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What Matters Most On Friday, August 12, 2022

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The scene of a road fatality following a crash on Highway 4 on August 12, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

2 men killed crossing highway to help motorists after crash; 13 die in three days

Middle aged men struck by passing cars on Highway 4 near Yad Mordechai, marking latest road deaths during particularly bloody period on Israeli roads

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a deadly bus crash in Jerusalem, August 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pregnant mom, daughters killed as bus careens onto Jerusalem sidewalk

Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a car accident at the Be'erotayim Junction in central Israel, August 11, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

6 killed in traffic accidents across Israel and West Bank in just one day

A worker cleans fliers off the ground outside a Likud primary voting station in Ashdod on August 10, 2022. (Flash90)

'They'll destroy the rule of law,' say Gantz and Sa'ar

Rivals blast Likud as misogynist ‘Bibistan’ after primary rewards male loyalists

As erstwhile partners Sa’ar and Liberman take aim at slate for cult of personality around Netanyahu, nationalists Shaked and Ben Gvir predict future alliance with faction

MK Idit Silman chairs a Knesset Health Committee on May 10, 2022. (Flash90)

Former Yamina MKs Silman and Chikli seen as likely appointments to Likud’s slate

By Sara Serfaty

AnalysisLikud voters just handed Netanyahu a mandate to remake the judicial system

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

FBI said to have searched for secret nuclear weapons files in Mar-a-Lago raid

By AFP and ToI Staff

Unnamed sources do not specify origin of bombs referred to in classified papers agents sought; US attorney general says he ‘personally approved’ search of Trump’s estate

Illustrative -- A US military aide carries the 'president's emergency satchel,' also know as 'the football,' with the nuclear launch codes, across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 31, 2019 (AP/Andrew Harnik)

US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department Thursday, August 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

US attorney general says he personally approved Trump search, asks to unseal warrant

By Eric Tucker and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Vlada (L) and Ludmilla speak to The Times of Israel in Kyiv, August 4, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Exclusive'I would give up everything just to know that he's alive'

With loved ones in Russian camps, Ukrainian women fight to bring them home

By Lazar Berman

Fiancées and mothers tell The Times of Israel they don’t know if Azovstal POWs are alive, and feel abandoned by Red Cross and government; ask Kyiv rabbi to petition Israel for help

Russian missiles kill 14 in strikes near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant

By Thibault MARCHAND and Joe STENSON

‘Mac is back’: McDonald’s announces ‘phased’ reopening in Ukraine

By AFP

Construction work begins to upgrade a section of the West Bank security barrier, June 21, 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Palestinian who planned shooting but hesitated cleared of attempted murder

Muatez Beri walked around Rosh Ha’ayin with gun for 2 hours while repeatedly ruling out potential victims; judge says verdict sends a message that ‘there’s a way back’

The winners of the 1970 National Book Awards at Lincoln Center in New York, March 4, 1970: Erik H. Erikson, Lillian Hellman, Joyce Carol Oates and Isaac Bashevis Singer. (AP)

Interview

Did a Jewish mafia once control the US publishing industry?

In a new book, academic Josh Lambert dives deep into common allegations of Jewish hegemony in the postwar literary world to discover the nuanced story behind such success

Discomfited by the 7 weeks of consolation

The 10 times that ’speaking tenderly’ appears in the Bible are enough to call into question just how kind, loving, or gentle we can expect this speech to be

What it means to lead

Or: What God’s refusal to allow Moses to enter the Promised Land teaches us about leadership in general (Vaetchanan)

Mohammed Abu Sabaha, 46, and his daughter Zeynab pose for a photo among the ruins of his family home demolished by the Israeli army, at the Palestinian hamlet of al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta, West Bank, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

TOI investigates

Losing battle with IDF, Palestinians in firing zone face largest expulsion since ’67

By Aaron Boxerman

Masafer Yatta’s eight villages set to be cleared out after a 20-year court fight, despite evidence showing homes predating training area and questions over army’s motivations

Iran to build 3 more suspected spy satellites as concern mounts over Russia ties

By AFP

US labels relationship between Moscow and Tehran a ‘profound threat’; Soyuz rocket launched suspected spy device into orbit earlier in week

Illustrative: In this handout photo taken from video released by Roscosmos on August 9, 2022, a Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off to carry Iranian Khayyam satellite into orbit at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome near Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Roscosmos via AP)

In this file photo taken on April 7, 2016, Journalist Masih Alinejad speaks onstage at the 7th Annual Women In The World Summit at the Lincoln Center in New York City. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images North America / AFP)

Man arrested near NYC home of Iranian dissident hit with gun charge

By AP

Former National security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, September 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Iran denies plot to assassinate former senior US official John Bolton

By AFP

A thermographic image of a human face and neck showing different temperatures (AnitaVDB; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli terror-fighting thermal imaging tech being adapted for medical purposes

By Nathan Jeffay

‘Thermal cameras can become as widespread in doctors’ pockets as stethoscopes,’ says Sheba Medical Center innovations chief

A meeting between Israelis and Indonesians in Jakarta, as part of an Israeli innovation delegation to Indonesia, July 2022. (Samuel Neufeld)

Israeli delegation fosters tech, innovation ties in Indonesia

By Ricky Ben-David

Participants spend 6 days meeting entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders in world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, with which Israel has no official ties

Police chief said to advance extradition and terror-fighting ties with Morocco

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Kosher coffee and chocolate maker sells for social impact

Pennsylvania boutique business churns profits back into subsistence farms in Cameroon

Moka Origins CEO Jeff Abella with a cacao pod (right hand) and sack of coffee beans (Courtesy)

A picture of Shlomo Atias (L) is displayed on screen as his brother, Yuval Atias, is interviewed by the Kan public broadcaster on August 11, 2022. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Family of man who died running to rocket shelter wants terror victim designation

Brother of Shlomo Atias says neighbors saw the Ashkelon resident collapse of heart attack while heading to apartment building safe room: ‘A lie’ no Israelis killed in Gaza fighting

A Palestinian child injured in the aftermath of Israeli air strikes receives treatment at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on August 6, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

UN rights chief decries ‘unconscionable’ killing of Palestinian children

By AFP and ToI Staff

An IDF tank at a military outpost overlooking Syria near the Israeli border in the Golan Heights, May 23, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Israeli tanks said to fire into Syria, wounding shepherds who approached border

By Emanuel Fabian

Local media says two hurt in shelling near Hameidiyyeh, close to border on Golan Heights; IDF said to drop flyers after strike, warning Syrian army against working with Hezbollah

File: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaks with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar (left), during a ceremony unveiling the memorial to members of the Jewish resistance in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, on June 4, 2019. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AFP)

Explainer

As Russia threatens to shutter Jewish Agency, many hear echoes of the past

Putin believed to be utilizing Cold War-era tactic to punish Israel for perceived support of Ukraine, as thousands depart Russia for Israel

Poll: Chaos aside, majority of Israelis think political system handled pandemic well

By Nathan Jeffay

Pew survey also shows many Israelis think COVID crisis left the country more divided — though results lower than in many other nations

Officials prepare a polling station for COVID-19 patents at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa for the March 2021 election (courtesy of Rambam Medical Center)

An armed man Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, 42, right, holds a cigarette as he speaks with one of his hostages inside a bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hailed by some as hero, Lebanese man turns self in after hostage standoff at bank

By Kareem Chehayeb and FAY ABUELGASIM

Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein agrees to surrender in exchange for bank giving $35,000 of his own money to his brother, in the latest painful episode in Lebanon’s economic free-fall

A member of the terrorist group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face stands on the balcony of the building where they held members of the Israeli team hostage in Munich, September 5, 1972. (AP/Kurt Strumpf)

Germany regrets boycott by Munich attack victims’ families, offers to continue talks

By AP

Families not willing to attend September 5th 50-year anniversary ceremony over ‘insulting’ compensation offer from Berlin

The 11 Israeli Munich Olympics victims.

Families of Munich Olympics victims vow to boycott memorial over compensation battle

By ToI Staff and AP

More Headlines

Afghan girls read the Quran in the Noor Mosque outside the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 3 2022. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A year after Taliban limited right to learn, Afghan girls turn to informal classes

By Rahim Faiez and SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI

File: Former education minister Aharon Yadlin attends a conference in Beit Shemesh, on March 13, 2013 (Flash 90)

Former education minister, Labor stalwart Aharon Yadlin dies at 96

By Sara Serfaty

Fish in the Sea of Galilee, thought to be Red garra, or 'tickling fish,' commonly used in beauty spas, are actually a different species of garra, according to new DNA research. (Dina Middin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)

DNA reveals: ‘Nibbling fish’ in Sea of Galilee were misidentified for years

The International Convention Center, Binyanei Hauma, in Jerusalem, August 14, 2007. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Iconic Jerusalem building saved from redevelopment plans

A woman accused of contacting a foreign agent from Iran, arrives for a court hearing in the Jerusalem District Court, January 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jewish Israeli woman accused of spying for Iran attempts suicide

Illustrative: Maccabi Tel Aviv fans during the UEFA Champions League playoff round second leg soccer match between Switzerland's FC Basel 1893 and Maccabi Tel Aviv at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

15 Maccabi Tel Aviv fans arrested in Greece for possession of firecrackers, flares

By AP and ToI Staff

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas at the Islamist party's campaign headquarters in the northern city of Tamra on March 23, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Netanyahu reportedly offered Ra’am’s Abbas ‘exclusivity’ on Arab issues in coalition

Meretz party MK Gaby Lasky attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Suspect arrested for threatening Meretz MK on social media

Brenmiller's thermal energy storage unit at the Fortlev company in Brazil. (Courtesy: Fortlev)

Israeli green thermal storage company enters the Brazilian market

Workers of the Venezuelan airline Conviasa protest in front of the Argentine embassy in Caracas demanding the return of an Emtrasur cargo plane and its crew that were held in Argentina on June 8 under investigation, in Caracas, on August 11, 2022. (Yuri Cortez/AFP)

Venezuelans rally against Argentina over grounding of Iran-linked plane

By AFP

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