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What Matters Most On Sunday, January 31, 2021

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Thousands of ultra-Orthodox men attend the funeral of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik in Jerusalem, January 31, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Thousands attend funeral for ultra-Orthodox rabbi killed by COVID-19

Head of the Brisk Yeshiva, Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, dies aged 99 after months-long illness; police urged crowds to stay away from burial, to no avail

Ultra-Orthodox men attend the funeral of late Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s challengers, and some allies, seethe over mass funeral of top rabbi

Illistrative: Medical requipment at a hospital (TAO EDGE/ iStock by Getty Images)

Two-month-old infant with health problems dies after contracting coronavirus

Interview

‘Netanyahu plays a dirty game,’ says challenger Sa’ar, ‘but he doesn’t scare me’

PM’s actions are ‘a danger to the people,’ his attacks on law enforcement are unconscionable, and much of the media’s in his pocket. So says the ex-colleague determined to oust him

Gideon Sa'ar seen at a Likud event in Hod Hasharon, November 25, 2019. Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Then-Histadrut chairman Avi Nissenkorn at the National Labor Court in Jerusalem on December 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former justice minister leaves The Israelis as party seeks to unite with Labor

By Raoul Wootliff

From left: Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz, Moshe Ya'alon, Gabi Ashkenazi of the Blue and White party at its official campaign launch in Shefayim, July 14, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Lapid says he’s had no contact with Gantz, Ashkenazi since stormy split

Ultra-Orthodox men attend the funeral of late Rabbi Yitzchok Sheiner, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Thousands attend top Haredi rabbi’s funeral in Jerusalem for 2nd time in a day

By Michael Bachner

After 10,000 packed burial of Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, footage shows masses defying COVID rules at funeral for Rabbi Yitzchok Scheiner, who himself discouraged large gatherings

7:28 pm

Revolutionary Guard chief says Iran 'needless' of nuke deal
7:17 pm

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Twerski, a renowned psychiatrist, dies aged 90 of COVID
7:10 pm

Poll shows 10% supporting parties failing to pass electoral threshold

(L-R) Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Commander of the United States Central Command General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

In veiled threat to Tehran, defense minister visits IDF’s long-range attack HQ

By Judah Ari Gross

Following army chief’s announcement of fresh plans to strike Iran, Gantz meets with Depths Corps, which is responsible for operations far from Israel’s borders

French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, January 13, 2021. (Francois Mori / POOL / AFP)

Iran rejects talks after Macron says ‘very short time’ to stop it getting nukes

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The Daily Briefing

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PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Jan. 31 — IDF chief threatens Iran; Sa’ar vs Netanyahu

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Amanda Gorman and what it means to have a chance to shine

Every powerful, passionate young Jewish woman out there needs to get the message that we need her voice

Let our people come!

It’s sheer madness for a country of so many immigrants with relatives and businesses abroad to impose sudden, arbitrary flight bans

'Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi' written by Sigal Samuel and illustrated by Vali Mintzi (Levine Querido)

Author interview

World’s 1st female rabbi led a 16th century Mosul yeshiva for Kurdish Jewry

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A Palestinian man wearing a grey jacket with a white hood, left, armed with a knife approaches an Israeli soldier guarding a bus stop at the Gush Etzion Junction in the southern West Bank before being shot on January 31, 2021. (Screen capture)

Palestinian attempts to stab soldier in West Bank, is shot dead

By Judah Ari Gross

No Israelis reported injured in incident at the Gush Etzion Junction in which assailant tried to attack serviceman with a makeshift spear

Palestinians in the streets of the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on January 26, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Israel to send Palestinians 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses for health workers

By Aaron Boxerman

People protest over the death of Ahuvia Sandak in a car crash during a police chase, near the Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem on January 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Dozens protest death of settler teen in Jerusalem; five arrested

People receives a Covid-19 vaccine injection, at Clalit Covid-19 vaccination center in Jerusalem, on January 28, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Top health official fears vaccine less effective against South African strain

But Sharon Alroy-Preis says no evidence any variant can completely bypass the inoculation; nearly 3 million Israelis have received 1st shot, 1.7 million of them have had both

Over 3 million receive 1st vaccine shot, but COVID outbreak still raging

Lawmakers to okay increase of fines, paving way for lockdown extension

Health Ministry expected to seek week-long lockdown extension as virus rages on

An Israeli attending a rally calling to act against climate change in Tel Aviv, December 20, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Analysis

As economy seeks post-COVID rebound, a plan promises a greener, cleaner way

There’s no vaccine for climate change, but researchers say an NIS 8 billion scheme could put the country back on track by creating new jobs while moving to a low-carbon economy

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left; United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan; and Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa; at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After several delays, Netanyahu said set to visit Gulf in mid-February

PM reportedly seeks to boost diplomatic bonafides ahead of election, as well as build united front against US return to nuclear deal with Iran

The skyline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at sunset. (Britus/ iStock by Getty Images)

Dubai says trade with Israel has topped $270 million since normalization

More Headlines

A field of anemones in Israel's northern Negev region, home to the annual Darom Adom festival, taking place February 2021 (Courtesy Darom Adom)

Nature callsAs anemones bloom, south hopes visitors will pop up after lockdown

By Jessica Steinberg

Police fire a water cannon against protestors they say tried to break through checkpoint and injured an officer, January 30, 2021 (Screen grab/Twitter)

For 1st time in months, police use water cannon on anti-Netanyahu protesters

National Security Guard soldiers inspect the site of a blast near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India, Jan. 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)

Mossad said involved in probe of blast near Israeli embassy in New Delhi

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Alleged druglord Sami Brami (R) is detained in Colombia ahead of his extradition to Israel, January 27, 2020 (Screen grab/YouTube)

Israeli alleged drug kingpin set to be deported from Colombia

This photo provided by the FBI shows Dominic Pezzola (FBI via AP)

Bomb-making manuals found at home of Proud Boy arrested after US Capitol riot

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jewish groups blast Marjorie Taylor Greene; her response: ‘I’ll never back down’

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