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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 8, 2022

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Members of Women of the Wall gather around a Torah scroll the group smuggled in for their Rosh Hodesh prayers marking the new month at the Western Wall, where women are forbidden from reading from the Torah, December 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Haredi party said to demand law banning all non-Orthodox prayer at Western Wall

By Judah Ari Gross

Reform movement and Women of the Wall come out fiercely against proposal to nix all mixed-gender services at the holy site, including in its egalitarian section

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

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

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

Op-ed

Netanyahu appoints Smotrich de facto PM of the West Bank, gambles on restraining him

An extraordinary coalition deal gives the Religious Zionism leader ‘full responsibility’ in the biblical Judea and Samaria he seeks to annex, with only Netanyahu to hold him back

Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich shake hands after signing a coalition deal in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022. (Likud)

Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich after coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Next treasury chief Smotrich: ‘Following the Torah will lead to financial abundance’

By Tobias Siegal

Jewish men pray in a quorum on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 19, 2021. (Jeremy Sharon)

Likud reportedly rebuffed Otzma Yehudit demand for Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

The names of the gods Heracles and Hauron on the reverse side of a
sling bullet found in Yavne. (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)

2,200-year-old Greek sling bullet may have been used against Jews in Hanukkah story

By Michael Bachner

Found in Yavne and bearing inscription ‘Victory for Heracles and Hauron,’ weapon could have been tool for psychological warfare against Hasmonean soldiers during revolt

Thousands expected to unite in Austin, for the Israeli-American National Summit

This coming January 19-21, at the Fairmont Hotel & Resort in Austin, TX. Don’t miss out on the largest gathering of the year for the Israeli-American & Jewish community in America.

Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to give a statement after President Isaac Herzog tasks him with forming a new government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2022. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu asks president for 2 more weeks to finish putting together government

Likud head says issues remaining surrounding ministerial postings and other assignments, but indicates deals made on coalition’s agenda; Herzog expected to okay extension

8:18 pm

Likud asks for 2-week extension to nail down coalition deals
7:18 pm

COVID czar recommends masking indoors amid rise in cases
7:01 pm

Israel said to suspect new Iranian attempt to smuggle weapons through Beirut airport

Analysis

With doubts rising in Bahrain, Herzog seeks to get Abraham Accords back on track

Manama hints during president’s visit that it needs to see more from its economic relationship with Israel, while unlikely signs of hope emerge in next-door Qatar

A Bahraini official walks through the Al-Qudaibiya palace in Manama during President Isaac Herzog's visit, December 4, 2022 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja (L) meets with Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich at the latter's Knesset office on December 7, 2022. (Courtesy)

After warmly greeting Ben Gvir, UAE ambassador meets with Smotrich

(L-R) Democratic Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Jennifer Wexton, Madeleine Dean and Sean Casten address the J Street conference in Washington on December 5, 2022. (J Street)

With Biden cautious on new Israeli gov’t, Dems at J Street ready to take gloves off

As White House takes wait-and-see attitude, Congress members addressing group’s conference blast ‘extreme right-wing’ coalition being formed by Netanyahu, liken him to Trump

Likud inks deal with Shas, finishes doling out government posts to coalition allies

Deri will serve as both health and interior minister before replacing Smotrich as finance minister after 2 years; Haredi party will head religious services and welfare ministries

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

MK Moshe Gafni, right, and MK Yitzhak Goldknopf speak during a meeting of the United Torah Judaism party at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

UTJ presses Netanyahu on coalition demands, turning up heat as deadline nears

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides speaks at an event organized by Tel Aviv University's Coller School of Management on December 7, 2022. (Courtesy)

Nides ‘really bummed’ by Maoz pledge to cancel Jerusalem pride, says he’ll march

US ambassador echoes Blinken’s plan to judge next government on actions, not personalities; says he will ‘make sure’ Netanyahu’s ‘hands are very tight on the wheel’

Former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk speaks to the Israel Policy Forum in New York City, December 8, 2022. (Courtesy/Hechler Photographers)

Ex-US envoy to Israel predicts ‘dark times’ will precede renewed interest in peace

Kally Rubin Kislowicz

I am more than the sum of my Hebrew mistakes

I’ll always be an immigrant, but as long as I keep talking, even telling jokes, I can hope for the day I stop confusing the words for ’snack’ and ’kidnapping’

An open letter to progressives: It’s time to speak out

It shouldn’t take this much effort to uncover sentiments of support in a time of need

Illustrative image: Doctors reading an x-ray for signs of cancer (nd3000 via iStock by Getty Images)

2 common drugs may help protect against secondary cancer, small Israeli study finds

By Nathan Jeffay

Darlin and Etopan appear to cut the chances of cancer returning elsewhere in body by reducing inflammation and stress, according to peer-reviewed research

Illustrative: Beilinson Hospital at the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva in 2007 (Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)

Man dies during heart catheterization in Petah Tikva hospital due to malfunction

Doug Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders about the rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, December 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

At White House antisemitism roundtable, Doug Emhoff laments ‘epidemic of hate’

Husband of American VP hosts meeting with Jewish leaders against backdrop of Trump-Ye-Fuentes dinner, rapper’s pro-Nazi rant; participant says discussion was less policy focused

Andrea de Caires, left, shown with her husband Salvador, is one of two known Jews in the English-speaking nation. (Courtesy of de Caires) via JTA

'It didn't occur to me there'd be no Jewish community here'

In the tiny South American nation of Guyana, two Jews enjoy a tradition of tolerance

The impoverished country of 800,000 boasts rich cultural diversity, and though its Jewish residents may not be many, they are made to feel welcome from the government level on down

Illustrative: Palestinians from the Gaza Strip enter Israel through the Erez Crossing. (Israel Defense Forces)

Gazan laborer arrested in Israel as Hamas spy, Shin Bet says

By Emanuel Fabian

Agency says Saber Abu Thabat provided interrogators with ‘vast amount of information’ on terror group’s operations and military sites

A military map found by Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin on December 8, 2022, featuring the name of countries in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

CounterattackLost military map reveals elite unit’s World Cup obsession

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early December 8, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

3 Palestinian gunmen killed in clash with IDF soldiers during Jenin raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Times of Israel Event

Live event TODAY: Reform or ruin? The next coalition’s plans for the judiciary

ToI presents a live-streamed discussion delving into all sides of the looming High Court override clause. Tune in on December 15 to watch top legal experts discuss what’s at stake

Supreme Court Chief of Justice Esther Hayut and other justices at a hearing on the election committee decision to disqualify Likud party member Amichai Chikli from running in the upcoming Knesset election, October 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky receives his personal radiation shield kit donated by Israel's StemRad. (Courtesy)

Radiation protection from Kyiv to the moon: Israeli space tech to shield Ukrainians

By Sharon Wrobel

StemRad founder joins former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly to gift Israeli-made anti-radiation vests to first responders, plus one for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Brother John Muhammad (Courtesy)

'A white supremacist would have been disqualified'

Despite push, Jewish leaders can’t keep Farrakhan follower off Florida city council

By Andrew Lapin

Pressed on his views at a council vote in which he was ultimately approved 4-3, Brother John Muhammed refuses to condemn the Nation of Islam leader’s antisemitism

Illustrative: Police perform a raid on suspected members of the Reichsbürger far-right group in Saaldorf, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Bodo Schackow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German officials predict second wave of arrests over curious far-right coup plot

Top security official accuses AfD party of fueling conspiracy theories that sparked bizarre plan to storm parliament and overthrow the government

Felix Klein, Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany, speaks during a press conference on 'Stopping anti-Semitism, joint action required from politics and civil society' at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Germany, November 8, 2022. (Christian Marquardt/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

As extremism grows, Germany approves 1st government plan to combat antisemitism

By Toby Axelrod

File - Masked police officers lead Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, center, to a police vehicle during a raid against so-called 'Reich citizens' in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Boris Roessler/DPA via AP)

Self-styled prince, ex-judge among those held for bizarre coup plot in Germany

By AP

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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in a scene from 'Wonder Woman 1984.' (Clay Enos/Warner Bros Pictures via AP)

Wonders never cease?Gal Gadot’s future as ‘Wonder Woman’ thrown into question

Myrna Bennett speaks after receiving a 3rd COVID-19 vaccine, at a Maccabi Healthcare Services clinic in Haifa, August 3, 2021. (Omer Miron/GPO)

Bennett’s mother backs his lawsuit against rabbi who said she wasn’t Jewish

Canadian diva Celine Dion canceled her 2023 concert in Tel Aviv to due to health problems (Courtesy Shuki Weiss)

That's the way it isCeline Dion nixes show in Israel, delays European tour

By Jessica Steinberg

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

Probe of Lamborghini hit attempt said to find criminals put up fake police roadblock

The abandoned Jewish synagogue, known as Dar Bishi, in the Old City of Tripoli, Libya's capital, April 12, 2015. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images)

Libyan Jews whose graves were bulldozed during Gaddafi era remembered in Rome

By David I. Klein

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

MK Naama Lazimi at a Conference of the Anti-Defamation League in Tel Aviv, on November 16, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash9

Labor MK to present bill linking lawmakers’ paychecks to minimum wage

Arnon Giladi, right, then-deputy mayor of Tel Aviv arrives fora remand hearing after being arrested in the corruption affair at the Rishon Lezion municipality at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Letzion, February 4, 2017. (Flash90)

Plea bargain for former TA deputy mayor in corruption case linked to Likud MK Bitan

Dana Global signs partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi-based agritech investor Silal. (Courtesy)

Abu Dhabi-based accelerator to promote female-led Israeli, MENA agritech startups

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel Police at the Herzliya home of China's Ambassador to Israel De Wei, where he was found dead of what is believed to be natural causes on May 17, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Monitor claims China running secret police centers around globe, including Israel

Rabbi Chaim Druckman (L) and Rabbi Zvi Tau (Oliver Fittousi/Flash90)

Top national religious rabbi calls rape allegations against Rabbi Zvi Tau ‘gossip’

Beate and Serge Klarsfeld will be present at the upcoming Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival December 19 screening of 'Klarsfeld: A Love Story' (Courtesy PR)

Dynamic duoNazi-hunting Klarsfelds in Jerusalem for screening of their life story

By Jessica Steinberg

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