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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 28, 2021

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Ben Gurion Airport stands nearly empty, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Amid outrage over COVID entry ban, Israel may let all citizens fly home to vote

By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff

Regev says cabinet will consider scrapping controversial permits system for Israelis wanting to either leave or return, which critics say is politically influenced, undemocratic

The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel’s entry ban on citizens ‘unparalleled in democratic world,’ watchdog says

By Raoul Wootliff

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on January 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Gantz, opposition scrutinize claim Haredim let into Israel while secular denied

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Jacob Bardugo sticks his tongue out in jest toward photographers while awaiting a court hearing in his libel case brought by former Netanyahu spokesman Nir Hefetz, on May 25, 2020 (Reuven Kastro, courtesy of Walla)

Op-ed

Vitriolic Bardugo turns Army Radio into Netanyahu weapon against the rule of law

The prime minister’s mouthpiece unloads scorn and conspiracy theories on the nation daily, but for the past year has been dangerously obsessing over the attorney general

Young people dressed up in costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, dance at a street party in the neighborhood of Nahlaot in Jerusalem on February 28, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Mass gatherings in Jerusalem as thousands get together for banned Purim parties

Revelers stream into capital as virus transmission rate ticks upward; police enter ultra-Orthodox neighborhood to remove hanged effigy of officer

Police patrol the Mahane Yehuda market, as they enforce a night curfew during Purim, Jerusalem February 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Traffic to Jerusalem blocked for last day of Purim curfew to curb virus spread

Israeli police officers enforce the COVID-19 regulations in Tel Aviv on February 27, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Transmission rate nears 1 as officials warn Purim parties could halt reopening

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waiting for government ministers to join him before a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem, June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Times of Israel Podcast

PODCAST: Daily Briefing Feb. 28 — Israeli politics’ massive ego problem

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

Election campaign posters showing Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz next to the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv. February 1, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Benny Gantz won’t quit the election race. Is that for Israel’s sake, or his own?

A mocked and detested Blue and White leader says he’s in it ‘to the end’ so he can rein in Netanyahu’s interim government. In fact, he can do that from outside the Knesset

Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, December 10, 2020. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)

Gantz recently held secret meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah — report

Israelis wearing costumes take part in a parade during the festivities of the Jewish holiday of Purim, while also protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on February 26, 2021 in Tel Aviv (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Spurning Purim curfew, anti-Netanyahu protesters rally for 36th week

Purim with Holocaust survivors at the Landsberg DP camp in Germany, with a mock-tombstone for Haman and Hitler (Yad Vashem)

In post-WWII Nuremberg and New York, Purim’s future once hung in the balance

By Matt Lebovic

Defense Minister Benny Gantz during a visit to the Druze village of Julis in northern Israel, February 23, 2021 (David Cohen/Flash90)

Blaming Iran, security officials said to back response to blast on Israeli ship

By ToI Staff and AP

Gantz says there is ‘likelihood’ Tehran behind explosion in Gulf; TV network: Security officials believe Revolutionary Guards fired 2 missiles at the MV Helios Ray

The Israeli-owned cargo ship, Helios Ray, sits docked in port after arriving earlier in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 28, 2021 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Israeli-owned ship hit by blast in Gulf of Oman begins repairs in Dubai port

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The Israeli-owned cargo ship, Helios Ray, sits docked in port after arriving earlier in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 28, 2021 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Israeli security officials in Dubai to inspect ship hit by blast in Persian Gulf

By ToI Staff and AP

Aleeza Ben Shalom

Help us bring Koda the Kelev home to Israel

An open letter to ’The Committee,’ that suddenly informed us at the last minute that we have to leave our beloved, four-legged family member behind

What to do about unmasked El Al passengers? Put a cop on board

Non-compliance on flights is dangerous, immoral and illegal – police should be enforcing the law where it’s most needed

T-shirt emblazoned with the image of US President Joe Biden sporting a Hitler mustache above the words 'Not My Dictator,' on sale on 'The MAGA mall' online store. (Screen capture)

T-shirts of Biden with Hitler mustache on sale at CPAC conference

‘Not My Dictator’ merchandise made by ‘The MAGA Mall’ online store appears at Republican event aimed at future of conservative movement

A statue of former US president Donald Trump on display at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 26, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. (AP/John Raoux)

Trump’s legacy dominates conference aimed at future of conservative movement

A statue of former US president Donald Trump on display at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 26, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. (AP/John Raoux)

All that glittersGolden Trump statue at CPAC conference was made in Mexico

Palestinian workers enter Israel through the Mitar checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 5, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ Flash90)

Israel authorizes plan to vaccinate over 120,000 Palestinian workers

By Aaron Boxerman

Shots will be administered in next few days by Israeli healthcare workers at border crossings and industrial zones in West Bank, COGAT says; contagion in West Bank hits new highs

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at a press conference in Ramallah, February 27, 2021 (WAFA)

PA to close schools, partially lock down West Bank as cases double in two weeks

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustrative: Three pilots stand in front of an F-16 fighter jet as it takes off from the Israeli Air Force's 117th Squadron, which was closed on September 30, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Air force pilots sent to train in US removed from return flight due to entry ban

Buyers and sellers pictured on the opening day of the International Defence Exhibition Conference, IDEX, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Israel stayed away from UAE arms fair ‘for fear Iran would target its delegates’

By ToI Staff and AP

While COVID was cited as official reason for cancelation in this week’s Abu Dhabi event, TV says decision was taken by security establishment

Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercepted a missile attack over its capital on February 27, 2021. (screenshot: Twitter)

Saudi Arabia blames Houthis for missile over capital, drone attack on south

The Greek oil tanker Minerva Helen. (Environmental Protection Ministry)

Greek tanker cleared of suspicion for oil spill that polluted Israel’s beaches

Environmental Protection Ministry team checks Minerva Helen in Piraeus port, eliminates it from list of dozens of tankers under investigation for massive tar contamination

Volunteers from youth associations clean a contaminated beach in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on February 27, 2021, following last week's offshore oil spill that drenched the northern Israeli coastline and reached parts of the neighboring Lebanese beaches. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

After inundating Israel with tar, oil spill hits Lebanese turtle beach

By AFP

Puppets of Mordechai and Hitler made by Nechama Mayer-Hirsch in 1951. (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam via JTA)

Hitler as Haman? Amsterdam museum holds relic of post-Holocaust Purim tradition

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff (left) in the green screen room with actors Daniel Malka (center) and Chen Belilty. (Courtesy)

Deaf rabbi translates Torah into sign language

By Ellie Jacobs

More Headlines

A view of a chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralized wooden remains, that was found in Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)

Ancient Roman chariot unearthed ‘almost intact’ near buried ruins of Pompeii

lllustrative: A group of Iranian border guards march at the eastern border of Iran shared with Pakistan and Afghanistan near Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, on July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran shuts down internet in southeast province amid protests, harsh crackdown

By Isabel Debre

Fritz Berggren appears in a holiday video shared by the US Department of Defense in 2018. (Department of Defense via JTA)

‘Jewish ideas poison people,’ State Department official writes in blog

Police hitting a protester in Umm al-Fahm on February 26, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Arab community calls for probe after 35 hurt by police in anti-crime protest

People celebrate the holiday of Purim in violation of coronavirus restrictions, at Jaffa's Flea Market in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, February 27, 2021 (video screenshot)

More illegal Purim partying Saturday as hundreds converge on Jaffa Flea Market

Medical staff work at the COVID-19 isolation ward of Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba on September 9, 2020. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Fetus infected with COVID-19 dies in womb, in 2nd such case in Israel

A view of Carmichael Hall on the Tufts University campus. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Tufts pro-Israel Jewish student government member no longer facing impeachment

Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 drawing of La Mousmé (courtesy: Christie’s)

Van Gogh drawing once looted by Nazis to be sold at auction

A man gets his COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Natick, Massachusetts, Feb. 24, 2021. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

Johnson & Johnson’s 1-dose shot cleared by FDA, giving US 3rd COVID-19 vaccine

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE

In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference before the opening of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Queens borough of New York (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)

2nd former aide accuses New York’s Cuomo of sexual harassment

By Dave Collins

Employees of SentinelOne in Tel Aviv (Courtesy)

Cybersecurity startup SentinelOne reportedly seeks IPO at $10 billion valuation

By Shoshanna Solomon

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