Hadassah prof. on Omicron battle * Coughing Lapid has COVID * 1st pig heart tranplanted to human * German grannies v far-right * Israeli model sues over sex doll likeness

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Interview [View from a COVID ward: With Omicron, even serious patients are breathing easier]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [At Hadassah Hospital, Prof Zvi Fridlender describes a race for more beds as cases grow, alongside relief new variant isn’t leaving patients gasping for air as its predecessors did]( [Expert Health Ministry panel recommends slashing quarantine to 7 days]( By [TOI staff]( [Half of Europe set to catch Omicron, WHO says on 2nd anniversary of 1st COVID death]( By [Agencies]( [37,887: Israel hits COVID case record; expert estimates true daily tally is 100,000]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry data shows serious cases nearing 250; active cases multiply by 12 in 2 weeks; minister says figures show Israel is heading toward ‘herd immunity’]( [Pfizer CEO questions whether 4th dose of COVID vaccine needed]( By [TOI staff]( [Finance minister denies businesses suffering from COVID policies, rules out aid]( By [TOI staff]( [In world first, US surgeons successfully transplant a pig heart into human patient]( By [Carla K. Johnson]( [Doctors at Baltimore hospital say 57-year-old, who did not qualify for human heart, doing well 3 days after operation to implant organ genetically modified against rejection]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Expectations grow for a deal to emerge from Iran nuclear talks]( [After months of pessimism, both sides are speaking of progress and showing signs of flexibility, but time is short]( [Iran prosecutor threatens action against judicial protests over nixed pay hike]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Jan. 11 – You calling me crazy? Two former PMs face off in court]( By [TOI staff]( [Political correspondent Tal Schneider and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur take on a high-profile libel case and the end of ‘othering’ in the Central Bureau of Statistics]( [Olmert unrepentant after calling Netanyahus mentally ill, says many agree with him]( By [TOI staff]( [Supreme Court okays search of Netanyahu ex-aides’ phones in witness harassment case]( By [TOI staff]( [Lapid tests positive for COVID as government struggles to control outbreak]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Foreign minister says he feels fine, crediting vaccination; becomes most senior Israeli official to contract coronavirus]( [Officials scramble to iron out COVID testing kinks amid questions over antigen kits]( By [TOI staff]( [Omicron sweeps through schools, infecting over 38,000 students]( By [TOI staff]( [Daily infections of 45,000 to cost Israel $800m every three weeks, says central bank]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [IDF cancels reservist exercises, limits combat troops’ leave amid Omicron outbreak]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [With thousands of soldiers diagnosed with COVID-19, including two generals, military issues tighter restrictions, but anticipates case numbers will rise anyway in coming weeks]( [Two top generals contract COVID-19 as Omicron sweeps through IDF]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF reports 31 fatalities in 2021, a slight increase; suicide still leading cause]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Top Ops [Kally Rubin Kislowicz]( [What to eat during Armageddon]( [Omicron has made it impossible to plan and impractical not to worry. But my life necessitates both preparation and heavy denial, so how am I to proceed?]( [Jonathan Ariel]( [Sovereignty begins at Homesh]( [By not enforcing Israeli law for illegal West Bank outposts and other de-facto separatist communities, Israel is steadily turning itself into a shtetl with an army]( Live updates [LIVE: High Court tells interior minister to stop enforcing expired ‘Citizenship Law’]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Bennett to give live address this evening ahead of COVID cabinet meeting; advisers tell PM that the Omicron wave cannot be stopped, even with a lockdown]( [In Germany and Austria, a movement of grandmothers is taking on the far-right]( By [Joe Baur]( [Omas Gegen Rechts has picked up steam since starting off with 10 elderly women in 2017, and its efforts are being recognized by progressive activists and the far-right alike]( [CRM]( [Fresh Sheikh Jarrah eviction threatens to roil capital anew]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Eleven Palestinians set to be removed by new owner, a Jerusalem city councilmember; police have asked to delay eviction until end of the month]( [US lawmakers launch bipartisan caucus to promote Abraham Accords]( By [Jacob Magid]( [PM said to tell MKs he expects escalation with Lebanon or Gaza]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( [Bennett reportedly tells Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that as it readies Iran strike, Israel is preparing for potential wars with Tehran’s proxies]( [Lebanese seek escape from economic crisis via perilous sea smuggler trip to Europe]( By [Hashem Osseiran]( [‘An act of pure evil’: NY leaders hold 2-year memorial for deadly antisemitic attack]( By [Luke Tress]( [Governor, senators, attorney general and Israeli envoy commemorate 2019 machete assault on Hanukkah worshipers in Monsey that killed 1, injured 5]( [Jewish groups rally for victims of deadly Bronx fire as residents mourn]( By [Agencies]( [EU slams Simon Wiesenthal Center, says its annual antisemitism list has gone too far]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [This year’s ‘Global Anti-Semitism Top Ten’ included BBC, the entire state of Germany, and Jewish Voice for Peace, alongside Iran and Hamas; German Jewish groups also condemn list]( [Indiana lawmaker apologizes for saying teachers should be ‘impartial’ on Nazis]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Israel to begin classifying non-Arab gentile citizens as ‘extended Jewish’]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Change by statistics bureau to affect over 400,000 Israelis, most of them Russian-speakers not defined as Jewish and non-Arab Christians, who were previously categorized as ‘other’]( Headache [Israeli woman sues after unwittingly inspiring a sex doll]( By [Stuart Wner]( [Instagram model Yael Cohen Aris says Chinese company is marketing life-size toy with her head on it, using her name, and with details right down to the beauty mark on her lip]( [CRM]( [Bennett holds warm talk with Hungary’s Orban, who’s been panned by Israeli ministers]( By [Michael Bachner]( [PM speaks for the first time with populist leader; meeting reportedly arranged with help from Foreign Minister Lapid, who previously accused Orban of running antisemitic campaign]( [After days of deadly violence, Kazakhstan president says ‘attempted coup’ defeated]( By [Christopher RICKLETON and Jonathan Brown]( [Nearly 8,000 detained in Kazakhstan as violent protests are quelled]( By [Dasha Litvinova]( More Headlines [Robert Durst, NY real estate heir suspected of 3 murders, convicted of 1, dies at 78]( By [ANDREW DALTON and brian melley]( [In recording, army vet heard speaking for first time since self-immolation]( By [TOI staff]( [6.6-magnitude quake hits off Cyprus coast, felt across Israel]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Bereaved Iranian couple sues top security officials over airliner downing]( By [AFP]( [Amid Israel’s Omicron ‘panic,’ a food delivery company pivots to home test kits]( By [Laurie Kellman]( [Woman indicted for breaking quarantine while infected with COVID]( By [TOI staff]( [5 arrested on suspicion of assaulting police demolishing West Bank outpost]( By [TOI staff]( [Tnuva beefs up food tech operations with new cultured meat venture]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Detection of ‘Deltacron’ variant likely due to lab error, experts say]( By [AFP]( [Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ among winners at untelevised Golden Globes]( By [Andrew MARSZAL]( [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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