Pfizer CEO: World near-normal in months * 2 quakes hit north * ’Captives of Hope’ sermon after Texas * Settler attacks are ’organized terror’ * Sacked for being Muslim?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, January 23, 2022 [Pfizer CEO to Israeli TV: World should be back to near-normal in ‘a few months’]( By [TOI staff]( [Albert Bourla says US-based pharma firm is aiming to produce annual shot to cover all COVID variants; accuses anti-vaxxers of causing millions of deaths by spreading misinformation]( [Serious COVID cases rise to 732, as top health expert says Omicron wave is peaking]( By [TOI staff]( [Omicron sub-variant throws up fresh questions about virus]( By [Isabelle TOURNÉ]( [2nd minor earthquake within hours rattles northern Israel; some buildings evacuated]( By [TOI staff]( [3.5-magnitude quake centered south of Tiberias, just hours after earlier temblor; no immediate reports of injuries]( [‘The whole house shook’: Minor earthquake wobbles northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Cabinet votes to form commission of inquiry into ‘submarine affair’ corruption case]( By [Michael Bachner]( [PM Bennett abstains and fellow Yamina party member Shaked votes against, but rest of government ministers back probe into scandal-ridden Netanyahu-era purchase of naval vessels]( [In ‘Captives of Hope’ sermon, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl describes call with Texas gunman]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Leader of New York’s Central Synagogue says she is ‘unsettled’ by societal antisemitism, calls for unity and faith in first Shabbat service since hostage crisis]( [‘An act of resistance’: US Jewish leaders defiant in 1st Shabbat since hostage siege]( By [Peter Smith]( [Rabbi Cytron-Walker of Colleyville’s Beth Israel says ‘the words Shabbat shalom have never felt so good,’ as community takes stand against antisemitism, week after hostage-taking]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Israel-Europe ties may not get much warmer with Macron as president of EU Council]( [As France assumes six-month leadership of key body, more pressing issues like Russia, COVID, and migration mean that relations will continue to be limited despite Lapid’s efforts]( [3 mayors said targeted by police using NSO spyware despite no evidence of offenses]( By [TOI staff]( [Calcalist website reports officers used Pegasus spyware on family members of targets too, leading to arrests in cases that were eventually closed]( [Police minister denies illegal use of NSO spyware, acknowledges public mistrust]( By [TOI staff]( [Explainer / The NSO Affair: What is allowed and what is not in online surveillance?]( By [Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler and Amir Cahane]( Top Ops [Matthias Kuntzel]( [80 years later the echo of Wannsee persists]( [Today’s Iranian regime is pursuing the project begun by Hitler, declaring plans to wipe Israel off the map and even adopting the phrase ’the final solution’]( [George R. Mastroianni]( [Is the US Holocaust Memorial Museum helping promote a Communist lie?]( [The myth of ’self-liberation’ was concocted to give Buchenwald prisoners a heroic role in liberating the camp, casting American soldiers as mere spectators]( [Police minister: Settler attack on activists is ‘organized action of a terror group’]( By [TOI staff]( [Barlev says that in West Bank attack that injured 6 activists, perpetrators are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’; confirms Shin Bet involved in investigation]( [Palestinians’ cars vandalized in West Bank amid rising Jewish extremist violence]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Jan. 23 – Debating the pros and cons of a Netanyahu plea bargain]( By [TOI staff]( [Editor David Horovitz and political and legal correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discuss a potential deal for the ex-premier, and cast light on the NSO spyware scandal]( [Deri resigns from the Knesset in line with tax offense plea deal]( By [TOI staff]( [Because the Shas party leader will not be an MK at time of pending verdict, he’ll dodge a ‘moral turpitude’ conviction, enabling possible return to politics]( [Gantz proposes larger team to probe submarine affair, with ‘public representative’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Defense minister says decision to expand committee to five members from original three, ahead of Sunday’s vote, came after discussion with top legal officials]( [Bennett to abstain on vote for state inquiry into murky submarine deal — reports]( By [TOI staff]( [As kashrut reform takes hold, businesses put their money where the mouths are]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Now free to switch overseeing agencies, food establishment owners say they’ll do so only if it’s good for business — and it often isn’t]( [CRM]( [‘Planning an attack’: UK says Moscow trying to install pro-Russia leader in Ukraine]( By [James Pheby]( [British Foreign Office says it has information showing Russian intelligence is in contact with Ukrainian politicians to prepare for a takeover of Kyiv]( [German navy chief resigns after praising Putin amid Russia-Ukraine border crisis]( By [AFP]( [Ukraine says Germany is ‘encouraging Putin’ by refusing to supply weapons]( By [AFP]( [Families of US embassy workers in Ukraine said told to start evacuating soon]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [UK lawmaker says she was sacked from ministerial post because she is a Muslim]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Nusrat Ghani of Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party says she lost job in 2020 because her faith made other MPs ‘uncomfortable,’ adding to premier’s mounting woes]( [Couple in north dies of apparent CO poisoning from grill used to heat home]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Reports say young children noticed parents didn’t get out of bed by the afternoon, alerted relatives; temperatures in Jadeidi-Makr area fell to 9°C overnight]( [Anticipating heavy snowfall, Mt. Hermon ski resort to close after busy weekend]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [US detains ship loaded with bomb-making compound heading from Iran to Yemen]( By [Isabel Debre]( [Same stateless fishing dhow was stopped last year with cargo of weapons UN said was likely intended for Houthi rebels; UK seizes $26m worth of drugs in Mideast waters]( [UAE bans recreational drones after deadly attack claimed by Iran-backed Houthis]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [South Korea pays Iran’s UN dues with frozen assets, restoring Tehran’s voting rights]( By [AFP]( More Headlines [Shin Bet questions Technion PhD student over alleged contact with foreign agent]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinian family evicted from East Jerusalem home to appeal to ICC]( By [TOI staff]( [After 18 years, Michigan city condemns ‘Jewish Power Corrupts’ demos as antisemitic]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Israeli startups head to Dubai to tout medical, health technologies]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Malaysia’s antisemitic ex-PM hospitalized but stable, says daughter]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Ramle woman shot dead in suspected murder]( By [TOI staff]( [NYPD officer killed, another severely hurt in Harlem shooting]( By [Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz]( [New Zealand’s Ardern cancels wedding amid new Omicron restrictions]( By [AFP]( [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved