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What Matters Most On Friday, December 10, 2021

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Then-president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates in Valdosta, Georgia, on December 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

'Bibi could've stayed quiet...I haven't spoken to him since'

‘F*ck him’: Trump rages at Netanyahu, claims he saved Israel from destruction

In new interview, ex-president complains of former PM’s lack of ‘loyalty’ in congratulating Biden; says had he not quit Iran deal, ‘Israel would have been destroyed maybe by now’

Then-US president Donald Trump (right) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Trump's departure to Rome at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, on May 23, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO via Flash90)

Savaged by Trump, Netanyahu says he had to congratulate Biden on election victory

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan addresses the Israeli American Council's national summit on December 9, 2021. (Noam Galai)

Erdan: US effectively agrees with Israel that Iran deal doesn’t block path to bomb

Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Washington, December 9, 2021. (Shmulik Almany/Defense Ministry)

Gantz: Iran building up forces in its western areas to attack Israel, other states

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

In Washington, defense minister details Tehran’s increasing use of attack drones in the region, including an attempt to provide such weaponry to Palestinian terror groups

Biden orders to prepare ‘additional measures’ in case Iran nuclear diplomacy fails

US moves to tighten Iran sanctions, warns UAE banks not to do business with Tehran

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Gantz meets US defense chief, says Iran is ‘playing poker with a bad hand’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Empty beds are seen in a coronavirus ward at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, on October 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Serious COVID-19 cases in Israel drop below 100 for first time in 4.5 months

After a major outbreak driven by the Delta strain and amid fears of a potential Omicron outbreak, Health Ministry says figure at lowest point since late July

People walk in Jerusalem's Old City on December 5, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew U researchers tell government Israel’s 5th COVID wave is already here

Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

PM, health minister agree to extend Omicron travel restrictions by 10 days

A still of 'Amin' from 'Flee' by filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen. (Courtesy of Neon)

Interview'Being a refugee isn't an identity it's a life circumstance'

In documentary ‘Flee,’ animation helps an Afghan refugee open up to an old friend

By Jordan Hoffman

The film opened in US theaters Dec. 3 and is sweeping up awards; in it, ‘Amin,’ a gay academic with family in Afghanistan, tells a harrowing story that is far too common

California Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists,’ drawing rebuke from ADL

By Gabe Stutman

Activist Zahra Billoo tells pro-Palestinian conference to monitor ‘Zionist synagogues’; Anti-Defamation League calls speech ‘vile, antisemitic, conspiracy-laden garbage’

Zahra Billoo delivers a speech on November 27, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)

The USA flag football teams in Israel for the IFAF Flag Football world championship in Israel, December 6-8, 2021 (Courtesy Adam Pintar)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Down, set, hike! Flag football athletes take on Jerusalem

A look at the IFAF Flag Football World Championship that took place this week at Jerusalem’s Kraft Family Sports Campus

Israel Antiquities Authority Director Eli Escozido (L) looks on as Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (C-L) presents Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (C-R) with stolen Egyptian artifacts that were smuggled to Israel and returned back to Egypt, during their meeting at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on December 9, 2021. (Mohamed HOSSAM / AFP)

In Egypt, Lapid and antiquities chief return 95 ancient relics smuggled into Israel

By Lazar Berman

Foreign minister offers goodwill gesture to his counterpart after meeting with Sissi, bringing stone tablets, papyrus, idols and other stolen artifacts back to Cairo

Moroccan Ambassador to the US Princess Lalla Joumala and Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog at a Washington event to mark one year since the renewal of ties between the countries, December 9, 2021 (Shmulik Almani)

A year after ties renewed, Israel and Morocco hope for ‘thriving, peaceful Mideast’

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative: An oilfield controlled by a US-backed Kurdish group, in Rmeilan, Hassakeh province, Syria, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

With ties warming after decade-long war, Syria to host 2024 Arab energy conference

By AP

An illustrative image of computer pop-up box screen warning of a system being hacked. (solarseven; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel leads 10-country simulation of major cyberattack on world markets

10-day drill led by Finance Ministry aims to boost international cooperation against hacker threat to global financial systems

Illustrative: A young man is seen wearing a headset and playing an online video game. (DisobeyArt/iStock by Getty Images)

Game of foes: Israeli AI startup hunts ‘bad actors’ across the internet

By Ricky Ben-David

Rene Cassin’s greatest achievement turns 73

The UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been ratified by all current 192 member nations, except for two: Somalia and, of course, the United States

The chemist who created the gas that led to Zyklon B and the biblical Joseph have a lot more in common than one might think (Vayigash)

Contestants of the 2021 Miss Universe pageant enjoy a sunny day on a beach at the Dead Sea on December 1, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

The beautiful face of regional peace: Miss Universe contestants descend on Israel

With Miss Bahrain making a debut at the competition in Eilat and Miss Morocco returning for the first time since 1978, the beauty pageant showcases new regional ties

Analysis

As US focus wanes, Middle East countries turn to each other for solutions

Regional leaders reengage with former rivals after two decades defined by war and political upheaval, as American forces withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan

In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center left, is greeted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani upon his arrival at Doha airport in Qatar late Dec. 8, 2021 (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

US Marines reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan 1, 2020. (US Marine Corps/Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot)

US-led coalition against Islamic State ends Iraq combat mission

By Laure Al Khoury

A woman and her dog, after both giving blood, at a human-and-canine donation day. (Moran Baranes)

Israelis and their dogs donate blood together, in new drive to bolster supplies

By Nathan Jeffay

Human and canine blood banks in Israel are both in need, and Magen David Adom expects to increase donations if owners and their four-legged friends attend as pair

Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman in 'Licorice Pizza.' (Courtesy United Artists)

Film review

Alana Haim is true to life in coming-of-age flick ‘Licorice Pizza,’ set in 1970s LA

By Jordan Hoffman

The musician and daughter of Israeli soccer player Moti Haim stars across from Cooper Hoffman in a nuanced performance peppered with authentic Jewish moments

A sign with the Sackler name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, January 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Amid opioid scandal, Met Museum to cut ties with Sackler family

By AP and ToI Staff

Removing Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces, New York institution is latest to distance itself from Purdue Pharma owners

Michael Steinhardt, chairman of WisdomTree Investments Inc., speaks during an interview in New York, US, on April 12, 2012. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg via JTA)

Student government at NYU school named for Steinhardt calls for removal of his name

A diabetic woman injects herself with insulin (dzika_mrowka via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli scientists say humans may have ‘backup’ insulin system diabetics could use

By Nathan Jeffay

Researchers identify insulin-producing apparatus in fetuses that they believe lies ‘dormant’ after birth but may one day be reactivated to address problems

A number marks a Jewish grave, left, at the former Central Islip Psychiatric Center on New York's Long Island. A stone at right was added after the hospital began working with a Jewish burial society. (Patricia Desrochers/Touro Law Center/ via JTA)

Families demand names where numbers mark Jewish graves at former NY psych hospital

A waitress at Cafe Alaska, from 'Nes or Turkish,' an exhibit about Jerusalem's early coffeehouses at Tmol Shilshom cafe in Jerusalem until December 31, 2021 (Courtesy private collection)

'Something significant happened in these places'

Jerusalem’s Tmol Shilshom cafe puts on an exhibit about… cafes

By Jessica Steinberg

A new one-wall gallery at an iconic coffeehouse shows the many sides of the city’s early coffee culture

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Author David Grossman speaks at the Meretz party's central committee meeting in Tel Aviv, on July 28, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israeli author David Grossman suggests West Bank occupation has become ‘apartheid’

Actor Jussie Smollett, center, along with his mother Janet, second from left, returns to the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Dec. 9, 2021.(Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Jussie Smollett convicted of staging racist attack against himself, lying to police

By DON BABWIN and Sara Burnett

Israeli food tech startup MeaTech says it siccessfully 3D-printed a 3.67 oz cultivated steak, the largest to date. December 2021. (Shlomi Arbiv)

Beefed upFood tech startup MeaTech unveils ‘largest cultivated steak’ to date

By Ricky Ben-David

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) attends a conference in the Eshkol region, southern Israel. on July 13, 2021; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding COVID-19, at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 5, 2020. (Flash90)

Gantz could meet PA chief Abbas soon to ‘calm tensions,’ minister says

Part of the fence along the Israeli-Egyptian border, north of Eilat. (Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

IDF captures 120 kg of drugs on Egyptian border as smugglers flee

This image released by HBO shows Pastor Craig Duke, of Newburgh, Indiana, appearing in drag in a scene from the HBO series 'We're Here' (Jakes Giles Netter/HBO via AP)

Joining drag queens on TV show costs Indiana pastor his job

Former IDF brigadier general Gal Hirsch is seen at a press conference in Tel Aviv to announce his entry to politics on December 26, 2018. (Flash90)

Former general, would-be top cop Gal Hirsch announces he has cancer

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman at a conference in Herzliya, December 7, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ombudsman to probe claims female prison guards were ‘pimped’ to Palestinian inmates

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, August 14, 2017. (Flash90)

Diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz detained in Greece on international arrest warrant

By AFP and ToI Staff

A view of a Hamburg, Germany. (CC BY-SA Spyrosdrakopoulos/Wikimedia Commons)

Hamburg police foiled planned Islamist attack, German officials say

By AP and ToI Staff

A Hellenic Railway officer walks in front of a train that was used by the Nazis to carry Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz during the WWII, in the Greek northern town of Thessaloniki, on Sunday, March 15, 2015 (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Russia agrees to return pre-WWII Jewish archives to Greece

By AFP and ToI Staff

Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte in 'And Just Like That...' (video screenshot)

Girls are back in town‘Sex and the City’ revival show lands to mixed reviews

By AFP and ToI Staff

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