2 officers killed in ’friendly fire’ * Netanyahu said near to plea bargain in graft cases * ’Total shock’: MK targeted in Iran spy op * Kvell online: NY Jewish film fest

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, January 13, 2022 Presented by [Izzy Stream Israel]( [Two IDF commando officers killed in friendly fire incident at West Bank base]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Maj. Ofek Aharon, Maj. Itamar Elharar crept up on another soldier during patrol, thinking he was a suspect; he thought he was under attack and shot them]( [Initial IDF probe faults lack of coordination for ‘friendly fire’ that killed 2]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Report: Prosecutors could close Case 2000, nix Netanyahu bribery charge in plea deal]( By [TOI staff]( [Ex-PM reportedly willing to admit breach of trust, step down from politics for a few years; AG said demanding suspended sentence and that he be kept out of public life for 7 years]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Jan. 13 – Who are the Israelis spying for Iran?]( By [TOI staff]( [Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross talks about Shin Bet arrests and IDF suicides; Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag looks at Haredi abuse victims and kosher reforms]( [‘I was in total shock’: Likud MK among those targeted in Iranian espionage operation]( By [TOI staff]( [Shin Bet arrests 5 Jewish Israelis suspected of spying for Iran]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Live updates [LIVE: Fresh unrest reported in the Negev over forestation work]( By [TOI staff]( [Arab protesters clash with police in Beersheba area and block roads amid ongoing crisis over tree planting and land ownership]( from our sponsor [Covid-19 is making Israel seem farther than ever before — until now]( [SRUGIM, MUNA, ONE on One and a new feature film every Friday, all part of the IZZY content catalog for 2022. Discover IZZY today with free episodes that are one click away.]( Interview [Everyone can kvetch and kvell at the hybrid in-person/online NY Jewish Film Festival]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Festival director Aviva Weintraub says even Omicron won’t keep the show from going on January 12-25; audiences will be on the edge of their seats – at Lincoln Center or at home]( [Workers push to unionize at New York Jewish Museum amid pandemic uncertainty]( By [Asaf Shalev]( Analysis [Aaron Boxerman]( [Why tree planting in the Negev sparked protests, riots and a coalition crisis]( [In JNF forests, Bedouin see ‘soft expulsion,’ environmentalists see a key ecological interest, and right-wing politicians see a weapon against ‘illegal squatters’]( [Amid crisis, government said advancing plan to recognize 10-12 Bedouin villages]( By [TOI staff]( [Cops, rioters clash for 2nd straight night in protests against Negev tree planting]( By [TOI staff]( [JNF finishes planting on disputed Negev lands as state seeks compromise with Bedouin]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel sees less need for ventilators, shorter hospitalization times with Omicron]( By [TOI staff]( [COVID still climbing, with 43,815 new cases detected, but no major rise in serious cases; of 257 serious cases, 64 people are on ventilators and another 12 on ECMO machines]( [Number of seriously ill COVID patients rises, with over 48,000 new virus cases]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Denmark to offer 4th COVID vaccine shots to the highly vulnerable]( By [AFP]( [As time runs low at Iran nuke talks, White House focuses blame on ‘reckless’ Trump]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [With Vienna negotiations seen likely to end within a month, one way or another, Biden officials bash predecessors for bolting 2015 deal ‘with no thought as to what might come next’]( [Iran leader’s website showcases animation of drone strike killing Trump]( By [AP]( [Bennett to Putin: World must stand firm against Iran’s nuclear progress]( By [Amy Spiro]( Top Ops [Gail Bendheim]( [Fingers with shoes on]( [Our problem is how to get the extra pounds off those seminary girls so we can marry them off. But wait — do the seminary girls even have a body?]( [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [What I inherited when my mother died]( [The same knuckles, the same tapered fingers…what is it about our mothers that make us look at ourselves for the sameness?]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [When a 4-year-old is shot dead in a playground]( [Nobody thought stemming the tide of violent crime in the Arab community would be easy. But as the terrible killing of Ammar Hujayrat underlines, it is desperately urgent]( [Two more suspects nabbed in fatal playground shooting of Arab 4-year-old]( By [TOI staff]( [COVID vaccine for Israeli babies, toddlers expected by April, says health official]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Would mean all Israelis over six months eligible for vaccines; shot is waiting on Pfizer trial, which has already indicated it is safe for under-5s]( [‘Disgraceful’ home COVID test prices might soon come under state control]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [10% of Knesset absent due to virus as COVID spreads among lawmakers]( By [TOI staff]( [US seeks clarification after Palestinian-American, 80, dies following IDF arrest]( By [Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman]( [State Department spokesman says his office has been in touch with Omar As’ad’s family following fatal heart attack he suffered after he was allegedly beaten while in IDF custody]( [IDF issues demolition orders for homes of suspects in deadly West Bank shooting]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Lapid said to have met PA intel chief, but did not discuss diplomatic issues]( By [TOI staff]( [Large explosion reported in Hezbollah storage site in south Lebanon, cause unknown]( By [TOI staff]( [Local media reports no casualties, while news outlets linked to terror group ignore incident; last month, 12 people were killed in a blast at a local Hamas weapons depot]( [Hezbollah hosts confab in Lebanon for Saudi opposition amid Beirut-Riyadh warming]( By [Agencies]( [As sexual abuse cases hit ultra-Orthodox community, some vow to be silent no longer]( By [Alexandra Vardi and Michael Blum]( [Insular community struggling to deal with several high profile cases of prominent people being accused of abuse, with counselors seeing a rise in the number willing to speak out]( [New Jersey yeshiva principal resigns abruptly amid past sexual abuse allegations]( By [Shira Hanau]( [CRM]( [What next for UK’s Prince Andrew after ruling in Giuffre sex assault lawsuit?]( By [Peter HUTCHISON]( [Royal could settle claim in civil case with Virginia Giuffre, who says prince abused her when she was 17, or face grilling by her lawyers; expert says criminal charges unlikely]( [US judge rules sex assault damages case against Britain’s Prince Andrew can proceed]( By [Peter HUTCHISON]( Interview [From reverent to raunchy, YIVO’s vast archives of Yiddish life are reunited online]( By [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [After surviving decades hidden from Nazi and Soviet forces and years more of litigation over ownership, a priceless trove is now accessible to researchers and the public]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Hosting Jordanian ambassador in J’lem, Zandberg vows to promote climate cooperation]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Direct responsibility’: Prisons Service chief blames Gilboa warden for jailbreak]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [In world first, German court convicts man of crimes against humanity in Syria war]( By [CHRISTOPH NOELTING and Frank Jordans]( [Ramat Gan art museum shuts its doors due to feud over controversial painting]( By [TOI staff]( [Ohio GOP Congressman posts Nazi health card in attack on DC vaccine mandate]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Dozens of El Salvador journalists, activists said hacked with Israeli-made spyware]( By [CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Frank Bajak]( [Israeli man acquitted of $150,000 in damage to London hotel room in insanity plea]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish businessman wants to buy 800-pound Nazi eagle and swastika and blow it up]( By [Juan Melamed]( [Stanford to investigate claims it capped admissions for Jews in 1950s]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Burnt corpse found in Tel Aviv park]( By [TOI staff]( [Erdogan calls Herzog to offer condolences for his mother’s passing]( By [TOI staff]( [To catch a role / Gal Gadot to step into Grace Kelly’s shoes in Hitchcock remake]( By [TOI staff]( [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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