Israel puts US on no-fly list * Terror victim’s widow urges PM to legalize outpost * DC kids made to reenact Holocaust * Cannabis-for-autism pivot * Mossad indiscretion?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, December 20, 2021 Presented by [American Friends of Sheba Medical Center]( [Israel puts US on no-fly list for 1st time as daily virus cases top 1,000]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministers vote to add 10 countries to ‘red’ travel list; daily caseload highest since October; health minister says parents must be responsible and vaccinate kids]( [Virus czar tells MKs there may need to be restrictions on gatherings]( By [TOI staff]( [As Omicron rises, Bennett urges parents: Protect your kids, 5th COVID wave is here]( By [TOI staff]( [Widow of terror victim appeals to Bennett to save illegal outpost where he studied]( By [TOI staff]( [In letter to PM, Ettya Dimentman says Homesh should be legalized rather than demolished, which would be a ‘prize’ to terrorism]( [DC 3rd graders made to reenact Holocaust ‘because Jews ruined Christmas’]( By [TOI staff]( [Children told to simulate digging mass graves and shooting victims; Jewish student cast as Hitler and made to pretend to commit suicide at end of exercise]( from our sponsor [Help support Israel’s best medical center!]( [Sheba Medical Center is a global innovator and central to Israeli healthcare.]( [Top Iranian commander: Israel can’t strike us without US ‘green light’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Major General Rashid, chief of central command, says any Israeli attack will be met with a ‘crushing’ response]( [Blasts heard near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear site; officials cite air defense test]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iran inspects new IAEA cameras for nuclear site allegedly targeted by Israel]( By [AFP]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Dec. 20 – Weighing Israeli vax rate against Omicron wave]( [Health and science correspondent Nathan Jeffay discusses COVID as well as autism research, while ToI editor David Horovitz looks at Christians in Israel and ‘Hatikva’ in Abu Dhabi]( [Minister to probe police violence after cops seen whipping anti-vaccine protesters]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel confirms 40 new Omicron cases, bringing total to 175]( By [TOI staff]( [Troops come under fire as they ready to raze home of suspects in terror shooting]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Forces enter Palestinian town of Silat al-Harithiya, hand demolition order to family of two men suspected of killing Yehuda Dimentman last week]( [Palestinian arrested over suspected stabbing attempt near Jerusalem’s Old City]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinians say 3 wounded by stone-throwing settlers near Homesh]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Bennett: ‘Not inconceivable’ that much of Israel will catch Omicron]( By [TOI staff]( [Warning coronavirus variant is ‘unusually contagious,’ PM says vaccines will nonetheless protect from serious illness, calls on public to get kids inoculated immediately]( Top Ops [Todd Berman]( [To love another person is to see the face of God]( [I’ve prayed at sunrise on Masada. I’ve cried at the Western Wall. But my holiest prayer was in a crowded room in the hospital where my grandson is in the NICU]( [Amit Bracha]( [The courageous, historic decision to halt gas exploration]( [In pausing the search plans, Energy Minister Elharrar recognized the dire threat of greenhouse emissions. Now we need a ‘Climate Law’ to set longterm targets.]( [Man badly injured by falling tree as storm sweeps in with strong winds and rain]( By [TOI staff]( [Pedestrian suffers serious head injury in Netanya incident; snow falls on Golan Heights; IDF cancels navigation exercises]( [Israel braces for arrival of major winter storm ‘Carmel’]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli study gives encouragement, and guidance, to cannabis-for-autism efforts]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Scientists say their work may cause a pivot in research, as it suggests THC is the more promising cannabinoid than CBD]( [2021 was a bumper year for Israeli tech. What will 2022 bring?]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israeli tech firms scouting globally for acquisition deals will be a key feature of next year, while shaky capital markets may put a damper on valuations, experts predict]( [Israel’s Gorbenko wins astounding 2nd gold at World Swimming Championships]( By [TOI staff]( [‘This is the best time I’ve ever done,’ says 18-year-old swimmer after taking top spot in 100-meter individual medley at Abu Dhabi, 2 days after snagging first-ever Israeli gold]( [CRM]( [Switching keys after COVID, Jewish pianist in NYC designs cakes that strike a chord]( By [Rachel Ringler]( [Navah Perlman Frost’s ‘extraordinary’ buttercream creations have to be seen to be believed, and have made her an instant hit in the Big Apple’s competitive baking scene]( [Report: Ex-Mossad chief had affair, shared state secrets with woman and her husband]( By [TOI staff]( [‘He told lots of stories, including about Mossad,’ says spouse of flight attendant with whom Yossi Cohen was allegedly involved romantically]( [Moderna says its booster likely protects against Omicron]( By [AP]( [Lab tests show half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight new strain of coronavirus]( [Explainer / Why antibodies aren’t the only defense against Omicron]( By [Issam Ahmed]( [Fauci warns of stark winter with Omicron ‘just raging around the world’]( By [Josh Boak]( [US doctors warn Omicron may sideline two leading anti-COVID drugs]( By [MATTHEW PERRONE]( [83 years after Kristallnacht, sections of lost Torah scroll resurface in German town]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [Protestant minister in Görlitz turns over segments of Torah that had been in safekeeping since the anti-Jewish pogrom in 1938]( [Greek Jewish archives stolen by Nazis returned after nearly 80 years]( By [David I. Klein]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Jerusalem church leaders: ‘Radical’ Israeli groups driving Christians from Holy Land]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Tel Aviv teen suspected of sexual assault of other students to be charged with rape]( By [TOI staff]( [35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric beats far-right opponent in Chile election]( By [Patricia Luna and Joshua Goodman]( [Sapped by COVID, Jewish and Christian houses of worship strain to rebuild attendance]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [UK’s Johnson walks tightrope between political scandal, COVID surge]( By [DANICA KIRKA]( [Aquarium at Jerusalem zoo evacuated amid fears of possible chemical leak]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Educational tour’ for staff at PM’s office featured ‘escape room’ games, party]( By [TOI staff]( [Egypt hands life sentence to Muslim Brotherhood leader for Hamas espionage]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Obituary / Writer Eve Babitz, a Hollywood bard, muse and reveler, dies at 78]( By [Hillel Italie]( [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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