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What Matters Most On Monday, February 7, 2022

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Top row (L-R) Avner Netanyahu, Ethiopian-Israeli protests against police, Netanya Mayor Miriam Feirberg, disability rights protestors; 2nd row (L-R) Ilan Yeshua, Rami Levi, Shai Babad, Topaz Luk (Flash 90)

Interior Minister Shaked: If true, report is 'an earthquake'

Ministry heads, Netanyahu associates, activists said targeted by police with spyware

Calcalist says protest leaders, journalists, mayors, and people connected to ex-PM’s trial were spied on with Pegasus; police said to believe Sara Netanyahu used son’s phone

Opposition and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Court cancels hearing in Netanyahu trial to mull police spying implications

Op-ed

If true, spyware report shows a police force gone rogue, trampling Israeli democracy

Latest allegations point to cops reveling in their technological capacity to gather endless data on anyone they please; powerful, independent investigation is urgently needed

Then-police commissioner Roni Alsheich (right) with then-commander of the Border Police (the current police chief) Kobi Shabtai at a press conference near Jerusalem, March 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Ofer Winter and Israeli army officers inspect the area where two officers from the Egoz commando unit were killed in a friendly fire accident outside a base on January 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

IDF probe blames flawed culture at top of elite Egoz unit for friendly fire deaths

By Joshua Davidovich

Deputy commander and other officers removed from posts; detachment head to be suspended from commanding for 2 years over incident in which they showed ‘no common sense,’ army says

7:55 pm

Number of seriously ill COVID patients falls slightly
7:29 pm

Former IDF spokesman: Probe into friendly fire deaths fell short
7:16 pm

Iran nuclear deal 'in sight,' but time still running low, US says

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, with Public Security Minister Omer Barlev at a police ceremony in Tel Aviv, on November 9, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Herzog: Law enforcement can't be careless when upholding law

PM calls explosive NSO spying claims ‘very grave’; police minister to set up probe

Bennett: If cops abused spyware, that’s ‘unacceptable in a democratic state’; Israel Police chief, numerous lawmakers demand independent investigation

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai is welcomed in the UAE, February 6, 2022. (Police Spokesperson's Unit)

Israeli police chief holds first visit to UAE to advance security cooperation

Gali Baharav-Miara. (Courtesy)

Amid spyware crisis, ministers approve Gali Baharav-Miara as new attorney general

Unanimously backed, ex-lawyer in Tel Aviv district attorney’s office will be first woman to hold top justice role, comes into post with low public profile, under intense scrutiny

AnalysisApproved Monday, relatively unknown AG will take office amid falling trust

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

“The left has become the ideology that dare not speak its name.” — Anshel Pfeffer

The Jewish world of pre-war Europe was almost destroyed. If we hold up a lantern to that darkness, what can we discover about what was lost, what survived and what could have been?

3D Illustration Concept of Spinal Cord (iStock via Getty Images)

World 1st: Hope for paralyzed as Israeli lab spinal cords restore mice mobility

By Nathan Jeffay

Tech got 12 out of 15 mice in study moving well; human trial expected in less than 3 years, aiming to ‘offer all paralyzed people hope that they may walk again’

Palestinians chant slogans during a protest against the ongoing electricity crisis in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, January 12, 2017. (AFP/MOHAMMED ABED)

‘They hijacked Gaza’: Palestinians hold rare online events critical of Hamas

By Aaron Boxerman

Public dissent is unusual in the coastal enclave, where the terror group frequently cracks down on those who criticize it

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 suspends debate on Israel’s observer member status

By AFP and Lazar Berman

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Gaza, May 16, 2021 (Avi Roccah/Flash90)

IDF launches surprise Gaza drill to test Southern Command’s readiness

By Judah Ari Gross

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

In phone call, Bennett and Biden discuss ‘steps to block Iranian nuclear program’

Premier’s office says conversation also addresses US killing of Islamic State leader and Russia-Ukraine conflict; Biden likely to visit later this year

A camera directed on Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, on December 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber)

EU says Iran nuclear talks set to resume on Tuesday in Vienna

By AP

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

PM says Iran nuke deal won’t boost stability; implies it won’t stop Israeli strike

By ToI Staff and AP

Tikva Saban. (courtesy)

After woman dies by suicide, cop who told her to kill herself expresses regret

By Emanuel Fabian

In leaked audio recording, officer says he’s sorry for ‘awful conversation,’ blames his remarks on Tikva Saban calling hotline dozens of times; she was found dead on Friday

Gal Gadot arrives at the 27th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood celebration on October 19, 2021, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 7 – Banning Gal Gadot & PA leadership’s real-life ‘Succession’

Palestinian affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman weighs in on the civil unrest in the PA and Gaza; Jewish World editor Yaakov Schwartz reports on the Lev Tahor cult from Bosnia

Gal Gadot attends the premiere of 'I Am the Night' on January 24, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Kuwait bans ‘Death on the Nile’ film over Israeli actress Gal Gadot

By AFP

The Never Again Olympics

China is wiping out the culture, religion and ethnic identity of its Uyghur minority. That’s called genocide. So, no, I won’t be watching any curling matches

Love, marriage, and residency (or why the Citizenship Law is wrong)

Banning family unification is overt discrimination, no matter what else you call it. It is also counterproductive, stupid, and contradicts basic Jewish values

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a rare meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Council, on February 6, 2021. (WAFA)

Abbas: Talks with Israelis serve our interest, but ‘no substitute’ for peace process

By Aaron Boxerman

In rare gathering of PLO leadership, PA president pledges ‘reform,’ but analysts say conference mostly aims to nominate politicians close to Abbas to fill key positions

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

Cabinet okays Citizenship Law for Knesset vote, over objection of Meretz, Ra’am

Mohammad el-Halabi, a manager of the World Vision charity's operations in the Gaza Strip, was indicted on August 4, 2016, for diverting the charity's funds to the Hamas terrorist organization. (Screen capture: World Vision)

US ‘monitoring’ Israeli jailing of Gaza rights worker for 5 years with no verdict

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk sets her gaze on a Jewish mystical cult leader in 'The Books of Jacob,' newly translated into English. (Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)

Polish Nobel laureate Tokarczuk tells a story about Jews. But is it a Jewish novel?

By Jonah Goldman Kay

‘The Books of Jacob,’ now available in English, has fueled debate on how Poles see their country’s Jewish past amid growing academic interest

An illustration of a COVID-19 rapid antigen home test kit in Jerusalem on January 9, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Officials say two-thirds of students are not submitting home COVID test results

Health Ministry official calls statistic ‘disturbing,’ but Education Ministry official claims plan is working

Green Pass COVID restrictions rolled back as case count falls

PM meets finance minister as he vows to tackle rising living costs

By Tobias Siegal

IMF says Israel managed pandemic ‘exceptionally well,’ warns of ‘significant’ risks

By Ricky Ben-David

A man who won NIS 80 million in Israel's largest lottery jackpot poses with a giant check at the offices of the Mifal HaPais national lottery on February 6, 2022 (Mifal HaPais)

As luck would have it

Winner of Israel’s largest-ever lottery jackpot says winning numbers emitted a light

Scoops NIS 80 million ($25 million); had never filled out a lottery ticket before and only did so because the prize was so large

An actor of the Romania's Jewish State Theatre rehearses the musical drama 'The Lights of the Ghetto,' a mix of music and stories by Holocaust survivors in Bucharest, Romania, January 26, 2019. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda, File)

A lesser known history: Romania’s key role in Holocaust explored in new book

By STEPHEN McGRATH

Analysis

A Netflix partnership to support the next generation of creators in Israel

Where will the next Fauda or Shtisel come from? The ’Series Lab’ will find out by nurturing Israel-based creatives with big talent and original ideas

More Headlines

Illustrative. A young girl gives blood at a Magen David Adom mobile blood donation center. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90)

Israel sees blood donation shortage amid Omicron, boycott from some religious groups

In this photo from December 10, 2018, a woman weaves a Persian carpets at her home in Kashan, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian news site shut down for publishing image of decapitated woman

By AP

Scene of the accident on Nachshol Street, Rishon Lezion, February 7, 2022. (Rishon Lezion Fire and Rescue Services Branch)

Driver with cast on leg loses control of car, injuring 4 including a baby

Slogan painted on a wall in Kfar Qasim reads "Wake up Jews and fight the enemy," February 7, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)

‘Wake up Jews, fight the enemy’: Arab Israeli town Kafr Qasim targeted in hate crime

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and President Isaac Herzog (right). (AP)

Herzog, Erdogan discuss possible meeting in phone call

By Tobias Siegal

A firefighter douses the flames in an Israeli car after it was allegedly set on fire by Jewish extremists in the West Bank near the outpost of Givat Ronen on January 21, 2022. (Courtesy: Yesh Din)

Police detain 3 suspects over Jewish extremist attack in West Bank

Israel's Barnabas Szollos competes in the men's downhill final during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing on February 7, 2022. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Beijing 2022Skiing siblings hit the slopes for Israel in Olympic debut at Beijing

An assailant ambushes a Jewish couple from behind in New York City in security footage captured on February 4, 2022. (Screenshot)

New York police’s hate crimes unit investigating 3 alleged antisemitic attacks

Likud's Haim Katz arrives at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, February 7, 2022 (Flash90)

Likud’s Katz gets suspended sentence as court accepts plea deal in graft case

Illustrative: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at moshav Givat Ye'arim outside Jerusalem on August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Cabinet approves NIS 155 million plan to prepare for massive wildfires

A Hezbollah poster and rocket launchers are seen in a mock Lebanese village as part of an IDF training program in September 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel sanctions Lebanese companies aiding Hezbollah missile project

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton -- who was an MK during filming -- appears in an episode of 'MasterChef' that aired February 6, 2022. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Lawmakers rapped for appearing on reality TV cooking competition

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