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What Matters Most On Friday, July 29, 2022

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Gilboa prisoner 'controlled all the officers and staff'

Ex-soldier: My commanders ‘handed me over’ to be raped by jailed terror convict

A former IDF soldier has said she was repeatedly raped and sexually abused by a Palestinian security prisoner while she served in Gilboa Prison, with the full cooperation of her commander. The anonymous woman, identifying under the pseudonym "Hila," made her allegations in a post on crowdfunding site... Continue Reading

Illustrative: A prison guard is seen in a watchtower at Gilboa prison, in northern Israel, September 6, 2021. (Flash90)

Ponar, Lithuania, Jews digging a trench in which they were later buried after being shot (Yad Vashem)

Interview'This should have been front-page news'

As the Holocaust raged, US newspapers buried reports on Hitler’s Final Solution

By Matt Lebovic

In a new book, scholar Rafael Medoff shows how outlets downplayed news of the genocide until late 1943, as FDR’s government and even Jewish leaders felt little pressure to act

Illustrative image: An Israeli soldier conducts a COVID-19 antibody test on a boy in Hadera, Israel, Monday, August 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Can you judge your COVID immunity with an antibody test? Israeli research says yes

By Nathan Jeffay

Team says such tests could be used as a screening tool for the allocation of the first batches of updated vaccines, once these arrive

Israeli tourists injured in a car crash are evacuated from Egypt's Sinai peninsula to Israel at the Taba crossing on July 28, 2022. (Flash90)

Two Israeli youth counselors killed, 5 injured in Sinai car crash

By ToI Staff and AP

The 7 tourists in their 20s were on their way back from a beachside vacation when their taxi crashed, reportedly while driving dangerously and attempting to overtake another car

First responders at the scene of a car crash on Route 6 near Kiryat Gat on July 28, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

3 killed in deadly car crash on Route 6 in southern Israel

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)

‘I thought everyone held guns’: Gazan girl makes rare Israel visit to face her fears

In rare event, 12 year old with PTSD from conflict permitted to visit with dad, meet Israelis; ‘Unfortunately there are children in Gaza who think monsters live in Israel,’ he says

‘How can I be free if I’ve never seen the sea?’

On a Tel Aviv beach, I marveled at what could be, as Palestinian families from the West Bank who had never encountered the Mediterranean frolicked in its waves

Lipstick and the Jews

The line between commodification and freedom is very fine when it comes to this colorful cosmetic, with its surprising impact on the power dynamics of history

The ghost of Henry Ford, played by John Lepard, kills time on Detroit’s People Mover in '10 Questions for Henry Ford.' (Andy Kirshner)

Interview'I never knew how much he influenced the early Nazis'

Henry Ford’s ‘ghost’ opens up about his infamous antisemitism in new art documentary

By Rich Tenorio

A century after the publication of ‘The International Jew,’ filmmaker Andy Kirshner revives the automaker in ’10 Questions for Henry Ford,’ screening at the SF Jewish Film Festival

‘We have no home’: Undecided former Yamina voters wait for least worst option

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Yosef Spiezer recently made a decision. The Jerusalem city council member and tour guide held the 14th spot on the Yamina party’s 2021 Knesset candidate list, but recently decided to run in the Religious Zionism party’s primary. After turning against Yamina because he felt the government it formed in 2021 with broad-base political... Continue Reading

Demonstration placards piled outside of Yamina lawmaker Ayelet Shaked's Tel Aviv home, protesting against the big tent government her party was set to form, June 6, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

AnalysisStraddling the Netanyahu question, Zionist Spirit could be kingmaker, if it survives

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Interior Minister and head of the Yamina party Ayelet Shaked, right, holds a press conference with Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel of Derech Eretz at Hamacabia Village in Ramat Gan, on July 27, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Poll shows Shaked’s new Zionist Spirit crossing electoral threshold

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the media during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, July 28, 2022. (Theresa Wey/AP)

Hungarian rabbis pan Orban speech warning against ‘mixed races’; PM’s adviser quits

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Robert Frolich, head of umbrella group, calls prime minister’s remarks against mixing of races ‘a violation of human dignity;’ Orthodox group says they were ‘unfortunate’

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan (Alex Kolomoisky/Yad Vashem)

Yad Vashem chair: Orban’s race comments evoke ideologies behind Holocaust

By AFP and ToI Staff

Facebook continues to allow hate speech in ads, latest test reveals

By Barbara Ortutay

In this file photo taken on November 29, 2016 Lufthansa airplanes are parked at the airfield of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany. (Christof Stache/AFP)

Lufthansa denies antisemitism in decision to kick all identifiable Jews off a flight

By Andrew Lapin

German airline will still appoint manager to deal with prejudice; blames miscommunication for incident in which 100 people were removed to ‘pay’ for others refusing to don mask

A dog collar said to have belonged to the Scottish terrier of Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's wife, on display on the website of Alexander Historical Auctions, July 28, 2022. ( Alexander Historical Auctions)

US auction house shrugs off criticism as Hitler’s personal items go under hammer

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Palestinians and activists participate in a demonstration in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, on July 29, 2022. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Palestinian teen said killed in clashes with IDF northeast of Ramallah

By Emanuel Fabian

16-year-old shot in chest near al-Mughayyir, PA health ministry says; army says troops responded to riot; Israeli drivers come under rock attack nearby

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers operate in the West Bank, on June 29, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian shot after opening fire at military post near Nablus — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Head of UN panel probing Israel claims ‘Jewish lobby’ comments taken out of context

By AP and ToI Staff

The head of a UN commission of inquiry looking into alleged Israeli crimes against Palestinians pushed back Thursday against criticism of a member of the panel who was quoted speaking out against the "Jewish lobby" and questioning Israel's inclusion in the world body. Navi Pillay, a former UN... Continue Reading

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, December 2, 2013. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton attends faction meeting of her New Hope party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Education minister revokes licenses of 6 East Jerusalem schools for incitement

Rep. Ayana Pressley speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill, calling for the US to open an independent investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, on July 28, 2022. (Screen capture/Facebook)

Alongside Abu Akleh relatives, progressive Dems call on Biden to probe killing

Analysis

Huge AIPAC investment in primaries is paying off — but at what price down the road?

WASHINGTON (JTA) — AIPAC believes it’s getting bang for its buck. Big time. As of this month, the United Democracy Project (UDP), one of the two US political action committees AIPAC established last December, is the biggest-spending nonpartisan political committee and the second-largest overall this cycle, dispensing more than $26 million on its favored candidates. The... Continue Reading

Then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

'Sababa' cookbook author Adeena Sussman taught campers and counselors at Camp Ramah in the Poconos during a weeklong culinary arts program. (Courtesy: Jessica Steinberg)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: ‘Sababa’ author Adeena Sussman talks camp culinary arts

Bestselling cookbook writer taught how to cook with tahini and hummus beans, pomegranates and fresh dates at a summer camp

'Terrified Jews are leaving. In this context, we must build'

Amid existential angst, Parisian Jews bet on the future with giant community center

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The European Jewish Center boasts event halls, a gym, kosher food, auditoriums, office spaces and a synagogue – and perhaps most of all, a sense of permanence

Protesters gather outside the Office of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, July 25, 2022. (David I. Klein/ JTA)

'Jews, Roma, and others are second-class citizens'

New law may cement de facto ban on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Jews holding high office

By David I. Klein

Proposed legislation by a European overseeing body would bolster the three country’s largest ethnic blocs while continuing to disenfranchise at least 17 national minority groups

Inside story

Danielle Nagler

After a century, mystery owners of coveted Petah Tikva plot identified

In what is now the center of Petah Tikva, a prime stretch of land has remained undeveloped for a century because no one could find the owners of a small puzzle-piece plot in the middle of it. The plot contains the ruins of one of the city's early wells, used for agriculture, in the late 19th century. The parcel of land... Continue Reading

A view of the center of Petah Tikva, 1936. Illustrative. (Zoltan Kluger/GPO/The National Photo Collection)

New residential buildings in the coastal city of Netanya, March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)

New incentives for long-term rentals could be a game-changer

By Danielle Nagler

An apartment building in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Bialik undergoing renovations, on October 24, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)

New construction legislation from Knesset’s last days kicks in

By Danielle Nagler

More Headlines

Screen capture from video of the University of Leeds. (YouTube)

Graduate sues UK university after failing essay for not criticizing Israel

New Hope MK Benny Begin leads a Knesset committee meeting on December 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

MK Benny Begin, son of first Likud PM, leaves politics

Elina Tabachenko, a schoolteacher from Ukraine, is reunited with her students in Nes Harim, Israel, on Monday, July 25, 2022. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

US says it is keeping eye on Israel-Russia spat over Jewish Agency

By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and AFP

Illustrative: Police at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Bedouin city of Rahat, July 21, 2022. (Israel Police)

Man shot dead, 7 injured in gunfight in southern Bedouin city of Rahat

This combination of file pictures created on June 08, 2021, shows US President Joe Biden (left) in Washington, DC, June 2, 2021; and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Macau's international airport on December 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan and Anthony Wallace/AFP)

In phone call, Xi warns Biden not to ‘play with fire’ on Taiwan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, surrounded by ambassadors of different countries and UN officials, visits a port in Chornomork during loading of grain on a Turkish ship, background, close to Odesa, Ukraine, July 29, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelensky oversees loading of ships with Ukrainian grain: ‘We are ready’ to export

By AP

Dudi Ashkenazi at a cafe in Kos, Greece, in footage aired on July 6, 2022. (Screen capture/Channel 12)

Israeli detained by Greece in mistaken identity case cleared to return home

Israelis demonstrate outside the Hai animal park in Kiryat Motzkin on July 28, 2022. (Courtesy, Campaign to Save the Animals at Hai Animal Park, Kiryat Motzkin)

Animal lovers protest against zoo amid clash of narratives over animal welfare

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Surprise deal hammered out by Democrats touted as major step toward climate goals

By Matthew Daly

Israeli automotive data startup Otonomo developed a platform that helps car manufacturers leverage their data to develop apps and services for fleets, smart cities and individual consumers. (Screenshot/Otonomo)

From the webSaudi investor becomes largest shareholder in Israeli auto data firm Otonomo

The bar at FeelBeit, the Israeli-Palestinian culture house set on the border of East and West Jerusalem.(Courtesy FeelBeit)

Striking a chordMusic project to build bridges, on border of East and West Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

A past performance of The New Israeli Opera at Tel Aviv's Ganei Yehoshua; this year's free production will be 'Carmen' on August 18, 2022 (Courtesy Yossi Zveker)

Belting on the lawnIsraeli Opera brings ‘Carmen’ back to Tel Aviv park

By Jessica Steinberg

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