Israel’s NY envoy: Bring on criticism * US amb. won’t visit settlements * In shelved book Netanyahu wrote of ’cancer’ of corruption * How ’diabolical’ Nazi evaded justice

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, January 15, 2022 Interview [Israel’s new man in NY: Bring on the broad — but legitimate — criticism of Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Consul General Asaf Zamir says providing US youth with tools to sell both progressive and Zionist identities requires explaining conflict’s complexity more honestly than in past]( [New US envoy says ‘absolutely won’t’ visit settlements, to avoid inflaming tensions]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Breaking from annexation-backing predecessor, Tom Nides tells Hebrew paper he’s entering job with ‘no ideology,’ says unlike Trump, Biden believes US must care for Palestinians]( [Report: Prosecutors believe Netanyahu will sign plea deal, perhaps even next week]( By [TOI staff]( [Channel 12 says ex-PM’s family does not oppose move; former Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak said to urge Attorney General Mandelblit to go for a deal]( [Sara Netanyahu ruled out previous effort to reach plea deal in husband’s case]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi and TOI staff]( [In excerpts from unpublished book, Netanyahu railed against ‘cancer’ of corruption]( By [TOI staff]( [Ex-PM, who wrote of dangers of over-concentration of centralized power and bloated governments, now on trial in three separate graft cases, reportedly seeking plea bargain]( [Man with stab wound found dead by roadside with abandoned car’s engine still running]( By [TOI staff]( [Police open probe into circumstances surrounding death on main road in south near Dimona; report says knife left close to body]( [Shin Bet probing several violent incidents during Negev riots as potential ‘terror’]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Security agency looking into assault on security guard, burning of journalist’s car and rocks placed on train tracks; several cars damaged overnight from thrown stones]( [Fresh clashes erupt between police and Bedouin protesters in southern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( Israel Travels [Ancient and not-so-ancient history meet in the blossoming Neve Ilan Forest]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [Take a walk in the lush hills just outside Jerusalem, where structures of a kibbutz from pre-state Israel and an ancient Hasmonean fortress sit together among the wildflowers]( Top Ops [Elizabeth Brenner Danziger]( [Does it pay to be angry at God?]( [Pain is an unavoidable human experience, but we can choose how much we let it affect our happiness and relationship with our Creator]( [Noah Tradonsky]( [The things they left off the memo]( [No matter how much I researched before moving to Israel, I could not have fully known the frustrations and stresses I would find – nor the joys and blessings]( [CRM]( Interview [How Nazi Germany’s ‘most diabolical’ SS officer evaded postwar justice]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [In ‘The Hidden Nazi,’ author Dean Reuter asks whether SS general Hans Kammler, who oversaw the construction of death camps, exchanged V-2 rocket secrets for freedom]( Interview [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Holocaust survivor leads Munich’s Jews, while living under police guard]( [Charlotte Knobloch, 89, is at the head of the German Jewish community during its unlikely revival, but admits concerns for its future: ‘We need to hang in and hope for better days’]( [In London, the world’s oldest Holocaust archive is still collecting material]( By [Jacob Judah]( [Sensing impending disaster, the Wiener Library’s founder gathered evidence of German antisemitism from the 1920s, making an argument against the Nazis before Hitler came to power]( [One in nine recent virus cases in Israel are reinfections — report]( By [TOI staff]( [High proportion of those who recovered and were then reinfected were at least partially vaccinated; officials believe confirmed daily cases will reach 100,000 in coming days]( [Hospital seeks emergency approval of Israeli COVID drug for moderate-seriously ill]( By [TOI staff]( Inside story [Rachel Leigh Hale]( [After Boulder fires, Jewish Coloradoans turned out to help — and received it in turn]( [In the wake of the most destructive blaze in state history, communities of Jews from across denominations and the country come together to feed, shelter and help rebuild]( [CRM]( [China, Iran begin implementation of broad strategic deal signed last year]( By [AFP]( [Few details of the secretive deal are known, but reports indicate it includes Tehran supplying Beijing with oil]( [Top EU official: I was previously pessimistic, but nuclear deal with Iran possible]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [IDF airs clip of failed attempt by Hezbollah to launch spy drone into Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [In a creative COVID union, wedding guests helped craft the huppah and ketubah]( By [Alix Wall]( [Wanting to be surrounded by loved ones but aware some may not feel safe attending, Julie Plaut Warwick and Ben Schreiber literally construct their canopy out of mailed-in blessings]( More Headlines [Brooklyn-based marketing firm walks back dumping potential client over Israel ties]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Israeli consumer goods prices rose by 2.8% in 2021 — highest increase in 13 years]( By [TOI staff]( [Prince Charles commissions Holocaust survivor portraits to display at palace]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [After right-wing pressure, J’lem orders demolition of ‘illegal’ new gold dome mosque]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Wine time Friday’ staff sessions during lockdown heap more pressure on UK’s Johnson]( By [AFP]( [The Hole List / The most popular bagels in New York, according to GrubHub]( By [julia GERGELY]( [Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in June after sex trafficking conviction]( By [Larry Neumeister]( [Large waves hit Tonga after tsunami warning following huge undersea volcano eruption]( By [Nick Perry]( [Clapping will be okay but no chanting allowed as China seeks ‘Zero COVID’ Olympics]( By [Candice Choi]( [US says Russia readying ‘false-flag’ operation to invade Ukraine]( By [AFP]( [Russian-Israeli tennis player Karatsev beats UK’s Murray to win Sydney tournament]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Djokovic back in detention as Australia cancels visa again, citing ‘risk’ to public]( By [Andrew LEESON and Mell Chun]( [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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