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What Matters Most On Monday, December 6, 2021

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President Isaac Herzog (R) speaks with US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides at Beit Hanasi in Jerusalem, December 5, 2021 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Herzog: If world doesn't take a vigorous stance, Israel will

Israel will protect itself against Iran if world won’t, Herzog warns new US envoy

By Lazar Berman

Presenting his credentials, Ambassador Tom Nides pledges to work closely with Israel to counter Tehran, says Abraham Accords no replacement for deal with Palestinians

A B-52 heavy bomber, flanked by fighter jets, flies to the Middle East in a tacit threat to Iran on November 21, 2020. (US Air Force/Facebook)

Israel to urge US to act militarily against Iran amid stalled nuke talks — reports

By ToI Staff and AP

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, meets with United Arab Emirates' top national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, left, in Tehran, Iran, December 6, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Top UAE adviser makes rare trip to Iran, seeking to boost strained ties

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak attends a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 26th anniversary of Yitzchak Rabin's assassination, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, October 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ehud Barak: It’s not clear that Israel or US have a viable plan to attack Iran

By ToI Staff and AP

Former PM says US decision to leave nuclear deal was ‘delusional,’ says two countries failed to put in place an effective military ‘Plan B’ to deter Iran’s nuclear ambitions

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

Iran says ready to renew nuke talks based on its own proposals, rejects ‘blame game’

By AFP and ToI Staff

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)

Iran says France ‘destabilizing’ the region with weapon sales to Gulf states

By AFP

Analysis

Is Omicron destined to usher in Israel’s 5th outbreak, or will it ‘downgrade’ COVID?

Government adviser says ‘significant chance’ new coronavirus strain means a phase of high infection, but top doctor thinks it may prove milder, making it ‘the variant we wish for’

Illustrative image: Two COVID patients in hospital (AP Photo)

An arriving traveler walks to the COVID-19 testing area at Ben Gurion International Airport on November 28, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israel reports 4 more Omicron infections, bringing total to 11

A Magen David Adom worker takes a swab sample for a COVID-19 rapid antigen test from a young boy, at a testing center in Jerusalem, on September 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Schoolkids instructed to present negative COVID test after Hanukkah break

“Love It Was Not” on demand now!

“A superbly documented, creatively executed tale about a taboo romance at Auschwitz between a Jewish prisoner and her SS captor.” – Variety

'Extremism has become normalized, and it has consequences'

Seeking exposure in religious media, Orthodox women photograph themselves

By Cathryn J. Prince

As an extreme ‘modesty’ trend goes mainstream and the female form is omitted or removed from photos and ads, rights group Chochmat Nashim launches a photo bank so women can be seen

Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport on November 29, 2021. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Health Ministry chief says too early to lift new Omicron travel restrictions

Nachman Ash says officials will wait for more data on new COVID variant before making decisions on changing air travel rules

7:24 pm

Ex-Mossad chief reportedly used his ties to help daughter land UAE-linked job
7:15 pm

Bennett convenes hearing on Omicron travel restrictions
6:56 pm

US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

The Te’enim Checkpoint in the West Bank after a Palestinian teen rammed a guard and was shot, December 6, 2021 (Defense Ministry Border Crossing Authority)

Israeli guard wounded in suspected West Bank car-ramming, driver shot dead

The Te’enim Checkpoint in the West Bank after a Palestinian teen rammed a guard and was shot, December 6, 2021 (Courtesy)

Israel orders high alert at all West Bank crossings after overnight ramming

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a tour of the south on December 6, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

‘Like the Wild West’: Bennett vows to crack down on crime in southern Israel

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

PM meets southern mayors, allocates millions to improve law enforcement; mayor of Rahat blasts premier for going to lookout point near Bedouin city, not actually visiting

Screen capture from video showing Israel Police officers searching the car of a Bedouin driver whom they claimed had a pistol in the vehicle. (Channel 13 news)

Police caught on camera apparently planting pistol on Bedouin driver

By Stuart Winer

Israeli security forces at the scene of stabbing attack outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, on December 4, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Border cops who fatally shot Palestinian attacker expected to be cleared

TV report says police chief intends to honor officers with citation; pair visit wounded civilian they saved at the hospital: ‘We were doing what had to be done’

Illustrative: Israeli security forces at the scene of stabbing attack outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, on December 4, 2021. (Jamal Awad/ Flash90)

Brother of suspected Palestinian stabber arrested amid scrutiny over police shooting

Edward Shames, center, hugs Ed McClung, center left, both members of the World War II Army Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, with veterans Jack Foley, left, Joe Lesniewski, right, and Shifty Powers, far right, at the Library of Congress in Washington, on July 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Dead at 99, WWII vet who used cognac from Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at son’s bar mitzvah

By AP

Edward Shames, last surviving ‘Band of Brothers’ officer, was the first member of the 101st Airborne Division to enter Dachau concentration camp

Political icon and 1996 Republican presidential nominee then-senator Bob Dole is seen at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster/File)

ObituaryBob Dole, WWII hero and veteran US lawmaker, dies at 98

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A medic collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 drive-through testing site in Jerusalem on November 29, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Dec. 6 – Is Omicron affecting Israel yet?

Science and health writer Nathan Jeffay looks at how variant is making itself felt in Israel, while environmental reporter Sue Surkes discusses fruit bats and underground mapping

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Fauci says early reports encouraging about Omicron variant

By Gene Johnson

What type of Jews do we want to be?

While the Jewish community reacts to hate when it’s banging at the door, it makes the fatal error of ignoring the root causes in the futile hope it will all blow over

Yes, there is a peacebuilding community in Israel and Palestine

Dozens of organizations keep a flicker of hope burning, engaging out of the limelight in dialogue, advocacy and grassroots cooperative programs

Hunger-striking Palestinian security prisoner Kayed Fasfous is given a hero's welcome in his hometown of Dura, near Hebron, after his release from Israeli prison on December 5, 2021. (WAFA)

Free after hunger strike, Palestinian security detainee comes home to hero’s welcome

By Aaron Boxerman

Kayed Fasfous released following 131-day hunger strike, along with five other Palestinians, who were held without charges in Israeli prisons for security reasons

Screen capture from video showing a Palestinian bride and groom crossing into Israel through a gap in the West Bank security fence. (Twitter)

Clip shows Palestinian newlyweds openly crossing via gap in West Bank security fence

By Stuart Winer

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, left, meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 5, 2021. (GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom)

Bennett meets new US ambassador, cheers Israel’s return to being bipartisan issue

Though not mentioning Iran, PM appears to indirectly bring up issue via Hanukkah reference

A group of young lawmakers on an ELNET delegation from Europe tour an Iron Dome battery near Sderot, November 22, 2021 (ELNET)

Young European lawmakers explore ‘Startup Nation,’ Gaza border

By Lazar Berman

Alex Edelman, a Jewish comedian raised in a Modern Orthodox home, who was the head writer last year for 'Saturday Night Seder,' is now performing a show centered on the time he attended a white nationalist meeting. (Stephanie Augello/ via JTA)

Interview'I've tried cocaine, but I've never tried bacon'

In solo show, comic Alex Edelman says life not black and white for US Ashkenazi Jews

‘Just for Us,’ which opens off-Broadway on Dec. 8, discusses navigating life in a mostly non-Jewish America; the central story is about attending a white nationalist meeting in NYC

A video grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows SOS Racisme militants (movement against Racism) clashing with supporters of French far-right media pundit and 2022 presidential candidate Eric Zemmour at the end of a campaign rally held in Villepinte, near Paris, on December 5, 2021. (AFP)

French prosecutors open inquiry into violence at far-right Zemmour’s rally

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jewish presidential candidate was injured in the wrist amid brawls that erupted between supporters and protesters as he took the stage and began to speak

French far-right media pundit and 2022 presidential candidate Eric Zemmour delivers a speech during his campaign rally in Villepinte, near Paris, on December 5, 2021. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

Far-right French presidential candidate Zemmour injured as brawl mars his 1st rally

By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Anne Renaut

Nir Hefetz at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 6, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu trial

Ex-Netanyahu aide testifies: I left my job when I felt PM wasn’t fit to serve

State witness Nir Hefetz tells court about 2017 security incident that he asserts endangered thousands; also says his interrogation was ‘more persecution than investigation’

Illustrative: Nir Hefetz, former spokesman of Benjamin Netanyahu, is pictured outside a Jerusalem court house, on November 16, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP)

Police detain, confiscate gun from man who threatened key Netanyahu trial witness

By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff

Illustrative: American Airlines aircraft parked at their gates at Miami International Airport in Miami, April 24, 2019. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Couple says they were booted off US flight for refusing to put Jewish items on floor

Suing American Airlines, Roberto and Elana Birman say they were taken off plane in August after they said they wouldn’t place tallit bag under seat

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

Kosher food becomes a BDS flashpoint on Canadian college campus

More Headlines

Opposition Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) walks next to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during the vote on the state budget, in the Knesset on November 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New poll shows Bennett-Lapid government unpopular, but no other viable options

Congressman Thomas Massie poses with six members of his family holding guns with the words 'Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo' (Twitter)

US congressman and his family pose with assault rifles, days after school shooting

By AFP

Then president of the United Nations Security Council and South Africa's deputy minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim shields his eyes from television lights during press briefing while the council breaks from a meeting on the Middle East, January 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

South African anti-apartheid, Palestinian rights advocate Ebrahim dies at 84

By AFP and ToI Staff

The New Hampshire State House in Concord, Feb. 3, 2020. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

New Hampshire legislature leaders condemn antisemitism among state representatives

By Jordyn Haime

Itzik Chen (Courtesy)

Wounded IDF veteran dies by suicide; family says ministry refused to recognize PTSD

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar addresses a New Hope party conference in Modiin, December 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Sa’ar says New Hope ‘saved’ Israel, as new poll shows party crashing out of Knesset

The building of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Bonn, Germany, July 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, File)

German TV halts cooperation with Jordanian outlet, cites anti-Israel content

The Abdul Rachman mosque in Beit Safafa, Jerusalem. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Taking a shineA new, second golden dome graces Jerusalem’s skyline

Bibi Shapiro, at top in Australia, sang with Choni Goldman, below in South Africa, in a reprisal of their 2020 collaboration. (Screenshot via JTA)

Lighting up the roomAfter viral ‘Avinu Malkeinu,’ boy, 7, is back with Hanukkah song

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Filmmaker Gal Uchovsky at the Knesset, on June 4, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/ File)

Leading LGBT activist Gal Uchovsky questioned by police over alleged sexual assault

Illustrative - In this file photo taken on November 17, 2016, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand on a sand barrier created by Kurdish forces to demarcate their border, in the Nineveh plain, northeast of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

4 Iraqi Kurdish fighters killed, 5 wounded in attack blamed on Islamic State

By AFP

Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)

Israeli smart energy tech firm SolarEdge to list on S&P 500 index

By Ricky Ben-David

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