockdown ends

Miri Regev, in back center, at an office event on January 12, 2021. (Courtesy: Israel Frey/DemocratTV)

Transportation minister attends lockdown-violating office party

By Stuart Winer

An illustrative image of cyber crime, the dark net, dark web and compuer hackers (Tick-Tock; iStock by Getty Images)

Dark net vendors tout likely fake COVID-19 vaccines as prices soar – researchers

By Shoshanna Solomon

The heads of the Gesher and Labour factions Orly Levy- Abekasis and Amir Peretz, at their joint party headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night, March 2, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Poll predicts 7 small parties would fail to clear electoral threshold

Survey underscores likelihood of mergers before Feb. 4 deadline; neither Netanyahu nor his rivals projected to be able to form coalition

Protesters stage early-morning torch-lit rally outside Netanyahu’s residence

By TOI staff and AP

Labor chief Peretz says he won’t run for Knesset in March elections

Bidding to foster unity, Gantz apologizes to Lapid for saying he ‘hates people’

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Visitors look at paintings in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art - confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

Germany hands over 14 works from trove of Nazi-looted art

By AP

Nathan Freihofer (Screen capture: YouTube)

US Army seeks to oust junior officer for joking about Holocaust on TikTok

Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates his touchdown pass to Damien Williams in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game February 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Fiverr to tout wares in US Super Bowl ad spot next month

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israelis protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against construction of the Reindeer private power plant in the Hasharon area of central Israel , December 15, 2019. The project was canceled in October. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Controversial gas power plant approved over energy minister’s objection

Leticia Remauro, a candidate for Staten Island borough president, speaks to the camera during a December 2020 protest at which she yelled "Heil Hitler." (Screenshot via JTA)

GOP politician in Staten Island yells ‘Heil Hitler’ at protest, apologizes

Illustrative: A sign warns airline passengers about a COVID-19 travel advisory at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, July 1, 2020. (Seth Wenig/AP)

US hits daily death toll record, says air arrivals will need negative COVID test

The interior of a Shalom Y'all restaurant in Portland, shown in a 2019 newscast. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

Portland Israeli restaurants tagged with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti

Screen capture showing US President Donald Trump's official YouTube channel. (YouTube)

Concerned by potential violence, YouTube blocks new content on Trump’s channel

By AFP

An advertisement from WhatsApp is seen in a newspaper at a stall in New Delhi on January 13, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP)

WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals

By AFP

Representative Brad Schneider, Democrat-Ilinois, in Washington DC on January 28, 2020. (Samuel Corum/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Jewish Democrat says he contracted COVID during US Capitol siege

Illustrative: A cancer patient and a perfusion drip. (CIPhotos, iStock by Getty Images)

Israel’s Biond Biologics to get $125 million from Sanofi to develop cancer drug

By Shoshanna Solomon

This photo released on January 12, 2021, by the Iranian Army, shows Iran-made warship Makran prior. (Iranian Army via AP)

Iran holds naval missile drills amid US tensions

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