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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 2, 2022

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Two Israeli and one American F-16 fighter jets fly alongside one another during a joint exercise in southern Israel in January 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel Air Force drilled ‘massive attack on Iran’ in presence of US officer – report

Classified military exercise involved dozens of warplanes over the Mediterranean, TV report says

Illustrative: Students and their teacher at the Hashtroudi school in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, September 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Thousands of Iranian teachers stage strike in protest over pay

By AFP

In this screenshot from video, a purported dissident message is seen from an online account calling itself 'The Justice of Ali' that reportedly played overtop of an Iranian state television streaming feed on Feb. 1, 2022 (AP Photo)

Iranian state TV streaming site targeted with anti-government message

By AP

Whoopi Goldberg speaks during the Broadway at the White House event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 16, 2015 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg from ‘The View’ for ‘hurtful’ Holocaust comments

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Network tells co-host to take a two-week break ‘to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments’; move comes despite apologies for saying Nazi genocide ‘not about race’

US actress Whoopi Goldberg in Verona, Italy on December 3, 2019. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Whoopi Goldberg apologizes after claiming Holocaust was not about race

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: Actress Whoopi Goldberg, June 4, 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 2: The big whoop over Amnesty’s ‘apartheid’; Holocaust and race

The top (a), rear (b), bottom (c) and front (d) view of the vertebra discovered at the 'Ubeidiya site. (Courtesy/Dr. Alon Barash)

ArchaeologyBone is the 2nd oldest human remain found outside of Africa

Scientists find oldest evidence of humans in Israel — a 1.5 million-year-old bone

An ancient vertebra from an archaic hominin species child gives ‘unambiguous’ evidence of migrations out of Africa, Israeli researchers say

Reconstruction of meat roasting on campfire at the Lazaret Cave, France. (Photo Credit: De Lumley, M. A. néandertalisation (pp. 664-p) CNRS éditions)

Israeli study finds early humans knew to situate hearth in cave’s optimal spot

Defense Minister Benny Gantz stands alongside his Bahraini counterpart, Abdulla bin Hasan Al Nuaimi, after landing in Manama on February 2, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Flies on same plane Sadat used for landmark 1977 Israel trip

Gantz lands in Bahrain to sign security agreements, in first official visit

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense minister to meet top officials, including the king, during his lightning visit to the Gulf country; will also visit US Navy’s 5th Fleet

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the annual Annual International Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, on February 1, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Laser-based defense array to be deployed within year, Bennett says, speeding rollout

By Lazar Berman and Judah Ari Gross

Undated photo of the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) (US Navy/AP)

US to send warship, fighter jets to UAE after missile attacks by Iran-backed Houthis

By AFP and ToI Staff

Omar As'ad, a Palestinian-American who died after being violently detained by IDF troops in the West Bank on January 12, 2022. (Courtesy)

US demands ‘thorough’ criminal probe into troops who left bound Palestinian to die

Copies of Amnesty International's report 'Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians,' at a press conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

‘Absurd’: US rejects Amnesty accusation of Israeli apartheid against Palestinians

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, center, meets with top IDF officers during a tour of the West Bank, on February 1, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gantz laments death of elderly Palestinian man left bound in the cold by soldiers

By Judah Ari Gross

Shas party leader Aryeh Deri announces he will not be leaving public life, a day after he was sentenced for tax offenses, during a press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Unrepentant Deri vows to return to Knesset, a day after tax offense sentencing

Shas leader claims case went to court only because he’s Sephardic, says he’ll run in next election and ‘there is nothing to prevent it’; judge had said he’d be leaving public life

Op-ed

The damaging final days of an admirable attorney general

Mandelblit worked assiduously to protect the essential interests of justice, democracy and the national good… until almost the very end of his term

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a farewell ceremony for outgoing state prosecutor Shai Nitzan in Jerusalem, December 18, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Whoopi Goldberg is almost right, while being so entirely wrong

If you take her claim to its logical conclusion, racism against Jews is based on lies and racism against black people based on truth. That’s worrying (and incorrect)

What I learned as an observant Jew on a Division I basketball team

I always thought keeping Shabbat would get in the way of my playing college ball. Then I hosted the whole team for a traditional Friday night dinner

Illustrative photo of an Android smartphone (screenshot: YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

Report: Police hacked phone of key individual in Netanyahu cases without approval

Cops allegedly pulled large amounts of data without court order; second report claims the person is state’s witness Shlomo Filber

7:15 pm

'An earthquake': Netanyahu reacts to reports of phone hackings in his cases
7:02 pm

Police complaint filed against soccer coach Avram Grant over alleged sexual offenses
6:43 pm

Report: Police hacked phone of key individual in Netanyahu cases without approval

Israeli settlers and soldiers gather at the wildcat outpost of Evyatar near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 1, 2021. (Oded Balilty/AP)

Mandelblit said to have okayed illegal West Bank outpost just before retiring as AG

By AP and ToI Staff

Reports say outgoing attorney general approved deal for Evyatar, paving the way for settlers to return to site; Meretz lawmakers pan move as reward to ‘criminals’

People hold a protest against the 'Citizenship Law' outside the Knesset, on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cabinet, Knesset slated to vote on appeals to ‘Citizenship Law’ next week

Sources tell newspaper US criminal probe into NSO underway

NSO offered US security firm ‘bags of cash’ for access to cell networks — report

Washington Post: Whistleblower told US Justice Department that Israeli spyware firm tried to gain access to network used by Americans traveling abroad; US lawmaker: ‘Really fishy’

Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building on Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

FBI confirms purchasing Pegasus spyware, but denies using it

The R/V Bat-Galim deep sea research ship prepares to tackle an oil spill detected off the coast of Israel, February 2, 2022. (Environment Ministry)

Suspected oil spill at sea could be a major regional pollution event, ministry warns

Environment Minister Zandberg says emergency plans to be readied as officials scramble to assess threat from ‘suspicious patches’ 20-40 kilometers from shore

Illustrative: A woman holds a dead sea turtle covered in tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea at the Gador nature reserve near Hadera, northern Israel, February 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Environment Ministry says suspected oil spill detected off coast of Netanya

Analysis

Bold or shortsighted? Praise and outrage for Israel’s abolition of kids’ quarantine

Doing away with isolation for kids after exposure to virus at Omicron’s peak is ‘devastating’ error in policy, says expert, but another thinks it’s a logical way to deal with wave

Illustrative image: Israeli children at the Pola school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2021. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

A woman shows her 'Green Pass' as she arrives at a theater in Jerusalem, on February 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

COVID cabinet votes to narrow usage of ‘Green Pass’ system

In an attempt to battle the measles outbreak, some countries in Europe have enacted laws making vaccinating children mandatory. (Illustrative. Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Pfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 vaccine for US kids under 5

By lauren neergard and MATTHEW PERRONE

People get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center at Habima square in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Omicron may infect another 2.5 million Israelis on wave’s downswing, experts predict

By Nathan Jeffay

We’re after the peak, but next 2 weeks likely to be just as bad as last 2, says Hebrew U. team modeling infection patterns; 4th shot credited with reducing hospital load by 30%

File - Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for COVID-19 in a lab at a branch of Leumit Health Care Services in Or Yehuda on January 21, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Omicron subvariant more transmissible, but may not cause worse illness — expert

Fashion design by David Cohen for his Studio.Schuna. (DAN YOSEFI)

'In the virtual world, we can live a fantasy'

The emperor’s new clothes are digital: Israeli designers shape virtual fashion world

By Viva Sarah Press

Israelis draw acclaim as they carve out a new niche for the future of fashion with digital clothing designs

Budding market: Lucrative cannabis industry looks to leverage ex-politicians’ sway

By Ilan Ben Zion

Check Point acquires Israeli startup Spectral to offer developer-first security

By Ricky Ben-David

A protester stands outside Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2020, flanked by anti-Israel and antisemitic signs. (Alex Sherman/Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Congregants forced to pay legal fees of ‘antisemitic’ protesters outside synagogue

By Andrew Lapin

Judge rules that lawsuit against rallies denouncing ‘Jewish power’ outside Michigan synagogue for 18 years was ‘frivolous,’ week after appeal sent to Supreme Court

Deborah Lipstadt, author of 'Antisemitism: Here and Now' (Osnat Perelshtein via JTA)

Biden’s antisemitism monitor nominee Deborah Lipstadt to get confirmation hearing

The suspect in an alleged hate crime against a Jewish man in Brooklyn on January 22, 2021, in security footage released by the New York Police Department. (Screenshot)

New York police arrest man for attacking Jew in suspected hate crime

Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram went to court after an adoption agency disqualified them for being Jewish. (Courtesy of Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram/via JTA)

Interview'They felt a child would be better off in a foster home'

Disqualified by a Christian adoption agency, a US Jewish couple talks about identity

Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram say they were outspoken about their Jewishness, though they suspected it might be an issue – but that didn’t stop the discrimination from hurting

A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Scarred by attacks, Jewish communities in US consider enhancing security measures

By Haleluya Hadero

Push comes amid heightened fears about the vulnerability of Jewish institutions and antisemitic incidents

Screen capture from video allegedly showing the arrest of Matthew Harris, a former lecturer, who is suspected of threatening a mass shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles. (Twitter)

Ex-lecturer arrested on suspicion of emailing UCLA shooting threat, Jewish slurs

By STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN

A protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Canada, January 30, 2022. (Alex Kent/Getty images North America via AFP)

Anti-vaccine protesters bearing hate symbols spur outrage in Canada

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This picture taken on November 28, 2019, shows a British teenager (R), who was then accused of falsely claiming she was gang raped by Israeli tourists, covering her face as she arrives for her trial at the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni in eastern Cyprus. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)

Cyprus police to reexamine UK woman’s gang rape claim against Israelis

By AFP

The entrance to the Yeshivat Beth Yossef in Bussières, France. (Google Maps via JTA)

French police arrest 16 teachers at ultra-Orthodox school for alleged student abuse

Illustrative: A Metropolitan police officer on patrol, in London, October 1, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)

London police unit sent each other racist, sexist jokes, made light of Holocaust

By AFP and ToI Staff

People waiting in line outside Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem, on April 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Osem puts off price hikes as consumers, ministers push against paying more

By Tobias Siegal

Shefa students and teachers preparing for Shabbat with music and song. (The Shefa School via JTA)

NY Jewish school for kids with learning disabilities to inaugurate new campus

By julia GERGELY

Medics at the scene of an apartment fire on Jerusalem's Daniel Street in which a 12-year-old boy was killed on February 1, 2022 (Courtesy)

Boy, 12, killed in Jerusalem apartment fire

Dvir Sorek, 18, a yeshiva student who was stabbed to death outside a West Bank settlement on August 8, 2019. (Courtesy)

Commander of Hamas cell convicted in 2019 slaying of soldier-student

Judge Dvora Berliner, while serving as President of the Tel Aviv District Court, in 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Former judge Dvora Berliner to head Meron disaster inquiry

By Tobias Siegal

Delegates attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union Summit at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 9, 2020. (AP)

African Union members set for rare clash as Israel ties split bloc

By Robbie COREY-BOULET

The Touro Synagogue, the nation's oldest, in Newport, Rhode Island, photographed on May 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

NY congregation aims to oust worshipers at Rhode Island’s Touro, oldest US synagogue

By Steve LeBlanc

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