Gantz sets up panel to probe submarine scandal that has hounded PM * Israel okays UAE visa waiver * Iran vows response to Israeli hits in Syria * Master, slave at Pompeii

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, November 22, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya Live updates [Gantz forms panel of inquiry into submarine affair that has hounded Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Scandal has embroiled several close associates of the PM; defense minister’s decision likely to inflame tensions with the Israeli leader]( [Israel ratifies visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with Arab state]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Netanyahu hails agreement as boost for reciprocal tourism; misleadingly says Sudan abstained on anti-Israel UN resolution when instead it was absent from vote on Israeli resolution]( [Iran warns Israel of ‘crushing’ reply to ‘hit and run’ strikes in Syria]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Tehran threatens harsh response to any who disrupt its ‘advisers’ in Syria, as war monitor claims 14 pro-Iran fighters killed in fresh strikes attributed to Israel]( [Top Democratic senator opposes reentering Iran deal under previous terms]( By [TOI staff]( [As virus surges, Iran shuts businesses, schools in some areas, curtails travel]( By [Nasser Karimi]( [Gaza rocket fired at Ashkelon, hitting empty warehouse]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Attack comes week after rockets fired at central Israel in what the military believes was a malfunction caused by lightning]( [Gantz threatens Hamas and Gaza residents after exchange of fire]( By [TOI staff]( [Army probing rogue IDF tank fire on Hamas post after rocket strike]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Amid rising Gaza tensions, IDF to hold exercise simulating war in the Strip]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Netanyahu, Rivlin welcome end of Pollard’s parole, await his arrival in Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( [PM thanks envoy to US Ron Dermer for efforts to lift restrictions on ex-Navy analyst who spied for Israel; lawyer says he’ll make aliya when wife’s medical condition allows]( [Fully free, Pollard to head ‘home’ to Israel when wife’s health allows — lawyer]( By [Jacob Magid]( Top Ops [Mijal Bitton]( [The diverse Jewish Trump voters puncturing liberals’ assumptions]( [Jewish communal efforts toward understanding and embracing diversity overlook conservative-leaning Jews from minority groups]( [Jessica Levine Kupferberg]( [Pushing boundaries with Eruvin]( [I wasn’t yet learning Talmud when I campaigned for an eruv in California, but I knew it posed no risk to the local birds – nor to the locals who wanted to keep Jews out]( [CRM]( [Nearly 2,000 years on, bodies of man, slave fleeing volcano found at Pompeii]( By [Frances D'Emilio]( [Two men apparently escaped initial eruption of Mount Vesuvius, before dying from blast the next morning; remains found under 2 meters of ash]( [Netanyahu says grades 5-6, 11-12 will return to school as planned]( By [TOI staff]( [PM says government sticking to schedule amid clamor to reopen all grades in low infection areas; Gantz complains nobody told him about meeting being moved]( [Figures show virus spreading more rapidly; taskforce flags jump in serious cases]( By [TOI staff]( [Report: Health Ministry to back full return to schools in low-infection areas]( By [TOI staff]( [Azrieli keeps malls shut after one-day rebellion, second operator stays open]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Israeli intel firm says it helped solve billion-dollar German jewel heist]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Gantz cut deal with Netanyahu on top appointments, hid it from colleagues — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Report says Blue and White officials angry and disappointed over agreement with Likud that won’t include long-stalled approval of new Justice Ministry director]( [A few thousand anti-Netanyahu protesters defy wintry weather to hold rallies]( By [TOI staff]( [Justice minister boycotts cabinet meet over secret postings deal]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( Interview [Rabbi Art Green says the Hasidism that lasts finds sparks of holiness everywhere]( By [Ben Harris]( Analysis [Francesco FONTEMAGGI]( [Pompeo’s curious farewell tour marked by abundance of symbolism… and silence]( [US secretary of state nears end of lengthy trip advancing and highlighting foreign policy moves, particularly on Israel, on behalf of a president who has lost but won’t concede]( [Biden builds an administration as Trump holes up in mostly empty White House]( By [Jill Colvin, Steve Peoples and Jonathan Lemire]( [Progressives Sanders and Warren may be bridge too far for Biden cabinet]( By [Steve Peoples]( Interview [Pioneering feminist Letty Cottin Pogrebin is bracing for womankind’s next battle]( By [Hannah Dreyfus]( More Headlines [Can't Dubai me love / Egyptian star under fire over photo with Israeli singer in UAE]( By [TOI staff]( [German FM slams anti-mask protesters for ‘making a mockery’ of Nazi victims]( By [Michelle Fitzpatrick]( [Israel’s Bank Hapoalim signs accords with Dubai, Abu Dhabi financial hubs]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Campaign convinces Toronto suburb to take Nazi officer’s name off street]( By [Ben Sales]( [Israeli Peter Paltchik wins gold at European Judo Championships]( By [TOI staff]( [Turkey’s Erdogan urges dialogue with EU amid tensions over gas exploration]( By [AFP]( [After loan extended by COVID-19, South Korea returns art masterpieces to Israel]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [4-year-old bitten by crocodile in southern Israel suffers serious arm injury]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish DC theater maven quits company over ‘exclusively Palestinian’ festival]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Netanyahu ally blasts Yamina, calls MK ‘racist and homophobic’]( By [TOI staff]( [Man shot dead in Ramle in suspected murder]( By [TOI staff]( [5 fugitives die in car crash while fleeing after mass jailbreak in Lebanon]( By [AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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