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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 7, 2021

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An Israeli soldier stands guard during a ceremony opening the newly completed barrier above and below the Israel-Gaza border, December 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Defense Ministry now turning its attention to Lebanon border

‘A wall of iron, sensors and concrete’: IDF completes tunnel-busting Gaza barrier

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi says new 40-mile above- and below-ground fence is changing the reality along the restive border, where subterranean attacks have dogged the military for years

Fighters in Hamas's military wing take part in a memorial service for a member of the Islamist terror group, in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, November 15, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas threatens renewed ‘escalation’ with Israel, slams Egypt over Gaza role

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, September 29, 2014. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Dutch court rejects suit claiming Gantz liable for civilian deaths in Gaza airstrike

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A diver works at an underwater coral nursery inside the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary in Jamaica, on February 12, 2019. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Interview

Headed for a sixth mass extinction? MIT geophysicist warns oceans are on the brink

Daniel Rothman says carbon in the atmosphere may push our seas past a tipping point, triggering a cascading catastrophe for global ecosystems that we do not yet fully understand

Volunteer divers remove 1.6 tons of discarded tires and other waste from Red Sea

'A rapacious appetite for plundered artifacts'

Avoiding prosecution, Michael Steinhardt to return $70 million in looted antiquities

Hedge fund founder and Jewish philanthropist accepts deal that will see him barred for life from owning antiquities after investigators found he bought over 1,000 stolen objects

Financier and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt attends the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis on May 5, 2016, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

From the blogs

‘Think Good’: Time to transform the online discourse in Israel

On launching a campaign to encourage us all to stop before posting yet another insult and instead choose words that shine our inner light and help others shine theirs

The abandoned Atarot Airport, north of Jerusalem, on November 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Meretz minister: We should build Israeli-Palestinian airport

Panel delays East Jerusalem Atarot airport housing project that sparked US ire

By Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman

District Committee orders survey on environmental impact of new Haredi neighborhood near industrial zone, which could be lengthy process; Lapid promises non-controversial solution

Israel's ambassador to the EU and NATO, Haim Regev, signs the Horizon Europe research agreement with EU Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, December 6, 2021 (EU)

Israel, sans West Bank, officially joins EU’s huge flagship R&D program

By Lazar Berman

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a joint press conference with his Algerian counterpart Abd al-Majid Tebboune on December 6, 2021 in Algeria. (WAFA)

Algeria pledges $100 million to cash-strapped Palestinian Authority

By Aaron Boxerman and AFP

The scene where an apartment building was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on May 11, 2021 (Flash90)

Six months after Gaza conflict, battered Ashkelon no better protected from rockets

By atar nussbaum

Southern city was the most heavily targeted in May, with two fatalities and tens of thousands of residents unable to access shelters or protected rooms. Nothing has changed since

Netanyahu trial

Ex-aide testifies Netanyahu ‘tried to rob state funds for personal needs’

Nir Hefetz says then-PM knew he was in ‘criminally problematic place’; backtracks on claims of being pressured by police: ‘I was in negotiations’

Nir Hefetz at the Jerusalem District Court in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Dec. 7 – How to react to last week’s talks with Iran

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss last week’s nuclear talks with Iran, the new US ambassador to Israel and Lapid’s trip to Egypt

Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, on December 6, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Netanyahu claims Iran, international community ignoring ‘weak’ Israeli government

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on December 6, 2021. (Oliver Fitoussi/Flash90)

Lapid set to visit Cairo for talks with Egyptian counterpart

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Outgoing-Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a conference in Tel Aviv, on June 29, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

AG says Netanyahu endangered democracy, ‘We pulled through by the grace of God’ – TV

In private conversations, Mandelblit reportedly says former PM tried to change ‘the DNA of the State of Israel’ to protect himself: ‘I don’t know how it would have ended’

7:29 pm

Biden warns Putin of 'strong' Western response to any Ukraine attack
7:27 pm

US hits Iran with new sanctions for human rights abuses
7:11 pm

Some 1,500 take part in right-wing protest against government in Tel Aviv

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks ahead of the eighth Greece-Cyprus-Israel summit alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (left) and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, December 7, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

After alleged Syria strike, Bennett says Israel fighting ‘bad forces’ night and day

By Lazar Berman

PM alludes to ongoing military campaign as he heads into summit with Greek and Cypriot leaders; vows, ‘We will continue to act’

Smoke rises from an alleged Israeli missile strike on the Syrian port of Latakia on December 7, 2021 (Screencapture/Twitter)

In rare strike, Israeli warplanes said to attack Latakia port

By Judah Ari Gross and Agencies

A surreal encounter with Yasser Arafat

A 2001 sitdown left open key questions: Who was sending young crazies to blow themselves up in Israeli buses and cafes, and why turn down a Palestinian state?

There is no December dilemma

You’re either a Jew or you’re not, and if you are, you shouldn’t be celebrating Christmas or that other Christian holiday eight days later

In this file photo taken on August 28, 2016, a woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Amid fallout from NSO scandal, Israel imposes new restrictions on cyber exports

By Judah Ari Gross

Move comes after powerful Israeli-made surveillance tools reportedly used against journalists and activists by countries around the world under the guise of fighting terror, crimes

The Screenovate team. (Courtesy)

Intel to acquire Israeli company Screenovate, maker of screen mirroring tech

By Ricky Ben-David

Professor Amnon Shashua, Intel senior vice president and president and CEO of Mobileye, stands with a self-driving vehicle from Mobileye’s autonomous test fleet, during an event at Nasdaq in New York City in 2021. (Mobileye, an Intel Company)

Intel to take Mobileye public in 2022 at estimated $50b valuation

By Ricky Ben-David

Entrepreneur's remand extended, after which bail set at $22m

Hogeg kept list of prominent associates he trafficked girls to – report

Police source quoted saying names would cause ‘earthquake’ if published; investigators hope some may turn state witness

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

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen at a Jerusalem Post Conference on October 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As Mossad chief, Yossi Cohen got his daughter a job with a UAE firm – report

Achinoam Cohen Ganonyan said to begin working at local branch of firm chaired by Emirati national security adviser after signing of Abraham Accords

An Emirati embraces Rabbi Elie Abadie, Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates, November 29, 2021 (Sharaka)

In UAE and Israel, Hanukkah and a National Day are a time to celebrate together

By Lazar Berman

President Isaac Herzog (center) in a new campaign to raise awareness about cyberbullying and hurtful online discourse, alongside singer Anna Zak (left) and judoka Peter Paltchik. (Courtesy)

President Herzog partners with Facebook for new campaign against cyberbullying

Prime Minister Bennett, ministers, MKs and celebrities join call to ‘transform online discourse’ on social media

A protester holds a sign during a protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Man given community service over threats to Netanyahu when PM

(From left to right) Avner, Sara, Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu tour the Golan Heights, on April 23, 2019. (PMO)

Citing ‘murder threats,’ Netanyahu seeks extension of security protection for family

The crowd at Tompkin's Square Bagels’ 2nd Avenue location was steady and reasonably calm on Monday morning despite reports of a cream cheese shortage. (Julia Gergely via JTA)

Schmear campaign

Despite looming cream cheese shortage, NY bagel shops are still laying it on thick

By julia GERGELY

A female Egyptian fruit bat leaves the cave with her pup attached underneath (Yuval Barkai)

Israeli scientists discover how bat moms teach young to navigate

Process, tracked by sensors attached to animals, includes dropping pups off at ‘nursery’ trees while mother forages for food

A ceremony after the largest-ever police operation against illegal gun dealers, in Tel Aviv, on November 9, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Knesset okays minimum sentences for possession, trafficking of illegal weapons

New law mandates a sentence of at least one-quarter of maximum term; justice minister hails legislation, opposition laments window for judges’ discretion

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

2 men shot, seriously hurt in central city of Lod

Edward Kachura, appears at a hearing in the Haifa District Court in the case of 17-year-old Lital Melnik's death, November 29, 2021. (Flash90)

Psychiatric hospital nurse charged with murdering 17-year-old ex-patient

More Headlines

Illustrative: A health care volunteer takes a swab sample from an Israeli woman at a testing center set up by Magen David Adom in the Golan Heights town of Katzrin, September 15, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Israel’s Omicron count rises to 21 as 10 more cases confirmed

An unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, April 1, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bill to connect illegally built homes to power grid clears first Knesset vote

A golden tongue found inside the skull of ancient mummy in Egypt, December 2021. (Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

Speaking in tonguesGolden tongues found in mouths of ancient Egyptian couple

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

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

Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, in an undated screenshot. (Screen capture YouTube)

US blacklists Congolese national tied to sanctioned Israeli mining tycoon

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

Jordanian TV rejects German station’s accusation of antisemitic content

Max Rose poses for a portrait outside his office in Staten Island, New York, October 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Former New York congressman Max Rose launches comeback bid

Illustrative: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Health Ministry to look at legalizing use of cannabinoid CBD

A man rides his electric bike past a mural set up near a construction site in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. April 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Man riding electric bike killed in collision with truck

A picture of a menorah intended to explain the object's symbolism was actually a Messianic image in which the menorah's branches were described as symbolizing the 'cross' and 'resurrection.' (Screenshot from Facebook/ via JTA)

Massachusetts town apologizes after using Christian menorah photo in holiday display

By PHILISSA CRAMER

A woman wearing takes photos near the logos for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing, China, Nov. 9, 2021 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics due to human rights concerns

By AP

Yeshiva University's Mendel Gottesman Library. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

As its profile rises, Yeshiva University launches campaign to raise $613 million

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