Israel in ’final stages’ of COVID; drop in severe cases for over 60s * Downton Abbey author & the scandalous sisters * Rabbi on guard at US Capi tol * Abbas calls election

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, January 16, 2021 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Top official: Israel in ‘final stages’ of COVID, showing world an exit strategy]( By [TOI staff]( [Ex-virus czar says with a quarter of population having received 1st shot, country seeing clear evidence vaccine is working; number of seriously ill over 60 drops sharply]( [Nearly 170,000 get 2nd COVID shot; initial study shows no major side effects]( By [TOI staff]( [‘A terrible amount of death’: Global virus toll passes 2 million]( By [CHRIS SHERMAN, Maria Cheng, John Leicester and Joshua Goodman]( [E3: Iran making uranium metal, a nuke component, has ‘grave military’ potential]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Britain, France and Germany say Tehran has ‘no credible civilian use’ for the material, which it says it is now researching in breach of nuclear deal]( [Iran says ballistic missiles destroy target 1,800 km away in anti-warship drill]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Author interview [Downton Abbey author’s new mystery stars real-life Hitler-loving Mitford sisters]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Interview [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [‘Something holy about this space’: The rabbi on guard at the US Capitol]( [National Guard chaplain Jordan Hersh, stationed in Washington since the pro-Trump riot, says protecting Congress is ‘like a spiritual experience’ for himself and his unit]( [Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment receiving death threats]( By [TOI staff]( [Abbas orders Palestinian elections for first time in 14 years]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Hamas agrees to support move although several previous attempts to unite rival factions and hold a vote have failed over the years; observers are skeptical this time too]( [Court halts sales in new East Jerusalem neighborhood amid discrimination claims]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Pics with Mossad chief, settlement wines: Pompeo’s departing pro-Israel posts]( By [Jacob Magid and AP]( [Pentagon moves Israel into Central Command to boost cooperation with Arab states]( By [Jacob Magid and Agencies]( [Change approved during Trump’s final days shifts Israel out of US military’s European Command sphere, will allow for greater regional collaboration against Iran]( [US says Bahrain, UAE are ‘major security partners’ after normalizing Israel ties]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Trump gives top award to Morocco’s king for normalizing with Israel]( By [AP]( Top Ops [William (Bill) Kovarik]( [No platform for lies and rabble rousing]( [That time private US media companies stepped in to silence the falsehoods and incitements of a major public figure … in 1938]( [Nicholas Castillo]( [As a Mexican Jew, I was terrified to be in DC during the riots]( [The day right-wing militants stormed the US Capitol left me angry, frightened and also resolute: I won’t let those bigots win by leaving this country]( [CRM]( [US Capitol rioters, enraged at Pence, came within 100 feet of him — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Intruders incited against the vice president by Trump were seconds away from spotting Pence and his family, Washington Post reports]( [US federal prosecutors back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol]( By [ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JACQUES BILLEAUD]( [Investigators probing if US Capitol attack was planned with help from insiders]( By [Paul Handley]( [Possible Inauguration Day return of neo-Nazi violence has US Jews on edge]( By [Ben Sales]( [False rumor about MAGA-hat wearing suspect looking for nearest synagogue sparks increase in patrols in West Virginia at a time of heightened anxiety after Capitol storming]( [States declare emergencies, close capitols amid threats of inauguration violence]( By [DAVID A. LIEB]( [‘Ranger file’: How ex-military, cops among mob used training to storm Capitol]( By [Michael Biesecker, Jake Bleiberg and JAMES LaPORTA]( [Woman who took private jet to Capitol riot arrested: ‘I listen to my president’]( By [Agencies]( [Texas realtor Jenna Ryan says she hopes she’ll be pardoned by Trump; livestream shows her walking to building saying: ‘Life or death, it doesn’t matter. Here we go’]( [Judge blocks release to house arrest of man who invaded Pelosi’s office]( By [Andrew DeMillo]( [Trump to leave Washington for Florida on morning of Biden’s inauguration]( By [Jill Colvin and DARLENE SUPERVILLE]( [Group aims to give hikers emergency wifi, no matter how far off the beaten path]( By [Sue Surkes]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Despite spectacularly stormy split, Lapid and Gantz may reunite for election run]( By [TOI staff]( [‘We can get it done’: Biden vows to tackle COVID as US vaccine rollout staggers]( By [Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and Bill Barrow]( [AG slams Ohana, says he won’t defend order in court to not vaccinate prisoners]( By [TOI staff]( [Fresh tradition / Flo Milli samples ‘If I Were a Rich Man’ in new track]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Who is guest hosting? / Mayim Bialik named as a ‘Jeopardy!’ guest host]( By [Curt Schleier]( [Pelosi: ‘Punk’ in Auschwitz shirt helped spur my review of deadly Capitol raid]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [NY prosecutors interview Michael Cohen about Trump finances]( By [Jim Mustian and Michael R. 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