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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Then-US president Donald Trump, right, looks over to then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 28, 2020, at which Trump unveiled his 'Peace to Prosperity' vision for an Israeli-Palestinian accord. (AP/Susan Walsh)

‘What the hell was that?’: Netanyahu annexation announcement caught Trump off guard

Book tells of Jared Kushner’s fury at Israeli PM’s unexpected declaration, an exasperated Trump snapping, ‘If you want to do it, do it,’ and Netanyahu’s cold feet before UAE deal

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and former prime minister Ehud Olmert, left, attend the funeral of Likud MK Zeev Boim in Binyamina, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Pool)

Olmert supports foe Netanyahu after Trump savaging, calls ex-president ‘pathetic’

A US Air Force Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling plane connects to a F-35 fighter jet over California, January 22, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

Report: US tells Israel new tanker jets, key to Iran strike, not coming anytime soon

According to NYT, during his visit to DC Defense Minister Gantz asked to accelerate delivery of KC-46 refueling planes but was told first aircraft unlikely to arrive before 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi attend a drill in northern Israel in June 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu refused to fund plans for Iran strike during 2019 budget battle – reports

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Knesset faction meeting of his opposition Likud party on December 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu: ‘A grave mistake’ if Israel updated US before striking Iranian sites

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, with Public Security Minister Omer Barlev at a police ceremony in Tel Aviv, on November 9, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Barlev says his critics should calm down, look in the mirror

Bennett scolds police minister for discussing settler violence with US official

Amid coalition uproar over remarks by Omer Barlev, PM touts settlements as vital to security, urges they be supported in ‘words and actions’

Right slams police minister for condemning ‘settler violence’ to US envoy

Taxi driver to be charged with aiding terrorist in Jerusalem stabbing

Human Rights Watch says Israel used excessive force against Arabs during May unrest

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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Daily Briefing Dec. 14 – Miss Universe brings Israeli tourism to TV screens

Reporter Amy Spiro discusses the Miss Universe pageant in Eilat and Carrie Keller-Lynn looks at 2 Tel Aviv issues: the Givat Amal neighborhood’s evacuation, and EV infrastructure

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Learn more about the opportunities at Zelikow School of Nonprofit Management. Full (100%) scholarships available.

Passenger on Bennett’s flight home from UAE tests positive for coronavirus

PM’s office says all in premier’s entourage will follow Health Ministry instructions and undergo a second test on Wednesday

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett boards a plane at Ben Gurion Airport for the United Arab Emirates, on December 12, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton speaks at a press conference at the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv, in preparation for the opening of the school year nationwide, on August 31, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Education Ministry’s virus czar quits amid vaccine spat between officials, minister

Israelis, some wearing face masks, shop at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, December 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Omicron spread in Israel may be wider than thought — report

File: Pfizer's experimental COVID-19 pills, which the drugmaker said on November 16, 2021 that it is submitting for US authorization, setting the stage for a likely launch in coming weeks. (Pfizer via AP)

Pfizer says new COVID-19 pill appears to be effective against Omicron variant

By AP and ToI Staff

Pharma giant also says full study results confirm medication reduces combined hospitalizations and deaths by about 89% among high-risk adults

An Israeli receives a dose of the COVID vaccine n Katzrin, Golan Heights, on December 12, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

4th COVID shots likely soon for some immunocompromised Israelis, says top doc

By Nathan Jeffay

People wear protective face masks against COVID-19 as they shop inside the Azrieli mall in Tel Aviv, on July 13, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

New vaccine pass rules for malls draw protests, challenges

Mall owners plan to challenge directives at High Court, vow to not cooperate with rules meant to restrict entry to immunized individuals only as Omicron cases mount

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Netivot boy, 6, died of heart condition after getting flu - report
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French far-right leader arrested over fighting at Zemmour rally

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5 tools that helped our grieving family acknowledge our sorrow, grow our resilience, and function

The struggle for the Palestinian judiciary’s independence and why it matters

The dramatic erosion of the judicial branch’s powers, despite valiant resistance from PA judges, is a cautionary tale for Israel and any democracy

Lapid backs shelving of Western Wall compromise: ‘We have 4 years’

Foreign minister says he supports creating formal pavilion for egalitarian prayer, but indicates there’s no rush as ministers slam brakes on plan

Yair Lapid prays at the Western Wall, on July 13, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hadar, the New York-based egalitarian yeshiva, announced plans for Chicago to include the development of local classes, much like the programming they began offering several years ago in Washington. (Courtesy of Hadar via JTA)

Chicago and Washington to get egalitarian alternatives to traditional yeshivas

Beitar Illit mayor Meir Rubinstein arrives at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on November 22, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Beitar Illit mayor named as suspect detained, then released, over cold case murder

Judge says name of Meir Rubinstein, who was 17 at time of Avi Edri’s murder in 1990, can now be published; is suspected of dressing as woman reportedly to lure victim to his death

Illustrative: Smoke billows following an alleged Israeli airstrike south of Damascus, Syria, on July 20, 2020. (AFP)

Israeli jets bombed chemical weapon sites in Syria — report

Screen capture from video of an instructor of the Return to the Mount group demonstrating to members how to pray like a Muslim while reciting Jewish prayers. (Channel 13 News)

Jews are disguising themselves as Muslims to pray on Temple Mount – report

Police trying to crack down on extremist group ‘Returning to the Mount,’ whose members dress like Arabs in order to enter Jerusalem holy site, where Jewish prayer is banned

UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed whispers to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Abu Dhabi, on December 13, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

As Bennett ends UAE visit, his office says crown prince accepted invite to Israel

After PM meets with nation’s de facto ruler, countries issue joint statement calling first-ever visit by an Israeli premier ‘another milestone in the development of warm relations’

Iran slams UAE for hosting Bennett, says the Palestinians won’t forget

US: Too early to say if Iranians intend to be constructive at nuclear talks

By AFP and ToI Staff

Bennett, new German chancellor discuss Iranian nuke drive

Monkeys in a cage at the Mazor Farm near Petah Tikva, in central Israel. (Courtesy, IPSF)

Primate sanctuary, JNF swing into action to take 1,100 monkeys off state’s back

Jewish National Fund to provide land to expand forest home of sanctuary, allowing it to take in macaques left in cramped cages for years after Petah Tikva breeding farm shut down

Reches Lavan, or White Ridge, west of Jerusalem. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

Lawmakers launch Knesset lobby to save Jerusalem hills from construction projects

An Iranian woman walks her dog in a park in the capital Tehran on December 7, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Barking madIranian animal lovers decry ultraconservative push to ban pets

By Ahmad Parhizi

Yuri Foreman (right) and his wife Shoshana Foreman run VBR Kosher, which certifies the vegan Dun-Well Donuts in Brooklyn. (Ben Sales/JTA)

'We say don't harm animals, but we harm ourselves every day'

Former champ Yuri Foreman now ‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi,’ certifying kosher doughnuts

Even as he kept training, the former world champion studied for rabbinical ordination. Now he’s putting his religious training to good use — and promoting his healthy eating cause

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Artist impression of the planned train project for Haifa. (Amir Mann/Ami Shinar Architects & Planners Ltd.)

Haifa to Tel Aviv in 30 minutes: Planning committee okays high-speed rail

Gilad Peled, an Israeli citizen suspected of involvement in a kill-for-hire crime in the US. (Metro Nashville Police Deparment)

Israeli man indicted in slaying of couple who blackmailed US businessman

By Stuart Winer

Moshe Hogeg (L) is released to house arrest, December 14, 2021. (Screen grab/Ynet)

Hogeg freed to house arrest on $22 million bail in probe of sex crimes, crypto fraud

Jewish stars nominated for Golden Globes in 2021 include (L-R) Brett Goldstein, Andrew Garfield and Alana Haim. (AppleTV+, Netflix, MGM via JTA)

Steven Spielberg, Tracee Ellis Ross among Jewish Golden Globes nominees for 2022

By Emily Burack

Graffiti against France's COVID-19 passes is seen on the Mont Valerien WWII memorial in Suresnes, near Paris, December 13, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

French WWII memorial vandalized with graffiti against COVID passport

By AFP

Embattled NSO said considering closing its Pegasus unit, selling to Americans

Austria's newly appointed Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner (L) and Austria's newly appointed Minister of Finance Magnus Brunner talk, prior a swearing-in ceremony of the new Chancellor at the Presidential Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria on December 6, 2021. Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer is due to be sworn in as the country's third chancellor in as many months on December 6, capping a turbulent few days in the country's politics. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

Calls for removal of new Austrian interior minister after accusation of antisemitism

By AP

Rescue teams at the pumped storage hydroelectric facility at Belvoir Fortress in Israel, on December 13, 2021. (Courtesy: Magen David Adom)

Dozens of power plant workers freed after being trapped in tunnel by fire

Illustrative: Bogdan Sergiets, former resident of Donetsk, shows a swastika scar on his back in a photographer's studio in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 9, 2019. (AP Photo/ Zoya Shu)

Amid escalating tensions, Russia claims to arrest Ukrainian neo-Nazis

By ToI Staff and AP

Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after US drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 29, 2021. (Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP)

No US troops to be punished over deadly Kabul drone strike that decimated family

By Paul Handley

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