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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 15, 2022

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

Live updates (closed)

UN Palestinian rights investigator denies ‘Jewish lobby’ comments are antisemitic

Francesca Albanese says condemnations of her past statements, first reported by Times of Israel, are ‘yet another malicious attack’ against her office.

7:52 pm

Ben & Jerry’s settles its lawsuit against parent company over settlement boycott
6:57 pm

At Times of Israel event, experts debate effects of override law on democracy
6:39 pm

Netanyahu backpedals after saying he'll be in charge of West Bank decisions

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir talk at the swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

'With power comes responsibility,' Likud leader says

Netanyahu defends Ben Gvir partnership, says far-right MK has ‘modified’ his views

In NPR interview, PM-designate insists he will be the one calling the shots in future coalition: ‘They are joining me. I’m not joining them’

Shas leader Aryeh Deri (R) speaks with Likud chief Benjamin Netanyahu (top L) and Likud MK Yariv Levin (bottom L), during Levin's election as Knesset speaker, December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset legal adviser: Bill to let convicted person be minister clearly ‘personal’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by MKs after a vote for the new Knesset speaker at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 15: Making order out of Knesset chaos; how to invest NIS 300,000

Op-ed

Don’t mess with the Law of Return

Guaranteeing the right of ‘every Jew’ to immigrate to Israel and become a citizen, the law is a core obligation, and privilege, of the world’s only Jewish state

Ukrainian immigrants arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 20, 2022. (Courtesy)

Ukrainian immigrants to Israel who fled fighting in Ukraine arrive on a rescue flight at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 17, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Likud said to weigh residency, not citizenship, for ‘grandchild clause’ immigrants

By Amy Spiro and Judah Ari Gross

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)

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

A graphic released by the Israel Defense Forces on December 14, 2022, that includes a satellite photo of a school in Gaza City, outside of which the Hamas terror group allegedly set up a rocket launcher. (IDF Spokesperson)

IDF releases photos showing terror groups put rocket launchers next to Gaza schools

Military says the 3 schools are attended by over 1,000 students, accuses Hamas of intentionally putting ‘civilians and pupils in danger by using them as human shields’

A masked member of Hamas holds up the supposed weapon of slain Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, as the terror group's Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar looks on during a rally, December 14, 2022 (Video screenshot)

Hamas, celebrating its anniversary, brandishes gun of IDF soldier killed in 2014

US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during the 5th plenary meeting of the Economic and Social Council regarding the removal of the Iran from membership in the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on December 14, 2022. (Yuki Iwamura/AFP)

Iran booted from UN women’s rights panel as repression of protests continues

US-led resolution removing Islamic Republic passes by a wide margin, with Russia and China voting against; Israel, US Jews hail move as a win for women’s rights

Illustrative: A boat of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy operates in close proximity to patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco and expeditionary fast transport USNS Choctaw County in the Strait of Hormuz, June 20, 2022. (US Navy via AP)

Hard-line Iranian paper suggests closing Hormuz strait over protests

By AP

A protester stands next to placards with portraits of the victims of Iran's repression, near the French National Assembly in Paris on December 6, 2022. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)

Rights groups warn Iran using death penalty as intimidation tool to squash protests

By Stuart Williams

Jeremy Jordan and Yael Grobglas are the stars of the new Hallmark movie 'Hanukkah on Rye.' (Pooya Nabei/Hallmark Media)

Interview'I just felt like this was meant to come out now'

Hallmark’s new Hanukkah movie is ‘perfect timing’ amid antisemitism spike, says star

Israeli actor Yael Grobglas had to brush up on US Jewish traditions to play Molly Spiegelman in ‘Hanukkah on Rye,’ a kitschy romcom about dueling deli owners on the Lower East Side

Deborah E. Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, speaks during her Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

‘Appalled’: US, Israel, Jewish groups slam UN official for past antisemitic rhetoric

Biden’s antisemitism envoy, US and Israeli missions to UN and congresswoman among those decrying Palestinian rights investigator after ToI reveals ‘Jewish lobby’ comments from 2014

Illustrative: New York police secure a Jewish community event in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn, neighborhood of New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US lawmakers urge FBI to improve hate crimes data collection after limited report

The West Bank settlement of Efrat, March 10, 2022. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Knesset legal aide urges caution on bill giving Smotrich reign over West Bank policy

Legal adviser says defense minister should be the only minister in charge of the IDF, as coalition advances bill to create junior role in charge of key Defense Ministry bodies

MK Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend a special committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

At Knesset, police chief warns against ‘dramatic’ bill giving minister greater power

By Jeremy Sharon

Outgoing Public Security Minister Omer Barlev speaks during a Knesset debate, December 14, 2022. (Knesset Channel screenshot)

Minister Barlev reveals confidential information during debate on successor’s powers

By Tobias Siegal

Four reasons the override clause should terrify women

The Knesset would be able to pass religiously-driven laws that prop up gender separation, allow work discrimination, deny religious services, and harm property rights

This cog in the Nazi death machinery says she’s sorry…

…but she didn’t know about the slaughter at the concentration camp where she worked. As Irmgard Furchner’s trial winds down, her supposed contrition rings false

ALS patient Narkis Moshe with her doctor Prof. Vivian Dror of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)

‘New era of treatment’: Israelis among first to receive ‘game-changing’ ALS medicine

By Nathan Jeffay

Tofersen, which is injected into the spine like an epidural, is giving new hope to two patients at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Illustrative: Doctors carry out heart bypass surgery after heart failure (KentWeakley via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli AI predicts heart failure in muscle inflammation patients with 80% accuracy

By Nathan Jeffay

Members of Lion's Den are seen in Nablus in an image published by the armed faction on September 3, 2022. (Courtesy; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Poll: 72% of Palestinians support forming more armed groups in West Bank

Backing for two-state solution falls to just 32%, with 69% no longer believing it’s possible due to settlement expansion; majority says next Israeli government will annex West Bank

Maryam Banat, 67, mother of Palestinian Authority outspoken critic Nizar Banat holds a poster with his picture while attending a rally protesting his death, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Family of dead Palestinian activist Nizar Banat to submit claim against PA to ICC

By AFP and ToI Staff

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

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

The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on June 30, 2017, after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry)

Fertilizer giant to pay NIS 110 million compensation for polluting Negev stream

Rotem Amfert Negev reaches agreement for record payout in class action suit headed by Parks Authority over massive leak that ravaged Nahal Ashalim in 2017

Israeli and Moroccan youth celebrate Morocco's victory over Portugal in the World Cup in a youth center in the northern town of Isfiya on December 10, 2022. (Courtesy)

Young Israelis, Moroccans visit each other’s nations to deepen person-to-person ties

By Judah Ari Gross

Local youth group spearheads program to teach Israelis about Morocco and vice versa; the World Cup has certainly helped

World Cup semifinal tests conflicting loyalties for Jerusalem’s French-Moroccan Jews

By Lazar Berman

Palestinians say Arab support at World Cup proves their cause is not ‘buried’

France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and Morocco's Achraf Hakimi challenge for the ball in front of Morocco's supporters during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Morocco makes another World Cup statement despite semifinal loss

By james robson

Sea of red shirts in the stands still dominates atmosphere, overpowering much smaller number of France supporters in what appears to have been fundamental part of improbable run

Moroccan supporters light a fire in a street in Brussels after Morocco's football team lost the Qatar 2022 World Cup semi-final football match against France, December 14, 2022. (Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP)

Celebrations, some unrest after France bests Morocco in World Cup semis

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Morocco's Jawad El Yamiq, center, attempts a shot at goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France ends Morocco’s extraordinary World Cup run with 2-0 win in Qatar semifinal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Women study at the Ohr Torah Stone Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership in Jerusalem on November 22, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

In first, women take official Jewish law tests, but activists say it isn’t enough

By Judah Ari Gross

For now, the state-issued exams represent a purely symbolic victory, granting female Torah scholars formal recognition with no practical significance

Lebanese soldiers stand behind a damaged UN peacekeeper vehicle at the scene where a UN peacekeeper convoy came under gunfire in Al-Aqbiya village, south Lebanon, December 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Irish UNIFIL peacekeeper killed by gunfire in south Lebanon

By AFP

Member of UN force declared dead after convoy comes under fire, three others wounded; Irish PM says he is ‘deeply shocked,’ Gantz expresses Israel’s condolences

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia on November 14, 2022. (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

Bowing to Russian pressure, UN chief won’t say Iran drones used in Ukraine – report

Guterres’ assessment to Security Council on Iranian adherence to nuclear deal will examine ban on supplying drones and missiles, but is said to not accuse Tehran of violation

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan, November 16, 2022. (Marwan Ali/AP)

UN rights chief details Russia’s summary killings of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians

By AFP

Personal aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Alexey Arestovych, seen during an interview aired on August 16, 2019. (File, YouTube screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Zelensky aide blames inertia in Ukraine foreign ministry for UN vote against Israel

By Lazar Berman

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

Suspect in Lamborghini hit attempt nabbed as he tries to board plane out of country

Pro-Palestinian activists vandalize the Teledyne Labtech factory in Wales on December 9, 2022. (Vladimir Morozov/Palestine Action)

Wales holds 4 pro-Palestinian vandals without bail for targeting defense facility

Phone apps for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, among other social networks on a smartphone in Chennai, India, on March 22, 2018. (Arun Sankar/AFP/File)

Israel seeks to apply rules to regulate social media platforms, offensive content

By Sharon Wrobel

Tourists take pictures with the Christmas tree in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Dec. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)

Bethlehem welcomes back Christmas visitors as post-pandemic tourism soars

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex arrive at the annual Endeavour Fund Awards in London on March 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

‘Fed to the wolves’: In final Netflix installment, Harry and Meghan vent grievances

By SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA

Twitter again suspends account tracking Musk’s private jet after brief reinstatement

By Matt O'Brien

The scene of a riot in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim on December 14, 2022. (Israel Police)

Mea Shearim residents riot after police arrest suspect in torching of cellphone shop

Illustrative: New York Giants linebacker Azeez Ojulari (51) defends against the Washington Commanders during an NFL football game, December 4, 2022, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Hanukkah menorah lighting to be held on ‘Sunday Night Football’ for first time

By jacob gurvis

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu joins his supporters as they gather in front of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality during a protest in Istanbul, after a Turkish court sentenced him to nearly three years jail in a politically charged trial, on December 14, 2022. (Yasin AKGUL/AFP)

Istanbul’s opposition mayor barred from politics over ‘insult’ to regime officials

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, walks to the chamber for final votes as the House wraps up its work for the week, at the Capitol in Washington, December 2, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Liberal Jewish groups blast McCarthy for pledge to remove Ilhan Omar from committee

An illustrative view of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on January 26, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Woman struck and killed by truck in Ashdod

Seagulls fly across Abu Dhabi's corniche in the Emirati capital, on January 24, 2022. (Karim Sahib/AFP)

PTSD-suffering Israeli under arrest in Abu Dhabi for clashing with local police

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