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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 18, 2022

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Argentinian fans cheer before the the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP/Petr David Josek)

Analysis

Controversial World Cup of firsts ends with final clash of soccer titans in Qatar

Argentina-France championship match caps a tournament overshadowed by graft allegations and criticism of host Qatar, but which saw historic success for Arab world and Africa

Morocco’s World Cup finish is bittersweet for Arab fans

Croatia bests Morocco 2-1 to take 3rd place at Qatar World Cup

By james robson

With World Cup, Qatar sees opportunity to offer visitors an introduction to Islam

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO

Salah Hamouri (R) arrives in Paris after he was deported from Israel, on December 18, 2022 (Daphné BENOIT / AFP)

Lawyer is greeted in Paris airport by relatives, supporters

France slams Israel for deporting Palestinian over alleged terror: ‘Against the law’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

French Foreign Ministry says Israel can’t expel an individual from ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem, says Paris has ‘fully mobilized’ to ensure Salah Hamouri can reside in the city

Franco-Palestinian lawyer and Adameer field researcher Salah Hamouri at the NGO's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 1, 2020. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Israel deports Palestinian lawyer allegedly involved in terror activities to France

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Taraneh Alidoosti poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Leila's Brothers' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 26, 2022. (Daniel Cole/AP)

Celebrities, rights groups urge Iran to free top actor who backed protests

By Stuart Williams

Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after posting on social media in support of demonstrations; pop singer Amir Maghare also detained

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti during a photo call for the film "Forushande (The Salesman) at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2016. (Joel Ryan/AP)

Star of Iranian Oscar-winning film arrested for backing anti-regime protests

By AFP

A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

Iran said to arrest lawyer of detained journalists who covered protests

By AFP

From Isratransfer

A silver lining in the Fed’s fight against inflation

A strong dollar buys more shekels, creating investment opportunities in Israel, explains IsraTransfer CEO Doron Seitz.

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)

Live updates (closed)

Mahmoud Abbas thanks Qatar for using World Cup to ‘present Palestinian cause’

Palestinian Authority president praises Doha for bringing ‘pride to our souls and the souls of our Arab nations’ at close of soccer tournament

7:33 pm

Abbas thanks Qatar for using World Cup to 'present Palestinian cause'
7:13 pm

Messi wins Golden Ball for best player at World Cup
6:52 pm

Iran says it won't 'seek permission' to expand its relations with Russia

Digital artwork created by Ofir Liberman, a designer of innovative interactive products, and a lecturer at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design, and Art with the assistance of AI technology. (Image created with Midjourney)

Paint by algorithm: Can AI make art, or is it all just derivative?

By Shoshanna Solomon

Drawing on advances in machine learning, engineers are pushing the boundaries of creativity, creating a new medium and raising questions about what art can be

Illustrative. Centrifuges enriching uranium. (Public Domain/US Department of Energy/Wikimedia Commons)

Iranian atomic official says uranium enrichment capacity hits record highs

UN nuclear watchdog representatives to visit Iran Sunday to try to resolve deadlock after traces of radioactive material found at undeclared sites

James R. Russell

Imagine there’s no Hanukkah

If the Maccabees had lost to the pagans, the glorious developments in history that we barely realize are rooted in monotheism would never have come to be

Eugene Kontorovich

3 myths behind the fight against changing the ‘Law of Return’

Letting in anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent no longer makes sense – and to say Israel may not amend this law is to say it cannot control its borders

Archaeologists excavate a room at Tsaf where researchers discovered remains of 7,000-year-old cotton fibers. (Courtesy University of Haifa)

ArchaeologyCotton likely originated in Indus region, modern Pakistan

7,000-year-old fibers in Jordan Valley oldest known evidence of cotton in Near East

By Melanie Lidman

Team from University of Haifa, US and Germany studies sediments under a microscope to identify remains of cotton fibers, pointing to Tel Tsaf’s important role as a global trade hub

Travel firms begin evacuating Israelis stranded in Peru amid deadly unrest

By Michael Horovitz and AFP

Companies launch operation to escort dozens trapped near Machu Picchu to city of Cusco, as protesters demand release of ousted president

Israelis evacuating on foot from Aguas Calientes, amid deadly protests in Peru, December 17, 2022. (Facebook video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

File: Kanye West watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, January 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Attacker yelled ‘Kanye 2024’ after alleged antisemitic assault in NY, police say

63-year-old man hit from behind while walking in Central Park; police search for suspect, a man in his 40s

Hatchet Speed (US Department of Justice)

Mistrial in US gun case against antisemite who wanted to use violence against ADL

By AP

MK Itamar Ben Gvir and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai shake hands at an Arrangements Committee meeting in the Knesset on December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Report: Ben Gvir threatens he could replace police chief ‘within days’ if he chooses

Citing private conversations, Channel 12 says incoming national security minister angry at Kobi Shabtai for speaking against his proposed bill to expand his powers

Head of the Likud party MK Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his supporters on the night of the Israeli elections, at his party headquarters in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

NY Times editorial: Netanyahu government a ‘significant threat to future of Israel’

Israelis protest against the expected incoming government at a demonstration organized by the Movement for Quality Government, in Tel Aviv on December 17, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Protest sounds alarm against emerging coalition: ‘Conversion therapy’ on democracy

Damage is seen to an Israeli car following a shooting attack near the Havat Gilad outpost in the northern West Bank, December 16, 2022. (Rescuers WIthout Borders)

Israeli forces nab suspects in northern West Bank shooting attack

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF, Shin Bet say Nasser al-Naqeeb opened fire at Israeli motorist near Nablus on Friday, with the aid of his son; Lion’s Den terror group claims responsibility without evidence

2,200-year-old silver coins that were discovered in a wooden box inside a cave in Wadi Muraba‘at near the Dead Sea. (Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 18: Very Hallmark Hanukkah & hard proof of pre-Maccabee pogroms

Shirly Chikli, ex-wife of French-Israeli con man Gilbert Chikli, gets her screen time on Netflix's 'The Masked Scammer,' a documentary about the scammer and his story. (Courtesy screen grab)

Netflix documentary about flim-flammer Gilbert Chikli gives Israeli ex the last word

By Jessica Steinberg

‘The Masked Scammer’ brings Shirly Chikli — an aspiring DJ and single mom of four — to the screen to tell her side of a story that saw her former husband con the rich and famous

In a flap

Mayor uses municipal crane to rescue his fugitive parrot

Kiryat Shmona’s Avichai Stern is hoisted to the treetop to retrieve escapee Arthur; opposition members question use of city resource on Shabbat; mayor says he’ll pay

Screen capture from video of Kiryat Shmona Mayor Avi Stern rescuing his parrot, Arthur, with a crane, December 17, 2022. (Walla. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A Tunisian voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Ben Arous region near Tunis on December 17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)

With just 8.8% turnout, Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament

By Kaouther Larbi

Election follows power grab by President Kais Saied; preliminary results expected Monday

A Tunisian voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Mnihla district outside Tunis on December 17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Few Tunisians take part in vote for neutered parliament after president’s power grab

By Kaouther Larbi

Tunisians line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Tunis, December 17, 2022. AP/Hassene Dridi)

11 years after ‘disastrous’ revolution, many Tunisians see Arab Spring as a failure

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Police officer accused of sexually assaulting woman who filed complaint at station

Alleged victim says cop assaulted her after insisting on taking her home; says when he heard of accusation, he came back to try to persuade her to withdraw it

More Headlines

Illustrative: A police car and ambulance in Petah Tikva, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

16-year-old lightly injured in stabbing at Netanya school

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

Court halts genetic testing for possible parents of wrongly implanted embryo

Righteous Among the Nations Polish couple Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma. (Public domain)

Polish couple killed by Nazis for hiding Jews declared martyrs by pope

By AP

This photograph taken with a long exposure shows car lights near the Maidan Square during a power outage in the city of Kyiv, on December 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sameer Al-DOUMY/AFP)

Ukraine races to restore power after Russian strikes plunge cities into darkness

By Dmytro Gorshkov

FILE - A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, November 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Musk restores some suspended Twitter accounts of journalists after poll

By AFP

The scene of a car crash between Rechalim Junction and Tapuach Junction along Route 60 in the West Bank, December 17, 2022. (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two Palestinians killed when hit by Israeli driver on West Bank road

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu delivers a speech for his supporters during a protest in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in Istanbul on December 15, 2022, after a Turkish court sentenced him to more than two years jail and banned him from politics ahead of next year's presidential election. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

Erdogan claims he had no role in conviction of Istanbul opposition mayor

By AFP

Police investigate the site of a collision between a motorcycle and a car in the northern city of Haifa, December 16, 2022. (Israel Police)

Motorcyclist killed, 3 lightly hurt after bike collides with car in Haifa

By Michael Horovitz

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, alleged to have made the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, with the loss of 270 lives in 1988, in custody at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, December 12, 2022, in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)

Libyan militia held suspected Lockerbie bombmaker before he was handed over to US

Singer Robbie Williams performs during a charity gala in Berlin, Germany, December 7, 2019. (Jens Meyer/AP)

We've been expecting youRobbie Williams said set to entertain Israel in summer 2023

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