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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 3, 2022

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Interview

Amnesty to ToI: No double standard in accusing Israel, but not China, of apartheid

Our diplomatic correspondent conducted a lengthy, mutually frustrating conversation with the Amnesty officials behind the ‘apartheid’ report. We’re publishing it in full

Secretary general of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard (right) and Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa research and advocacy director Philip Luther at a press conference in Jerusalem, on February 1, 2022. (Flash90)

Clouds pass over the Capitol dome on December 31, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images/AFP)

Rejecting Congressional panning of apartheid claim, Amnesty urges US to press Israel

Op-edAmnesty’s ‘apartheid Israel’ calumny

By David Horovitz

Main photo: People inspect a destroyed house following an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed); Inset: The second leader of Islamic State, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi (Courtesy)

Bennett: 'The world is now a safer place'

Biden: Islamic State’s global leader killed in overnight special forces op in Syria

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president says terror chief al-Qurayshi detonated bomb that killed himself, wife and kids ‘in act of cowardice,’ as special forces surrounded their Idlib province home

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives a hearing in his corruption case at the Jerusalem District Court, February 8, 2021. (Reuven Kastro/Pool)

Prosecutors conducting ‘in-depth review’ of phone hacking claim in Netanyahu trial

Defense lawyers updated on situation; police alleged to have used spyware to hack into phone of longtime confidant of former prime minister in ongoing cases

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in his ongoing corruption trial, on November 22, 2021. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)

Police hacked phone of key individual in Netanyahu cases without approval — report

Former public security minister MK Amir Ohana arrives for his testimony at the state committee investigating the escape of security prisoners from the Gilboa prison, in Modi'in, February 3, 2022. (Flash90

Ex-public security minister: Prisons service, police have ‘difficulty telling truth’

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) and Bahraini Minister of Defense Affairs Abdullah Bin Hassan Al Nuaimi shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding at the Bahraini defense headquarters, on February 3, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Israel signs security memorandum with Bahrain, its 2nd with an Arab nation

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense minister Gantz meets king, crown prince during visit to Manama as two countries shore up ties amid growing threats from Iran

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, right, along with Israeli Navy chief David Salama, center, speak with the head of the US Navy's 5th Fleet, Admiral Brad Cooper, in front of the USS Cole in Bahrain on February 3, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Visiting US fleet in Bahrain, Gantz hails ties while warning of threat from Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: This photo released by the US Navy shows the USS Cole in the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 21, 2022. (US Navy via AP)

UAE intercepts three ‘hostile drones’ as US says it will send warship to Gulf nation

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

The son of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 reads psalms next to the bed of his father at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on January 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel passes dire pandemic milestones: 9,000 deaths, 3 million virus cases

By Tobias Siegal

Transmission rate continues its steady decline and stays below 1, indicating a waning of the current wave of infections

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health services at the Health Ministry, speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem about new coronavirus restrictions, December 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nearly 300 BA.2 cases found in Israel; health official denies Omicron reinfections

Gantz: Israel offered aid to Lebanese military four times in past year

Defense minister says ‘citizens of Lebanon are not our enemies,’ but implies offers of assistance were turned down

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks to the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, February 2, 2022. (Screenshot)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tirana, Albania, on January 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

Turkey’s Erdogan announces Herzog to make official visit in mid-March

Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani looks on during a news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken following a signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

Qatari foreign minister rules out normalization with Israel

Settlers seen in the Illegal Evyatar outpost, in the northern West Bank, on June 16, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Lapid said to warn PM that okaying illegal outpost Evyatar will strain US relations

In letter to Bennett, foreign minister reportedly says plan could harm regional alliances, bolster boycott efforts against Israel; says wasn’t consulted on diplomatic ramifications

The West Bank outpost of Evyatar, on July 5, 2021. (Flash90)

Labor, Meretz warn authorizing illegal outpost Evyatar threatens coalition

Biden Year 1

Putting Mideast on backburner, Biden makes keeping lid on conflict his main goal

Trading Trump’s attempt to hit a grand slam for more modest target of preventing war between Israel and Palestinians, Washington makes humble inroads while keeping focus elsewhere

US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US President Donald Trump, left, turns to give a pen to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019 after signing the official proclamation formally recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. From left, White House adviser Jared Kushner, US special envoy Jason Greenblatt, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Ex-US envoy Friedman: In Rivlin meeting, Trump criticized Netanyahu, praised Abbas

Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Burqa on December 17, 2021 (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Shots fired at IDF position near Nablus

Noa Szollos speeds down the course during the women's slalom, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)

Beijing 2022

Israel’s small but proud Olympic delegation takes aim at the Beijing Winter Games

Four ice skaters and two skiers will represent Israel, while Jewish athletes from the US and Canada will also take to the ice at the 2022 Olympics, starting Friday

Security guards stand outside the District Court in Jerusalem. May 24, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Police phone hacking of key witness in Netanyahu case could force trial delay

Court will need to decide whether to halt proceedings, as claims that a key witness’s phone was hacked could affect his upcoming testimony; prosecutors pressing police for answers

7:29 pm

Defense Ministry said to freeze export licenses for Israeli 'cyber attack' tech
7:28 pm

TV report: Israel aided in US effort to track down Islamic State chief
7:17 pm

US says new intel shows Russia plotting false flag attack

Ukrainian FM: We’re interested in more help from Israel, including with air defenses

Amid fears of Russian invasion, Dmytro Kuleba says Kyiv would welcome Jerusalem playing ‘a diplomatic role’; Lapid says Israel doesn’t believe there will soon be a violent conflict

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 27, 2022. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)

In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 2, 2022, Russian soldiers attend a military training at the Yurginsky training ground in the Kemerovo region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

NATO warns Russian military buildup in Belarus is largest in 30 years

By LORNE COOK and Suzan Fraser

In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 2, 2022, Russian and Belarusian tanks and military helicopters attend a joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Biden approves additional troop deployment to Europe amid Ukraine tensions

By Dasha Litvinova, AAMER MADHANI and LORNE COOK

Products from Osem on a shelf in a grocery store on December 29, 2021in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 3 – No price hikes on Bamba as Osem backs down

Tech editor Ricky Ben-David discusses the latest NSO news, food prices and an acquittal in Cyprus as deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan reflects on recent archaeological discoveries

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

Major importer delays price hikes amid public criticism

The Blogs

Drawing a line in the sand: A new law to save the seashore

One idealistic high school student prevented development on Palmachim Beach. Who will protect the rest of Israel’s coast?

Jews walk through the street with guns in the mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, central Israel, May 28, 2021, in the wake of recent clashes between the two groups. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Iran set up fake social media network to stoke violence, tensions in Israel – report

‘Aduk’ group, masquerading as a nationalist and ultra-Orthodox news outlet, redistributed extremist and anti-Muslim material to encourage attacks on Arab Israelis, BBC says

Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, speaks during a hearing of the US Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill, December 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Top Democrat questions efforts to revive Iran nuke deal, signaling trouble for Biden

An oil tanker is moored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 4, 2021. Technology to hide a ship's location previously available only to the world's militaries is spreading fast through the global maritime industry. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

US foes evade sanctions by deploying digital warfare tech to hide vessels at sea

By Joshua Goodman

Ellen Ginsberg Simon

Whoopi’s fallacy

When you label Jews ’white,’ you deny the complexity of Jewish identity, and ignore the vulnerability of a group against which daily antisemitic violence occurs

David-Seth Kirshner

Whoopi’s apology

The View’s undignified suspension of its regretful host teaches that owning our misdeeds has more negative consequences than ignoring them does

Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri seen after a being sentenced in a plea bargain for tax offense at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Watchdog accuses Deri of breaking plea deal, urges state to intervene

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaking at a faction meeting of the Yesh Atid party in the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Lapid bill would permanently bar from politics anyone convicted of moral turpitude

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with actress and social media influencer Shira Levi in Tel Aviv on August 5, 2021. (Haim Zach / GPO)

Mandelblit says elected officials cannot block citizens on social media

This image released by ABC shows co-host Whoopi Goldberg on the set of the daytime talk series "The View." (Jenny Anderson/ABC via AP)

‘The View’ moves on with a simple ‘OK’ after Whoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust comments

Talk show briefly notes co-host’s 2-week suspension for saying Nazi genocide ‘not about race,’ as Jews across political spectrum criticize decision to suspend her

Illustrative photo of Twitter on a smart phone. (Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images/JTA))

Senate GOP Twitter account found to be following virulently antisemitic user

Rose Girone celebrating her 110th birthday on January 13, 2022. (Courtesy/ via JTA)

A Holocaust survivor spent her 110th birthday knitting – a craft key to her survival

By Tanya Singer

More Headlines

Former president and convicted rapist Moshe Katsav (back) and Iran International correspondent in Israel Babak Itzhaki in the promo for an interview, February 2022. (Screenshot/Iran International)

Ex-president Katsav gives his first interview since jail — to Iranian opposition TV

By Tobias Siegal

Ethiopian Immigrants arrive in Israel as part of Operation Tzur Israel, March 11, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

High Court freezes plan to bring Ethiopians to Israel as it reviews petition

Shares in Meta plunge over 20% as Facebook loses users for first time in its history

By Glenn Chapman

Aaron Mostofsky (in fur pelt) and a protester with the Confederate flag in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Aaron Mostofsky, pelt-wearing son of a Jewish judge, pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charges

By AP and JTA

An illustrative image showing a road outfitted with wireless charging infrastructure tech by Israeli startup Electreon. (Electreon)

Israeli ‘smart road’ startup to debut wireless charging infrastructure in US

By Ricky Ben-David

Israeli Shimon Hayut is the subject of 'Tinder Swindler', a true crime documentary on Netflix. (Screenshot)

Stole their hearts‘Tinder Swindler’ documentary on Israeli con man hits Netflix

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A researcher shows seismograph sensor readings from an earthquake in Mexico, on July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

For 2nd time in a month, earthquake off Cyprus coast felt in Israel

Ali Adkidak, suspected in the robbery and the assault of Israeli chef Shalom Kadosh, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on March 28, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Man sentenced to 39 months for assault on renowned chef Shalom Kadosh

An Environment Ministry worker aboard the Bat Galim ship on February 2, 2022. (Ram Greenwald/Environment Ministry)

Stains off Israeli coast are not oil spill after all, says Environment Ministry

CNN president Jeff Zucker attends the 11th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute in New York on Dec. 17, 2017. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

CNN chief Jeff Zucker resigns over relationship with co-worker

By David Bauder

Avram Goldberg and his wife Carol Goldberg. (Courtesy Deb Goldberg Facebook)

ObituaryAvram Goldberg, former chairman of Stop & Shop, dies at 92

A photo of the Jewdle word board. (Screenshot via JTA)

People of the wordJewdle launches in yet another offshoot of popular Wordle game

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