Amnesty: Israel uses apartheid; Israel: False report * Whoopi Goldberg: Holocaust isn’t about race * IDF: Elderly Palestinian was left to die * Why Kotel compromise died

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Presented by [Atlantis Resorts]( [Amnesty: Israel practices apartheid against Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza, Israel]( By [Agencies and Lazar Berman]( [Rights group says ‘Palestinians treated as inferior racial group’; does not compare Israel to S. Africa, but evaluates policies based on int’l conventions; urges ban on arms sales]( [Amnesty to release ‘apartheid’ report despite Israeli call to withdraw it]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Israel to free Spanish aid worker jailed for funding Palestinian terror group]( By [AFP]( [Soldiers left elderly Palestinian American to die in ‘ethical failure’ — IDF probe]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Army says troops abandoned the unconscious 78-year-old Omar As’ad at a construction site after zip-tying his hands together and gagging him at an impromptu checkpoint]( [General: Troops were too mission-focused when they left elderly Palestinian to die]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Wisconsin lawmakers demand probe of elderly Palestinian-American’s death]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Whoopi Goldberg causes uproar, saying ‘Holocaust isn’t about race’; apologizes]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [During discussion on ‘The View,’ actress says Nazis and Jews ‘are two white groups of people’; co-hosts point out that Nazis clearly regarded Jews as being a different race]( [DeSantis shies away from condemning Florida Nazis, blames Democrats]( By [TOI staff]( [Republican House representative uses quote from neo-Nazi to criticize Fauci]( By [Shira Hanau]( from our sponsor [Kosher in the Bahamas]( [Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.]( Inside story [Jacob Magid]( [Why a coalition best suited to fulfill the Kotel compromise has been unable to do so]( [Previous lofty promises to finally resolve the dispute have encountered opposition by the government’s more religious members, as well as other realpolitik considerations]( [Liberal Jewish movements ‘feel betrayed’ by Israel’s freezing of Western Wall plan]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Justice minister warns at AG’s farewell: Threat to Israeli democracy is not yet over]( By [TOI staff]( [Mandelblit says office faced ‘unprecedented challenges’ in his term; PM, FM back Baharav-Miara to succeed him; candidate selection process under fire for alleged politicization]( [Public trust in police, attorney general sinks to lowest ever in poll]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Court sentences Deri in plea bargain conviction on tax offenses]( By [TOI staff]( [In about-face, police appear to admit misuse of NSO phone hacking tech]( By [Amy Spiro and TOI staff]( [Police say new evidence ‘changes the state of affairs,’ after initially denying unauthorized use of Pegasus spyware; Justice Ministry taps committee to probe bombshell claims]( Live updates [LIVE: PM says Israel still has ‘a difficult 10-14 days ahead’ in Omicron battle]( By [TOI staff]( [Amid spread of variant, Health Ministry recommends limiting Green Pass system to party events only]( Top Ops [Jennifer Caplan]( [You can’t just swap out ‘Maus’ for another Holocaust book]( [The pictures teach what loss and grief and horror felt like to a child of survivors, showing readers a range and depth of emotion that words cannot convey]( [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [Sex and the holy city]( [’Just smell the air in the Old City: Bread and spices and sh*t when the pipes burst. And behind the walls, you can hear everything – I do mean EVERYTHING’]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Feb. 1 – Who scuttled the Western Wall deal; a price hike backlash]( [US reporter Jacob Magid discusses what really happened with the ‘Kotel compromise’ and political correspondent Tal Schneider looks at a Knesset vote on yeshiva student exemptions]( [Serious COVID cases show signs of drop-off as Omicron wave ebbs]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Turnaround marks first time figure has fallen since the beginning of the year; daily caseload, deaths also down; ministers to meet on abolishing Green Pass rules]( [Pfizer COVID vaccine could be available for under-5s in US by end of February]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [US grants full approval to Moderna’s COVID vaccine]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Dutch publisher apologizes over controversial Anne Frank book, halts printing]( By [TOI staff]( [Ambo Anthos says it should have taken a more ‘critical stance’ before publishing book that said a Jewish notary betrayed Jewish diarist, in findings criticized by experts]( [Poll: German teens, young adults eager to learn about Holocaust, but in new formats]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [CRM]( [New Israeli imaging technique gives ‘unprecedented window’ into genes deep in body]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Team at Weizmann Institute publishes study on method it says could help detect cancers, aid in organ transplants and help monitor cell therapy]( [Blinken speaks with Lapid, Abbas about Israel-Palestinian issues]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [In phone call with foreign minister, US secretary of state reiterates security commitment; speaking to Palestinian leader, he urges ‘reform’ in PA]( [Israel razes home of Hamas terrorist who killed Eli Kay in Jerusalem attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz on meetings with PA chief Abbas: We need to maintain a diplomatic horizon]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel said ready to sell Iron Dome to UAE, build regional defenses against Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Report says Israel may sell warning and interception equipment to Abu Dhabi amid mounting attacks from Tehran-backed separatists]( [At Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque, Herzog says region has a choice: Peace or Iranian terror]( By [Lazar Berman]( [US fired Patriot missiles to intercept Houthi attack on UAE during Herzog visit]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [US official urges direct nuclear talks with Iran, warns time running out]( By [AFP]( [Unnamed senior source says ‘critical political decisions’ must be made by all sides in negotiations to save 2015 pact, stresses Washington wants to reach an understanding quickly]( [Iran shifts centrifuge work away from site allegedly struck by Israel — UN watchdog]( By [AFP]( [Amnesty reports Iran executed 2 gay men over sodomy charges]( By [Agencies]( [Spanish towns unearth ancient synagogues to bring back Jewish history — and tourists]( By [Orge Castellano]( [Expelled in 1492, the once-prosperous Sephardic Jews left a striking medieval architectural legacy. Now, landowners are digging it up, along with a possible gold mine of tourism]( [CRM]( More Headlines [‘I’m not her boss’: Bennett defends wife over trip abroad at outset of Omicron wave]( By [TOI staff]( [Russian jammer in Syria said to cause interference with flights to Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel Hayom editor Bismuth leaves; paper seen shifting a little away from Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Several dozen members of extremist Jewish Lev Tahor cult turn up in Bosnia]( By [Luke Tress]( [At wife’s funeral, tearful Pollard says it’s ‘not how I expected’ to come to Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s Cybereason, backed by Softbank and Alphabet, files for IPO at $5b valuation]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Chicago synagogue, Jewish school vandalized with antisemitic graffiti]( By [AP]( [After previous failure, Haredi army draft bill passes its first reading]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Ex-head of AIPAC calls Jewish Michigan congressman ‘corrosive’ to US-Israel ties]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Gaza bulldozers uncover ancient Roman-era burial site; some antiquities carted off]( By [AP]( [Israel to join massive US-led naval exercise in Red Sea for first time]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [FIFA to investigate soccer coach Avram Grant after sexual harassment claims]( By [Josef Federman and Rob Harris]( [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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