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What Matters Most On Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) shakes hands with Israeli President Isaac Herzog ahead of talks inside Number 10 Downing Street in central London on November 23, 2021 during the Israeli president's three-day visit. (JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)

World running out of time to deal with Iran, UK’s Johnson tells Herzog

Israeli president calls on allies in P5+1 to stand firm against Tehran in upcoming negotiations; British prime minister condemns Hamas terror attack in Jerusalem

President Isaac Herzog meets with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in London on November 22, 2022 (Courtesy)

Herzog urges British lawmakers to stay tough on Iran ahead of Vienna talks

Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, speaks with deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi upon his arrival at Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport, Iran, Nov. 22, 2021. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

At Tehran meeting, UN nuclear watchdog chief presses for more access

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett takes his 9-year-old son to get vaccinated against COVID on November 23, 2021 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

PM’s son, 9, gets COVID vaccine as Israel officially launches shots for ages 5-11

Coronavirus inoculation campaign kicks off with 2.5% of age group signed up; health officials warn of rising cases among kids

Illustrative: Israeli boy receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Meuhedet Healthcare Services Organization in Tel Aviv, on November 22, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israel begins vaccinating children aged 5-11

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington, January 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Fauci says Israel is ‘where you wanted to be’ for COVID vaccines

By Nathan Jeffay

Coin appears to be one of few items found from the Temple

Rare silver ‘rebel coin,’ maybe minted at Temple 2,000 years ago, found in Jerusalem

Experts suggest shekel coin may have been made by priests assisting Great Revolt against Romans, using precious metal from holy site’s plentiful reserves

Yossi Klein Halevi

To the students who walked out on Palestinian-Israeli dialogue

I’ve learned you can’t cancel a people: Mohammed Darawshe and I are modeling a painful conversation about injustice and existential fears

A series of unfortunate Thanksgiving events – and their upside for Jews

Early on, exclusionary discourse on the holiday led to dustups, clarifications and even an epic apology that helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

Shayna Goldberg

Private parts are not all that is off-limits

If we want our kids to grow up to be healthy, autonomous, independent, self-reliant adults, we cannot teach them through fear, guilt, self-doubt, or shame

Who is the outlier, Trump or Biden?

With the world trending authoritarian, will Trump turn out to be the first of his kind while the moderate Biden turns out to be the last of his?

Defense Minister Benny Gantz reveals the location of an alleged Iranian drone base in southern Iran during a speech at Reichman University on November 23, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gantz exposes Iran drone bases, says Tehran tried to fly TNT into West Bank via UAV

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at IPS conference at Reichman University, November 23, 2021 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Bennett: Israel ‘fell asleep’ after 2015 nuclear deal, won’t be bound by new pact

By Lazar Berman

(from left) Amos Yadlin, Tamir Pardo, Gideon Frank, and Yaakov Amidror speak about Iran's nuclear program at Reichman University's IPS conference, November 23, 2021 (Courtesy Reichman University)

There was no strategic debate on Iran under Netanyahu, ex-IDF intel chief charges

By Lazar Berman

Defense Minister Benny Gantz ahead of his flight to Morocco, on November 23, 2021. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Live updates (closed)

Gantz heads to Morocco for 1st visit by defense minister, will ink defense deals

‘We will strengthen our ties,’ says Gantz before takeoff from Tel Aviv; he’ll meet Moroccan defense minister, foreign minister, chief of its armed forces

7:28 pm

Remains of 7 Jewish COVID-19 victims transferred from Morocco to Israel for reburial
7:23 pm

Bennett floats plan to test all students for COVID after Hanukkah
7:02 pm

US to pay victims for FBI failure to prevent Parkland school shooting

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Nov. 23 – Explosive testimony turns up the heat in Netanyahu’s trial

Political reporter Tal Schneider on Nir Hefetz’s bombshell revelations in Case 4000; US correspondent Jacob Magid on the future of the Abraham Accords and the visa waiver program

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) during a vote on a bill limiting prime ministers to eight years in office, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset passes first reading of bill to limit PM’s term to 8 years

By Raoul Wootliff

Nir Hefetz at the Jerusalem District Court, November 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)

Netanyahu trialNir Hefetz: Bezeq boss said his news site was ‘gift’ for Netanyahus to control

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook

Setting the pace: The UAE’s envoy to Israel, an inspiring Israeli athlete… and me

By Lazar Berman

Mohamed Al Khaja accompanies blind runner Avi Solomon as he prepares for the Abu Dhabi marathon, and tells this breathless hack why UAE-Israel ties will be a model for peace

L-R: Energy and Water Resources Minister Karine Elharrar, UAE Climate Change Minister Mariam Almheiri and Jordan Water and Irrigation Minister Mohammed Al-Najjar sign a water agreement at a Dubai Expo event on November 22, 2021, as US Climate Envoy John Kerry and UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed look on. (UAE Foreign Ministry/Twitter)

Israel, Jordan sign huge UAE-brokered deal to swap solar energy and water

By ToI Staff and AFP

Israel pledges to finally permit long-restricted Palestinian 4G cell service

By Aaron Boxerman

Until 2018, Israel kept Palestinian providers from installing 3G networks, and it could be years before 4G tech is rolled out, even as 5G becomes standard among Israeli competitors

A vendor offers mobile phone contracts from a booth on a street in Nablus in the West Bank on November 15, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

Defense Minster Benny Gantz speaks at Haaretz Democracy Conference in Jaffa, on November 9, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Gantz heads to Rabat to formalize defense ties with Morocco

By Judah Ari Gross and Agencies

Defense minister to meet with his counterpart and with Moroccan foreign minister nearly a year after normalization agreement signed

Infantry soldiers from the Golani Brigade train in underground tunnel urban warfare at a mock Arab village on the Golan Heights on May 15, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Poll: Almost half of Jewish Israelis support making IDF a professional army

By Judah Ari Gross

New biennial survey by Israel Democracy Institute also finds military generally considered to be ethical, good at its job, bad with its money and middling at gender equality

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers seen at the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, on May 10, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Government raises soldiers’ pay following major backlash over high pensions

By Judah Ari Gross

Yesh Atid party leader Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 8, 2021. (Oliiver Fitoussi/Flash90)

Jerusalem shooter also traveled to Turkey for instructions

After Jerusalem killing and 50 terror arrests, Lapid urges Turkey to shut down Hamas

Hamas cell reportedly being directed by Istanbul-based leaders; Israel held off on announcing arrests until return of two Israelis accused of spying by Ankara

A fuel truck with a Qatari flag enters the Nusseirat power plant, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Qatar, Hamas seek to bypass Israeli curbs on cash funding for Gaza

Police officers at the scene of a suspected shooting attack in Jerusalem's Old City on November 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel arrests wife of gunman in deadly Jerusalem terror attack

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.
(NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA to smash satellite into asteroid in test of plan to save Earth from destruction

By Chris Lefkow

A melanoma cell (Dr_Microbe via iStock by Getty Images)

Immunotherapy drug now works with a millionth of a dose — thanks to Israeli tech

By Nathan Jeffay

Medicine fell foul of regulators despite helping patients, as it required large dose. Now, Technion’s pinpoint delivery system cuts quantity needed, allowing revival of drug

Jewish students and faculty at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, celebrated the October 1 inauguration of a 'Jewish Sacred Space' at the school, along with the arrival of its first-ever Torah. (Chiana McInelly/ via JTA)

'With this Torah, a lot more Jews will come to Gonzaga'

In a former neo-Nazi hotbed, Jesuit college Gonzaga gets 1st Torah, Jewish space

By Rachel Román

Thanks to the initiative of Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein and student leaders, the several dozen identifying Jews on an eastern Washington state campus have their own gathering place

Tehran cast and crew pose during the 49th International Emmy Awards on November 22, 2021 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images/AFP)

Dramatic strike

Israeli thriller ‘Tehran’ wins best drama at International Emmy Awards

Streaming on Apple TV+, show beats out Indian, Chilean and British competitors for Israel’s third-ever win; Roy Nik misses out on best actor for role in ‘Normali’

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) annual conference, at the Port of Tyne, in South Shields, England, on November 22, 2021. (Owen Humphreys/Pool Photo via AP)

Moses, Peppa Pig and car noises: UK’s Johnson gives rambling speech

British PM says he ‘came down from Sinai’ to give officials ‘new ten commandments thou shalt develop,’ recounts trip to theme park dedicated to porcine preschool favorite

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13-year-old Tomer Zarfati receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary Clalit health care center in Jerusalem, August 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine 100% effective in adolescents after 4 months

By AFP and ToI Staff

A Palestinian boy rides a donkey in the E-1 area near the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, December 5, 2012. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dozens of US lawmakers urge Blinken to prevent settlements in sensitive E1 area

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Calves on a live shipment from Australia to Eilat for fattening, prior to slaughter, December 2019. (Israel Against Live Shipments)

MK launches new Knesset animal welfare caucus, vows to end live shipments of calves

Illustrative: People shop at the Malha Mall in Jerusalem, on July 29, 2020.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Unemployment dips to 7% in October, still double pre-pandemic rate

Students at Tel Aviv University on the first day of the academic year, October 10, 2021. (Flash90)

4 Israeli universities feature among top 50 producers of entrepreneurs

By Ricky Ben-David

Security officials and rescuers at the scene of a fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (AP Photo)

Commission of inquiry submits interim report on deadly crush at religious festival

Israel’s NSO Group at risk of ‘defaulting’ on $500m after US blacklisting

By Ricky Ben-David and Agencies

Dozens of guns seized during a smuggling operation from Lebanon, on July 10, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Hezbollah smuggling weapons to Arab Israelis to sow civil strife – police

Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)

70 writers back Sally Rooney’s ‘exemplary’ boycott of Israel publishers

By JTA and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Natali Oknin in his office on November 22, 2021. (Haim Zach / GPO)

‘I’m so happy to see you’: PM meets Israeli couple freed from Turkish prison

Avi Edri. (Courtesy)

Ultra-Orthodox mayor remanded amid suspicion he was present at 1990 murder

Billionaire William Ackman, left, and wife Neri Oxman, an Israeli-American designer and professor. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images/JTA)

Clash over Jewish billionaire’s penthouse points at NY struggle with super-rich

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