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What Matters Most On Friday, August 13, 2021

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An Israeli health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at the Maccabi Health Service in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion on August 13, 2021 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Over 6,000 new cases on Thursday; 462 in serious condition

Israel becomes first country in world to give COVID boosters to over-50s

Health Ministry head endorses expert panel recommendation to back move; tens of thousands of newly eligible make appointments; health minister gets 3rd shot: ‘It’s a critical time’

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz receives his third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, August 13, 2021 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Health chief says kids to get COVID vaccines in schools: ‘We’re in an emergency’

A Magen David Adom worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, on August 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

COVID-fighting antibodies last 4+ months in 87% of cancer patients: Israeli MDs

By Nathan Jeffay

A man offers elderly Israelis hand sanitizer to desinfect their hands for fear of coronavirus, in Jerusalem on March 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

Report: Ministers, legal adviser shot down proposed lockdown only for over-60s

Suggestion to order only those over 60 to stay home was floated at recent coronavirus cabinet meeting, but deputy attorney general warned legality was doubtful

Illustrative photo of travelers at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport on August 5, 2021 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Germany declares Israel a high-risk travel destination amid virus surge – report

Palestinian medical workers receive a vaccine against the coronavirus at a medical center in the West Bank city of Dura on March 21, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/FLASH90)

Palestinian Authority receives another 150,000 coronavirus vaccine doses

By Aaron Boxerman

Pro-Israel demonstrators protest in New York City against Ben & Jerry's, over its settlement boycott on August 12, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)

Dozens march to Ben & Jerry’s Times Square shop demanding it ‘end Jew hatred’

As confused bystanders look on, pro-Israel demonstrators chant ‘shame’ at settlement-boycotting ice cream firm, while Neturei Karta activists stage counter-protest across street

Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar addresses media after lunch at the Mercado Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 11, 2020, primary election day in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Ilhan Omar’s spokesman says AIPAC ‘putting her life at risk’ with latest ads

Screen capture from video of protestors outside a plant of US defense contractor Raytheon in Rhode Island, on August 12, 2021. (Twitter)

Citing Israel, protesters accuse US weapons firm of abuses, block plant entrance

By AP and ToI Staff

Kuwaiti-born Mark Halawa holding his new Israeli citizenship documentation, August 2021. (courtesy)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: How a Kuwaiti Muslim now lives in Jerusalem as a Jewish Israeli citizen

His father was a colleague of Yasser Arafat. His mother was born into a British Mandate marriage between a Jew and a Muslim. Hear how Mark Halawa recently became an Israeli citizen

New Israeli-developed sprays freezing agent on cancerous cells in the bladder (screen shot from Vessi Medical)

Freezing tumor instead of cutting, Israelis pioneer new bladder cancer approach

By Nathan Jeffay

Tumors removed from 4 patients using Co2 at Rambam Hospital in Haifa; doctors monitoring to check method keeps cancer away; if it does, process heralds great advantages, they say

Maimonides by Solomon Souza. Mahane Yehuda, Jerusalem, February 2016. (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI)

Interview'We covered everything from the Bible to modern times'

Did Maimonides ignite the cannabis craze? Book probes roles of Jews in medicine

By Rich Tenorio

A new book chronicles the remedies prescribed by the first Jewish doctors and their Levantine counterparts all the way through to today’s cutting-edge innovations

Ben & Jerry’s recent decision is not antisemitic

This disingenuous smear campaign against a company that upholds a standard that the Jewish state should emulate distracts us from fighting to end the occupation

When the politicians start designing the city, we’re all in trouble

The delicate balance between the public good and the private individual was shattered long ago, in favor of private, short-term greed

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visits at 'Migdal Nofim' retirement home in Jerusalem, July 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett cut down plans for new settlement homes to avoid angering US — report

According to Kan, PM took number of houses set for approval down by 1,000 ahead of planned first meeting with Biden

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a meeting of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, in a speech that was broadcast on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (WAFA)

PA leader Abbas slams plan to approve new settlement construction

By Aaron Boxerman

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a farewell ceremony for the French armed forces chief of staff, Gen. Francois Lecointre, at the Invalides monument in Paris, on July 21, 2021. (Daniel Cole/AP)

France to boycott UN anti-racism conference, citing previous antisemitism

By AFP and ToI Staff

CIA chief William Burns, left, meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem, August 11, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershon/GPO)

Bennett seeking joint US-Israel strategy on Iran if nuclear talks fail — report

PM said to urge coordination during meeting with CIA chief; officials believe William Burns also skeptical Tehran will return to 2015 deal

Illustrative: A drone flies in Berlin, Germany, on November 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

IDF says it downed Hezbollah drone that entered Israeli airspace

By Judah Ari Gross

A drone recovered by Israeli troops in southern Israel on August 13, 2021, which the military says was flown by the Hamas terror group into Israeli airspace from the Gaza Strip two days prior. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says troops downed Hamas drone from Gaza two days ago

By Judah Ari Gross

Artist Gregory Israel Abou burnes a paper with the name Yahweh on it, in a video piece that caused an uproar (video screenshot)

Without authority, police summon artist for questioning for burning name of God

Gregory Israel Abou was told to come in and explain his actions in a video art piece, even though police did not have the necessary okay from state prosecutors

Top left, clockwise, Gage Gorsky, Dalya Perez, Ari Kelman, Tobin Belzer, Vincent Calvetti and Tory Brundage. (Courtesy)

New major US study on Jews of color highlights experiences of discrimination

Research shows people often face casual racism, interrogations or simply being ignored in communal settings; some hope new data will serve as a watershed moment

Filmmaker Laizy Shapira, the creator of 'Srugim.' (Screen capture: YouTube)

Creator of hit TV show ‘Srugim’ turns to fans to finance sequel of sorts

Dilawar Syed, president of the software company Freshdesk, speaks during a Tech Stands Up rally on Pi Day, March 14, 2017, outside City Hall in Palo Alto, California (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Jewish groups, senator rally behind Muslim Biden nominee attacked by Republicans

GOP attacks aimed at blocking Dilawar Syed’s nomination at Small Business Administration reportedly cite his membership on board of Muslim advocacy group that is critical of Israel

A woman holds a dog in her arms as forest fires approach the village of Pefki on Evia (Euboea) island, Greece's second largest island, on August 8, 2021 (ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)

2nd prize set to be available to startups

With $1m annual prize, donor hopes Israeli ideas will help solve climate crisis

Canadian Jeff Hart links up with philanthropists, Jewish organizations, to give award to nonprofits: ‘If anyone can make miracles happen, it’s the State of Israel’

In this picture taken on August 13, 2021, a Taliban fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistan's third biggest city, after government forces pulled out the day before following weeks of being under siege. (AFP)

Taliban take 3 more provincial capitals in relentless sweep through Afghanistan

By TAMEEM AKHGAR and Rahim Faiez

Taliban fighters pose for a photo as they patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2021 (AP Photo/Gulabuddin Amiri)

ExplainerWhat next for Afghanistan as Taliban moves through country with lightning speed?

By AFP

A Taliban fighter poses for a photo as he patrols inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 12, 2021. (Gulabuddin Amiri/AP)

As Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, US hurries to evacuate embassy staff

By AFP

More Headlines

The Milky Way galaxy is pictured as a Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above the Negev desert near the Israeli city of Mitzpe Ramon, on August 13, 2021, during a yearly meteor shower (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Meteor rainAnnual meteor shower dazzles thousands of visitors to Israel’s south

A municipal worker cleans swastikas spray painted on columns of the Rivoli Street in central Paris, on October 11, 2020. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP)

Swastikas daubed on French vaccination centers, in apparent Nazi comparison

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A view of Imst, Austria. (Video screenshot)

Authorities in Austrian town plan to remove SS memorial

By AP

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. (Composite/AP)

Bennett asks Pfizer CEO to speed up vaccine approval for kids under 12

Police in Plymouth, UK on August 12, 2021 (video screenshot)

6 dead including suspected gunman in UK shooting, officials say it’s not terror

By AFP

From 'The Pianist from Ramallah,' a documentary about Muhammad 'Misha' Alsheikh, a teenage pianist living between Palestinian, Russian and Jewish cultures, screening at the National Library of Israel's Docu.Text film festival, August 15-19, 2021 (Courtesy PR)

Film festNational Library’s Docu.Text opens with music and archives

By Jessica Steinberg

Screen capture from video of a forest fire near the northern border city of Kiryat Shmona, on August 12, 2021. (Twitter)

Forest fire near Kiryat Shmona forces home evacuations

Shoppers at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on July 27, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel reports low risk to financial sector, small business struggles

Illustrative: Amazon Prime packages sit in a delivery truck. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Amazon reintroduces limited free shipping to Israel

An helicopter drops water over a fire in Avgaria village on Evia island, about 181 kilometers (113 miles) north of Athens, Greece on Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Greek PM: Wildfires the worst ecological catastrophe in decades

By Elena Becatoros

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