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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 10, 2021

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A bottle of aspirin (Godruma via iStock by Getty Images)

Peer-reviewed study of more than 10,000 PCR results

Aspirin may protect against COVID-19, Israeli research finds

By Nathan Jeffay

People who take small doses are 29% less likely than others to test positive, researchers say; those who do get COVID recover faster, and with reduced aftereffects

London Ambulance staff stretcher a patient from the ambulance into The Royal London Hospital in east London, on January 2, 2021. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

UK study: British coronavirus variant could be twice as deadly as other strains

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Medical workers in the coronavirus ward at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, on January 1, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

21-year-old said in serious condition from ‘long COVID’

From left, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House on September 15, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Netanyahu to fly to UAE Thursday for 1st official trip, 12 days before elections

PM set to meet crown prince during long-delayed visit; Abu Dhabi said to have been worried trip could be electoral intervention, but relented

In this undated photograph published by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, employees work at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE's far western desert. (WAM via AP)

UAE to host IAEA’s most complex nuclear crisis drill to test emergency responses

By AFP

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, left, welcomes his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban for the V4 summit at the Lednice Chateau in Lednice, Czech Republic, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/ Petr David Josek)

Netanyahu to host Hungarian, Czech counterparts to discuss COVID cooperation

By AFP and ToI Staff

Editorial cartoon by Theodore Geisel for PM daily newspaper, depicting Hitler and French collaborator Laval, who was executed after the war (public domain)

During WWII, Dr. Seuss tried to slay anti-Semitism, but also promoted racism

By Matt Lebovic

Rufous-tailed scrub-robin. (Yoav Perlman)

Habitat loss, hunting, climate change taking toll on Israel’s birds — expert

Ornithologist Yoav Perlman calls for ‘rewilding’ of certain habitats to stem losses as migratory species and fowl that breed locally suffer decline, though others see gains

Israelis clean tar off the Bat Yam beach following an offshore oil spill which polluted most of the Israeli coastline, March 2, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

After oil spill, Health Ministry says fish from Mediterranean now okay for sale

The Daily Briefing

Times of Israel Podcast

Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 10 – 2 weeks to elections, it’s wash, rinse, repeat

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

Workers at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Modiin, ahead of the upcoming elections. February 23, 2021. (Flash90)

Just 29% of Israelis think elections will end the political deadlock, poll shows

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in the Knesset on July 29, 2013, with Naftali Bennett (left) and Gideon Sa'ar. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90/File)

Likud, Yesh Atid see boost in latest poll, New Hope plunges to under 10 seats

By Raoul Wootliff

Kally Rubin Kislowicz

Stem cell rivalry

I thought I was mature and no longer competed with my kid brother at Scrabble, or running, or whose kids are more lovable… Until we had a chance to save a stranger’s life

Shayna Goldberg

‘But thank God we’re healthy, right?’

This corona year has been full of ’Dayyenu’ moments when I said ’If only’ and ’it would be enough!’ Then I threw my back out

Amira Ahronoviz

Defying expectations in a pandemic

Operating in times of economic, diplomatic, and existential crises is what we at the Jewish Agency have always done. Then the coronavirus crisis combined all three

A Facebook page to explain Israeli elections – in English!

The polls and the parties can be daunting, so my page explains what’s going on and reminds voters to use the ballot to improve our country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) shakes hands with Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, in the Knesset plenum, October 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

In final push, Netanyahu and Lapid turn on their own camps

There’s a cruel irony to this election: To win, each leader must cannibalize his own camp. But go too far and you hand the election to the other side

Composite photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in Ramla on August 4, 2020, and Yair Lapid at the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90, Knesset/Adina Veldman)

Netanyahu agrees to debate Lapid only if he ‘admits he is running for PM’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony for a new neighborhood in the northern town of Harish, on March 9, 2021. (Flash90)

‘We have to prevent fake conversions,’ PM says when asked about court ruling

Ballots being counted on March 4, 2020. (Flash90)

Fight to the end: How parties plan on driving (literally) turnout at the polls

By Tal Schneider

From voter tracking apps to phone banks, stump tours and free rides, parties are planning a variety of tactics to push their supporters to the ballot boxes on March 23

Anat Amichai, the wife of the head of security at Israel's embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, casting the first vote in the elections for the 21th Knesset, in early polling allowed for diplomats and their families, March 28, 2019. (Israel Foreign Ministry)

Ambassadors and diplomats worldwide set to begin early voting in election

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks during an event at Bar Ilan University, March 4, 2020. (Flash90)

AG said to think Blue and White can stay in cabinet even if party not in Knesset

Visitors tour the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Analysis

‘Our story’: Tel Aviv’s Museum of the Jewish People reopens after $100m revamp

Rebranded as ANU, museum aims to highlight Jewish diversity and accomplishments over 3,000 years: ‘This is our story and you need to feel part of it’

Visitors listen to a guide at the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem, March 10, 2021. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Israeli museum scraps sale of Islamic art after Qatari group pledges funding

By Ilan Ben Zion

A woman receives her second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from an army medic, left, at a vaccination center set up on a mall parking lot in Givataim, central Israel, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, January 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

‘Worse than Mengele’: Medics reveal antivaxxer threats as union calls for probe

Health Ministry condemns messages as doctors are told they are ‘Hitler’s future neighbor in hell’ and will ‘soon pay the price’

A High Court of Justice hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)

High Court halts transfer of info on unvaccinated to local authorities

From right to left, a senior advisor to the Brazillian PM, Tzachi Braverman, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, during the meeting on March 9, 2021 (Jorge Novominsky/GPO)

Israel, Brazil ink deal to establish joint team to research, produce vaccines

Passengers arriving on a flight from Frankfurt take part in the pilot program of wearing electronic bracelets upon arrival in Israel, on March 01, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Bill requiring electronic bracelets for quarantined travelers passes 1st vote

Proposal needs committee review and 2 more Knesset readings to become law; those refusing device would be isolated at state-run facility

Passengers walk in the arrivals hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on March 8, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Following pressure, flights to be allowed from four more international locations

Travelers walk in Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Cleared for takeoff? World eyes ‘health passports’ to facilitate travel

Singapore's Maghain Aboth Synagogue (Gaurav via Wikipedia)

Singapore Muslim soldier arrested for planning stabbing spree outside synagogue

By AFP

Amirull Ali intended to ambush and kill at least three Jewish men as they left prayers, security officials say; he also planned to travel to Gaza to join Hamas

Illustrative: Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a press conference in Gaza City on May 30, 2019. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Hamas leadership vote turns into dramatic standoff as Sinwar seeks reelection

By Aaron Boxerman

Three rounds of voting fail to produce a clear outcome, 4th vote said delayed; Sinwar’s chief opponent, Nizar Awadullah, played a key role in 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh addresses PA cabinet ministers on January 25, 2021. (WAFA)

Palestinian PM: We’re prepared to fully cooperate with ICC war crimes probe

By Aaron Boxerman

Vials of coronavirus vaccines at a Clalit vaccination center in the northern city of Safed on February 22, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israeli doctor: 600 at-risk children got COVID shot without major side effects

Dr. Boaz Lev, a top adviser to the government, tells UK paper data is ‘encouraging’; Pfizer is entering clinical trials of its vaccine for ages 12-16

7:21 pm

Video details alleged contract between PM, wife, giving her power over top posts
6:56 pm

Channel 12 poll: Camps split 60-60 if Yamina backs Netanyahu
6:37 pm

TV: Netanyahu may also meet Sudanese PM while in UAE

Rabbi Shlomo Segal, left, reads from the Passover Haggadah, a guide to the holiday service, as his wife Adina, right, and daughters Shira, 12, third from right, and Rayna, 8, second right, listen, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in New York, during the current coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 crisis has forced people to stay at home and avoid gathering with others as governmentally-imposed social distancing rules are in place. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Passover 2021

In US, vaccination and tests may let some families gather for Passover this year

As uncertainty remains over whether relatives should get together to celebrate the Exodus from Egypt, a few share ‘mah nishtana’ — what’s different this year

Illustrative: Kosher Palate in Dallas originally decided to follow the governor's lead, ending its requirement that customers be masked, before backtracking amid customer complaints. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images via JTA)

A Dallas kosher grocer removed its mask requirement, then came the backlash

New Israeli Opera singers, from left, Goni Knaani, Daniela Skorka, Tal Ganor and Anat Czarny will appear in concert of Israeli classics when opera house reopens on March 11, 2021 (Courtesy New Israeli Opera)

Aria there yet?

Israeli Opera reopens with classics for in-house audiences

By Jessica Steinberg

After a year of shuttered doors, New Israeli Opera relaunches season with concerts of opera and Israeli songs

A woman shows her 'Green Pass' before entering a concert for vaccinated seniors, organized by the municipality of Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Rapid tests at entrance to events to be ready in 2 weeks, health official says

Illustrative: Travelers sit for COVID testing at Ben Gurion Airport on March 8, 2021, upon their arrival from New York. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Virus czar: Lockdown unlikely before Passover due to ‘significant’ drop in cases

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This TVGE image made from video shows smoke rising over the blast site at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, March 7, 2021. (TVGE via AP)

Israel sending medical team to Equatorial Guinea after deadly blasts

By ToI Staff and AFP

Members of the elite Egoz unit take part in an exercise in Cyprus in June 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Soldier whose gun was stolen put up a fight, is cleared of wrongdoing

By Judah Ari Gross

Muhammad Abdelrazek Ades, who was killed March 9, 2021, in a shooting in Jaljulia. (Courtesy)

Teen gunned down in Jaljulia was only 100 meters from police station — report

Illustrative: In this photo released on January 15, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)

Bipartisan group of US lawmakers: Iran deal must address ‘full range of threats’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

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

Iran denies to UN it attacked Israeli-owned cargo ship in Gulf

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Afik Toibi, a border guard who is suspected of killing his comrade, Sgt. Naim Maadi, is indicted in a Haifa District Court on March 10, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Border guard indicted for killing comrade while playing with a pistol

By Judah Ari Gross

Cantor Stephen Saxon was inspired by a radio interview to help the author of 'Kiss My Gay Ass' get his long-denied varsity letter denied because of his sexuality. (Courtesy of Saxon via JTA)

Rewriting his-storyCalifornia cantor helps fix a 63-year-old homophobic snub

By Gabriel Greschler

Norton Juster at home in Massachusetts. (Bill Greene/The Boston Globe via Getty Images via JTA)

‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ author Norton Juster dies at 91

By Gabe Friedman

The Optibus team, as of March 2021 (Courtesy)

Bus-schedule planner Optibus raises $107 million to boost global reach

By Shoshanna Solomon

Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard (0) cheers on the team from the sideline during the second half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game against the Boston Celtics on September 19, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

NBA player caught using anti-Semitic slur on video game platform

By Gabe Friedman

Dancer and choreographer Rina Schenfeld from her new work, 'The Diary, Part 2,' to be performed at her Tel Aviv studio on March 11 and 12, 2021 (Courtesy Dovrat Asulin)

A dancer's diaryVeteran choreographer dances through pandemic, but craves the stage

By Jessica Steinberg

Daniel Ramot (left) and Oren Shoval, the co-founders of ridesharing firm Via Transportation Inc. (Courtesy)

Israel-founded ride-sharing firm Via buys US mapping software maker Remix

By Shoshanna Solomon

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