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What Matters Most On Friday, November 19, 2021

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Home Secretary Priti Patel arrives for a regional cabinet meeting at Rolls Royce in Bristol, England, October 15, 2021. (Steve Parsons/Pool via AP)

UK to designate entire Hamas a terror group, outlaw support

British home secretary set to announce new policy, which will no longer distinguish between military and political wings; Hamas backers in UK could face up to 10 years in prison

(L) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, background and Home Secretary Priti Patel in Guildford, England, on July 27, 2021; (R) Foreign Miinister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2021. (Yui Mok/Pool via AP; Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via Flash90)

Israel cheers as UK says it will designate Hamas as terror group

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Illustrative: The scene at the Palace of Justice in Nuernberg, Germany, on September 30, 1946, during the trial of 20 top Nazi war criminals. (AP)

German justice system was contaminated by Nazis for decades after WWII – researchers

By Yannick Pasquet

Until the early 70s, more than 80% of top judicial officials had worked in Hitler’s justice apparatus, 3 in 4 belonged to the Nazi party

Illustrative: Immigrants from France arrive at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on July 23, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Poll finds 1 in 4 European Jewish leaders mulling emigration due to antisemitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A still from 'Plan A.' (Courtesy Menemsha Films)

Interview'They wanted revenge on a biblical scale'

‘Plan A’ dramatizes real plot to kill millions of Germans as payback for Holocaust

By Rich Tenorio

Streaming via the Boston Jewish Film Festival through Nov. 21, the historical thriller tells the story of Nakam, the Jewish ‘avengers’ who nearly poisoned Germany’s water supply

Israel’s #1 Comedy, Checkout, Now Streaming on ChaiFlicks

Checkout follows the daily antics of the staff and customers of a failing Israeli supermarket. Watch the award-winning comedy streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen during an official state visit to Angola at the presidential palace in Luanda, on October 18, 2021. (Osvaldo Silva/AFP)

Erdogan said to say special needs son was factor in release

Report: To help free Israeli couple, Erdogan sought public gratitude from PM

After Bennett and Herzog’s calls to thank Turkish leader for release of Oknins, TV report says these were a demand made by the latter for his assistance

‘I didn’t think I’d get home alive’: Israeli couple recalls Turkish custody

Erdogan’s role in release of Israeli couple could signal improving ties — reports

Bennett thanks Erdogan for releasing Israeli couple, in first-ever call between them

Illustrative image: an isolated child. (iStock via Getty Images)

'It’s a wake-up call for public health decision makers'

Israeli study finds early autism diagnosis dramatically boosts child’s prospects

By Nathan Jeffay

Two-thirds of children diagnosed by age 2.5 improve by two or more points on autism severity scale; after this age, fewer than a quarter make similar improvement

The damaged al-Tanf base in southern Syria is seen a day after it was apparently struck by Iranian drones, on October 20, 2021. (Courtesy, via Aurora Intel)

Iran drone attack on US base in Syria was response to Israeli strikes — NYT

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Officials say 5 ‘suicide drones’ loaded with ball bearings and shrapnel hit the al-Tanf base on October 20; American troops had evacuated after being tipped off by Israel

Israeli troops take part in an exercise in northern Israel, in November 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Eyeing northern threats, IDF puts over a billion shekels into training for 2022

By Judah Ari Gross

Bennett: COVID vaccinations for children aged 5-11 to start Tuesday

PM promises ‘total transparency’ to relieve parents of concerns related to the Pfizer shot; delivery of kid-sized doses was delayed but first shipment expected Sunday

Prime Minister Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz attend a press conference at a Maccabi vaccine center in Holon, on June 29, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Health care staff test for COVID-19 at a drive through complex in Modi'in, on November 10, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

For first time since September, key COVID measure shows virus spreading

A patient waits to be called for a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot outside a pharmacy in a grocery store, on November 3, 2021, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Following Israel, US expands COVID booster shots to all adults

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE

Benny Gantz is seen getting into a car next to a personal security guard, in Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shin Bet to probe background check process after Gantz’s house cleaner arrested

By Judah Ari Gross

Officials admit to failure in case of Omri Goren, who served four prison sentences for numerous crimes before arrest on suspicion of spying for Iran

Illustrative: Masked men, allegedly Israeli settlers, wield clubs during what eyewitnesses and police called an attack on Palestinians seeking to harvest olives near Surif, on November 12, 2021. (Credit: Shai Kendler)

Gantz discusses settler violence with top brass, calls for soldiers to intervene

By Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli police officer collects evidence from a vandalized vehicle in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, November 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Car tires slashed in suspected settler attack, Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians say

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

What’s worse than a mouse in your house? A poisonous spider in your bed

Life throws all kinds of stuff at you: Lizards, termites, crumbling drywall, mice…and singing doctors in blue tuxedos with polka dot bowties

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

For Dinah’s honor

The patriarch Jacob stays silent in the face of his daughter’s rape. It is his sons who rally to seek retribution. What do they know that he doesn’t? (Vayishlach)

Inside story

How Charlottesville defendants made the judge say ‘gas the kikes’ and why it matters

The civil trial may result in crippling fines to white supremacists, or it may embolden the alt-right. It’s also being used as a soapbox to spew racist vitriol

Neo-Nazis and white supremacists encircle counter-protesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., August 11, 2017. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

In this Aug. 12, 2018 file photo, White nationalist Jason Kessler speaks at a rally near the White House on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)

Charlottesville trial jurors hear closing arguments in Virginia

By Denise Lavoie

Illustrative: A beach in Tel Aviv during stormy weather, on February 17, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israelis told to avoid Tel Aviv, Herzliya beaches due to pollution

Runoff water mixed with sewage is flowing toward the sea after heavy rainfall Thursday night in central Israel, Health Ministry says

Inside story

Shoshanna Solomon

Shekel climbs to 26-year high as Bank of Israel signals less intervention

Currency’s strength against dollar reaches level not seen in over 2 decades, and experts predict it is not going to stop there

Illustrative image of the 100 Israeli Shekel bill, on December 31, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel's Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked arrives at the US Department of Homeland Security in Washington on November 17, 2021. (Shmulik Almani/Interior Ministry)

Interview'There's no solution on the consulate. We just don't agree'

Shaked: Bringing more countries into Abraham Accords will require US incentives

Interior minister insists no Israeli gestures to Palestinians necessary to broaden normalization deals, says Israel’s policy on settlements is to agree to disagree with Washington

Israel will be added to US Visa Waiver Program by 2023, minister predicts

Chef Snir Eng-Sela's love for everything Thanksgiving-related includes carving pumpkins for his restaurant. (Courtesy: Snir Eng-Sela)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: A Sabra Thanksgiving, with turkey, cranberries and even pumpkin spice

An Israeli chef, Tel Aviv mom and Anglo immigrant talk about how and why they celebrate this most American of holidays

The Silversteins, from left: Joshua, Ami, Laila, Shel and Cinthya, outside of their Los Angeles home. (Casey Durkin/NBC/ via JTA)

Interview'We thought we would be terrible parents to pass this up'

Meet the multiracial Jewish family who swapped lives on NBC’s ‘Home Sweet Home’

By Andrew Esensten

In director Ava DuVernay’s first episode involving Jews, the Silversteins and the Baltzers, a Mormon family, walk in each others’ shoes for a week — with heartwarming results

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Downing Street, in London, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Op-ed

The sleaze engulfing Westminster makes our Knesset look relatively principled

Imagine the outcry if MKs were serving as paid lobbyists for commercial entities, devoting much of their week to 2nd jobs, and near-openly buying their seats in parliament

Former English cricketer Azeem Rafiq gives evidence during a parliamentary hearing at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee on sport governance at Portcullis House in London, on November 16, 2021. (Video grab/House of Commons via AP)

UK cricketer who was target of racism apologizes for antisemitic messages

By Julian GUYER

Aulcie Perry is interviewed for a new documentary about his life as a star player for Maccabi Tel Aviv. (Hey Jude Productions/ via JTA)

Film review

US-born baller who became Israel’s ‘Michael Jordan’ in the ’70s stars in new doc

By Andrew Lapin

Still a household name after leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to 2 EuroLeague and 9 Israeli League championships, Aulcie Perry is the subject of a documentary that fans might love or hate

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Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, head of the IDF's Operations Directorate, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

Didn't see it comingThieves steal car of IDF’s intelligence chief

Illustrative: Passengers line up as they wait for boarding at the Barcelona airport, Spain, August 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

39 Palestinians seeking asylum stranded in Barcelona airport

By Aritz Parra and Renata Brito

People take cover from the rain as they walk on Jaffa Road in the city center of Jerusalem on October 31, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Rain finally falls in central Israel ahead of an expected wintry weekend

A fire seen in a residental building in Haifa, Novemmber 19, 2021. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

Firefighters evacuate tenants after fire erupts in Haifa building

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

A JCB excavator operated by Israeli authorities demolishes homes belonging to Palestinians, in the village of al-Mufagra near the West Bank city of Yatta, on September 11, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

UK construction equipment maker denies link to alleged Israeli abuses

By AP and ToI Staff

Arnon Giladi, Tel Aviv's deputy mayor and chairman of the city's Likud branch. (Courtesy: Arnon Giladi)

Ex-deputy mayor of Tel Aviv suspected of paying 15-year-old boy for sex

Shawan Jabarin, director of the al-Haq rights group, at the organization's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Oct. 23, 2021 (AP/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israel yet to prove banned Palestinian groups have terror ties, says top EU diplomat

By Aaron Boxerman

Clockwise from top left: Richard Gere, Claire Foy, Tilda Swinton, Susan Sarandon, Ken Loach, and Jarvis Cocker. (AP)

Over 100 celebrities slam Israel’s terror designation of Palestinian rights groups

Illustrative: A visitor interacts with a display through a virtual reality goggles at the Saatchi Gallery in London, on Sunday, December 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Israeli startups prepare to play major role in building metaverse

By Ricky Ben-David

Member state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Mideast Quartet expresses concern over West Bank violence, PA financial crisis

By AP

Seyyed Kazeemi and Sajjad Kashian. (US Treasury Department)

2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020 election; 4 others blacklisted

By AP and Jacob Magid

Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Eisenberg, the Jewish stars of 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' (Getty Images)

Double FeatureLizzy Caplan, Jesse Eisenberg to star in ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’

By PHILISSA CRAMER

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