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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at the Institute for National Security Studies think tank's annual conference on January 26, 2021. (Screen capture/INSS)

IDF chief says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program

By Judah Ari Gross

Kohavi warns US against rejoining 2015 nuclear deal or even a slightly improved version, calling it ‘a bad thing to do’ that would lead to an Iranian bomb, which Israel won’t allow

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, right, sits with head of the IDF Northern Command Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, left, during a visit to northern Israel on November 29, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief says Israel’s enemies are deterred for now, but ‘it can all change’

By Judah Ari Gross

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a cabinet meeting, as his chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi sits at right, in Tehran, Iran, July 10, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Responding to IDF chief, Iran says it’s ‘serious’ about defending itself

File photo: Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev speaks during a presentation to the media before the opening of an exhibition, showing the blueprints of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, January 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Times Will Tell

PODCAST: Yad Vashem head pleads for truth to be sole guide in Holocaust research

The retiring chair of Israel’s Holocaust memorial, Avner Shalev, speaks about cynical political use of Shoah history and increased virtual commemorations in the COVID era

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Enfeebled and enraged, Haredi society feels forsaken on all sides

The focus of growing anger, and increasingly frustrated in turn at the government’s lax enforcement of virus rules, the ultra-Orthodox are now a political time bomb

Police clash with Haredi men as they enforce coronavirus restrictions, in Jerusalem, January 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox men during enforcement of the coronavirus lockdown, Jerusalem, January 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Haredi mob attacks cops in Modiin Illit; graffiti likens police chief to Hitler

Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Antwerp, Belgium. (Alexander Stein/ullstein bild via Getty Images/JTA)

Antwerp mayor: Ultra-Orthodox fanning anti-Semitism by flouting COVID-19 orders

By Cnaan Liphshiz

People wearing face masks walk in the Jerusalem city center on January 26, 2020, with Israel under its 3rd lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Three weeks into lockdown, rampant mutated strains keep infections sky-high

By Michael Bachner

Tight restrictions and world’s fastest vaccination drive barely put a dent in spread; Knesset braces for high-stakes vote on fine hikes for violations

Yiffat Elimelech, a patient in intensive care in the coronavirus ward of Hadassah medical center in Jerusalem. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Staff at Jerusalem hospital says it’s collapsing under wave of COVID infections

A lab assistant holds a blood sample to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies, April 28, 2020, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Experts say serology tests unreliable, as immunity doesn’t require antibodies

How we found more family 55 years after Auschwitz

My grandmother never forgot her lost nephew, and my mother searched for years. Eventually, she found out he’d been adopted. That was it. Until suddenly there was more

Redemption: The orphans Yeshayahu Drucker returned to the Jewish people

After WWII, this Jewish Polish army chaplain brought hundreds of children out of hiding from monasteries, orphanages and Polish families

Joshua Hammerman

30,000 lies: From Holocaust denial to ‘Camp Auschwitz’

If you’re willing to lie about the greatest moral crime ever perpetrated, everything else is child’s play

Adam S. Ferziger

Fatal liberations – 1945 and 2021

The tragedy of those who survived the camps only to die soon after is a cautionary tale for a time when vaccination promises to end the pandemic

Then-US Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, shake hands for the press at the presidential compound in Ramallah, West Bank, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Debbie Hill, Pool via AP)

US announces it’s renewing relations with Palestinians, seeking 2-state solution

Biden Administration to reopen Palestinian diplomatic offices and restore aid, reversing Trump policies, acting envoy Richard Mills tells UN; vows ‘steadfast support for Israel’

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki addresses the United Nations Security Council on January 26, 2021 (screenshot: Palestine TV)

At UN, PA slams Israel for not giving COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians

By Aaron Boxerman

Mohammed Dahlan during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Abbas rival Dahlan banned from running in Palestinian election — Fatah official

By Aaron Boxerman

Emanuele Di Porto speaks about his experience in a Zoom conference. (Courtesy)

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Four Italian Holocaust survivors tell how they escaped death on ‘Black Saturday’

By Giovanni Vigna

Joseph Dichek, bottom row left, at the Bad Reichenhall, Germany, displaced persons camp after the Holocaust. (Courtesy Bernard Dichek)

First person

Why a year after the Holocaust, my parents are happy in DP camp photos

By Bernard Dichek

The Old City skyline, as seen from a rooftop in the Christian Quarter, in Jerusalem, on August 5, 2013. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)

The Daily Briefing

PODCAST: Talking Turkey (and Iran): What’s cooking beyond Israel’s horizons

A quick 15-minute podcast with ToI editors and reporters to catch you up on what’s important today

IDF chief of the General Staff Aviv Kohavi is vaccinated against COVID-19, December 20, 2020 (Israel Defense Forces, via twitter)

Israel media reviewHeard immunity: What the press is saying about warning Iran and widening closure

By Joshua Davidovich

Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Edelman-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)

Blinken confirmed as US secretary of state; vowed to consult with Israel on Iran

By AP and Jacob Magid

From the blogs

Marek Magierowski

The rich, forgotten history of Poland and the Jews

The history of our nations is invariably linked with the 6 dreadful years of World War II, yet for centuries, Jews found a safe haven in our country

Two US Navy F-35C Lightning II jets fly in formation during an exercise out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, November 16, 2018. (US Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon E. Renfroe)

Live updates (closed)

US puts temporary hold on sale of F-35s to UAE

Washington reviewing some foreign arms sales during Trump administration, including deal reached as part of Israel normalization; new US secretary speaks to Israeli counterpart

6:52 pm

Biden administration freezes F-35 sales to UAE
6:42 pm

New US secretary speaks to Israel's top diplomat on Iran, peace
6:31 pm

Sudan wants to sign Israel normalization agreement at White House -- report

Facebook gets a ‘D’ from ADL on curbing Holocaust denial

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Watchdog finds Twitch gaming network is the social media platform most effective at rooting out offending content; YouTube, Twitter and Tiktok get a C

Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online, warn of ‘virus of anti-Semitism’

By Vanessa Gera

Stepping up efforts, Facebook debuts fact check box to combat Holocaust denial

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, pope warns mass extermination could happen again

By AP

Illustrative: A young boy receives the coronavirus shot at a vaccine center in Jerusalem, on January 3, 2021. (Shalva)

In apparent world first, Health Ministry backs vaccination of at-risk children

Decision still requires final approval, comes amid rising morbidity among Israelis under 16 years old

An Israeli teacher receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Ya'akov, December 30, 2020. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Teachers Union spars with health minister over vaccine rate, school reopening

Israel’s new chargé d’affaires to Morocco David Govrin (Courtesy)

Israeli envoy reopens Morocco liaison office after 20 years

By Lazar Berman

David Govrin will build up Israel’s diplomatic presence in the country after normalization, expanding bilateral political, tourism, economic, and cultural ties

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (2L) speaks to his Bahraini and Emirati counterparts at the INSS conference. January 26, 2021 (Courtesy of INSS)

UAE, Bahrain: We need ‘unified voice’ with Israel on Iran’s missiles, nukes

By Lazar Berman

MK Zvi Hauser in the Knesset on May 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.)

Interview

Finding new home in New Hope, ex-Netanyahu top aide seeks to show Likud the door

By Haviv Rettig Gur

MK Zvi Hauser, a lifelong conservative and former cabinet secretary, has helped found 3 party slates over the past two years in his bid to oust his former boss

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (right) and then-health minister Yaakov Litzman (left) attend a conference in Lod on November 20, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Poll: 61% want a coalition without Haredi parties; Huldai slips below threshold

A baby seen on a weight scale, as part of a medical exam, at a family health center in Israel on March 5, 2019. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Antibiotics stunt growth, impair weight gain in infant boys: Israeli researchers

By Nathan Jeffay

Medicine changes gut bacteria, impacting development, says Bar-Ilan University team, expressing hope that the right probiotics may solve the problem

Workers in the Biond Biologics lab in Misgav, Israel (Courtesy)

Sanofi’s $125 million Israeli drug buy could be a three-pronged cancer buster

By Shoshanna Solomon

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This image released by Apple TV+ shows Niv Sultan as Tamar Rabinyan in a scene from 'Tehran.' (Apple TV+ via AP)

Spying a hitSecond season of ‘Tehran’ gets picked up for Apple TV Plus

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A psychiatric hospital (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Psychiatric patient charged with threatening Netanyahu while muttering to cats

In this February 27, 2018, photo, Malka Leifer, center, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Malka Leifer lands in Australia ahead of child sex abuse trial hearing Thursday

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In U-turn, AG says $300K Netanyahu got from cousin is an illicit gift

By Michael Bachner

'The Hotdog Man and the Thief of Distances,' sculptures by Halil Balabin, 31, and Merav Kamal, 30 acquired in 2020 by the Israel Museum (Courtesy Noam Frisman)

Off the wallBehind closed doors, Israel Museum stocks up on art

By Jessica Steinberg

Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka appears before a state House committee in Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 6, 2020. (Becky Bohrer/AP)

Alaska to investigate issue of ‘3REICH’ license plate, other offensive plates

By BECKY BOHRER

Receptacles for waste separated at source. (lenscap67, iStock at Getty Images)

Ministry releases plan to bring recycling up to European standards by 2030

US Capitol Police hold rioters at gun-point near the House Chamber inside the US Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US investigators have charged at least 150 people over Capitol riot

By ToI Staff and Agencies

10 sets of tefillin that the Shem Olam Holocaust museum said were found in Warsaw, Poland. (Courtesy of Shem Olam Faith & the Holocaust Institute for Education, Documentation & Research via JTA)

Israeli Holocaust museum accused of smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw

By Cnaan Liphshiz

This combination of photos provided by Axiom Space in January 2021 shows, from left, Larry Connor, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, Axiom announced they will be the first private space station crew, a year ahead of the planned launch. (Courtesy Axiom Space via AP)

2 North Americans to join Israel’s Stibbe on 1st private flight to space station

By AP and ToI Staff

From left: Conference of Presidents chairman William Daroff, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Conference's Malcolm Hoenlein and Arthur Stark, at a Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations event. (Twitter via JTA)

Most members of US Jewish umbrella group adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

Economy Minister Amir Peretz in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former Labor leader Amir Peretz quits party to remain minister

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