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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 6, 2022

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Then-Meretz MK Yair Golan pictured during a Knesset plenum session, January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deputy minister assails settlers at illegal outpost as ‘subhuman,’ sparking furor

By Emanuel Fabian

Meretz’s Yair Golan says Homesh residents are ‘carrying out a pogrom’ against neighboring Palestinians; Bennett calls remarks ‘shocking, generalizing and a borderline blood libel’

IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank Palestinian town of Silat al-Harithiya, December 20, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian gunman killed in clash with Israeli troops during arrest raid in Nablus

By Judah Ari Gross

A picture taken from the controversial E1 corridor in the West Bank shows the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the background, Feb. 25, 2020. (Ahamd Gharabli/AFP)

Plans to move forward with E1 settlement construction reportedly on hold

The scene of a fatal traffic accident in the West Bank on January 6, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

8 Palestinians dead, 2 badly injured in West Bank crash between truck and van

By Emanuel Fabian

Ammar Muhammad Hujayrat (Courtesy)

4-year-old boy killed by gunfire at playground in northern village

Police say Omran Muhammad Hujayrat apparently hit by stray gunfire from nearby construction site in Bir al-Maksur; eyewitness says he was shot in front of his mother

Meretz party MK Yair Golan during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 31, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Golan regrets calling Homesh settlers ‘subhuman’ but says they’re ‘despicable thugs’

By Michael Bachner

Following furor, deputy minister says that while his remark may have been ‘problematic,’ the real problem is violence by residents of illegal West Bank outpost

7:32 pm

5 injured as explosion rocks Rehovot event hall during wedding of crime figure
7:28 pm

Just 10-20% of current serious COVID patients have Omicron — report
7:09 pm

Police arrest 2 more suspects over suspected murder of 4-year-old boy

Health care staff conduct COVID-19 tests at a drive through complex in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

For 2nd day in row, new daily COVID-19 cases hit all-time high: 16,115

PM has warned Israel could see 50,000 daily cases at peak of wave driven by Omicron variant; transmission rate nears 2, signaling major outbreak

Magen David Adom workers conduct COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at an MDA testing center in Jerusalem on January 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health experts expect to keep breaking COVID daily case records as Omicron rages

Insurrectionists loyal to then-president Donald Trump swarm the Capitol, January 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

January 6 anniversary

‘One saw me and said, There’s the big Jew’: Recollections of January 6

The events at the Capitol in DC had a massive impact on the lives of all who were there — both the rioters and those who were trapped by them

Screen grab showing Jenna Ryan, accused of 'knowingly' entering or remaining in the restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and disorderly conduct on US Capitol on January 6 (Screen grab/ Twitter)

Convicted Capitol Hill rioter compares her treatment to ‘Jews in Germany’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This image from FBI video is seeking information on a suspect in the violence at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The suspect is among hundreds of people still being sought by the FBI following January’s deadly insurrection. So far, 250 people captured on video assaulting police at the Capitol still haven’t been fully identified and apprehended by the FBI and another 100 are being sought for other crimes tied to the riot. (FBI via AP)

January 6 anniversaryA year later, FBI still hunting January 6 suspects, mystery pipe bomber

By MICHAEL BALSAMO

From the blogs

On Jan. 6, this Black Christian is saying a Jewish prayer for America

Many White Evangelicals supported the insurrection last year based on their faith in God. The Torah teaches something very different.

Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress as it convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stands at right.(Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

January 6 anniversaryWhat if? How top Democrats grappled with chance that Pence would object to Biden win

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

President Donald Trump listens Fox News' Sean Hannity speak during a rally on Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

January 6 anniversaryHannity, Fox face ethical issues as January 6 panel reveals his texts to Trump

By David Bauder

A plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Annual poll: Public’s faith in institutions, satisfaction in state of country dire

Trust in government climbs slightly in 2021, and somewhat significantly in the Arab public, with an Arab party in the government for first time in decades

Israeli soldiers stand between Palestinians and a Jewish settlers following a settler attack on the West Bank village of Burqa, December 17, 2021 after the funeral of Yehuda Dimentman, 25, who was killed in a shooting attack by a Palestinian gunman (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Public losing faith in IDF, but trusts it more than any other institution – poll

By Judah Ari Gross

ToI VideoEast Jerusalem Arabs seek greater integration

State of Jerusalem: The Maqdasyin

In this final part of our three-part miniseries, we focus on how the status of the ‘Maqdasyin’ – East Jerusalem Arabs – affects the city, and the rest of Israel

What I am telling my 12-year-old students about January 6

Jewish tradition offers them a noble, faithful, hopeful vision of arguments and disagreements and challenges us all to treat others as human beings

Todd L. Pittinsky

Larry David walks in another man’s shoes (kind of)

A ’Curb Your Enthusiasm’ gag lampooning the memorialization of Holocaust victims wouldn’t have made it to the screen if wasn’t about Jews

The survivors spoke, the tears flowed, now what?

The painful stories of rape, incest, molestation, cover-up, intimidation are being told. Our communal safety now depends on magnifying those voices.

Remember, the wolves are still out for our democracy

Tyranny may be perpetrated by ’bad guys’ but it is powered by the silence of ’good guys’ who prefer peace and quiet to justice and righteousness

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan. 6 – Verbal jousting in Knesset, and Jerusalem’s Arabs

Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses Wednesday’s raucous Knesset scenes; we chat with State of Jerusalem filmmaker Natan Odenheimer about his latest documentary for ToI

Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in HBO's 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)

Casting of Helen Mirren as Israeli PM Golda Meir sparks ‘Jewface’ spat

Famed British actress Maureen Lipman says Jewishness of character is integral; others say actors should be allowed to act

Rabbi YY Rubinstein speaks at a charity in New York City, Aug, 5, 2019. (Chazaq/YouTube via JTA)

UK rabbi ends regular BBC contributions: No Jew ‘who has any pride’ can work there

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Entertainer and activist Jon Stewart speaks during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Out of context nonsense’: Jon Stewart says he never accused Rowling of antisemitism

Comedian says media entirely misrepresented his point on portrayal of goblins in ‘Harry Potter’; adds: ‘I really love the Harry Potter movies. Probably too much for my age’

Author J.K. Rowling attends the HBO Documentary Films premiere of 'Finding the Way Home' at 30 Hudson Yards on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Jewish groups defend J.K. Rowling over claim ‘Harry Potter’ goblins antisemitic

Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau visits the Neve Shmuel High School in Efrat, on October 17, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Op-ed

First, do no harm

What’s common to the diverse misbehaviors of Ram Ben-Barak, David Amsalem, Idan Roll and Rabbi David Lau is that they’ve lost sight of their public service obligations

The clay stamp of Hisilyahu son of Immer, who served as an officials managing the so-called Temple Treasuries. (Tzachi Dvira/Temple Mount Sifting Project)

Tiny clay seals reveal First Temple royal treasuries in Jerusalem, researchers say

Bullae recovered from Temple Mount soil and ancient buildings in Ophel Park bear impression of woven fabric, indicating they were used on bags of silver and jars of produce

Interview'Khomeini didn’t consider my grandfather Iranian'

An Iranian Jewish leader was executed in 1979. His granddaughter tells his story

In ‘Titan of Tehran,’ Shahrzad Elghanayan writes about her grandfather, a philanthropist who gave his life rather than abandon his community during the Islamic Revolution

(L) Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speeks during a press conference in Jerusalem on November 6, 2021. (R) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, January 5, 2022. (Ohad Zwigenberg/ POOL; Mandel Ngan/ Pool via AP)

Lapid, Blinken discuss ‘challenges posed by Iran’ in overnight phone call

Iranians lift national flags during a ceremony in the capital Tehran, on January 3, 2022, commemorating the second anniversary of the killing in Iraq of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani (portrait) and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US raid. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran says it seeks to prosecute 127 people abroad over Soleimani killing

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A COVID-19 rapid antigen test being carried out at a Magen David Adom testing center in Jerusalem, on December 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health and education ministries clash over antigen tests at schools

Health Ministry announces 3,200 staffers will test kids and teachers, but in letter to school district superintendents, education minister says move wasn’t coordinated

A medical worker in the coronavirus ward of Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on September 15, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Two 6-year-olds die of COVID-19 at Beersheba hospital

Illustrative -- Child receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem on December 21, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Rabbinical court rules divorced dad can vaccinate kids despite mom’s objection

Obituary

Sandra Jaffe, New Orleans’ celebrated Preservation Hall jazz club owner, dies at 83

Jaffe, who ran the club for decades with her husband Allan, credited with integrating the vaunted venue before segregation ended and helping preserve jazz in the city

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a high-level meeting to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2021. (John Angelillo/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel advancing UN General Assembly resolution aimed at combating Holocaust denial

Shawan Jabarin, right, director of the al-Haq human rights group, speaks during a meeting of solidarity between leaders from Israeli human rights organizations and representatives from six Palestinian human rights groups outlawed by Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Netherlands ends funding to one of 6 Palestinian groups blacklisted by Israel

By Aaron Boxerman

Israeli poet Yoram Taharlev, May 10, 2021. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Yoram Taharlev, prolific lyricist, dies at 83, leaving cache of unpublished songs

By Jessica Steinberg

Jews attend events commemorating the death of the Baba Sali at his grave compound in Netivot amid heavy police presence on January 5, 2022. (Flash90)

Thousands turn out for heavily regulated anniversary memorial for Baba Sali

Protesters take part in a rally over a hike in energy prices in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 5, 2022 (Abduaziz MADYAROV / AFP)

Dozens killed in Kazakhstan protests; Russia-led bloc to send ‘peacekeeper troops’

Illustrative: An IDF tank is seen in the Golan Heights on January 20, 2015. (Basal Awidat/Flash90)

Israeli tanks fire warning shots at suspects in southern Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

Knesset members attend a plenum session and a vote on the state budget in the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 3, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Government reportedly pushing to move up 2023-2024 budget vote to May

MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List, attends a party faction meeting at the Knesset on January 3, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Joint List chief Ayman Odeh hospitalized after reporting chest pain

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)

Ghislaine Maxwell to seek new trial after reports juror was victim of sex abuse

By Larry Neumeister

A rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on April 8, 2018. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)

At UN, Western nations slam Syria for evading chemical weapons questions

By Edith M. Lederer

People sit by the Rome's Piazza del Popolo Lions fountain, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy makes coronavirus vaccination compulsory for over-50s

By Frances D'Emilio

The Grove Ventures team. (David Garb)

Israeli VC firm Grove Ventures raises $185m fund to back early-stage startups

By Ricky Ben-David

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