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What Matters Most On Friday, December 3, 2021

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Israeli F-35 fighter jets fly in formation during the military's Blue Flag exercise in October 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

'A bad deal, which I hope will not be made, is intolerable'

Mossad head vows no Iran nukes ‘ever,’ as credibility of military option scrutinized

David Barnea says agency will ‘do everything needed to alleviate threat,’ but air force head won’t say if Israel can destroy Iran’s program and report claims IDF has no strike plan

A lift truck carries a cylinder containing uranium hexafluoride gas for the purpose of injecting the gas into centrifuges in Iran's Fordo nuclear facility, November 6, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

AnalysisFlagrantly forging ahead at Fordo, Iran ups nuclear ante as Vienna talks resume

By Jon Gambrell

Joe Jajati in the al-Franj Synagogue in Damascus in 2021. (Courtesy)

Inside story'They deserve gratitude for preserving the Jewish sites'

How did 12 Jewish New Yorkers end up vacationing in Syria?

Syrian Jews from Brooklyn visit synagogue in Damascus, call trip ‘extremely normal’; expert says Assad welcoming foreigners to boost reconstruction

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

War: What Israel talks about when it talks about striking Iran’s nuclear program

Israeli officials have regularly called for a ‘credible military threat’ against Tehran’s nuclear facilities, but less discussed is the major conflict that’s almost sure to follow

In this photo released by the US Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a US Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, October 30, 2021. (US Air Force/Senior Airman Jerreht Harris via AP)

Illustrative: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh during a press conference in Tehran, on February 22, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

As Israel bids to nix nuke talks, Iran says delegates not taking orders from Bennett

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses a press conference during a ministerial council meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, on December 2, 2021. (Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool/AFP)

Blinken says little optimism around nuke talks, but not too late for Iranian U-turn

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Composite/AP)

'Intense' phone call also saw disagreements over Iran

Blinken initiated call with PM, amid doubts Israel actually called off Atarot plan

US dismayed to find East Jerusalem housing project back on docket of planning committee’s agenda for next week, after Israeli officials leaked that plan was shelved, sources say

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Analysis

Is the Biden-Bennett honeymoon over? 6 US-Israel issues that are raising tensions

From Iran to settlements to relations with China, differences are emerging that threaten to disrupt relations between Jerusalem and Washington DC

Illustrative -- A medic collects a swab sample from an Israeli border guard at a COVID-19 drive-through testing site in Jerusalem, on November 29, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

7 cases of Omicron variant now confirmed in Israel, with 27 more suspected

Health Ministry says 2 confirmed cases are fully vaccinated with Pfizer shot; of the 8 fully vaccinated people who were confirmed or suspected cases, only one had symptoms

Hospital workers wearing safety work in the coronavirus ward at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Doctor who attended UK summit confirmed as Israel’s 3rd Omicron case

Arriving travelers at Ben Gurion Airport, November 28, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Bennett backs ‘automatic fines’ for travelers who don’t take 2 COVID tests

So how, in fact, do Haredi women behave?

Ultra-Orthodox feminists aren’t just changing their own communities, they are posing a wider challenge: Can new and different models be tolerated in the Israeli secular space?

Why the Bennett vacation story matters

The conduct of the Bennett family suggests that politics rather than a truly perceived grave threat of the Omicron variant drove the PM to curtail air travel

The car used in a ramming attack on Border Police in Umm al-Fahm, December 3, 2021 (Israel Police)

2 Border Police officers wounded in Umm al-Fahm car-ramming; 1 suspect shot dead

Building on fire during rioting in Umm al-Fahm, December 2, 2021 (Screen grab/Walla)

Umm al-Fahm buffeted by gunfire, arson after deadly shooting

The Djamchid Sisters, Eden Djamchid (left) and Shay-Li Djamchid, Jerusalem-based musicians whose new album, 'A Thousand Suns,' dropped in November 2021. (Courtesy: Omri Rosengart)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Musical sisters bring sound and soul to cello and guitar

The Djamchid Sisters began writing their dreamy indie tunes on electric guitar and cello in their childhood bedrooms

A woman is seen speaking on her phone at Ben Gurion Airport, on November 28, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israel media review

Fight and flight: What the press says about Omicron, ill-timed trips and war on Iran

By Joshua Davidovich

Questions about Omicron are flattened out by the media into a vaccination mantra, but the PM comes under fire for keeping curbs in place while seeming to give his family a pass

People shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

After outcry, government scraps Shin Bet phone tracking of Omicron carriers

Former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler speaking to a Knesset committee in Jerusalem on March 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Interview'There's an absence of outrage against antisemitism'

Irwin Cotler’s ambitious agenda as Canada’s new special antisemitism envoy

By Renee Ghert-Zand

As hate crimes against Canadian Jews soar, the respected human rights advocate will work closely with government and community groups to stem bigotry, including on social media

Illustrative: An Israeli police officer stands guard as a religious Jew in army uniform visits the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)

19 countries drop support for UN resolution omitting Jewish tie to Temple Mount

Resolution only referring to holy site by Muslim name still passes overwhelmingly, but tally not as lopsided as 2018 result, which Israeli envoy says is cause for optimism

Ultra-Orthodox men protest COVID-19 vaccine requirements in New York City, November 11, 2021. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

New York City orders vaccine mandate for staff at yeshivas, other private schools

Directive from mayor’s office comes amid fears of Omicron variant; workers have until Dec. 20 to show proof of 1st dose; Jewish schools are largest group of private schools in city

An Israeli boy squeezes his brother's hand as he receives a coronavirus vaccine at Clalit Health services in Jerusalem, Nov. 23, 2021(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

No serious side effects reported among kids 5-11 in Israel after COVID vaccine

Health providers say some kids have arm pain, but not significant enough for parents to report it, as well as isolated cases of moderate fever: ‘This shows it’s a safe vaccine’

Illustrative: Laboratory mice. (toeytoey2530/Istock via Getty Images)

Israeli lab raises hyperactive mutant mice for developing ADHD medications

By Nathan Jeffay

Peer-reviewed research invites scholars worldwide to breed mice with a single ADHD mutation discovered in Bedouin family, as they give ‘unprecedented insight’ into brain function

Second chance

Miss Universe contestants model ‘pre-loved’ clothing fashion show

By Jessica Steinberg

A Hanukkah fashion event with Haboydem, a Jerusalem secondhand shop that supports women’s rehab and employment training for people with disabilities

Miss Universe contestants in Israel on December 1, 2021, with stylist Stephanie Strauch (bottom left), Jerusalem deputy mayor Fleur Hasson-Nahoum (bottom middle) and Ilanit Melchior, director of Jerusalem tourism (bottom right) (Courtesy Moran Shmouelof)

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Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg, on December 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court lifts gag on Moshe Hogeg sex charges, including underage prostitution offenses

An Israeli passenger from a flydubai flight from Tel Aviv waves her Israeli passport on arrival at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, November 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Shaked eases some requirements to register Israeli children born abroad

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Nissim Shitrit in an undated photo. (Screenshot: Kan public broadcaster)

2 members of Berland’s sect charged over ‘extremely cruel’ 1986 murder of teen

Gabrielle Giffords speaks during a demonstration with victims of gun violence in front of the Supreme Court, on November 3, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images via JTA)

Living her 'gift'Ex-US lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords celebrates Bat Mitzvah

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell is seated at the defense table while watching testimony of witnesses during her trial, in New York, Nov. 30, 2021. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Ex-Epstein housekeeper testifies teen sex abuse accusers repeatedly visited mansion

By Tom Hays and Jennifer Peltz

An Israeli F-15I fighter jet (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash 90)

Air force jet makes emergency landing when wheel fails to deploy; training suspended

Israeli soldiers taking positions during clashes with Palestinian protesters across the Gaza border on October 19, 2018 near Nahal Oz. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Rights groups accuse Israel of failing to probe troops over Gaza border shootings

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Hanukkah menorah that had been knocked to the ground lies flat in Kyiv on Nov. 30, 2021. (The Ukrainian Jewish Committee via JTA)

Hanukkah menorahs vandalized in at least 3 Ukrainian cities

By Cnaan Liphshiz

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) is greeted by Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan during his tour of the French pavillion at the Dubai Expo on the first day of his Gulf tour on December 3, 2021 (Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

UAE agrees to buy 80 French Rafale jets as Macron visits Gulf amid Iran tensions

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The campus of University of Toronto-Scarborough. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Toronto student union walks back anti-Israel resolution that called for kosher ban

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) arrives with her designated successor Olaf Scholz (L) for a press conference following a meeting with the heads of Germany's federal states, at the Chancellery in Berlin, on December 2, 2021. (John MacDougall/Pool/AFP)

Germany excludes unvaccinated from public life as COVID surges

By Femke COLBORNE

Signs hang on a fence surrounding the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, on September 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar/File)

US court hears debate on allowing Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s words at trial

By MARK SCOLFORO

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