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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 4, 2022

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MK Itamar Ben Gvir at the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Inside Story

Understanding the ominous rise of Israel’s most notorious ultra-nationalist

By Jeremy Sharon

With a poll giving Religious Zionism 13 seats if headed by extremist Itamar Ben Gvir, a look at where these votes are coming from and what they say about where Israel may be headed

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu during an inauguration ceremony of a new neighborhood in Beit El, in the West Bank, July 12, 2022. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

New TV poll projects 62 seats for Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc

By Michael Bachner

Likud rises to 35 seats, Lapid’s Yesh Atid a distant second at 21; Ayelet Shaked’s and Eli Avidar’s parties fail to pass electoral threshold

6:29 pm

Three grain shipments to leave Ukraine Friday: Turkey
6:12 pm

New TV poll projects 62 seats for Netanyahu's right-wing bloc
5:26 pm

Iran holds mass funeral for Guard officers killed in Syria

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani waves as he leaves after talks at the Coburg Palais, the venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on August 4, 2022. (Alex Halada/AFP)

Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna as Tehran expands enrichment

By Jon Gambrell

High-level representatives not in attendance at negotiations, amid growing feeling in West that there is little room for further compromise to restore tattered 2015 deal

Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, second right, attends a meeting with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, third left, in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2022. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Senior Biden official: ‘We’ve lost nothing by keeping door open to deal with Iran’

A home the Baha'i International Community says was destroyed by Iranian authorities seen in footage released on August 3, 2022. (Screenshot)

InterviewBaha’i UN envoy: Iran carrying out ‘systematic onslaught’ against minority community

Pigs look up from their enclosure at the San Matias shelter for migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP/Christian Chavez)

Team startled by powerful head movements from deceased swine

Treating death? Scientists revive cells in dead pigs, raising hopes — and questions

By Daniel Lawler

Researchers say method might be used to aid organ transplantation and may open door to idea of death as treatable, though philosophical, ethical and biological concerns abound

Illustrative image: a child with autism mastering the skill of straying up blocks. Adaptable skills can prove challenging for some people with autism. (KatarzynaBialasiewicz via iStock by Getty Images)

Study shows short refresher may help people with ASD learn faster than rote practice

By Nathan Jeffay

Comment

Reality check: Does Israel employ a double standard on tolerating Holocaust humor?

Two contestants on Israel’s ‘Big Brother’ were chastised for giving a Nazi salute but allowed to remain in the game, despite similar behavior resulting in evictions overseas

'Big Brother' contestant Netanel performs a Nazi salute as a fellow contestant applies a blob of wax to her upper lip, July 2022. (Screen grab/YouTube)

Military chief Aviv Kohavi (right) speaks with officials near the border with the Gaza Strip, August 4, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief Kohavi tours Gaza border on 3rd day of Islamic Jihad revenge attack alert

By Emanuel Fabian

Plans in place for response to potential rise in violence; Israeli planes, armed drones fly over Strip to thwart terror squads; roads vulnerable to missiles and snipers stay shut

A picture taken after clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen in the Old City of Nablus in the West Bank on July 24, 2022 (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

8 terror leaders narrowly escaped Israeli raid in West Bank last month — report

Members of the Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestine Islamic Jihad movement, take part in a military parade. in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on June 24, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 4: Israel on edge after terror head’s arrest; Holocaust humor

Screen capture from video of Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad during an interview with the Kan broadcaster aired on August 3, 2022. (YouTube)

Iranian dissident living in US tells Israeli TV that Iran’s regime ‘can go to hell’

Days after a man with a rifle was arrested outside her home, Masih Alinejad says she won’t be silenced in her campaign for freedom and dignity for women in her country

An image taken from security camera footage at an airport believed to show and Iranian agent (C) monitoring Israeli tourists in Turkey in July 2022 (Screen capture/Channel 12)

Surveillance footage said to show Iranian agents scouting Israeli targets in Turkey

Illustrative: This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, shows Simorgh, or "Phoenix," rocket prior to launch in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iranian satellite set to be launched into space by Russia next week

By AFP

Illustrative: A Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft takes off at the Hong Kong International Airport, in Hong Kong, October 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Flight to Israel crosses Saudi airspace for 1st time since kingdom opened its skies

Cathay Pacific plane from Hong Kong to Tel Aviv allowed to fly over Saudi Arabia, after Kingdom authorized overflights from all carriers during Biden visit last month

Sheldon Paul Stone

A stroke doctor who had a stroke in front of a stroke patient

I’m irritated by the stuff I now have to do, like exercise and sleep, in the hope of preventing a much worse stroke. I miss alcohol. But I’m choosing life

The power of an onion

The women chose the vegetables they received from Pesia’s Kitchen. They were ruthless, rejecting produce that wasn’t perfect. And on their faces, I saw joy

Priel Klimi in military court, April 13, 2022 (Screen grab/Walla)

‘We’re all human’: Rabbis, commanders defend officer who raped 70-year-old cleaner

By Tobias Siegal

Court records show support for officer Priel Klimi, 33, sentenced last week; rabbi casts doubt on his guilt, saying he’d managed to withstand ‘greater temptations’

Lamis Abu Laban, 26, who was shot 18 times by masked assailants in Lod in February and survived, during an interview with Channel 12 that aired on August 3, 2022. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Woman shot 18 times in murder attempt says state not doing enough to help her

By Tobias Siegal

Head of the IPS human resources division, Tami Ezra, attends a Knesset discussion regarding the sexual abuse claims in Gilboa Prison, August 3, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Prisoners control the guards’: Knesset panel debates Gilboa jail ‘pimping’ scandal

By Tobias Siegal

After years of blooming trade, some see Israel-China relationship start to sour

By Tal Schneider

Data presented at launch of Israel-China Policy Center shows bilateral economic activity has fallen since 2019, when Israel began scrutinizing deals with Beijing under US pressure

Workers roll up a red carpet after a welcome ceremony held by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China launches major live-fire military drill around Taiwan following Pelosi visit

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits a human rights museum in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Pelosi meets Taiwan leaders, promises support as China readies military drills

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu presents a plan for lowering the cost of living in a video released on August 3, 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Lapid: Suddenly Netanyahu learns how to put gas in a car?

Netanyahu presents economic ’emergency plan’; Lapid slams him as ‘disconnected’

By Tobias Siegal and ToI Staff

Opposition leader releases lengthy video vowing to tackle cost of living, as political campaigns heat up; opponents say prices soared during his time in power

Prime Minister and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid speaks to party activists during a Yesh Atid party conference in Tel Aviv, August 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Launching campaign, Lapid denounces right-wing ‘incitement,’ lays out civil agenda

By Jeremy Sharon

Shirley Pinto communicates with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a swearing-in ceremony of new parliamentarians at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yamina MK Pinto, senior official reject joining Shaked’s Zionist Spirit

Energean floating production, storage and offloading vessel. Energean's floating rig arrived at the Karish field in June 2022. (Energean / Suez Canal Authority / AFP)

Security officials said to warn of Hezbollah escalation if no Lebanon gas deal

Then-US vice president Mike Pence speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference at Washington Convention Center, on March 5, 2018, in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Poll: Over a quarter of Democrats feel Biden administration too supportive of Israel

Figure is at 9% among Republicans; meanwhile, 33% of Democrats support the pro-Palestinian BDS movement, compared to 9% of Republicans

Arizona Republican US Senate candidate Blake Masters speaks to supporters at a campaign party in Chandler, Arizona, August 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Blake Masters, Republican who once cited a Nazi official, wins in Arizona primaries

By PHILISSA CRAMER and Andrew Lapin

Candidate, who will face off against Democrat Mark Kelly for Senate, is one of several far-right politicians to prevail in battleground state

Shri Thanedar at a news conference in Detroit, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Self-funded US House candidate beats AIPAC-backed opponent in Detroit

By Andrew Lapin

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin August 3, 2022. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)

Alex Jones: Sandy Hook ‘100% real’; his texts mistakenly sent to plaintiffs’ lawyer

A guitarfish spotted off the cost of Eilat, August 2022. (Ofer Bar Yanai via Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

Stringing us along

Rare guitarfish, in danger of extinction, spotted in Eilat

Diver notices two-meter-long ray swimming among fishing lines off resort city’s Mifratz Hashemesh Beach

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In this July 19, 2018 file photo, Republican Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republican Congresswoman Jackie Walorski killed in car crash

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and Tom Davies

A woman stands in the aftermath of the Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Aug. 3, 2022 (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)

NATO chief says war in Ukraine ‘most dangerous situation’ in Europe since WWII

By ToI Staff and AP

US President Joe Biden listens virtually as Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, speaks during the first meeting of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access on the White House Campus in Washington, August 3, 2022. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas looks on. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden signs executive order to protect travel between states to access abortion

By Seung Min Kim and CHRIS MEGERIAN

Members of the Israel Builders Association protest against the Israeli government in Tel Aviv on July 31, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 )

Builders threaten to stop construction, protesting increased cost of raw materials

By Danielle Nagler

An undated photo of Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy winners Lynn (right) and Stacy Schusterman. (Courtesy of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy via AP)

Lynn and Stacy Schusterman, Dolly Parton among Carnegie philanthropy medal winners

By AP and ToI Staff

A woman walks by presidential campaign posters in Marseille, southern France, April 13, 2022 (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

UN scolds France for Islamic headscarf ban

By AFP

An actress depicting Anne Frank in a new video series about the last six months of her life being released by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. (Screen capture: YouTube / Anne Frank House)

Through her eyesAnne Frank’s last six months depicted in new videos

By AP

Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

IDF soldier dies after drowning in pool during recreation day for his unit

Swastikas were spray-painted on Montreal's Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's front doors, Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo distributed by Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center via JTA)

Canada finds Jews were most-targeted religious minority for hate crimes in 2021

By David Lazarus

Broadcaster Vin Scully poses for a photo prior a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles, Sept. 20, 2016. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

History callingBroadcaster Vin Scully’s classic call of Koufax’s perfect game revived

By jacob gurvis

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