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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton attends an emergency conference on the 'liquidation sale' of the education system in the Knesset on December 6, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shasha-Biton: Ministry being 'cannibalized' due to politics

Alarmed education officials warn ministry will be ‘dismantled’ under new government

As departments divvied up among parties, PM leads emergency Knesset meeting on ‘stopping education system’s liquidation’; Likud MK likens left to Hanukkah story’s reviled Antiochus

Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri after coalition talks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox Shas said set to take control of nation’s community centers

Israel Bar Association head Avi Himi speaks during a conference in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

‘They want to turn us into Hungary’: Israeli bar chief slams plan to limit top court

IDF chief said vowing to stop Smotrich interference in appointing army generals

‘There is no possibility of this happening,’ Kohavi reportedly tells confidants after far-right leader wins right to name candidates for 2 key West Bank positions

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/ Flash90)

Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during a faction meeting of his National Unity party, at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 5, 2022. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Gantz to likely successor: You’ll be 2nd-class minister, tasked with dismantling IDF

Illustrative: a mother with her baby (Pascal Skwara via iStock by Getty Images)

Mothers’ bonding with their babies unharmed by pandemic, Israeli study indicates

By Nathan Jeffay

Moms were just as emotionally available during COVID outbreak as in normal times, research finds, surprising psychologists

Assuta Medical Center in Rishon Lezion. (Screen capture: Google Maps)

Parents given wrong embryo said planning to sue hospital for $3 million

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As Israeli far-right rises, US wait-and-see approach leaves all options on the table

Acknowledging 2 states distant as ever, Blinken for the first time stresses equal rights and justice under the law for both sides, but otherwise sticks with script, for now

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks as his image in seen on a large screen behind him at the J Street National Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, December 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen after coalition talks with Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri and Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich, outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu: Lapid spreading lies about us; outgoing PM: We are not your suckers

Otzma Yehudit head MK Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during his party's Knesset faction meeting. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ben Gvir says Likud is ‘wavering’ on agreements; demands role on legislative panel

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrives at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘It’s deception’: Sa’ar urges Herzog to let Netanyahu’s mandate expire

By Michael Bachner

Outgoing justice minister claims incoming government has been finalized, prospective PM only seeking extension in order to pass ‘problematic’ legislation

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy leads a plenum session on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset speaker announces vote to replace him after demand from Netanyahu bloc

A mural of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on display, in Gaza City, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Al Jazeera hands ICC purported proof IDF ‘deliberately’ killed reporter Abu Akleh

Qatari network delivers to The Hague recently published testimony and footage that it claims ‘entirely undermine’ Israel’s finding that the journalist was shot by mistake

Illustrative: Gunmen fire on Israeli forces during a raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, May 13, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Top military intel officer: West Bank violence only going to get worse

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 2, 2022 (Courtesy Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

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Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai attend a ceremony, in Tel Aviv, November 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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Ben Gvir said to fume at police chief over broken promises: I can’t work with him

Otzma Yehudit leader, set to be internal security minister, reportedly demanding that Kobi Shabtai hold up police nominations until he takes office

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NY police charge man with hate crime for shooting 7-year-old Jewish boy with BB gun
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Israeli driver says shots fired at his car in West Bank, no injuries
7:19 pm

Israeli deportation of Palestinian-French activist on hold

Israeli startup Exodigo uses drone sensors to create 3D digital maps of underground terrain. (Courtesy)

Exodigo looks to map what’s underground on Earth, with eyes set on Mars

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli startup develops AI-powered tech to create 3D digital maps to detect potential hazards beneath the surface, using sensors carried by drones or small carts

UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland at a UN Security Council meeting in New York, November 28, 2022. (Video Screenshot/ UN; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Foreign Ministry summons UN Mideast envoy over sympathy for Palestinian attacker

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Tor Wennesland expressed ‘horror,’ offered ‘heartfelt condolences’ to family of Ammar Mifleh, who Israel says was shot dead by border policeman he fought with after stabbing attack

Border Police troops clash with Palestinians in the Aida Refugee Camp, near Rachel's Tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Israel Police)

Two Border Police officers hurt after bomb thrown at them in West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

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Judah Ari Gross

JNF official calls on the group to donate NIS 1 billion per year to bolster Diaspora

Samuel Hayek, a leading figure in UK Jewry and Israeli politics, demands KKL use its considerable funds to help Jewish life around the world, warning it must do so to stay relevant

Head of the Jewish National Fund-United Kingdom Samuel Hayek speaks at a ceremony in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on November 26, 2019. (Flash90)

Ifat Ovadia-Luski (WZO)

JNF-KKL appoints Ifat Ovadia-Luski as first-ever woman to chair organization

By Judah Ari Gross and Ash Obel

Iranians protest 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, September 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)

Analysis

Stuart Williams

Iranian regime faces unprecedented challenge in protesters’ push for change

The movement is novel in its duration, its spread across provinces and social classes, and its readiness to openly call for the end of clerical rule

Protestors wave Iranian pre-Islamic revolution flags in front of the United Nations headquarters as they attend a rally amid a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Iran, in Geneva on November 24, 2022. (VALENTIN FLAURAUD / AFP)

US says no sign Iran improving treatment of women after morality police said ended

By AFP

FILE: A motorcycle of Basij, Iranian paramilitary militia, is set on fire during a protest after a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death when she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images)

Iran sentences 5 to death over killing of Basij paramilitary officer

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Glorious country

Baron Cohen brings back Borat to take on Kanye West: ‘Too antisemitic, even for us’

Comedian says while in character that he’s upset about Jew-hatred in US, because Kazakhstan is ‘No. 1 Jew-crushing nation’

Jewish comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, left, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 4, 2018; Kanye West attends the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards in New York on Nov. 6, 2019. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Illustrative: Police stationed outside a synagogue in New York City, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYPD reports 45 antisemitic hate crimes in November

In this photo from November 1, 2022, Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets brings the ball up the court during a game against the Chicago Bulls at Barclays Center in New York City. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images North America/AFP)

Nike cuts ties with NBA’s Kyrie Irving after antisemitism controversy

By Tim Reynolds

Footage purportedly showing an explosion at Engels air base in Saratov, Russia, December 5, 2022. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ukrainian official claims drone attacks on Russian territory

New York Times cites official saying special forces team penetrated enemy territory to guide strikes; 3rd strike reported in Kursk region Tuesday

Damage seen at the Dyagilevo airfield in the Ryazan region, which Moscow says was caused by Ukrainian drones, December 5, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Moscow says Ukraine drones behind blasts on Russian airfields

A Ukrainian soldier takes a selfie with President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, during his visit to Sloviansk, Donbas region, Ukraine, December 6, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Defiant Zelensky visits Ukraine soldiers near frontline as drone strikes hit Russia

By Jamey Keaten

John Boyne, author of the Holocaust novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' and its sequel 'All the Broken Places.' (Rich Gilligan via JTA/Courtesy of Penguin Random House)

'It's not my responsibility to justify its use in education'

Author has no regrets releasing sequel to controversial ‘Boy in the Striped Pajamas’

By Andrew Lapin

John Boyne orients ‘All the Broken Places’ towards adults rather than children, while deflecting criticism for getting facts wrong and sympathizing with Germans over Jews

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Doug Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a reception to celebrate the Jewish new year in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Emhoff to chair White House roundtable with Jewish groups on rising antisemitism

Hamas terrorist Nael Barghouti waves a green Islamic flag and a Palestinian flag to the crowd after arriving in the West Bank city of Ramallah after he was released as part of an exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held by Hamas, October 18, 2011. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Court: Senior Hamas member released in Shalit exchange will serve out life sentence

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Meat. The End's plant-based burger patty made with its proprietary texturized vegetable protein (TVP) for better, more meat-like texture, according to the company. (Meat. The End)

Israeli food tech startup inks €1.5 million R&D deal to ramp up production

By Sharon Wrobel

A screenshot of Hassan Chokr from an Instragram live video on December 3, 2022. (Screenshot from Instragram; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Michigan man indicted after accosting synagogue-goers while cursing Israel

By PHILISSA CRAMER

The scene of a suspected attempted murder on Route 6, near Ben Shemen Interchange, December 6, 2022. (Israel Police)

2 injured in suspected hit attempt on highway, as road violence continues

Damage seen to cars after a car bomb went off in the basement of the Hakoah Club in Bondi, Australia, on December 23, 1982, in an attack believed to have targeted Australia's Jewish community. (YouTube/Screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Australian police offer reward for 1982 ‘cold case’ of Israel consulate bombing

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Steve Salen in an undated photo in his Manhattan atelier. (Family via JTA)

Steven Salen, Holocaust-survivor tailor who dressed presidents, dies at 103

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