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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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President Isaac Herzog addresses the Gilboa Prison scandal at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, August 2, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Lapid: We will investigate, we will get to the truth

‘Shock and pain’: Herzog urges ‘in-depth’ investigation into Gilboa Prison scandal

By Tobias Siegal

President says all those responsible must be ‘held accountable with the fullest severity’; Lapid tours a prison security ward after vowing to investigate sexual abuse scandal

Gilboa Prison, February 28, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)

Gantz says he’ll reevaluate drafting soldiers into Prisons Service amid rape claims

By Emanuel Fabian

Retired northern district prison commander Makbil Tafesh in a televised interview with Channel 12, August 2, 2022. (Screen Capture)

Sexual abuse claims in Gilboa prison are ‘lie,’ former prison service commander says

File: US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides (L) and opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Knesset on December 9, 2021. (US embassy in Israel)

Live updates (closed)

US envoy warns time running out on visa waivers amid Likud refusal to cooperate

As Tom Nides lobbies for legislation needed for Israel to join US Visa Waiver Program, Likud says it will not back the bills, claims it’s a lost cause this year anyways

6:53 pm

US envoy warns time running out on visa waivers amid Likud refusal to cooperate
5:41 pm

Rebel MK: Even if I have no chance of crossing threshold, I won't quit race
5:30 pm

Smotrich says he backs reserving spot for controversial ex-senior cop Saada on far-right list

This television image released by Qatar's Al-Jazeera television broadcast on Friday Oct. 5, 2001 is said to show the most recent images of Osama bin Laden, right. At left is bin Laden's top lieutenant, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri (AP Photo/Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN)

Long-wanted al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike on Kabul

By AP

White House officials confirm successful counterterrorism operation, say there were no civilian casualties; US ground team has since pulled out, senior intelligence official says

Biden hails killing of al-Qaeda head al-Zawahiri: ‘Justice has been delivered’

By Matthew Lee, NOMAAN MERCHANT and AAMER MADHANI

Inside storyMonths of efforts to track al-Qaeda chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to assassination

By Zeke Miller and AAMER MADHANI

ObituaryBin Laden right-hand man al-Zawahiri’s path from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaeda

Palestinian Islamic Jihad's leader in the West Bank, Bassem Saadi (left) and his son-in-law Ashraf al-Jada, in an undated photo. (Social media)

IDF arrests senior PIJ member in Jenin; Palestinian teen from PIJ killed in the raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Troops surround home of Bassem Saadi, detain him and son-in-law; Islamic Jihad declares state of alert

Israeli soldiers block roads near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2022. (Flash90)

Girding for response to arrest of PIJ member, IDF orders closure of Gaza-area roads

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

US Senior Adviser for Energy Security Amos Hochstein arrives at at meeting in Beirut on July 31, 2022. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)

US envoy makes unannounced visit to Israel after Lebanon talks on maritime dispute

Amos Hochstein reportedly meets with Lapid and will sit down with other Israeli officials in ongoing indirect talks to resolve disagreement centered on Karish offshore gas field

US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt (R) meets with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi on July 10, 2022. (State Department/Twitter)

Back from Gulf states, US envoy notes their progress in combatting antisemitism

By Andrew Lapin

Bishara A. Bahbah

Mahmoud Abbas is 87. Who will replace him?

These likely contenders to succeed the Palestinian president will all stick with Abbas’s policies – the differences between them are a matter of style

Nora Ann Colton

Israel’s healthcare workforce needs an urgent digital makeover

The crisis will only worsen unless the traditional nurse and physician roles are reimagined

6 months after report alleged abuse of NSO's Pegasus spyware

Probe finds Israel Police did not unlawfully hack phones of politicians, activists

Justice Ministry investigation dismisses most allegations, but says police exceeded authority by extracting information from hacked phones that was not covered by cyber warrants

Researcher tells ToI: There was no sperm, no egg, no uterus

Using only skin cells, Israeli lab makes synthetic mouse embryos with beating hearts

By Nathan Jeffay

In peer-reviewed breakthrough, embryos grown from stem cells; diverse group of scientists says method may one day be used to ethically grow cells for replacement human organs

Illustrative: A woman undergoing chemotherapy treatment due to breast cancer is trying on wigs before the expected loss of her hair, January 1, 2012. (Chen Leopold/Flash90/File)

Wigs intended for cancer patients stolen from Tel Aviv hospital

An Israeli Navy Sa'ar 5 Corvette approaches a US Fifth Fleet replenishment tanker in the Red Sea, in an image published by the military on April 5, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel holds Red Sea navy drill, after warning Iran’s maritime activity is growing

By Emanuel Fabian

Joint drill with US Navy 5th fleet focusing on ‘mission planning, maritime interdiction’; Gantz last month said Tehran’s presence was the ‘most significant’ in a decade

Illustrative: Iran's President's Ebrahim Raisi remotely addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2021, at UN headquarters in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)

Despite US sanctions, Iran’s Raisi plans to address UN General Assembly in NYC

By AFP

Mohammad Eslami, new head of Iran's nuclear agency (AEOI) talks on stage at the International Atomic Energy's (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 20, 2021. (Lisa Leutner/ AP/ File)

Iran’s nuclear chief reiterates Tehran’s ability — and unwillingness — to make bomb

US President Donald Trump (right) meets with Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz in the White House in Washington on January 27, 2020. (Elad Malka)

'I like this guy,' Trump told Kushner after hosting Gantz

Kushner: Trump weighed endorsing Gantz after ‘fuming’ at Netanyahu’s annexation plan

Trump appreciated Blue and White leader’s willingness to make peace with Palestinians, contrary to Netanyahu’s stance, former top White House adviser reveals in forthcoming memoir

PSG’s Muslim soccer stars criticized for Al-Aqsa Mosque visit

By Tobias Siegal

Paris Saint-Germain players Idrissa Gana Gueye, Presnel Kimpembe and Abdou Diallo are accused by some of ‘normalizing’ the conflict after posting pictures from Jerusalem holy site

Illustrative: Palestinians visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, on April 10, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Palestinian policemen participate in a training session at their headquarters in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 30, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

Despite bipartisan opposition, US still plans to downgrade Jerusalem security post

Israel-PA coordination job to be filled by colonel rather than three-star general; Defense Department says it is following requirements of Congressional legislation

Court overturns ruling forcing Lod woman into shelter following ex-husband’s threats

Woman also refused to move into Welfare Ministry apartment with protection from security firm; ‘We are not interested in a hiding place or a shelter,’ her mother says

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

The newly renovated Bahai Shrine of the Bab is seen in Haifa, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Baha’i say Iran stepping up persecution of minority faith members

By ToI Staff and AP

A day after several Baha’is were arrested on charges of spying for Israel, representative says Tehran carrying out fresh house demolitions, raids and arrests

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a joint press conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts following their summit in Tehran, July 19, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

AnalysisOne year in office, Iran’s Raisi faces severe economic challenges

By Ahmad Parhizi

President Ebrahim Raisi attends a live televised interview with state-run TV, at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 4, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

AnalysisA year into Raisi’s reign, Tehran’s nuclear talks with world powers remain stalled

By AFP

Otzma Yehudit party member Itamar Ben Gvir (R) speaks with then-National Union faction leader Betzalel Smotrich, during a campaign event in Bat Yam, April 6, 2019. (Flash90)

Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit close in on far-right unity deal

By Jeremy Sharon

Tensions between Smotrich’s and Ben Gvir’s factions have grown in recent weeks, as Otzma’s growing popularity has inflated its demands for a unity deal

Then-Joint List Knesset member Ofer Cassif appears to hit a police officer in the West Bank on May 13, 2022. (Screenshot)

Joint List MK to be questioned by police over video of him assaulting officer

A sign outside the entrance of a Jewish Agency for Israel office in Moscow, Russia, July 27, 2022. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

As Moscow moves to shutter Jewish Agency, Israeli ambassador meets Russian deputy FM

By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff

With court case over Jewish Agency activity ongoing, officials from both countries meet in efforts to reach deal, with little progress reported

View of the oil refineries in Haifa Bay, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)

Study: Childhood exposure to Haifa pollution linked to increased cancer risk

Research analyzing data from 1967-2012 shows 6-17% greater risk of cancer for Haifa Bay residents exposed to high pollution levels in their youth

Xerta, a restaurant in Barcelona, sits in the L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample neighborhood of the city. (Courtesy of Xerta/ via JTA)

'These are culture-seeking, high-spending vacationers'

Hungry for Jewish tourism, Barcelona gets world’s 1st kosher Michelin-starred eatery

By Orge Castellano

The city is rolling out the red carpet and seeking to brand itself as a destination for Jews interested in exploring their heritage

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A watch said to have been owned by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. (Alexander Historical Auctions)

Hitler’s alleged watch was purchased by a Jew, auction house says

By PHILISSA CRAMER

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes remarks before the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in the United Nations General Assembly, August 1, 2022. (AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)

World is one miscalculation away from ‘nuclear annihilation,’ UN chief warns

By Edith M. Lederer

Illustrative: A Holocaust survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Israel's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 7, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Romania to pay pensions of citizens who moved to Israel after surviving Holocaust

A shopping cart at the Rami Levy supermarket in Modiin on July 21, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Amid outcry, major importer freezes price hikes until after the Jewish holidays

The bedroom of Aviel Dabush, 11, who was seriously injured in a fire in Netanya, August 1, 2022. (Fire and Rescue Service)

11-year-old suffers burns to half of his body after electric bike battery explodes

A Washtenaw County Democratic Party office in Ypsilanti, Michigan, August 1, 2022. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)

Michigan Democratic group apologizes for TikTok video attacking ‘Zionists’

By Andrew Lapin

Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv on June 12, 2019. (Flash90)

From the webIsraeli activists battle the deeply gendered roots of the Hebrew language

Illustrative: An IDF soldier places a beret on her shoulder in the Old City of Jerusalem. January 11, 2016. (Esther Rubyan/ Flash90/ File)

IDF fighter cleared of allegation he raped soldier serving on same base

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prays a morning prayer at his house, during a lockdown following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Charges dropped against ultra-Orthodox man police framed for lockdown violation

A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 taxis on the runway after landing in the Ambrosio Taravella airport in Cordoba, Argentina, June 6, 2022. (AP/Sebastian Borsero)

Argentina allows departure of some Venezuelan, Iranian crew of grounded plane

By AFP

Yuval Carmi, a psychologist convicted of committing sexual offenses against least two of his patients, is brought for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on August 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Psychotherapist convicted of sexually abusing patients sentenced to 39 months

Illustrative: An area at a date field in Eilat where West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes were found in 2020. (Gal Zagron/Environmental Protection Ministry)

Mosquitos carrying West Nile virus identified near Eilat

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