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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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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)

Israel Police accused of using NSO spyware on civilians for years without oversight

By Michael Bachner

Exposé alleges infamous Pegasus tool secretly used to track anti-Netanyahu protesters, mayors and non-suspects, exploiting legal loophole; police, firm don’t explicitly deny claim

A health worker carries out a COVID-19 rapid antigen test in Jerusalem on January 12, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Health Ministry updates: More than 125,000 new COVID cases in past two days

After several days without full statistics, data shows new daily record set with more than 65,000 infections on Monday; close to 500 in serious condition

7:21 pm

Reports suggest Netanyahu plea deal looking less likely
7:02 pm

Molotov cocktail wounds bus driver in East Jerusalem
6:48 pm

Report: Police used invasive tech by 2nd Israeli company to target activists

Whites Chapel United Methodist Church, where a special service was being held, January 17, 2022 in Southlake, Texas, United States. (Emil Lippe / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

'Very few of us are doing okay, but we’ll get through this'

1,000-strong multifaith crowd rallies around Jewish community at post-standoff vigil

Congregation Beth Israel in Texas begins to heal with support from Christian and Muslim neighbors, along with 24,000 watching online, overwhelming synagogue rabbi with emotion

Congregation Beth Israel hostage taker, identified as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram. (Courtesy)

Texas synagogue gunman was probed by UK’s MI5 in 2020 as possible terror threat

By AFP and AP

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker speaks to CBS on January 17, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Texas rabbi: I threw a chair at the gunman, and we headed for the door

An elderly Israeli man receives a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose in Ashkelon on January 3, 2022. (Flash90)

Analysis

Israeli study on 4th shots for COVID is bad news — but not as bad as it seems

Research dashes hopes that new boosters will deliver Omicron-proof protection, but they may still help the elderly and at-risk by reducing chances of serious illness

Health care staff receive a 4th dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at the Sheba Medical Center, on January 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu reportedly agrees to ‘moral turpitude’ in potential plea deal

Opposition leader denies he’s ‘announced’ agreement to clause that would bar him from public office; prosecutors said to remain doubtful deal can be reached before AG’s term ends

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, on November 20, 2019 (left); Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit addresses the press in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2019. (Gali Tibon; Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Not only turpitude: Host of issues could slow, even torpedo Netanyahu plea deal

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

Netanyahu thanks fundraiser donors, skips Knesset session amid plea deal reports

Congregation Beth Israel member Jeffrey Cohen speaks via Zoom with The Times of Israel on January 17, 2022. (Screen capture/Zoom)

Interview

Hostage: Attacker chose synagogue, thinking Jews powerful enough to free ‘sister’

Jeff Cohen recounts emotional moment he phoned family for what he thought would be last time; urges Jewish communities to take active shooter course, which helped save their lives

Rows of terraced houses are pictured on a residential street in Blackburn, northwest England, on January 17, 2022. (Paul Ellis/AFP)

Disbelief in English town after local man takes hostages at Texas synagogue

For a significant amount of time after a gunman took four people hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the synagogue's livestream continued to broadcast. (Screenshot/ via JTA)

COVID-era livestreamed service meant whole world could hear Texas synagogue attack

By Shira Hanau and PHILISSA CRAMER

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan. 18 – Colleyville attack plays into oldest antisemitic trope

US correspondent Jacob Magid reports from Texas; environment reporter Sue Surkes illuminates a new tree law for Tu Bishvat and a game-changing water purifier

An aerial view of police standing in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. (AP/Brandon Wade)

Reporter's notebook

Convinced they are also targets, Colleyville residents stand with Jewish neighbors

‘That’s Texas people’: Residents of mostly Christian town quick to support Congregation Beth Israel, but don’t believe synagogue was specifically targeted by hostage-taker

Tennis, Torah and Djokovic: The case of the great anti-vaxxer

The Serbian champ’s transgression in trying to enter Australia unvaccinated was not just a legal breach, it was a moral offense: All he cared about was himself

Yirmiyahu Danzig

For African Hebrews, the deportation nightmare continues

In a decision that smacks of discrimination, Israel is set to expel 135 members of the community, most of whom were born here and have relatives that served in the IDF

Todd L. Pittinsky

Islamism meets inflation and Turkey teeters

The Western experts who can’t fathom Erdoğan’s ruinous fiscal policies should heed his emphatic, repeated explanation: He answers to a higher authority

Biden could construct a new world order through détente with Russia

Such a scenario would give the US a leg up against China’s totalitarianism and expansionist aims, and bridge the age-old schism with Russia

Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash speaks during a meeting at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on October 24, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Health boss says shortening isolation risky, with 500 serious cases

By Michael Bachner

Ministry chief Nachman Ash acknowledges quarantine was cut to 5 days mainly due to public pressure, says outbreak peak still a week away, hospitals ‘stretched to the limit’

Illustrative: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz hold a press conference at the HaKirya military base in Tel Aviv, November 26, 2021. (Moti Milrod)

Mandatory COVID quarantine to be shortened to 5 days

An illustrative photo of rapid antigen home kit tests for coronavirus, on January 9, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Mass distribution of free rapid COVID tests to begin next week

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in the Knesset plenum, January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition projects confidence amid fears of a break-up if Netanyahu leaves politics

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

‘This government will last,’ says Lapid amid speculation right-wing parties could unite; power struggle brewing in Likud as contenders eye top spot, Hanegbi joins race

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk along side Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on December 5, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Orthodox conscription bill knocked down by Knesset, as ministers plan new proposal

By Emanuel Fabian

Ra'am MK Mansour Abbas speaks in the Knesset plenum on January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ProfileHow Islamist lawmaker Mansour Abbas has shaken up Israeli politics

By Tia Goldenberg

An Arrow 3 interceptor is launched during a test of the missile defense system on January 18, 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Israel successfully tests Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense Ministry says radar arrays detected incoming ‘target’ and two Arrow 3 interceptors were fired at it, destroying it; trial follows recent Iranian ballistic missile tests

In this satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC, smoke rises over an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 17, 2022. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Satellite images show damage to Abu Dhabi oil site following attack

By Jon Gambrell

In a satellite photo by Planet Labs PBC, Abu Dhabi International Airport is seen on December 8, 2021. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

UAE vows reprisals after 3 killed in attack by Yemeni rebels

By AFP

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the virtual 2022 Davos World Economic Forum (screenshot)

Bennett to Davos forum: Do not invest in ‘octopus of terror’ Iran

By Lazar Berman

As nuclear talks continue in Vienna, prime minister seeks to focus world attention on Iranian terror networks; highlights Israeli economic measures for Palestinians

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses during a joint session of lawmakers and cabinet members at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, December 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Putin to host Iran’s Raisi in Moscow amid nuclear talks

By AFP

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

Iran says time for US to make ‘political decisions’ in nuclear talks

By AFP

A new residential neighborhood in Herzliya, Oct 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

'There were some somewhat unexpected costs'

How to navigate the Israeli property maze: Pointers and pitfalls for homebuyers

By David Brummer

With demand far outstripping supply, a little knowledge can go a long way in taking on the local residential real estate market

Israeli unemployment rate continues to dip

'It’s very different than when we went online in the past'

US synagogues face tough COVID questions (again) as Omicron surges

Despite record-setting transmission rates, vaccines have been a game-changer compared to earlier in the pandemic — prompting congregations to implement wildly divergent strategies

Committee advances plans for new Jerusalem homes beyond Green Line

By Aaron Boxerman

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee advanced a 1,465-unit plan for a new neighborhood in the capital, half of which would be in the contested area over the pre-1967 ceasefire line. The new neighborhood -- known as the Lower Aqueduct -- has been planned for the land... Continue Reading

A general view of the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in east Jerusalem, on November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)

Col. Sharon Asman, with his daughter Emma. May 17, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)

IDF finds problems, but no blame, in senior officer’s apparent fatal heart attack

By Judah Ari Gross

Following investigation, army chief calls for installation of defibrillators in every gym, better tracking of at-risk service members, routine exams for career officers

Or Elharar speaks to Channel 12 news in an interview aired on January 17, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Widow of officer killed by friendly fire says no anger at soldier who shot him

Afghan refugees meet Alexander Machkevitch, honorary president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), and EAJC Chairman Aaron G. Frenkel. (IsraAID)

Afghan refugees saved by Israelis finally meet their rescuers

87 Afghanis, part of larger group rescued in October in an effort led by IsraAID, reside in Albania as they await resettlement in Canada

Illustrative: A city showing the effect of climate change. (BenGoode via iStock by Getty Images)

Legislation, regulation, incentivization needed

Israel worked magic in cybersecurity. Can it do the same for climate tech?

By Shoshanna Solomon

Experts say Israel is late to the game but can still become a key player, as an opportunity worth many trillions may help save the planet; government seen moving in right direction

More Headlines

Prof. Eitan Mor of Sheba Medical Center inspects a kidney from Israeli woman Shani Markowitz, just before it was transported to the United Arab Emirates (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

Record number of organ transplants in 2021, as harvesting skills improve

By Stuart Winer

Soldiers from the IDF Commando Brigade take part in a large-scale training exercise in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

2 IDF commandos injured as grenade explodes in apparent training accident

By Judah Ari Gross

The exterior of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures appears in Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2021. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Absence of Jewish legacy at LA’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures spurs outcry

Yellow water seen in the Zin stream in southern Israel's Negev Desert. (Roi Galili)

Chemical company’s expert in court case: Southern stream’s radiation not health risk

Dan Marzuk (Adina Walman/Knesset Spokesperson)

New Knesset secretary approved despite reported opposition of coalition’s left flank

Haim Revivo seen at a press conference for the new soccer league season in the Jerusalem municipality on July 31, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former soccer star signs plea deal in real estate corruption case

The wound and bullet found in Adi Bloy's back, three months after she was shot during a wedding at Psagot Winery. (Courtesy: Army Radio/ Shahar Glick/ @glick_sh)

Young woman feels blow at West Bank wedding, finds bullet in spine 3 months later

By Emanuel Fabian

Eric Zemmour, far right candidate for the French presidential election 2022, gestures as he visits a vineyard and meets local supporters in Husseren-les-chateaux, eastern France, December 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France’s far-right presidential contender Zemmour convicted of hate speech

By Sylvie Corbet

Pop star Noa Kirel in her latest video, 'Thought About That' (Courtesy Noa Kirel Instagram)

Ring tonesIsraeli pop star Noa Kirel releases latest single with Samsung

By Jessica Steinberg

Screen capture of a warning from Facebook to Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, that he was violating community standards.(UN Watch)

Facebook threatens to delete page of pro-Israel UN watchdog chief

By Stuart Winer

Ultra-Orthodox Jews enjoy eating chulent, a traditional Jewish stew, at Yoel's restaurant in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem. Many of the restaurants in Meah Shearim open late on Thursday nights to serve chulent. December 24, 2015.(Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Meat and pota-toursOn the cholent-and-kugel trail with tours of the Haredi ’tisch’

By Jessica Steinberg

Joss Whedon arrives at the world premiere of 'Avengers: Infinity War' in Los Angeles, April 23, 2018. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Joss Whedon says Gal Gadot’s claim he threatened her career was misunderstanding

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

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