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What Matters Most On Monday, December 26, 2022

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Blue and White MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzano in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bank says it won't give credit to discriminatory businesses

Yesh Atid MK warns ‘anti-LGBTQ incitement from lawmakers will end in murder’

Yorai Lahav-Hertzano calls for scrapping plans for a law that would enable discrimination, says Netanyahu will be responsible for consequences

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at a gathering in Tel Aviv, December 13, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Herzog says anti-LGBT rhetoric worrying, as Netanyahu again vows to thwart proposals

Illustrative: Three pilots stand in front of an F-16 fighter jet as it takes off from the Israeli Air Force's 117th Squadron, which was closed on September 30, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

1,000 ex-air force officers ask jurists to stop new government from razing democracy

By Emanuel Fabian

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi during an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 71st Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 9, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu, IDF chief talk amid worries about growing political control over military

Outgoing military head Aviv Kohavi and incoming PM agree to advance military-linked legislation only after IDF ‘presents the consequences and significance’ of such bills, says IDF

7:32 pm

High Court gives Netanyahu, Ben Gvir 2 days to respond to petition against Otzma leader
7:09 pm

Erdogan claims Ronaldo had 'political ban' at World Cup due to support for Palestinians
6:53 pm

Justice says he can't rule on Deri's suitability as minister until after appointment

Former and current students attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Druckman in Merkaz Shapira in central Israel on December 26, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu: He considered unity 'our strongest secret weapon'

‘One of the great rabbis of Israel’: Religious Zionist Rabbi Chaim Druckman mourned

By Judah Ari Gross

Thousands of people brave rainy weather to attend funeral of influential spiritual leader of the national religious community, who died Sunday at 90

Rabbi Chaim Druckman attends the campaign launch of the right-wing Yamina party, ahead of the Israeli general elections, February 12, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Rabbi Druckman lauded and mourned by politicians as friend and counsel

ObituaryRabbi Chaim Druckman, spiritual leader of political religious Zionism, dies at 90

By Judah Ari Gross

Stream the best Israeli TV shows on ChaiFlicks

Stream the best Israeli TV shows with English subtitles on ChaiFlicks — now only $36 for a year with special holiday discount code ‘HANUKKAH36’.

Shin Bet busts Gaza-directed terror cell planning ‘major’ bombing in Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Four West Bank Palestinians detained earlier this month over alleged plot, explosive device hidden in fire extinguisher seized; Lapid hails arrests

Members of a West Bank terror cell arrested on December 14, 2022, over an alleged planned bombing attack in Israel, top to bottom: Kayes a-Shiab, Ahmed Taher Jaradat, Haled Marei, Younis. Right: a bomb hidden inside a fire extinguisher the cell allegedly planned to use in Israel. (Shin Bet)

IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank, August 23, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Gunmen fire at Israeli car, troops in West Bank; cars burned in Palestinian village

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

From the blogs

Miriam Herschlag

Voices of 2022: A dozen posts that moved and shook us

Just in case you missed them: superb offerings from The Times of Israel blogs that touched hearts, stirred souls and nourished minds

Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights Hanukkah candles with his wife Sara and incoming national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir, December 21, 2022 (Youtube screenshot)

Ben Gvir jabs at Netanyahu, says no deal for new law

Netanyahu backs repeal of ban on racist Knesset candidates, plans replacement law

Likud says new version of clause will be applied equally to Jews and Arabs, seemingly supporting Otzma Yehudit claim that current law was only used against far-right

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

Likud said to accept Smotrich demand not to join global treaty on domestic violence

By ToI Staff and Agencies

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Dec. 26: Why Likud MKs are silent on potentially racist proposed laws

FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and son Yair in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2020. (Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu rejects son Yair’s hint that prosecutors deserve death sentence

But incoming PM stresses freedom of speech for firebrand son, who accused judicial officials of treason for pressing corruption charges against father

FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and son Yair in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2020. (Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Prosecution lashes ‘calumnious comments’ after Yair Netanyahu accuses it of treason

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing in a lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Yair Netanyahu hints those who put father on trial should face death penalty

Orthodoxy in the age of culture wars

Those targeting the ’LGBTQ+ agenda’ would show true Torah leadership by seeing what can be done in the name of peace and reconciliation instead

Noam’s witch-hunting blacklists: frightening, pathetic, distracting

Toxic lists like these are not new, but their publication is a reminder of the misogynous and homophobic currents sweeping the new government into power

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

Political deals over Law of Return set stage for fight over future of immigration

Coalition agreement with Haredi parties confirms ‘grandchild clause’ granting citizenship to anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent could be repealed, but it’s not dead yet

Jewish Ukrainian refugees receive their entry papers to Israel, at an emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, on March 15, 2022. (Flash90)

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich during a vote in the Knesset, December 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset legislative push resumes as clock ticks for Netanyahu to swear in coalition

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Former justice who once approved Deri’s return as minister says wouldn’t do so now

Former Mossad intelligence director Zohar Palti speaks with Times of Israel political correspondent Tal Schneider at an event in Ramat Hasharon, December 24, 2022. (Zman Israel)

Iran closer than ever to weapons-grade uranium, ex-top defense official says

By Tal Schneider

Zohar Palti tells ToI Israel must make ‘serious decisions’ on whether it is willing to attack Iran’s nuclear plants without US backing, notes issue tangled up with other challenges

People wave pre-Islamic revolution Iran's flags and banners as they take part in a protest against Iranian authorities, in London, October 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Iran slams Britain after ‘network’ including UK nationals arrested in protests

By AFP

Oman's ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in London, December 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Oman’s parliament votes to expand Israel boycott, in interim step

By Lazar Berman

Sultanate’s lower house approves amendment banning sports, cultural, and economic ties with Jewish state, but measure yet to face final vote

Lisa Geduldig onstage at the first annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy show in San Francisco in 1993. (Courtesy of Lisa Geduldig via JTA)

'It was just the most ironic experience!'

How a standup show at a Chinese restaurant became a 30-year Jewish comedy tradition

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Inspired by a gig that seemed like a joke, Lisa Geduldig started Kung Pao Kosher Comedy in 1993. It was an instant hit and now lures serious talent like Marc Maron and Margaret Cho

Illustrative: An aerial view of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the surrounding area, April 20, 2022. (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)

Israel ranked 4th-best-performing economy among OECD countries in 2022

By Sharon Wrobel

The Economist says country did well despite political upheaval; exports to grow to record high of over $160b this year, with services, including tech, outpacing goods for 2nd year

Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron (third from left) hands conditional bank license to Shmuel Hauser (third from right), chairman of a new digital banking venture led by Nir Zuk, the founder of cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks. (Courtesy/Bank of Israel)

Bank of Israel gives green light to Palo Alto’s Nir Zuk for new digital bank

By Sharon Wrobel

Annual Christmas report says Israel’s Christian population has grown to 185,000

Central Bureau of Statistics study finds community, concentrated largely in country’s north, grew by 2% in 2021

Illustrative: A Christmas parade outside the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on the eve of the Christmas holiday, December 24, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Britain's King Charles III delivers his message during the recording of his first Christmas broadcast in the Quire of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, Dec. 13, 2022. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP)

O little townIn 1st Christmas speech, King Charles recalls 2020 Bethlehem visit

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Women pose for a photo as they visit the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the town of Bethlehem, December 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Photo EssayChristmas cheer returns to Holy Land after lean pandemic years

By Maya Alleruzzo, JALAL BWAITEL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM

Gail Nalven Fuchs's Hanukkah House in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn is decorated a week before the holiday and stays up a week after with lights, inflatables and other decor. (Courtesy via JTA)

Everything is illuminated

NY family’s ‘Hanukkah House’ a glowing tradition of 25 years

By julia GERGELY

Decades after her crestfallen son prompted Gail Nalven Fuchs to decorate her Brooklyn home to rival any Christmas display, the festive setup continues to delight neighbors

More Headlines

A group of ultra-Orthodox protesters attempt to enter a cultural hall in Jerusalem where ultra-Orthodox are holding a Hanukkah candle-lighting event, December 25, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Haredi soldiers accosted by ultra-Orthodox protesters at Hanukkah candle-lighting

By Emanuel Fabian

Ultra-Orthodox rioters clash with police in Jerusalem, December 15, 2022. (Israel Police)

Police arrest suspect over blazing dumpster that injured mother during Haredi riot

The scene of a head-on collision between two passenger vans on a bridge over Route 6, December 26, 2022 (Israel Police)

Two teens killed, 21 people injured, 4 badly, in 2 crashes on Route 6 highway

Irish UN peacekeepers pass a Lebanese soldier, left, as they arrive to investigate the scene where unidentified open gunfire came on a UN peacekeeper convoy in the al-Aqbiya village, south Lebanon, December 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Hezbollah said to hand over suspect in killing of Irish UNIFIL soldier

By AFP

Israeli modeling agent Shai Avital (C) poses for a picture with Israeli models during an event on a rooftop in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2017. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Modeling agent accused of sexual abuse to be extradited to Israel next week

Undated photo of Palestinian soccer referee Heba Saadia. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In first, Palestinian female soccer referee selected for Women’s World Cup contest

A branch of Pret A Manger in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Britain’s Pret A Manger coffee chain set for foray into Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Screen capture from video of Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl, right, and music producer Greg Kurstin, left, during a live performance for the Hanukkah Sessions, Los Angeles, December 5, 2022. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Third time's a traditionFoo Fighters’ Dave Grohl lights up Hanukkah with musical stars

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