’Green passports’ will open doors for Israelis * Failed hijacking that lit up the world * Le Carre’s Smiley & me? No, no, says ex-Mossad chief * Zoom in on lone soldiers

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, December 14, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Vaccinated Israelis will get ‘green passports’ waiving lockdown constraints]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Document showing holder has been inoculated against coronavirus will enable skipping quarantine, access to cultural events and restaurants; may become necessary for travel abroad]( [Israel media review / Fly the infected skies: What the press is saying on December 14]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israel reduces quarantine to 10 days, with 2 virus tests]( By [TOI staff]( [Government task force proposes new regulations to end crowding at airport]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [50 years ago, a failed hijacking brought light into the world]( [The ensuing trial changed the lives of young Jews in the USSR, included my parents, by posing age-old questions: Do we dare? Is now the time?]( Live updates [LIVE: Rouhani: Israel killed nuke scientist Fakhrizadeh ‘to wage instability and war’]( By [Itamar Sharon]( [Iranian president vows to avenge assassination of top nuclear official, but says Tehran will not allow Israel to decide the ‘time or venue’ of its retaliation]( [Le Carre: Israel, ‘crackling with debate, rocked me to my boots’]( By [TOI staff]( [In a rare interview 22 years ago, the peerless thriller writer talked about Israel and Jews; Smiley could have been Jewish, he said of his most famous character. ‘Perhaps he was’]( [John le Carre: A master of the spy thriller who became a moral voice]( By [Jitendra Joshi and Richard Ingham]( [Obituary / Spy novel master John le Carre, who defined the Cold War thriller, dies at 89]( By [Jill Lawless]( Interview [David Horovitz]( [Smiley & me? No, no, no! Ex-Mossad chief on his non-link to le Carré’s antihero]( [UK-born Efraim Halevy was rising in the Mossad while a possible fictional doppelganger was ascending in the ‘Circus.’ But Halevy knows the author’s inspiration came from elsewhere]( [‘Love… is whatever you can still betray’: John le Carre in quotes]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( [Ancient oil lamp haul found near Beit Shemesh digs up solution to modern mystery]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Penny Cagan]( [A great miracle happened in Kalamazoo]( [Developing a vaccine in under a year that would usually take years to engineer is an astonishment, and its message is: Respect the science]( [Naomi Chazan]( [It’s all up for grabs in the next election]( [Voters will have to choose what they most care about: the leader, the sustainability of the system, or the values driving their vision of tomorrow]( Author interview [Canadian photographer zooms in on IDF’s diverse lone soldiers]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Israel passes grim milestone of 3,000 coronavirus deaths since start of pandemic]( By [TOI staff]( [Number of quarantined medical workers doubles in a week, reaches highest level in 2 months; taskforce says restrictions will likely be reimposed by end of month]( [Condition of Likud MK Bitan, hospitalized with COVID-19, deteriorates to serious]( By [TOI staff]( [Virus czar says Israel powerless to stop mass gatherings on Temple Mount]( By [TOI staff]( [Secretary in Netanyahu’s office gets COVID; PM likely won’t need to isolate]( By [TOI staff]( [As part of Israel deal, US officially delists Sudan as state sponsor of terror]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Move goes into effect as 45-day notification period elapses after Trump announcement; was eagerly sought by Khartoum to enable foreign investment]( [In call to Bahraini king, Rivlin hails normalization deal as ‘model’ for region]( By [TOI staff]( [2 Israelis injured in Dubai car accident say getting ‘red carpet’ treatment]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Yeshiva University student makes custom cleats for pro athletes — on Instagram]( By [Abigail Klein Leichman]( [1 injured in anti-Semitic attack on Chabad menorah-lighting service in Kentucky]( By [JTA]( [Driver makes anti-Jewish comments to people participating in ceremony, accelerates car toward congregant and drags him with vehicle before running over his leg]( [Loeffler campaign says she had ‘no idea’ she was posing for photo with neo-Nazi]( By [AP]( [Iran jails British-Iranian academic for visiting Israel, promoting homosexuality]( By [AP]( [Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, who researched child marriage and female genital mutilation, sentenced to 9 years for list of charges including trip to Israel as a reporter]( [If unstopped, Iran will become ‘global bully,’ Netanyahu tells top Trump aide]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Explosion caused by ‘external source’ hits ship off Saudi Red Sea port of Jiddah]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Russia suspected behind hacking of US agencies in global cyber-spying campaign]( By [Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak and Matt O'Brien]( [Experts still trying to assess scope of months-long operation that slipped code into software update used on servers across the globe and in all 5 branches of US military]( [US electors meet to formally choose Joe Biden as next president]( By [Mark Sherman]( [Trucks roll out as US readies for biggest vaccination program in its history]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Bill to dissolve Knesset set for delay until next week, angering Blue and White]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel unveils plan to slash emissions by up to 80% by 2050]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Turkey said to appoint ambassador to Israel, ending 2-year standoff]( By [TOI staff]( [Cheaper LEDs can disinfect against COVID-19, Israeli scientists find]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [To avoid unrest, Israelis must receive aid in programs to cut emissions – report]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Far-right ex-minister picked to head Yad Vashem hits back at ‘baseless’ censure]( By [TOI staff]( [Police kill gunman who opened fire at NYC cathedral Christmas concert]( By [TED SHAFFREY and Mary Esch]( [Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after gunmen attack school]( By [Sam Olukoya]( [Netanyahu lawyers question whether police opened probe without AG’s okay]( By [Michael Bachner and TOI staff]( [Israeli gymnasts win gold, bronze medals at European Championships]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s OrCam reportedly seeks New York IPO at $3 billion valuation]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Former UK Labour leader Corbyn launches new ‘Peace and Justice’ movement]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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