UK fully barring Hamas * German justice was contaminated by Nazis for decades after war * When US judge said ’gas the kikes’ * Autism ’wake-up call’ * What Erdogan wanted

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, November 19, 2021 Presented by [American Friends of]( [Magen David Adom]( [UK to designate entire Hamas a terror group, outlaw support]( By [TOI staff]( [British home secretary set to announce new policy, which will no longer distinguish between military and political wings; Hamas backers in UK could face up to 10 years in prison]( [Israel cheers expected UK designation of Hamas as terror group]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [German justice system was contaminated by Nazis for decades after WWII – researchers]( By [Yannick Pasquet]( [Until the early 70s, more than 80% of top judicial officials had worked in Hitler’s justice apparatus, 3 in 4 belonged to the Nazi party]( [Poll finds 1 in 4 European Jewish leaders mulling emigration due to antisemitism]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( Interview [‘Plan A’ dramatizes real plot to kill millions of Germans as payback for Holocaust]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Streaming via the Boston Jewish Film Festival through Nov. 21, the historical thriller tells the story of Nakam, the Jewish ‘avengers’ who nearly poisoned Germany’s water supply]( from our sponsor [Israel’s #1 Comedy, Checkout, Now Streaming on ChaiFlicks]( [Checkout follows the daily antics of the staff and customers of a failing Israeli supermarket. Watch the award-winning comedy streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks.]( [Report: To help free Israeli couple, Erdogan sought public gratitude from PM]( By [TOI staff]( [After Bennett and Herzog’s calls to thank Turkish leader for release of Oknins, TV report says these were a demand made by the latter for his assistance]( [‘I didn’t think I’d get home alive’: Israeli couple recalls Turkish custody]( By [TOI staff]( [Erdogan’s role in release of Israeli couple could signal improving ties — reports]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett thanks Erdogan for releasing Israeli couple, in first-ever call between them]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli study finds early autism diagnosis dramatically boosts child’s prospects]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Two-thirds of children diagnosed by age 2.5 improve by two or more points on autism severity scale; after this age, fewer than a quarter make similar improvement]( [Iran drone attack on US base in Syria was response to Israeli strikes — NYT]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Officials say 5 ‘suicide drones’ loaded with ball bearings and shrapnel hit the al-Tanf base on October 20; American troops had evacuated after being tipped off by Israel]( [Eyeing northern threats, IDF puts over a billion shekels into training for 2022]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Bennett: COVID vaccinations for children aged 5-11 to start Tuesday]( By [TOI staff]( [PM promises ‘total transparency’ to relieve parents of concerns related to the Pfizer shot; delivery of kid-sized doses was delayed but first shipment expected Sunday]( [For first time since September, key COVID measure shows virus spreading]( By [TOI staff]( [Following Israel, US expands COVID booster shots to all adults]( By [LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE]( [Shin Bet to probe background check process after Gantz’s house cleaner arrested]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Officials admit to failure in case of Omri Goren, who served four prison sentences for numerous crimes before arrest on suspicion of spying for Iran]( [Gantz discusses settler violence with top brass, calls for soldiers to intervene]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Car tires slashed in suspected settler attack, Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians say]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Top Ops [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [What’s worse than a mouse in your house? A poisonous spider in your bed]( [Life throws all kinds of stuff at you: Lizards, termites, crumbling drywall, mice…and singing doctors in blue tuxedos with polka dot bowties]( [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [For Dinah’s honor]( [The patriarch Jacob stays silent in the face of his daughter’s rape. It is his sons who rally to seek retribution. What do they know that he doesn’t? (Vayishlach)]( Inside story [Ron Kampeas]( [How Charlottesville defendants made the judge say ‘gas the kikes’ and why it matters]( [The civil trial may result in crippling fines to white supremacists, or it may embolden the alt-right. It’s also being used as a soapbox to spew racist vitriol]( [Charlottesville trial jurors hear closing arguments in Virginia]( By [Denise Lavoie]( [Israelis told to avoid Tel Aviv, Herzliya beaches due to pollution]( By [TOI staff]( [Runoff water mixed with sewage is flowing toward the sea after heavy rainfall Thursday night in central Israel, Health Ministry says]( Inside story [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Shekel climbs to 26-year high as Bank of Israel signals less intervention]( [PM promises ‘total transparency’ to relieve parents of concerns related to the Pfizer shot; delivery of kid-sized doses was delayed but first shipment expected Sunday]( Interview [Shaked: Bringing more countries into Abraham Accords will require US incentives]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Interior minister insists no Israeli gestures to Palestinians necessary to broaden normalization deals, says Israel’s policy on settlements is to agree to disagree with Washington]( [Israel will be added to US Visa Waiver Program by 2023, minister predicts]( By [Jacob Magid]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: A Sabra Thanksgiving, with turkey, cranberries and even pumpkin spice]( By [TOI staff]( [An Israeli chef, Tel Aviv mom and Anglo immigrant talk about how and why they celebrate this most American of holidays]( [CRM]( Interview [Meet the multiracial Jewish family who swapped lives on NBC’s ‘Home Sweet Home’]( By [Andrew Esensten]( [In director Ava DuVernay’s first episode involving Jews, the Silversteins and the Baltzers, a Mormon family, walk in each others’ shoes for a week — with heartwarming results]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [The sleaze engulfing Westminster makes our Knesset look relatively principled]( [Imagine the outcry if MKs were serving as paid lobbyists for commercial entities, devoting much of their week to 2nd jobs, and near-openly buying their seats in parliament]( [UK cricketer who was target of racism apologizes for antisemitic messages]( By [Julian GUYER]( Film review [US-born baller who became Israel’s ‘Michael Jordan’ in the ’70s stars in new doc]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Still a household name after leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to 2 EuroLeague and 9 Israeli League championships, Aulcie Perry is the subject of a documentary that fans might love or hate]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Didn't see it coming / Thieves steal car of IDF’s intelligence chief]( By [TOI staff]( [39 Palestinians seeking asylum stranded in Barcelona airport]( By [Aritz Parra and Renata Brito]( [Rainfall finally falls in central Israel ahead of an expected wintry weekend]( By [TOI staff]( [Firefighters evacuate tenants after fire erupts in Haifa building]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [UK construction equipment maker denies link to alleged Israeli abuses]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Ex-deputy mayor of Tel Aviv suspected of paying 15-year-old boy for sex]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel yet to prove banned Palestinian groups have terror ties, says top EU diplomat]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Over 100 celebrities slam Israel’s terror designation of Palestinian rights groups]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli startups prepare to play major role in building metaverse]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Mideast Quartet expresses concern over West Bank violence, PA financial crisis]( By [AP]( [2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020 election; 4 others blacklisted]( By [AP and Jacob Magid]( [Double Feature / Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Eisenberg to star in ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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