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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 17, 2022

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (Jens Schlueter/AFP)

Amid furor, Abbas walks back ’50 holocausts’ claim, says he meant Israeli ‘crimes’

Palestinian leader says his charge of multiple Israeli genocides not aimed to deny ‘singularity of the Holocaust,’ which he calls ‘the most heinous crime in modern human history’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas leave after a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

German chancellor ‘disgusted’ by Abbas’s ‘intolerable’ 50 holocausts claim

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gesticulates during a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

‘A monstrous lie’: Abbas ’50 holocausts’ claim met with outrage in Israel, Germany

Lapid: 'A moral travesty, a terrible distortion'

In Berlin, Abbas says Israel committed ‘holocausts’; Scholz grimaces but is silent

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas caused shock in Germany Tuesday when, standing beside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, he accused Israel of committing “holocausts” against Palestinians over the years. Scholz did not react verbally to Abbas’s comment in the moment, though he grimaced at the use of... Continue Reading

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (Jens Schlueter/AFP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

At Abbas’s side, German leader rejects his use of ‘apartheid’ in reference to Israel

A flower wreath with the Israeli flag is seen at Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentatat, the memorial site for the 11 Israeli athletes and German police officer killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics, Olympic Park in Munich, southern Germany, August 17, 2022. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP)

German guard detained for Hitler salute to Israeli athletes visiting Munich memorial

By AFP and ToI Staff

President Isaac Herzog (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in Ankara, on March 9, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Israel and Turkey to restore ambassadors in full renewal of diplomatic ties

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu vows that Ankara is ‘not giving up on the Palestinian cause’; Lapid: Move is ‘an important asset for regional stability’

Eric Marcus, Founder and Host of ‘Making Gay History’

In the late 80s, Eric Marcus decided to leave his job at CBS & take a leap of faith to pursue a project that required creating an oral history of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Israel's President Isaac Herzog speak to the media after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. .(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Live updates (closed)

After restoring ties, Lapid, Erdogan agree to restart Israeli flights to Turkey

Prime minister and Turkish president speak by phone after agreement reached to reinstate ambassadors; countries to focus on economic, tourism ties

6:46 pm

US State Department 'rejects' Abbas's 'false equivalencies' on the Holocaust
6:24 pm

Republican group apologizes for mistakenly posting KKK image
5:55 pm

Lapid speaks to Erdogan, agree to further strengthen Israel-Turkey ties

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, September 27, 2018. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)

Analysis

Palestinians aim to gain full UN member state status, but US law stands in their way

Ramallah would need Biden to forgo Security Council veto, though that would trigger a ban on funding the UN; PLO says DC mulling proposal, but State Department hints odds are low

OCHA OPT Head Sarah Muscroft speaks in a video address on June 10, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)

UN won’t reinstate official transferred for criticizing Islamic Jihad rocket fire

Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert talks about Iran hacking techniques, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Iran-linked hacking group is targeting Israeli shipping, US cybersecurity firm says

Attackers began threatening maritime commerce in 2020 as the Israel-Iran shadow war increasingly spilled into the sea, according to leading security company Mandiant

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends the World Economic Forum on Africa Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, Sept 4, 2019. (AP Photo)

Rights groups ask Defense Ministry to stop sales of phone hacking tool to Uganda

Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF soldier Nathan Fitoussi, who was killed by friendly fire near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, August 16, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shooter in deadly friendly fire case says comrade ran at him despite warning shots

Troop who killed Nathan Fitoussi said to recall yelling ‘Stop or I shoot,’ to no avail; IDF probing if Fitoussi was trying to help, thinking shots were fired at another suspect

Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF soldier Nathan Fitoussi, who was killed by friendly fire near the West Bank city of Tulakrem, August 16, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘He always smiled, helped’: Hundreds at funeral for soldier killed in friendly fire

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at a primary Election Day gathering in Jackson, Wyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Liz Cheney dealt crushing loss to Trump-backed rival in Wyoming primary

By Steve Peoples and Mead Gruver

Senior house Republican, in former president’s crosshairs since voting to impeach him after Capitol riot, falls to Harriet Hageman in latest sign of Trump’s ability to control GOP

Analysis

AIPAC’s breaking spending records on campaigns, so why did it avoid tight Omar race?

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The theory has preoccupied anti- and pro-Israel voices alike: If an anti-Israel political candidate loses, it’s because of pro-Israel money. That theory came close to being disproved last week when Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, perhaps the most prominent Israel-critical member of Congress, nearly lost her reelection bid two years after... Continue Reading

Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota speaks on July 25, 2019 at the US Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Orly Erez Likhovski

Israel is doing a poor job of stopping Jewish hate speech

When Jews incite against Arabs, the Israeli legal system takes too long to prosecute, which both discriminates and risks adding injury to insult

45 years on, Elvis Presley’s Jewish mystique lingers

In Tennessee, I happily followed the King’s (Jewish) story: from his mother’s headstone and his philanthropy to the suit he wore to perform in New York

Would also boot anti-Zionist Neturei Karta haredi extremists

Ben Gvir says he’d seek to expel Arabs who attack IDF soldiers, ‘disloyal’ MKs

By Michael Horovitz

Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir said Tuesday he wants to introduce a bill providing courts the option to deport Arab citizens who attack soldiers with a nationalistic intent, as well as politicians who are deemed disloyal to the State of Israel. When asked by Army Radio how someone... Continue Reading

MK Itamar Ben Gvir speaks in the Knesset on November 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gal Shem-Tov, interim director-general of the Religious Affairs Ministry, in an undated photograph. (Religious Affairs Ministry)

Religious Services Ministry goes on autopilot with no elected official to run it

By Judah Ari Gross

CCTV footage of a vandal attacking MK Ali Salalha's car outside Meretz HQ in Tel Aviv on August 16th 2022 (Screenshot: Kan/Twitter)

Meretz MK’s car vandalized by forklift days before primaries

Salma al-Shehab with her husband and two sons. (Twitter)

Saudi Arabia sentences woman to 34 years for Twitter activism

Salma al-Shehab, a student at a UK university and mother of two, arrested during a trip home and found guilty of retweeting posts by dissidents; rights groups slam punishment

Iraqi actress Enas Taleb, July 2022. (Ammar Albadri/Photo provided by Enas Taleb via AP)

Economist article on ‘fat’ Arab women panned as misogynistic, body-shaming

By Isabel Debre and MAGGIE HYDE

Illustrative: A Palestinian gunman in the West Bank town of Nablus, Aug. 9, 2022. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

Palestinian Authority said to nab 2 Islamic Jihad members with 17 kg of explosives

Suspects, residents of West Bank city of Nablus, questioned over purpose of reportedly ‘substandard’ material

Protesters gather with a Palestinian flag outside the hospital in Be'er Yaakov where a hunger-striking security prisoner, Khalil Awawdeh, pictured in the placards, detained by Israel as an alleged terrorist, is in deteriorating health, August 13, 2022. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner appeals detention to Supreme Court

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An illustration of an oxygen depot on the moon by Israeli startup Helios. (Helios)

Israeli space tech startup Helios partners with Eta Space to make oxygen on Moon

By Ricky Ben-David

Companies will leverage each other’s expertise to develop lunar oxygen production and liquefaction plant

Wind turbines in Jordan, November 2021. (RnDmS via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli companies tout big plans to develop renewable energy projects in MENA

By Ricky Ben-David

The Guesty team. (Tomer Foltyn)

Israeli property management platform company Guesty pulls in $170m

By Ricky Ben-David

Miriam Eskenasy, left, speaks with Angela on 'The Rehearsal.' (HBO/ screenshot)

Interview'I wasn’t going to take any shit'

Hebrew tutor Miriam stole the show on ‘The Rehearsal.’ Here’s what she has to say

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Hired to give lessons to Nathan Fielder’s fake family on the hit HBO series, Miriam Eskenasy, who came to the US via Romania and Israel, has a fascinating tale of her own

A poster by Leader of Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, reading: Ready to revive Italy, in Rome, August 12, 2022. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian far-right leader rides high in polls, rejects party’s links to fascism

By Frances D'Emilio

Giorgia Meloni has disavowed the racist roots of Brothers of Italy, surging ahead of elections next month, though many voters are largely ‘ignorant’ of their country’s past anyway

Iraq’s Garden of Eden, parched by drought, is now ‘like a desert’

By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

Vast expanses of the once lush Huwaizah Marshes, straddling the border with Iran, have been baked dry, devastating people and wildlife

From Israel to Spain, scientists warn of dire effects as Mediterranean heats up

By Ciaran Giles and Ilan Ben Zion

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View of Lifta, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, December 17, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Plan shelved to turn historic Arab village at Jerusalem entrance into luxury housing

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in the Likud primaries at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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A view of the Dead Sea Works on December 26, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

After Israel canceled Dead Sea Works’ water bill, NGO threatens appeal to High Court

Israeli gold medalist Anastasya Gorbenko poses on the podium after winning the Women's 200-meter individual medley final event on August 16, 2022 during the LEN European Aquatics Championships in Rome. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP)

Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko wins gold medal at European Aquatics Championships

"Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation." (Courtesy Anne Frank Fonds)

Adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary banned by Texas school district

By Andrew Lapin

Illustrative: A police car and ambulance in Petah Tikva, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

22-year-old man shot dead in northern Arab town

Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball is now known as Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv, with the vegan organization as the main sponsor for the team (Courtesy Hapoel Tel Aviv)

No missed steak hereHapoel Tel Aviv basketball team goes vegan with new sponsor

By Jessica Steinberg

Settlers from the ultra-Orthodox illegal outpost of Derech Emunah leave their settlement after it was evacuated and destroyed by border police and Civil Administration personnel in the early hours of Wednesday morning, August 17, 2022. (Screenshot courtesy Derech Emunah residents)

Ultra-Orthodox illegal settlement outpost evacuated and razed

By Jeremy Sharon

Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teacher's Union, at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

School opening imperiled as treasury accused of dragging out teacher salary talks

By Michael Horovitz

Johnny Depp circa 2019; Amedeo Modigliani circa 1918. (Zak Bennett/AFP via Getty Images; Apic/Getty Images via JTA)

Johnny Depp to direct film about Jewish Italian painter Modigliani

By Andrew Lapin

Actor Ezra Miller attends the 15th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, November 5, 2018. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

‘The Flash’ star Ezra Miller says seeking treatment for mental health issues

By Agencies and ToI Staff

George 'Goody' Rosen, a baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers, is shown ready to swing the bat. (Getty Images/ via JTA)

The Chosen Players10 historical Jewish baseball players you may not know – but should

By Caleb Friedman

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