Lapid: Zero tolerance for extremist violence * Israel widens no-fly list, mulls adding US too * Op-ed: Shameful abandonment of Kotel deal * House prices soar 10% in 2021

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, December 16, 2021 Presented by [American Friends of Sheba]( [Lapid: Extremist violence ‘a stain on Israel,’ there must be zero tolerance]( By [TOI staff]( [In newly published comments made earlier this month, before current coalition storm on ‘settler violence’ against Palestinians, the foreign minister decried ‘violent hooligans’]( [As coalition bickers, hundreds of soldiers to help police confront settler violence]( By [TOI staff]( [Yamina MK says he’ll hold up legislation from coalition members who ‘smear settlers’]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Foreign Ministry denies religious bias in granting entry exemptions]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Israel responds to accusation from local Christians that visas are granted on a ‘racist’ basis after Birthright groups given special permission to enter country amid travel ban]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Why is Israel again abandoning the Solomonic wisdom of the Western Wall compromise?]( [A coalition avowedly committed to advancing consensual issues is, deplorably, instead capitulating to extremists over access for the Jewish people to our holiest place for prayer]( from our sponsor [Will you help us support this work?]( [When wounded IDF soldiers need rehabilitation, they all go to Israel’s National Center For Rehabilitation of injured soldiers, at SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER]( [France, Spain, UAE added to no-fly list, with US reportedly being considered as well]( By [TOI staff]( [Government introduces compensation package for tourism sector further decimated by Omicron variant restrictions, including offers of up to $9,500 for those who shift industries]( [Malls set to get Green Pass rules from Friday, amid confusion over enforcement]( By [TOI staff]( [Omicron variant found to grow 70 times faster than Delta in respiratory tissue]( By [TOI staff]( [Arab Israeli, Gazan worker spied on Iron Dome batteries for Hamas, Shin Bet says]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [According to agency, terror group recruited Israeli citizen and Palestinian who had a valid permit to enter Israel, to gather intel on IDF and prepare for attacks]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Dec. 16 – Is a return to the Western Wall compromise being abandoned?]( By [TOI staff]( [Editor David Horovitz talks about the suspended holy site deal and Iran’s nuclear threat; Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman discusses settler violence and Christmas in Bethlehem]( [MK forced to come to Knesset with six-day-old baby, but coalition still loses a vote]( By [TOI staff]( [Syria says Israeli air strikes target south of country, soldier killed]( By [TOI staff]( [State-run media claims most missiles shot down during overnight attack, but admits one fatality and material damage to unspecified sites]( [‘Gas can wait,’ says energy minister, rejecting panel’s call for further exploration]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Addressing a renewable energy conference in Eilat, Karine Elharrar vows that 2022 will be the ‘year of renewable energy’]( [IEC inks $8 million deal with company that uses air, water to store energy]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Stopping a suspect car, police find ancient items Bar Kochba rebels took from Romans]( By [Luke Tress]( [Detectives searching a vehicle in Jerusalem find box with rare bronze antiquities believed seized by Jewish rebels 2,000 years ago as spoils of war]( [Israel to give 1 million coronavirus vaccines to African countries]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Government will reportedly have say over which countries get unwanted AstraZeneca shots through COVAX program as it seeks to bolster diplomatic ties in Africa]( [How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. built a dangerous anti-vaxx juggernaut amid COVID-19]( By [Michelle R. Smith]( [Israeli scientists say new test can gauge vaccine response before antibodies form]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Top Ops [Kally Rubin Kislowicz]( [Passport renewal]( [What kind of religious woman would even consider removing her head covering for an ID photo and where’s my bionic chip?]( [Jacob B. Ukeles]( [Jewish extremist violence against Arabs: End the denial and act!]( [So what if ’only’ a minority of settlers commit acts of violence. Where are the voices of condemnation from Israeli leaders in the territories?]( [Aaron Jacob]( [The Zionism = racism lie isn’t over]( [Three decades after the UN scrubbed its most anti-Israel resolution, efforts to tarnish the Jewish state are back full steam with charges of Apartheid]( [Yakov Horowitz]( [Blending families]( [Whether we kids were his, hers, or theirs, it didn’t matter, Abba treated us all like his own flesh and blood – but he never tried to replace our father]( [After Birthright exception, Holy Land Christians decry Israel’s ‘racist’ travel ban]( By [AP]( [Churches asking Tourism Ministry for Christmas tourists to be allowed in as well as Jewish group, as Bethlehem and other cities ready for second yuletide season without visitors]( [Birthright groups reportedly given exemption from Israel’s tourist ban]( By [TOI staff]( [Senior Haredi rabbi who backed COVID vaccines for children receiving threats]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Iranian hackers targeting Israel using ultra-exploitable coding flaw — experts]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [As governments and internet gurus warn world over Log4j, called one of the most serious vulnerabilities ever, firm says Iran-backed APT35 tried to hit 7 Israeli targets]( Inside Story [How Nazi Germany used student exchanges with US prep schools to promote propaganda]( By [Helen roche]( [Founder urged schools to continue program even after Kristallnacht; exchanges appeared to have some success in persuading American partners to give Nazi regime benefit of the doubt]( [Swiss museum to reinvestigate origins of Nazi-era art collection]( By [Agnès PEDRERO]( [Works from Picasso, Renoir and more amassed by Emil Buhrle under new scrutiny after book raises questions about whether they were stolen from Jews during World War II]( [290 streets in Berlin named for people with antisemitic views, analysis finds]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Polish anti-vaccination rally jeered for use of Holocaust imagery]( By [AFP]( [CRM]( [Investors rushed to buy housing units in October, ahead of purchase tax hike]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Households buying second or third homes up 236% in October, compared to last year, says Finance Ministry report]( [Housing prices surged over 10% in past year, the biggest spike in a decade]( By [TOI staff]( [Cleantech firm nabs $170m to make eco-friendly plastic substitute from waste]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [IDF turns to new training simulators in quest to level up recruits]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [It’s no substitute for the real thing, but system set to be implemented on all infantry training bases will allow army to closely track troops’ progress as they get combat ready]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Prosecutors to indict 14-year-old Palestinian girl for stabbing attack]( By [TOI staff]( [US Senate sends Biden defense bill, with funding for cyber-cooperation for Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Gaza mother says her twins were born of sperm smuggled from father jailed in Israel]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Netanyahu trial / Key witness says he made media demands for Sara Netanyahu under premier’s name]( By [TOI staff]( [Parent stabs teacher at school in southern town of Hura]( By [TOI staff]( [Group urges probe of ‘disappeared’ gifts given to Netanyahu that are state property]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Dutch MP punished for comparing COVID curbs to Nazi persecution]( By [AFP]( [US, Israel convene economic policy group for 1st time under Biden administration]( By [Jacob Magid]( [France moves to shut mosque with preacher ‘targeting Christians, homosexuals, Jews’]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [UK lawmaker apologizes for evoking Nazi Germany during debate on virus measures]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Mayor-elect of New York City Eric Adams moves inauguration to after Shabbat]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Nothing to snort at / Christmas pigs raised by Jewish farmers get pardon]( By [Shira Hanau]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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