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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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Noam MK Avi Maoz leaving the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 10, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right MK Maoz: Forms of ‘liberal religion’ are ‘darkness’ that must be expelled

Knesset comments by Maoz, who is set to assume control of some aspects of school curricula and a new ‘Jewish identity’ office, spark anger and booing in plenum

Jewish Ukrainian who fled war zones in Ukraine wait to receive their entry papers to Israel, at an emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 15, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 7: How the same MK who fought for Soviet immigration may kill it

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein speaks in the Knesset on December 6, 2022. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)

Likud’s Edelstein: Scrapping ‘grandchild clause’ will lead to Law of Return’s demise

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

United Torah Judaism leader Yitzchak Goldknopf at a conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Expected incoming housing minister: I don’t know if there is a housing crisis

‘From what I see, there is construction all around,’ United Torah Judaism leader Yitzhak Goldknopf says, with annual rise in home prices at highest level in recent memory

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu, center, with Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri, left, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich at a swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Likud readies for fight against clock to pass contentious bills needed for coalition

By Michael Bachner

United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni (left) and Yitzhak Goldknopf (right) sign an interim coalition deal with Likud negotiator Yariv Levin on December 6, 2022. (Courtesy)

As Netanyahu’s coalition deadline nears, Likud signs interim deal with UTJ

Police officers stand by a searched property in Frankfurt during a raid against so-called Reich citizens in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack

Authorities say 25 arrested; special forces army barracks said searched; group said to have been in contact with Russian officials; former AfD lawmaker and ex-soldiers detained

Defendant Irmgard Furchner sits in the courtroom at the beginning of her trial in Itzehoe, Germany, November 9, 2021. (Christian Charisius/Pool via AP)

Ex-secretary at Nazi concentration camp says she’s ‘sorry,’ requests trial acquittal

Magen David Adom national operations center (credit: MDA)

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Magen David Adom is strengthening the ‘Chain of Survival’ with innovative tech

Israel’s first responders are leveraging advanced tech to minimize critical response times and provide life-saving emergency medical services more quickly and efficiently.

This handout photo shows Suprme Court President Esther Hayut, right, and Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar, second right, at a ceremony on December 6, 2022. (Israeli Judicial Authority)

Chief justice slams plans to neuter court: Without independence we can’t do our jobs

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut takes on planned radical reforms by incoming coalition: ‘Judicial independence and neutrality… are the lifeblood’

Israelis protest against Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Yesh Atid urges protesters to ‘fight for the country’ at planned weekend rallies

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)

Ben Gvir reportedly fuming at police chief: ‘Will be hard for me to work with him’

Reporter's notebook

Qatar’s showy soccer spectacle can’t sideline conflict and controversy at World Cup

The tournament has united the Arab world, but the exploitation of migrant workers and exclusion of others have muddied the pitch and stained the beautiful game

Two workers clean a street in front of skyscrapers with the giant pictures of soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Andre Ayew of Ghana and Dusan Tadic of Serbia, from right, in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, November 29, 2022. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Morocco's players celebrate with a Palestinian flag at the end of the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on December 6, 2022. (Glyn Kirk/AFP)

Morocco celebrates with Palestinian flag after historic World Cup victory over Spain

By AP and ToI Staff

Katriel Reichman

We don’t talk about drug use – no, no, no!

Denying addiction doesn’t actually prevent it. To help those struggling with substance abuse, we need to fight the stigma, and start talking about it openly

David Rosenstark

Jewish aliyah from North America? Not so fast…

When Israel’s red tape delayed the immigration of a widowed, octogenarian Holocaust survivor whose own sons had already proved their Jewishness for aliyah

Mark Dovev speaks at a Nativ event in Ukraine on October 10, 2021. (Nativ)

Interview'We got people out. We saved people'

Aiding Ukrainians, immigration official finds what it means for Israel to be a haven

By Judah Ari Gross

Head of office that checks citizenship eligibility for Ukrainian immigrants reflects on early days of Russian invasion, vows to abide by whatever coalition decides on Law of Return

Jewish Home and National Union alliance member MK Ofir Sofer, at a faction meeting at the Knesset, on November 11, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Incoming immigration minister says Law of Return ‘needs to be fixed’

Religious Zionism’s Ofir Sofer declines to elaborate on plans, asks for ‘grace period’ to study the issue in depth before attempting changes to controversial ‘grandparent clause’

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Video footage purportedly shows shooting attack near Ofra earlier today
7:10 pm

Peru's president attempts to dissolve Congress, which turns around and impeaches him
6:40 pm

Man dies after heart catheterization equipment stops working mid-operation

International Criminal Court prosecutor says he aims to ‘visit Palestine’ in 2023

Israeli lawyer who has worked at Hague-based court says Karim Khan’s remark ‘carefully worded’ amid diplomatic pressure over war crimes probe into Israel

Then-Public Prosecutor Karim Khan prepares for the trial of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, September 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for Al Jazeera, center with letter, and Lina Abu Akleh, niece of fatally shot Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, right, walk to to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, to present a letter requesting a formal investigation into the killing, December 6, 2022. (Peter Dejong/AP)

US opposes Al Jazeera taking journalist Abu Akleh’s killing to ICC

By ToI Staff and AFP

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early December 7, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian gunmen clash with IDF in Nablus; eight terror suspects arrested

By Emanuel Fabian

Clip of man forced to kiss their hands, feet widely reposted

Palestinian teens who humiliated Haredi man for TikTok video freed to house arrest

Investigation into ‘grievous incident’ by youths, 14 and 16, in Old City of Jerusalem ongoing; police say release from custody ‘in no way speaks to their innocence’

An ultra-Orthodox man bends down and kisses the foot of a Palestinian teen in the Old City of Jerusalem; two Palestinian teens were arrested over the incident on December 1, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)

An SKS assault rifle used by a Palestinian gunman in a shooting attack against a military post near the West Bank settlement of Ofra, December 7, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Shots fired at military post in central West Bank, gunman shot dead — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Left: NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio January 2022. (Screenshot/Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law); right: Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, November 2, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Beleaguered NSO Group said pleased by Netanyahu’s return, eyes renewed Saudi deals

By Michael Bachner

Report says spyware firm faced serious hardship, with West shunning it over rights concerns, Israel curbing exports; now said hoping for Likud leader’s help, Riyadh normalization

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

US federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Saudi prince in Khashoggi killing

Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF cybersecurity failures could lead to stolen identities, warns state comptroller

This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the car in which Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, November 27, 2020. (Fars News Agency via AP)

Nine face death in Iran for ‘colluding with Israel’ to kill top nuclear scientist

By AFP and ToI Staff

Defendants also charged with ‘corruption on earth’ over 2020 assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Jerusalem had accused of leading Iranian efforts to develop atomic bomb

File: Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami speaks during a gathering in Tehran to support a leading reformist candidate in presidential elections on May 23, 2009. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Iran’s reformist ex-president praises ‘beautiful’ protests, pans regime’s crackdown

By AFP

French Rafale fighter jets fly alongside an IAF F-16i aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea during a drill, December 6, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IAF, French fighter jets hold joint strike drills over Israel’s skies

By Emanuel Fabian

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

6 couples can undergo testing to find origin of wrongly implanted embryo, court says

Couple who gave birth appeal against decision, ask for delay; one of the women: ‘If this is my baby, I will fight for her’; baby girl said to have undergone heart surgery

A photo of the mother, who was rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center after a stroke, with her healthy baby girl. The photo has been blurred at the woman's request. (courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)

Jerusalem doctors deliver baby while simultaneously saving mom from stroke

By Nathan Jeffay

Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 8, 2021. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

'I don’t think people are making the connection'

Will synagogues shun ‘effective altruism’ movement after Sam Bankman-Fried scandal?

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Maximum-impact giving to save lives in the developing world has caught on among Reform Jews in particular, but the scandal involving one high-profile supporter is tainting optics

Looted artifacts worth millions said seized from US collector, a key donor to Israel

By Michael Horovitz

A screengrab from a video aired on Channel 12 showing the Israeli pilot operating the Arkia Airlines flight carrying Israeli President Isaac Herzog back from Abu Dhabi to Israel over Saudi airspace, Tuesdau December 6, 2022. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'Salaam Aleikum'

Israeli pilot on Herzog flight greets air traffic controllers over Saudi skies

Pilot offers warm greetings to air traffic operators in port city of Jeddah on president’s flight back to Israel from Abu Dhabi

Illustrative: The Tamar gas field. (NewMed Energy/Delek Drilling)

Israeli energy firm signs joint natural gas exploration deal with Morocco

By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel

Masada was the most popular site among tourists to Israel in 2022. (Yaniv Cohen, INPA)

New nature chief aims for tourists to see more of Israel’s national parks, reserves

With lengthy to-do list, Israel Nature and Parks Authority’s first female chief talks about new sites, continuing threats, and a plan to stop feeding cranes to avert bird flu

People bathe in the Deas Sea near a resoirt in Ein Bokek, November 2022. (Yuriy Komarov via iStock by Getty Images)

Israel welcomes over 2 million tourists in 2022 amid steady post-COVID recovery

By Danielle Nagler

Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)

Ministry: Israel must approve 54 policy measures to reach 2030 renewable energy goal

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Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett arrives at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 23, 2022. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

Bennett sues rabbi for false claims his parents weren’t Jewish

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Atlanta. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia. (AP/John Bazemore)

Democratic Senator Warnock wins Georgia runoff against Trump-backed Walker

By Bill Barrow and Jeff Amy

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez greets supporters as she leaves her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentinian VP Cristina Fernández sentenced to 6 years in prison for fraud

By Almudena Calatrava

Taliban fighters chant slogans during a celebration marking the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in front of the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Taliban carries out first public execution since taking over Afghanistan last year

Pope Francis arrives for an audience with members of the International Christian Union of Business Executives, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, October 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope likens Russia’s war in Ukraine to Nazi extermination campaign

By Michael Horovitz

125 US lawmakers call for ‘unified national strategy’ to fight antisemitism

Former president Donald Trump departs Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation. (AP/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Trump Organization convicted in executive tax fraud scheme

By Michael R. Sisak

Artist's impression of potential redevelopment on the grounds of an IDF army base in Tel Aviv (courtesy Israel Land Authority)

Defense tech firm Rafael to vacate prime Tel Aviv real estate for new development

By Danielle Nagler

A woman has her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, December. 4, 2022. (Andy Wong/AP)

China announces nationwide loosening of COVID restrictions that sparked protests

By AFP

An illustrative image of the Isracard app. (Times of Israel staff)

Isracard to lay off 250 employees, 12% of total workforce

By Sharon Wrobel

Illustrative: A police car in Chesterfield, Missouri, on Oct. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Police investigating swastika sprayed on Missouri elementary school

By AP

Achinoam Nini and her musical partner Gil Dor will perform at the 4th Liturgical Festival in Nazareth, December 16, 2022 (Courtesy PR)

Tis the season for musicNoa to perform Bach interpretation at Nazareth Liturgical Festival

By Jessica Steinberg

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