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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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Staff at Hadassah Medical Center on January 18, 2021 (courtesy of Hadassah Medical Center)

COVID so rampant that 1 in 10 medical staff at Jerusalem’s Hadassah are home sick

By Nathan Jeffay

‘It’s not bringing down the hospital to point we can’t function but it does make it very hard,’ says director-general; nationally 7,716 health employees in isolation

Workers at a drive-through testing complex in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Over 71,000 new cases as health officials mull scrapping quarantine for kids

Serious cases still rising but expert says Israel may be at wave’s peak with tens of thousands of undetected daily infections; finance, culture ministers announce aid for art world

Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, on January 4, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

US warns against travel to Israel due to surging Omicron infections

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference on December 20, 2021, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

COVID-19 pandemic ‘nowhere near over,’ WHO chief says

By AFP

A person walks on the ruins of a Palestinian house demolished by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on January 19, 2022 (Ahmed Gharabli/AFP)

Bulldozer demolishes the building

Jerusalem police evict Palestinian family overnight, ending standoff; 18 arrested

By Aaron Boxerman

Eviction is first to take place in flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood since 2017; city hall says it will use plot to build special needs school for Palestinians, kindergartens

Comptroller to probe spyware use on citizens, as outraged lawmakers demand inquiry

MKs seek parliamentary probe into explosive report police took over civilians’ cellphones without oversight; attorney general said to demand answers from cops

Police chief Kobi Shabtai visits at roadblock outside Jerusalem during a COVID-19 lockdown, on January 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police chief doesn’t deny use of spyware, says it wasn’t deployed against protesters

A Polish Senate commission heard the testimony of two cybersecurity experts, John Scott-Railton and Bill Marczak, senior researchers with the Citizen Lab, a research group based at the University of Toronto, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, January 17, 2022. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish chief auditor seeks to question deputy PM over NSO-aided illegal surveillance

By Vanessa Gera

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Jan. 19 – Big Brother really is watching; Sheikh Jarrah sees eviction

Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman briefs us on an overnight eviction in East Jerusalem; military correspondent Judah Ari Gross delves into NSO spyware use in Israel

Interviews

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Talk of Netanyahu plea deal prompts renewed focus on legal strength of the charges

The Times of Israel speaks with two legal experts for differing perspectives on the merits of the three cases against the former PM Continue Reading

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in his ongoing corruption trial, on November 22, 2021. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)

(L) Benjamin Netanyahu during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset, January 5, 2022. (R) Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a confrence in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel; Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu plea deal talks appear to be in dire straits, as AG’s departure looms

Attorney Moshe Lador, and former state prosecutor, Eran Shendar (left), on December 17, 2007. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Former state attorney calls potential Netanyahu plea deal ‘shameful’

Raoul Wallenberg rescued 100,000 Jews. He deserves better.

Those who know the Swedish diplomat as the ‘greatest humanitarian of the 20th century’ should unite to secure the truth about what befell him in the Soviet gulag

Shockingly, I like the Bennett-Lapid government. Here’s why.

It’s a fractious coalition that must compromise to survive. The Jewish approach to law views making concessions as a feature, not a bug

People hold flags during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, January 17, 2022. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest the 2021 coup that has plunged the country into grinding deadlock. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Reports: Israeli delegation lands in Sudan for meeting with ruling general

By TOI staff and AP

Israeli officials said set to meet Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, as country is beset by anti-coup demonstrations and violence; senior US diplomats arrive to resolve crisis

A man rides in a mock submarine during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, on October 14, 2020. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Live updates (closed)

LIVE: Serious COVID cases surge past 500 as total infections pass 2 million mark

After ministerial vote pushed back a week amid negotiations with Germany to purchase more submarines, cabinet now expected to approve long-promised probe of scandal-ridden deal

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Cabinet slated to vote next week on establishing inquiry into submarine scandal
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Taliban calls on Muslim countries to recognize its Afghan government
6:49 pm

Light snow begins to fall in parts of Jerusalem; schools to open late

Analysis

Despite deadly oil field strike by Iranian proxy, UAE careful not to escalate

Monday's fatal drone attack on oil facilities in Abu Dhabi and the Gulf state's reticence to directly blame Tehran lays bare Emirati vulnerabilities in the face of Iran and its proxies. The proximate cause of the attack, claimed by Houthi rebels in Yemen, is no mystery. The civil war in Yemen escalated over the past two... Continue Reading

Screenshot from video purportedly showing fire after drone attack in Abu Dhabi on January 17, 2022. The video could not be independently verified (Screen grab)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets with UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the latter's Abu Dhabi palace on December 13, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Bennett offers UAE ‘security and intelligence support’ after attack by Houthis

By TOI staff and Agencies

Director of the Institute of Biological Research, Prof. Shmuel Shapira, at the laboratory in Ness Ziona on August 6, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

Ex-head developer of Israeli COVID vaccine slams Genesis Prize for Pfizer CEO

Prof. Shmuel Shapira, former head of the Defense Ministry’s Biological Institute, calls pharma giant’s vaccines ‘mediocre,’ says company only wanted to ‘rake in billions’

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks during a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Oct. 12, 2021. (Giannis Papanikos/AP)

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla awarded $1 million Genesis Prize for 2022

The snow-covered landscape in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, February 18, 2021 (Michael Giladi/ Flash 90)

Golan covered in white as Jerusalem braces for snow

Schools in northern region shuttered due to weather; heavy rainfall expected along the coast throughout the day

Interview

Ricky Ben-David

Privacy experts slam police ‘abuse of power’ in alleged use of spyware on civilians

Researchers say revelations that police deployed NSO cyberweapon expose an organization in urgent need of oversight Continue Reading

Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai attends a ceremony for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

An aerial view of police standing in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas (AP Photo/Brandon Wade); Inset: Congregation Beth Israel member Jeffrey Cohen speaks on January 17, 2022. (Screen capture)

'I knew that if we worked together, we could all get out'

‘I wasn’t gonna die that way’: Transcript of ToI interview with hostage Jeff Cohen

Beth Israel congregant explains decision to remain inside, despite opportunities to flee, as doing so would have endangered other hostages; reveals gunman’s ‘goodwill’ gesture

White House says Texas hostage-taker raised no red flags when entering US

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker

Texas synagogue gunman was probed by UK’s MI5 in 2020 as possible terror threat

By AFP and AP

Students train Krav Maga through the Legion Self Defense program in New York City. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

‘Not small, not a victim’: Self-defense program trains US Jews to fight it out

Legion organizes Krav Maga classes, connects Jewish Americans with defense training, as antisemitic attacks remain most common hate crime in New York

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference at The National Press Club in Washington, on Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Top US officials meet Jewish groups on synagogue security after Texas attack

By Andrew Lapin

A view of the Secure Community Network's new command center in Chicago. (Courtesy of SCN via JTA)

‘Aggressive’ security training paid off, saved lives in Texas synagogue attack

By AFP

Anna Salton Eisen, a founding member of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, with her mother, Ruth Salton, a Holocaust survivor. Anna and Ruth both watched their synagogue's Jan. 15, 2022, hostage crisis unfold virtually, one week shy of Ruth's 100th birthday. (Courtesy of Anna Salton Eisen via JTA)

Texas shul founder, daughter of Holocaust survivors, still optimistic despite attack

By Andrew Lapin

Anna Salton Eisen says she finds comfort in fact that community received so much support from government officials and neighboring communities

A Ukrainian soldier walks on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Monday, January 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

White House says it believes Russia could attack Ukraine ‘at any point’

By AFP

Press secretary says sides have reached ‘stark’ point in bubbling escalation, as Blinken set to meet Lavrov in effort to find common ground

Ukrainian soldiers walks at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Katerinivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Dec 7, 2021 (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

US boosts military aid to Ukraine as tensions with Russia soar

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Nikki Fried, Florida's agriculture commissioner, is running as a Democrat in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial race. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

Florida governor candidate Nikki Fried says incumbent reminds her of Hitler

By JTA and TOI staff

Right-wing activists protest against the government at the Chords Bridge in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘Bennett is a danger’: Thousands of right-wing protesters rally against government

Illustrative: Police officers near Jerusalem's Old City, on December 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rabbi arrested on suspicion he sexually assaulted minors

The Spiral Tower by Azrieli Group in Tel Aviv. (PRNewsfoto/Azrieli Group)

Tel Aviv greenlights construction of one of Israel’s tallest towers

By David Brummer

This May 12, 2005 file photo shows a visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called "Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie" painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)

US Supreme Court to rule in case involving Pissarro painting looted by Nazis

By Jessica Gresko

Defendant Alaa M (L), accused of crimes against humanity including torture and murder in his war-torn homeland Syria, stands next to his lawyer Ulrich Endres (R) as he waits on January 19, 2022 at court in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany (Boris Roessler / POOL / AFP)

Germany puts Syrian doctor on trial for crimes against humanity

By Michelle Fitzpatrick and Yann Schreiber

Rescue workers try and free two people trapped in their vehicle following a fatal traffic accident near Ramat Gan on January 18 2022 (Magen David Adom)

Two killed, two seriously injured as car collides with bus near Ramat Gan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tirana, Albania, on January 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

Erdogan says his Israeli counterpart may visit Turkey soon, seeks cooperation on gas

By AFP and TOI staff

Philippe Lazzarini, center, Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), talks during press conference af at the Balakhiya area in Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip, on October 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

UN Palestinian refugee agency seeks $1.6b to counter ‘chronic’ budget shortfalls

By AFP and Jacob Magid

Police at the scene of a car bombing in Ness Ziona, January 19, 2022. (Flash 90)

Man survives suspected criminal car bombing in central city

Anders Behring Breivik makes a Nazi salute as he arrives on the first day of the trial where he is requesting release on parole, on January 18, 2022 at a makeshift courtroom in Skien prison, Norway. (Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB / AFP)

Norway extremist makes Nazi salute as he seeks parole just 10 years after killing 77

By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES

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