Israel enters lockdown as cases rise, vaccination accelerates * Strategist: 1 thing that could save Netanyahu * A family plunged into schizophre nia * Pompeii’s fast-food

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, December 27, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Israel enters third lockdown; commercial activity shut down, schools remain open]( By [TOI staff]( [Closure begins at 5 p.m. for at least two weeks, though it’ll likely be extended to a month; comes as nearly 300,000 vaccinated against COVID-19]( [Ahead of lockdown, Jerusalem hospitals near to capacity for COVID-19 patients]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF to launch vaccination operation in bid to inoculate 6,000 by week’s end]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Israel election briefing [David Horovitz]( [Strategist’s 10 insights as ‘lone heavyweight’ Netanyahu faces fight of his life]( [Eyal Arad on who Sa’ar should recruit, why Labor might not be finished, and the one thing that could save Netanyahu]( [Gantz said to mull over his political future with Blue and White MKs]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Penny Cagan]( [2020 was the worst year ever]( [If we have to pretend this year was a ’gift’ for discovering ourselves, how can we grieve together for what we have lost?]( [Ben Lynfield]( [Not just cheerleaders: Journalists’ role in covering UAE-Israel normalization]( [Media on both sides can work together, telling the story warts and all to ensure leaders take public feedback on their actions into account]( Live updates [LIVE: Booting rebel former minister, Gantz starts clearing house ahead of new election]( By [TOI staff]( [MK Asaf Zamir, who voted against bill to extend coalition, told he won’t be included on party’s electoral slate]( [Grades 5-10 stay in school as Knesset education panel rejects lockdown closure]( By [TOI staff]( [Government can appeal committee’s ruling; chair Ram Shefa said to get Gantz’s approval on vote; teachers union threatens strike if not prioritized to get vaccine]( [Virus crisis drives 41% rise in number of at-risk youth seeking help]( By [Stuart Winer]( [New Hope’s Shasha-Biton: Lockdown is unnecessary, ‘unequivocally political’]( By [TOI staff]( Author interview [In 2020 bestseller, journalist tracks American family plunged into schizophrenia]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [CRM]( Israel media review [Netanyahu giveth, Netanyahu taketh away: What the press is saying on December 27]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israel is going back under lock and key]( [‘He’s dangerous’: Ex-Likud MK who joined Sa’ar rules out gov’t with Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Thousands protest PM; police clash with dozens who lit bonfire on Balfour Street]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of population in a month; 250,000 had shots so far]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu says he wants pace of inoculations to hit 150,000 a day; another 5,433 virus cases found, day before 3rd lockdown; Health Minister intends to vaccinate teachers this week]( [Minister orders prisons: Don’t start vaccinating Palestinian inmates yet]( By [TOI staff]( [Israelis pack malls, parks ahead of 2-week lockdown; hundreds party in Tel Aviv]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel starts 3rd lockdown Sunday, as it ramps up vaccine distribution]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii: What they were eating as Vesuvius erupted]( By [Agencies]( [NY probes clinics serving ultra-Orthodox community over possible vaccine fraud]( By [Shira Hanau]( [ParCare Community Health Network may have obtained COVID-19 shots ‘fraudulently,’ vaccinated ‘contrary to the state’s plan’]( [Republican official believes he caught virus at White House Hanukkah party]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [US unemployment benefits lapse for millions as Trump refuses to sign bill]( By [Alexandra Olson and Jill Colvin]( [For the few Jews in struggling West Virginia, pandemic offers a silver lining]( By [Larry Luxner]( Inside Story [How BioNTech-Pfizer won the great global coronavirus vaccine race]( By [Hui Min NEO, Yannick Pasquet, Michelle Fitzpatrick and Yann Schreiber]( [As the German biotechnology firm worked on a shot to defeat virus, other companies around the country already began organizing the infrastructure needed to deliver it to billions]( [AstraZeneca: ‘Winning’ vaccine formula is 100% effective against severe COVID-19]( By [AFP]( [WHO chief: COVID won’t be last pandemic; ‘short-sighted’ stance dooms our health]( By [Robin MILLARD]( [European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccination programs]( By [Vanessa Gera]( [CRM]( More Headlines [IDF rejects Hamas claim it hit hospital, cites secondary blasts from arms stash]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Iran’s Rouhani: US is demanding vaccine payments go through its banks]( By [AFP]( [Hundreds of protesters, cops clash outside police HQ over settler teen’s death]( By [TOI staff]( [Jordan arrests reporter for alleging officials secretly vaccinated]( By [AFP]( [Drilling tissue for biopsies, startup eyes better tumor samples]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Moroccan delegation due in Israel on Sunday to advance normalization deal]( By [TOI staff]( [Web whirl / Dance isn’t simple to show online, but Vertigo troupe tries it]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bombing]( By [KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Eric Tucker]( [Tony-winning Broadway producer Roger Berlind dies at 90]( By [AP]( [Wild boar moderately injures woman hiking in northern Israel with her family]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Fruits of crime / Off-duty police officer thwarts avocado heist in central Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Content discovery firm Outbrain reportedly seeks IPO at $2 billion valuation]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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