Omicron peaks; 100 dead in week * Top cop fled stabbing, tripped over victim * Brother of Texas attacker: Religious nuts got hold of him * Ire at RFK Jr Holocaust analogy

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, January 24, 2022 Presented by [Atlantis Resorts]( [With half a million currently infected, COVID expert says Omicron peak is here]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Eran Segal warns of tough days ahead, as new serious cases rise even when total infections fall; minister, deputy minister test positive]( [Health Ministry experts recommend scrapping Green Pass]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry: 4th dose triples protection from serious illness for over-60s]( By [TOI staff]( [Former Supreme Court chief justice Miriam Naor dead at 74]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Retired jurist, who was serving as head of state commission of inquiry into Meron disaster, remembered as ‘one of the titans of Israeli law’]( [Senior cop fled scene of stabbing, tripped over dying victim on way out — video]( By [TOI staff]( [Jamal Hakrush, head of unit that battles Arab Israeli crime, put on leave after footage shows him running past bleeding man and out of plant in Kafr Kanna during 2020 killing]( [Police increase security around far-right MK Ben Gvir amid death threats]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Jan. 24 – Ties that bind: Ukraine crisis, pro-lsrael UN & submarines]( [Correspondents Tal Schneider and Lazar Berman update us on a near-unprecedented UN resolution against Holocaust denial and aftershocks from the scandal-ridden submarine deal]( [As Russian forces amass on Ukraine border, NATO deploys ships and fighter jets]( By [LORNE COOK]( [Israel said preparing for potential need to evacuate Ukrainian Jews in case of war]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [US orders diplomats’ families to leave Kyiv ahead of possible Russian invasion]( By [AFP]( from our sponsor [Book your dream vacation]( [Choose from multiple kosher packages in the beautiful, and relaxing Bahamas. From Bar Mitzva’s to weddings and events. Click here for more details.]( [Netanyahu expected to be called as central witness in state probe of submarine deal]( By [TOI staff]( [The five members of the government-backed commission of inquiry will need to have no ties to the scandal-ridden procurement deal from a German shipbuilder]( [Cabinet votes to establish state inquiry into submarine affair]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Olmert asks court to order psychiatric evaluations for Netanyahu, wife and son]( By [TOI staff]( [Brother of Texas synagogue hostage-taker says ‘religious nuts got a hold of him’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Gulbar Akram also asserts that brother Akram had not been antisemitic: ‘He didn’t hate Jews. One of his closest friends is Jewish’]( Live updates [LIVE: Ukraine leader urges EU to stay united against Russia during call with bloc leader]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Zelensky tells European Council President Charles Michel member states’ assistance critical in protecting his country’s sovereignty amid growing fears of Moscow’s invasion]( [Russia said to be conducting joint patrols of Syrian border airspace]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [As tensions mount between Putin and world powers over Ukraine, Moscow appears to make a statement regarding its presence in the Middle East]( [Analysis / Ukraine crisis is a showdown between two worldviews]( By [John Daniszewski]( [Death toll in Syrian prison standoff tops 150]( By [AFP]( Top Ops [Joshua Ladon]( [I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. Now what?]( [The rise of antisemitism should concern us not only for what might happen to us — but also, for who we might become]( [Naomi Chazan]( [What’s in a name? Turning Arabic names to Hebrew does not smell sweet]( [As Israel’s naming committee inches toward more accurately reflecting the national demographic, it can better preserve the country’s diverse heritage]( [Illegal outpost gets demolition notices days after Jewish extremist attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Security forces will be able to wreck buildings in three days’ time; men believed to have come from the outpost assaulted Palestinians and Israeli activists on Friday]( [AG said closing case against cops involved in settler teen’s death in car chase]( By [TOI staff]( [State appeals light sentence for Jewish man in mob attack on Arab man in Bat Yam]( By [TOI staff]( [In latest high-level contact, Lapid meets with top PA official Hussein al-Sheikh]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [FM’s office declines to comment, but does not deny meeting; al-Sheikh says he stressed need for a ‘political horizon’]( [IDF troops held elderly Palestinian bound and gagged for over an hour — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Terror group stages massive pro-Iran, anti-Saudi rally in Gaza]( By [Agencies]( [A million homes at risk of collapse by earthquake — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Home Front Command and geological officials unsure whether two tremors felt in northern Israel earlier this week are isolated, or a prelude to a stronger event]( [RFK Jr. utilizes Holocaust analogy in speech to DC anti-vaccine rally]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Comments by son of assassinated US attorney general, a liberal icon, are slammed by Auschwitz Memorial, which calls them ‘a sad symptom of moral and intellectual decay’]( [Anti-vaxxer ‘Zoom bombs’ Knesset committee meeting on coronavirus with porn]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Israel approves multimillion-dollar joint R&D fund with UAE]( By [Lazar Berman]( [NIS 300 million to be allocated over next decade to support private sector collaboration and investment]( [Israel extends Holocaust pension to over 8,000 unrecognized survivors]( By [TOI staff]( [Report says lack of Hebrew literacy or knowledge of eligibility among reasons many survivors find themselves without financial aid]( [Anne Frank Fund head slams findings on betrayal of diarist as ‘full of errors’]( By [TOI staff]( [Court sends UK neo-Nazi to jail after earlier ruling instructed him to read classics]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli developer of 3D-printed plant-based meat pulls in $135 million]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Redefine Meat to use funds to set up production lines in Israel, Netherlands, expand restaurant partnerships]( [Fake it till you make it / Natalie Portman, French firm work to create vegan bacon]( By [Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit]( [Ministry report highlights backlash against world Jewry over 2021 Gaza conflict]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Annual review of global antisemitism finds 31% increase in hate posts about Jews on Twitter in 2021 compared to 2020; during May fighting, content spiked six-fold]( Interview [Top Canadian agent smokes out long-lost relatives with new title ‘The Cigar Factory’]( By [Robert Sarner]( [Over his 50-year career, Michael Levine has arranged deals for books, screen and business – but none hit home like a Holocaust memoir released in English this month]( [CRM]( More Headlines [WHO says global COVID-19 emergency could end this year]( By [AFP]( [UAE intercepts 2 ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi fired by Iran-backed Houthis]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Government agrees to plant 450,000 urban trees to help counter rising heat]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Israeli astrobiologist: New Mars ancient life findings ‘important’ but incomplete]( By [TOI staff]( [Obituary / Rabbi Simcha Krauss, who fought for women’s rights in Orthodoxy, dies at 85]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Three arrested as police, ultra-Orthodox protesters clash in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Jerusalem braces for a dusting of white as winter storm moves in]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli firm develops body cams with facial recognition technology]( By [Daniella Cheslow]( [Education director in Haredi city named as suspect in child sex abuse case]( By [TOI staff]( [In first, soccer club faces disciplinary action over fans’ anti-gay chants]( By [TOI staff]( [Turkey arrests TV journalist for insulting Erdogan]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Obituary / Cecile Klein, Canada’s oldest person for 7 months, dies at 114]( By [CALEB GUEDES-REED]( [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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