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What Matters Most On Monday, January 31, 2022

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A British teenager convicted of falsely accusing a group of Israelis of gang rape covers her face as she arrives with her mother to the Famagusta District Court, in Paralimni in eastern Cyprus on January 7, 2020. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP)

Top Cyprus court acquits UK woman of making false rape claim against Israelis

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Woman maintains she was raped by up to 12 Israelis in resort of Ayia Napa in July 2019; lawyer for woman hails ‘watershed moment’

Avram Grant is pictured in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Former Israel, Chelsea soccer coach Avram Grant accused of sexual harassment

Rights group Amnesty stages a demonstration outside the UK headquarters of US travel company TripAdvisor in London on January 30, 2019. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Israel blasts Amnesty UK for ‘antisemitic’ report accusing it of apartheid

By Lazar Berman

FM Lapid calls document set for release on Tuesday ‘delusional,’ says it ‘echoes the lies of terrorist organizations’; pro-Israel group says it is ‘tantamount to a blood libel’

Israel Police commander Jamal Hakrush attends a Knesset event on February 5, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Top Arab cop resigns after video showed him hopping over stabbing victim

Police commissioner and public security minister thank Jamal Hakrush for his service; probe into incident set to continue

Mossad chief David Barnea at a ceremony marking his taking the helm of the agency, on June 1, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Mossad unit head quits – fourth official to resign since Barnea took over agency

Esther Pollard, wife of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, speaks to press outside her home in Jerusalem on July 29, 2015. (Flash90)

Esther Pollard, wife of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, dies at 68

She was hospitalized with COVID over weekend after her condition deteriorated; ‘I did not imagine I would lose Esther,’ husband says

The Knesset's Palombo Gates, undated. (Leif Knutsen/Wikimedia)

ObituaryArtist who sculpted Knesset gates with her husband killed in Jerusalem fire

Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky attends a meeting in the Knesset of the lobby for strengthening ties with the Jewish world, June 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Thirty-Six podcast

Natan Sharansky on freedom, identity and memory

A discussion with the former refusenik, human rights activist, Israeli politician, Jewish Agency head and author

President Isaac Herzog is joined by Expo 2020 Dubai Commissioner-General Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan at the Israel pavilion on Israel's national day at the expo, January 31, 2021 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Herzog: 'We admire the course you have charted'

Herzog opens Israel national day at Dubai Expo

By Lazar Berman

President meets with emirate’s ruler, discusses expanding trade and investment between new allies

President Isaac Herzog, walks with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, left, as he arrives at the royal palace, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO via AP)

As Herzog visits, UAE downs ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a press conference in Ankara, on January 20, 2022. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Israel said viewing Herzog-Erdogan meet as ‘trial’ for warmer relations with Turkey

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan. 31 – Herzog’s explosive UAE trip; uplifting COVID research

Diplomatic writer Lazar Berman updates us on why recently deceased Esther Pollard is a household name in Israel and health reporter Nathan Jeffay presents an optimistic new study

President Isaac Herzog meets representatives of the Jewish community in the UAE, Janaury 30, 2022. Top row (right to left): Yifat Turbiner, Steve Benchimol, Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi Eli Abadi, Daniel Seal, Sarah Benchimol, and Ross Kriel. Bottom row (right to left): Israeli Ambassador in the UAE Amir Hayek, President Isaac Herzog, First Lady Michal Herzog, UAE Ambassador in Israel Mohamed Al Khaja. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

In meeting with UAE Jewish leaders, Herzog says he draws inspiration from MBZ

By Lazar Berman

An Israeli woman receives her dose of COVID-19 vaccine, at a Ministry of Health vaccine center at the Malcha mall in Jerusalem, on December 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Vaccinated, boosted parents slash their kids’ COVID risk — pre-Omicron Israeli study

By Nathan Jeffay

From the blogs

Confessions of a reluctant dish heiress

My mother’s demand that we all decide now what we want to inherit goes against my religion of denial – but I’ll take the pink set

Gali Baharav-Miara. (Courtesy)

Sa’ar taps Gali Baharav-Miara as next attorney general

Appointment of former Tel Aviv district attorney still requires cabinet approval; replacing Avichai Mandelblit, she’d be first woman to serve in the role

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a confrence of the Association of Corporate Counsel, in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

In parting swipe at Netanyahu, Mandelblit pans those who try ‘to weaken rule of law’

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Lebanon claims to bust over 15 Israeli spy rings

Report says alleged operatives, among them a senior security official, provided information on Hezbollah and Palestinian factions

Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters hold flags as they attend the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, South Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

Illustrative: Missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA, Syria's official news agency, via AP/ FIle)

Israeli airstrikes said to hit Hezbollah targets near Damascus

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli Navy Sa'ar 5 corvette defends a natural gas extraction platform off Israel's coast, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

US envoy meets Israeli energy minister over Lebanon maritime dispute

A Russian military police officer stands guard at the Russian air base in Hemeimeem, Syria, with an Il-20 electronic intelligence plane of the Russian air force is in the background, March 4, 2016. (AP)

Live updates (closed)

Russian jammer in Syria seen interfering with flights to Israel — report

By Joshua Davidovich

Pilot says spoofing, which tricks plane’s GPS into thinking its somewhere else, affecting civilian flights over Mediterranean; Israel complained publicly of issue in 2019

7:37 pm

Ultra-Orthodox army draft bill passes first reading, on second try
7:22 pm

Gaza bulldozers uncover Roman-era burial site; some antiquities carted off
6:58 pm

PA: Blinken says US will reopen consulate; rejects settlements, settler violence

Here tomorrow, gone today

That time I came to my ’office’ in the park and all the picnic tables had vanished without a trace. The next day, they were back. Why? It’s a mystery

Diana Barshaw Rich

I recently took a tour of Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, though I was sure I couldn’t learn anything new from the guide’s spiel. I left there a changed woman

A patient in the COVID-19 ward at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on January 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Serious COVID cases will strain hospitals for weeks, senior health official warns

Health Ministry figure says medical centers will have to cut back on non-essential treatments and surgery for next three weeks to deal with expected influx

Israeli students arrive at school in the central city of Modiin on January 30, 2022. (Flash90)

Education Ministry, Teachers Union reach deal on COVID testing, avoiding strike

Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, on January 4, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/ Flash90)

Report: Israel mulls ending negative COVID test requirement before incoming flights

The coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, January 20, 2022, close to the height of the Omicron wave. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Study on long COVID finds hidden lung abnormalities not detected in routine tests

Initial results suggest significantly impaired air transfer from lungs to bloodstream, linked to breathlessness, indicating possible microscopic damage to respiratory system

Alon Helfgott speaking from quarantine with Channel 12 news, January 30, 2022. (screenshot)

Israeli boy, 11, has caught 3 different coronavirus strains

Nancy Rose, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, pauses while organizing her desk space, in Port Jefferson, New York, Jan. 25, 2022. (John Minchillo/AP)

Omicron virus variant amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes

By laura ungar and Lindsey Tanner

Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed when his car flipped over while being chased by police in the West Bank on December 21, 2020. (Courtesy)

Family of settler teen says closure of probe into his death is ‘a stab in the heart’

Attorney for Ahuvia Sandak’s family alleges the head of Police Internal Investigations Department allowed the officers involved ‘to coordinate their stories’

Inbal and Rami Orpaz (screenshot)

Israelis escape mob attack after taking wrong turn into Palestinian village

Members of Palestinian Hamas police stand guard at a checkpoint in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Hamas said hunting for fugitive ‘Israeli agent’ after jailbreak

Shas party leader Aryeh Deri leaves the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court after pleading guilty on charges of tax offenses as part of a negotiated plea bargain, on January 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri slammed for accusing gov’t of ‘starving children’ while at 5-star Swiss resort

Week after resigning from Knesset in plea deal, leader of ultra-Orthodox Shas party releases video saying ministers driving up cost of living

Finance Minister and Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on January 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Liberman slams ‘cynical’ food price rises, defends hike in fuel and electricity cost

People shop at a supermarket branch in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Finance, economy ministries warn major food companies against price hikes

By Ricky Ben-David

Steep global wildlife decline may be worse than feared, Israeli study finds

By Stuart Winer

University researchers confirm disputed World Wildlife Fund estimate of 68% decline in vertebrate numbers over past 50 years, say drop was likely even higher

Image: Some of the extremely declining species in the Living Planet Report. Top Left- The Mountain Nyala (photo credit: Charles J Sharp - link), Top right - The Yosemite Toad (photo credit: Maierpa - link), Bottom left - The White-rumped Vulture (photo credit: Ravi Sangeetha- link), and bottom right - The Gharial (photo credit: Charles J Sharp - link). All images from Wikimedia Commons via Ben Gurion University of the Negev)

Hila Ben Ari's dancers play with paper and movement in her video homage to papercut artist Moshe Reifer, a fellow member of Kibbutz Yagur in her childhood, currently on exhibit at Ticho House through October 2022. (Courtesy Ticho House)

Fantastical papercuts from pre-state Israel inspire video art

By Jessica Steinberg

Hilla Ben Ari’s art installation at Jerusalem’s Ticho House echoes work of artist Moshe Reifer, fellow Kibbutz Yagur resident who loomed large

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau speaks to religious-Zionist yeshiva students during the 'Yeshivas March' against conversion and kashrut reforms, in Jerusalem, January 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Chief rabbis lead rally urging religious affairs minister to scrap his reforms

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

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

With nuclear talks on pause, Iran says differences persist on key issues

By AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 26, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)

US, Russia top envoys to hold new Ukraine crisis talks after key UN session

By Brian Knowlton

Delivery trucks of the Israel Postal Company (Courtesy)

Postal company to offer 24/7 lockers for package pickup

This undated photo provided by the Alexandria, Va., Sheriff's Office in January 2022 shows Allison Fluke-Ekren. Fluke-Ekren, 42, who once lived in Kansas, has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria announced Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, that she has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)

US woman charged with leading all-female Islamic State battalion

By Matthew Barakat

Cranes working at sunset on a construction site in Jerusalem, September 1, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

New plan aims to entice cities to construct housing with NIS 60 million bait

Peter Newbon and his wife Rachel Hewitt. (Twitter)

Probe launched into death of UK Jewish academic after Twitter antisemitism ‘pile-on’

Illustrative. Medical technology and digtal health concept. (metamorworks via iStock for Getty Images)

Investors expect to pour more funds into digital health, survey shows

By Ricky Ben-David

A Border Police officer stands guard near East Jerusalem's Damascus Gate, overnight January 27, 2022. (Israel Police)

Court orders further detention for 15 Palestinians arrested in East Jerusalem riots

A demonstrator carries a US Confederate flag during the Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, in front of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, on January 29, 2022. (Dave Chan/AFP)

Swastikas, other hate symbols displayed at Canadian protest against COVID mandates

A gay couple is seen in ad released by Doritos ahead of Family Day in Israel. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Doritos faces boycott calls over Israeli ad featuring gay and lesbian couples

Screem capture from video of a burglar breaking into a carpentry workshop in Arad, January 2022. (YouTube)

Thick as a thiefBurglar’s bumbling ineptitude leads to swift arrest

By Stuart Winer

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