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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 14, 2022

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How the son of ‘Hitler’s architect’ helped bring the World Cup to Qatar

Albert Speer Jr. tried to get out from under his father’s legacy, but despite his ostensibly humanitarian and eco-friendly style, he often worked for authoritarian regimes

Israel Police take to the streets in East Jerusalem as Palestinians celebrate Morocco's World Cup victory on December 10, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Police to boost forces in south for Morocco-France World Cup game amid riot fears

Argentina players celebrate with Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, who scored his side's first goal with a penalty shot during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Argentina and Croatia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, December 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Argentina punches ticket to World Cup final with 3-0 win over Croatia

By Steve Douglas

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

ExclusiveIsrael: Antisemitism 'a persistent malice infecting' the UN

UN Palestinian rights official’s social media history reveals antisemitic comments

Francesca Albanese tells ToI she acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in past reference to a ‘Jewish lobby’; is latest UN official probing Israel to show evidence of blatant prejudice

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

Daily Briefing Dec. 14: A UN investigator’s biased social media; World Cup lessons

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at the Reichman University, December 14, 2022 (Screen grab)

IDF chief confirms Israel behind strike on Iran arms convoy near Syria-Iraq border

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Aviv Kohavi hails ‘advanced capabilities’ that enabled pilots to evade missile defenses and hit ‘truck number 8’ in 25-vehicle procession in early November

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Border Police chief Amir Cohen addresses troops at a ceremony on December 14, 2022 (Israel Police)

Live updates (closed)

Border Police chief: troops who mistakenly killed teen girl in Jenin acted correctly

After probe finds Jana Majdi Assam Zakarna, 16, was likely shot by sniper during gunbattle, Amir Cohen says in heat of battle soldiers must make snap decisions: ‘We don’t have VAR’

7:27 pm

US envoy ‘appalled’ by UN Palestinian rights official’s antisemitic comments
7:12 pm

Israeli tourist detained after conflict with police at Abu Dhabi airport
6:51 pm

Amid opposition, Ben Gvir said willing to compromise on content of police law

Shas leader Aryeh Deri (L) embraces Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir during a Knesset session at which a new speaker was elected, December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MKs advance bills to let Deri take ministry; grant Ben Gvir, Smotrich broad powers

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Likud-led bloc fast-tracks legislation crucial to incoming coalition, seeking to expand and reshape ministerial authorities, prevent MK rebellions

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)

Likud, UTJ said set to tie state budget to passage of law exempting Haredim from IDF

Illustrative: Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

Right-wing MKs submit bill to lift ban on civilian presence at razed settlements

Turkish police special forces and ambulances at the site of an armed attack on a nightclub, January 1, 2017 in Istanbul. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Détente 'doesn't mean you can act against the Palestinians'

Turkey arrests 7 citizens suspected of spying on Palestinians for Mossad

By Lazar Berman

According to government-aligned newspaper, Turkish private investigators kept tabs on students and expats, giving Israel info needed to launch ‘defamation campaigns’ against them

Lori Silberman Brauner

What in heaven’s name brought me to Casablanca?

The Jewish population is a tiny fraction of what it was in the 1950s, but the vibrancy of the involved community defies those numbers

Daniel Margolis

Jenna Ortega vs. Kanye: Whose antisemitic hate is worse?

Surely the actress should feel cognitive dissonance in implicitly supporting Hamas, and also praising Planned Parenthood and the heroic women of Iran

Knesset members hold a session on immigration and Israel's relationship with the Diaspora on December 13, 2022. (Courtesy)

'If they do it or don't, the seed of hate has been planted'

Speaking in dire terms, MKs warn incoming coalition against altering Law of Return

By Judah Ari Gross

In ’emergency conference’ at the Knesset, lawmakers from across the political spectrum say revoking the ‘grandchild clause’ would profoundly damage the Israel-Diaspora relationship

Illustrative: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is led away in handcuffs by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022. (Mario Duncanson/AFP)

'One of the biggest frauds in American history'

US charges disgraced crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried with ‘massive, years-long fraud’

Prosecutors say founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX deceived customers and investigators from the company’s start in 2019; could face life in jail

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (C) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022. (Mario Duncanson / AFP)

ProfileSam Bankman-Fried: The fallen crypto rock star facing life in jail for fraud

By AFP

FTX CEO John Ray testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

New FTX CEO says ‘unprecedented’ lack of oversight, bad decisions caused collapse

By GLENN GAMBOA

Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘He has no clue’: Ex-top cop Alsheich says he’d sooner quit than report to Ben Gvir

By Michael Bachner

Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai’s predecessor says law being advanced that gives national security minister control of force will erode safety and trust in police, cause ‘anarchy’

File: Public Security Minister Omer Barlev speaks during a conference in Herzliya, October 2, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Outgoing police minister blasts bill to expand successor’s power over cops

File: This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, California (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP, File)

US scientists announce historic nuclear fusion energy breakthrough

By Matthew Daly, Michael Phillis, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and Maddie Burakoff

In first, researchers at California lab succeed in producing more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to spark it, in possible game-changer for climate and clean power

This March 4, 2021 file photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The Perseverance rover has been on Mars for a month, collecting data and making discoveries with each passing day. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Mars rover captures the 1st sound of a dust devil on the red planet

$Illustrative image: A doctor showing an x-ray of a fracture to a patient (DragonImages via iStock by Getty Images)$

Israeli gel boosts ability of bones to heal themselves, mice trial finds

By Nathan Jeffay

Bones already have inbuilt healing ability for small fractures; water-based gel convinces the body that it can regenerate bone over larger gaps

Two Jews walk into a war

Zelensky cracks joke about ‘Jewish guys from Odesa’ on Letterman

In brief return to his past comedy career, Ukrainian president jokes about Russia’s military performance during appearance on the talk show host’s new series

Talk show host David Letterman (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speak on a subway platform in Kyiv, for an episode of the Netflix series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" that aired on December 12, 2022. (Youtube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates defeating Croatia 3-0 in a World Cup semifinal soccer match at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Making a MessiArgentina marks soccer win with Hebrew translate fail

Illustrative image: Israel's Phoenix Holdings Ltd. sells insurance and manages the public's pension and provident funds. (Courtesy)

Abu Dhabi state fund-backed group to buy NIS 2.3 billion stake in Israel’s Phoenix

By Sharon Wrobel

Consortium of Emirati funds led by ADQ in talks to acquire 25%-30% of biggest Israeli insurance company from two US private investment firms

Wasteless uses artificial intelligence to lower prices as perishable foods approach their sell-by dates. (Courtesy, Wasteless)

Dutch retail chain buys Israeli software linking food prices to expiration dates

One of OPA's recyclable, multi-use bowls for order-in food. (Courtesy, OPA)

Start-up offers reusable, 100% recyclable bowls for takeout food

Left: Soldiers carry the coffin of Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch, killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, at a military cemetery in Gedera, October 12, 2022. Right: Palestinian gunmen and mourners carry the body of Raafat Ayassah, killed during clashes with Israeli security forces, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Sanur, near Jenin, November 10, 2022. Avshalom Sassoni; Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

2022 among the deadliest years in recent memory for Israelis and Palestinians

By Emanuel Fabian

31 people in Israel and West Bank killed in terror attacks; more than 165 Palestinians reported killed amid months-long IDF crackdown, highest toll since 2007

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)

Hamas leader threatens Israel over ‘plans’ for Temple Mount

In this handout photo, IDF troops detain the Palestinian suspected of stabbing an Israeli man in the West Bank village of al-Funduq on October 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian man charged with stabbing Israeli man to death

By Emanuel Fabian

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)

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A construction site in a new neighborhood in Be'er Yaakov, March 26, 2020. (Flash90)

Home sales plummet by 65% in October, amid prolonged housing crisis

Finance Ministry data says month’s 5,100 purchases are among the lowest figures of any October in past 20 years, and lowest of any month since 1st COVID lockdown in April 2020

Illustrative: A digital rendering of a development plan to build a complex of four mixed-use buildings, including a 17-story tower and a residential building of 200 apartments in Tel Aviv's bohemian Florentin neighborhood, December 2022. (Cityel/Florentin Square/3DVision Ltd)

Developers secure funds to build proposed Florentin Square project in Tel Aviv

By Danielle Nagler

People walk by a Bank Hapoalim branch in Tel Aviv, September 9, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Mortgage borrowing in Israel rises in November amid general cooldown

By Danielle Nagler

More Headlines

Yifat Ben-Hai Segev, former head of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, seen after a court hearing in the trial against former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Court rejects state’s request to declare key Netanyahu trial witness hostile

Passengers wait for a bus at the entrance to Jerusalem on August 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israelis wait an average of 14 minutes for public transport, research finds

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks at the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, September 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Theresa Wey)

Iran says UN nuclear inspectors to visit in coming days, after previous tour nixed

By AFP

A gunman opens fire at a car in Nazareth, December 14, 2022 (Screengrab/Kan used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man shot dead in Nazareth, the 108th Arab murder victim this year

Rescuers and police experts examine remains of a drone following a strike on an administrative building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on December 14, 2022 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Ukraine claims to shoot down swarm of Iran-made attack drones over Kyiv

By AFP and ToI Staff

The Illusive team (Illusive Networks)

Israel’s Illusive gets snapped up by US cybersecurity firm Proofpoint

By Sharon Wrobel

Mark Aaron Griffin, a Messianic "rabbi" awaiting trial on four counts of sexual assault, leads the opening prayer at Keller Independent School District's board meeting, December 12, 2022. (Screenshot via JTA, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US school that banned Anne Frank book hosts Messianic ‘rabbi’ charged with sex crime

By Andrew Lapin

Snyk's leadership team from left to right: Assaf Hefetz, founder and CTO, Guy Podjarny, founder and president, Peter McKay, CEO, and Danny Grander, founder and security lead. Courtesy

Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup Snyk raises $196.5 million in fresh funds

By Sharon Wrobel

Leonard Cohen performs at Ramat Gan Stadium, September 24, 2009. (Marko / Flash90)

Leonard Cohen’s kids claim lawyer fraudulently took control over his estate

A person in the Cypriot capital Nicosia checks a tweet on December 13, 2022, by the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPRO) regarding the reported risk of Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with recent protests that have shaken Iran. (AFP)

World union ‘shocked’ as Iranian soccer player may face death penalty over protests

By AFP

Weapons seized by security forces along the border with Lebanon, December 13, 2022 (Israel Police)

Alleged gun smuggler detained on flight moments before fleeing country

By Emanuel Fabian

Adam Sandler poses in the press room with the award for best male lead for "Uncut Gems at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Funny PeopleAdam Sandler to receive 2023 Mark Twain comedy prize

By AP

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