Israelis flock back to restaurants * Hitler’s secret UK hit list * Interpol drops warrant for Sbarro bomber * Jordan, Egypt fear Hamas vote boos t * WHO: AstraZeneca safe

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, March 13, 2021 [Restaurants fully booked as Israelis flock back after year of restrictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Some places reporting 10-day waiting lists for a spot; credit card use jumps after eateries, cafes reopen]( [Authorities to allow 800 people at state Independence, Memorial Day ceremonies]( By [TOI staff]( [Anti-vaccine social media accounts thrive, with false claims about Israel deaths]( By [Barbara Ortutay and AMANDA SEITZ]( [Jordan health minister quits as COVID patients die from hospital oxygen shortage]( By [OMAR AKOUR]( [PM reportedly asks Nathir Obeidat to step down after at least 6 patients die at government-run medical center near Amman]( [In boost to poor countries, WHO grants emergency authorization for J&J vaccine]( By [AP]( [WHO insists AstraZeneca vaccine is safe as shot faces new setbacks]( By [Robin MILLARD]( [Iran says container ship damaged in ‘terrorist’ attack in Mediterranean]( By [TOI staff]( [Accusations come a day after US officials tell Wall Street Journal that Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil, arms to Syria]( [White House says indirect diplomacy with Iran underway]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Crowd attacks Iran coast guard station after patrol shoots dead fuel smuggler]( By [AP]( Interview [Hitler kept secret hit list of 3,000 prominent Brits for after Nazis defeated UK]( By [Robert Philpot]( Reporter's notebook [As irises bloom, the king of Israel’s wildflowers is in the field]( By [Sue Surkes]( [A cornucopia of royal, or Oncocyclus, irises, are flowering in a rainbow of colors from northern to southern Israel, one of the few places in the world they can be found]( [Storm brings more tar to Israel’s Mediterranean coast following major oil spill]( By [TOI staff]( [Out of one's shell / In first, olive ridley turtle spotted off Eilat]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Masked settlers beat, throw rocks at Palestinian family in West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( [Rights group B’Tselem says parents and 8 children were attacked near Mitzpe Yair outpost; parents taken to hospital for treatment]( [Far-right Ben Gvir says he’ll only join coalition if Netanyahu’s trial canceled]( By [TOI staff]( [Interpol said to drop warrant for Sbarro pizzeria bomber Ahlam Tamimi]( By [TOI staff]( [Husband of Tamimi, who was convicted of orchestrating 2001 suicide bombing that left 15 dead but later released in prisoner swap, says her name has been removed from wanted list]( Top Ops [Rich Herschlag]( [My life as a Jewish space laser arsonist]( [The US Republican lawmaker spilled the beans. It’s all true. I got my pilot’s license and learned how to incinerate deciduous forests.]( [Yakov Horowitz]( [What they do, not who did it]( [Important take-aways from the sex-abuse charges against ZAKA co-founder, Yehuda Meshi-Zakav]( [CRM]( [Jordan confirms holding up Netanyahu flight permission due to Temple Mount spat]( By [TOI staff]( [Amman’s FM Safadi lashes Israel over cancelled visit to Jerusalem holy site by crown prince: ‘We’re extremely unhappy’]( [Israel to let 700 Jordanians work at Eilat hotels after diplomatic spat]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( Analysis [Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid]( [In Jordan and Egypt, quiet qualms that Palestinian elections will boost Hamas]( [Neither Cairo nor Amman is convinced that the scheduled Palestinian elections will happen. But with Fatah divided, a Hamas win could ripple out in unwanted ways]( [Israeli troops nab Gazan infiltrator who was carrying grenades]( By [TOI staff]( [Trump showed off photos of naked women at a shiva, hit on mourner — report]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [2004 incident allegedly occured at home of Trump organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, who could play key role in attempts to prosecute ex-president]( [Interview / ‘Democracy is not working’: 8-minute interview with a member of the Proud Boys]( By [Gabe Stutman]( [Security at the Capitol / In wake of US Capitol attack, questions over future of fence, National Guard]( By [LISA MASCARO]( [Schumer, Gillibrand join call for Cuomo to resign over harassment allegations]( By [MARINA VILLENEUVE, Steve Peoples and MICHAEL BALSAMO]( [New York senators issue joint statement calling on governor to step down over multiple accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct]( [Cuomo defiant as wave of New York lawmakers call for him to resign]( By [MARINA VILLENEUVE and Steve Peoples]( Inside Story [COVID-19 postpones revival of Cologne Jewish Carnival tradition ended by Nazis]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [CRM]( [Russian anti-Nazi folk song rejected as substitute Olympic anthem]( By [Graham Dunbar]( [Ruling made by panel of judges asked to clarify music allowed during the 2-year doping ban on Russia’s team name, flag, national anthem from Olympics and world championships]( [How the Nazis used music to celebrate and facilitate murder]( By [Edward B. 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