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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021  27 SHVAT, 5781 Eye in the sky A joint goal Feminist religious art IAI unveils aerial Amos Yadlin on the need to When God, Jesus surveillance system 6 work with Biden to stop Iran and Allah were women Page 6 Page 9 Page 16 How did we miss Netanyahu formally denies charges in court Judges hint witnesses to be called only after election • PM leaves hearing early the exit • By YONAH JEREMY BOB two to three weeks to review these documents before wit- Prime Minister Benjamin nesses are called, that would ramp? Netanyahu’s defense team easily move the first witness fought with the prosecution beyond March 23. ANALYSIS on Monday at the Jerusalem Judge Rivkah Friedman Feld- • By YONAH JEREMY BOB District Court over calling man echoed the prosecution’s witnesses in his public cor- arguments that the defense A lifetime ago when living ruption trial before the March had between one to two years in northern New Jersey, I 23 election. to prepare for witnesses. But often drove further north for It seemed that the judges ultimately the judges did not work. were leaning toward calling seem anxious to call the first Sometimes the correct exit the first witness in late March witness before March 23. was small and easy to miss. or early April, which they A parallel fight between the But there were around five would present as a compro- sides was the prosecution’s or so exits I could use to avoid mise between the sides. desire to start the trial with the disaster of unnecessarily In an interim ruling issued Case 4000, the Bezeq-Walla going over the George Wash- hours after the hearing ended, media bribery affair, while the ington Bridge in Manhattan the court instructed the pros- defense prefers to start with and losing two hours of time. ecution to provide a list of either Case 1000, the Illegal Keeping that in mind, it exhibits for the first stage of Gifts Affair, or Case 2000, was astonishing on Monday witness testimony by March the Yediot Aharonot-Israel being at the Jerusalem District 1 as well as a list of police wit- Hayom Affair of attempted Court, as it became clearer to nesses by February 15. media bribery. me than at any time in years Case 4000 is the prosecu- that in around a month or so, Sa’ar: Keep politics tion’s strongest case and con- Israel will endure its first ever tains the only full bribery full trial, with witnesses galore, out of PM’s trial, charge against Netanyahu. against a sitting prime minister. Page 5 Case 2000 is the weakest case, There were so many “exit and Case 1000 is viewed as ramps” before getting to this The judges explicitly said borderline. point: So how did the country they would not set a date In Cases 1000 and 2000, get here? PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with his lawyers at the Jerusalem District Court yesterday before a hearing in his trial for calling witnesses until Netanyahu is charged only on criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. (Reuven Kastro/Pool/Reuters) First, Prime Minister Benja- deciding outstanding pre- with fraud and breach of pub- min Netanyahu could have trial issues, including those lic trust, as opposed to brib- continued his fighting the related to whether the probe ery. media’s coverage of him with- into Netanyahu was initiated Earlier at the hearing, Net- out adding more interven- properly. anyahu attended for only the tionist moves. He could have Drama with little Bibi loses his At the hearing earlier Mon- second time and rose before maintained ties with tycoons day, Netanyahu’s lawyer the court to confirm that his without leaving a pattern of Boaz Ben Tzur demanded lawyers’ response denying questionable conduct – both of impact on election boomerang that no witnesses be called the indictment was correct, which led to a criminal inves- “for another 120 days” to give saying, “I confirm the writ- tigation and possibly jail time. ANALYSIS ANALYSIS the defense sufficient time to ten answer submitted in my Whether innocent or guilty, • By HERB KEINON • By GIL HOFFMAN prepare for such a mega-case, name.” there was nothing pretty about which would also incidental- However, unlike the May the prime minister’s conduct, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ly get the prime minister past 2020 hearing that he attend- especially in his later terms, Jerusalem courtroom Monday to respond formally to corrup- judges on Monday to accept his request to deal with tech- coalition negotiations if he ed, Netanyahu requested that despite a much cleaner reputa- tion charges just weeks before national elections in which he nical issues before setting a date for the prosecution to ques- forms the next government. his supporters avoid a public tion for most of his career than hopes to extend his 12-year rule,” read the lead paragraph to a tion its star witnesses may have seemed technical. Prosecutors Liat Ben Ari and protest in light of coronavirus that of former prime minister matter-of-fact AP news story. But the decision made it almost definite that the prose- Yehudit Tirosh said they could concerns. Ehud Olmert. People around the world, reading that article, might very cution’s case against the prime minister will not be heard be ready to call the first wit- While at the hearing, Net- By July 2018, The Jerusalem well think to themselves, “Wow, Netanyahu is appearing as a before Israelis cast their ballots, which looks like a victory ness, former Walla CEO Ilan anyahu used the disinfectant Post had exclusively reported defendant in a corruption trial just weeks before an election? for Netanyahu, who already knew he would not get to pres- Yeshua, “within one week.” liquid on his desk repeatedly. that Attorney-General Avichai Surely this will hurt him.” ent his side of the story before Election Day. However, under questioning There were some anti-Ne- Mandelblit would seriously But those people would be wrong. And it may have also decided Netanyahu’s strategy for the from Judge Moshe Bar Am, tanyahu protesters nearby weigh dropping all of the cases The AP reporter was right to link the two events – the trial March 23 election. Tirosh responded that if she who could be heard in the in a plea deal if Netanyahu and the elections – in his story’s opening paragraph. The cor- Until the judges’ decision, Netanyahu had two choices of needed to send a list of docu- courthouse chanting against would step down. ruption trial of a prime minister would, under normal circum- strategy: The Donald Trump approach and the Joe Biden ments relating to her first 15 him. But most of the neigh- Netanyahu’s early lead law- stances, surely impact on his chances in an upcoming election. approach. witnesses to the defense, this borhood was locked down by yer Yaakov Weinroth was very But these are abnormal circumstances, and Netanyahu’s The Trump approach is more fun. It involves stirring would take her three weeks, the police and the Shin Bet interested in these offers, but appearance in court on Monday will likely have little impact up your political base, getting them angry and using that which is where the new (Israel Security Agency). his client never was – and when on how people will vote on March 23. anger to motivate them to vote. But it is unavailable now. March 1 date comes from. Netanyahu attended the Full story, Page 3. Full story, Page 3. Given that the defense See EXIT, Page 7 would be expected to receive See CHARGES, Page 7 US rejoins UN human rights body, COVID deaths likely more than we know • By ROSSELLA TERCATIN strokes were treated in Israel about ambulance services, message to the public is that this year compared to previous elective surgeries and early there is a higher chance to get reversing Trump’s withdrawal As of Thursday night, some years,” he said. “It is import- detection tests, as well as issues infected in a crowded super- • By TOVAH LAZAROFF 5,171 Israelis had succumbed ant to highlight that there is in the field of mental health. market than at a hospital.” to the novel coronavirus, a specific window of time to “For all of those, we are However, people’s weariness The Biden administration around 1,800 of them since effectively treat strokes: four to going to see the consequenc- has re-established ties with the beginning of 2021. Howev- sixteen hours according to the es,” Halevy concluded. “My See KILLED, Page 7 the UN Human Rights Coun- er, the experience of medical procedure. What happened to cil three years after former US personnel as well as data from these people? They probably president Donald Trump exit- the Central Bureau of Statistics still made their way to the hos- ed the contentious body over suggest that the pandemic’s pital at some point, but too its anti-Israel bias. toll on the country’s health late, which translates to per- “The United States will and population is probably manent disabilities. engage with the council as an much higher. “If we consider cardiology, observer,” US Secretary of State we look at a similar situation. Antony Blinken said in a state- There are about four hours to ment he issued Monday. ‘Health funds successfully treat a heart attack should not choose after its first symptoms,” he added. US pendulum who should die,’ According to Halevy, in the swings back to THE UN Human Rights Council headquarters in Geneva. Page 4 most recent months, people’s (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) fears might have been partial- UNHRC, Page 2 ly placated as hospitals devel- 47-member states that held tunity to speak in the council, “As we approach one year oped very strict procedures to LOCALS BARBECUE at Jerusalem’s Sacher Park yesterday. The decision is part of a larger three-year terms, which gave participate in negotiations, and since the beginning of the separate suspected COVID-19 (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post) policy stance by US President it voting power. At the time, partner with others to intro- pandemic, we are starting to patients from regular ones, Joe Biden to engage with inter- in 2018, it not only gave up duce resolutions,” Blinken said. have a clearer picture of some reassuring the public about national institutions, which its seat, but severed all ties and “It is our view that the best of its effects, especially during the facilities’ safety. But in Schools to stay closed is diametrically opposed to refused to publicly engage in way to improve the council is the first and second waves,” December 2020 Shaare Zedek’s Trump’s position of shunning meetings. to engage with it and its mem- explained Prof. Jonathan ER still registered some 20% • By ROSSELLA TERCATIN tem on the morbidity rate. such bodies. Blinken clarified that the bers in a principled fashion,” Halevy, president of Shaare fewer cases compared to the “I know how difficult this When the Trump admin- US will now be active in the he added. Zedek Medical Center. previous year. Children are not going period is,” Education Min- istration left the UNHRC, it council, but in an observer “We strongly believe that Halevy emphasized that “Now we know that some- to return to the classrooms ister Yoav Gallant said in a had been one of the council’s capacity, and not as a member when the US engages con- they have consistently wit- times people go to the emer- before Thursday and possibly post on Facebook addressing state. Technically speaking, it structively with the council, nessed how, as the virus raged, gency room without a real even later, the coronavirus students, teachers and par- can only regain that seat when in concert with our allies and Israelis became more hesitant need for it, but it is obviously cabinet decided on Mon- ents. “We are close to the annual elections are held by the friends, positive change is with- to go to the emergency room. hard to know whether this was day night amid concerns moment that we are going to UN General Assembly, typically in reach,” Blinken said. “While we do not have the case,” the professor said. about the possible impact of in the fall. exact numbers yet, we know Halevy added that similar reopening the education sys- See SCHOOLS, Page 7 The US “will have the oppor- See REJOINS, Page 7 that some 20% or 30% fewer trends can also be noticed 2 NEWS Tuesday, february 9, 2021 . the jerusalem post US pendulum swings back to UNHRC While Republicans snub the body, Democrats seek to reform it from the inside. Does either work?

ANALYSIS on Myanmar and five on Syria, and needs reform, but walk- UN Watch Executive Director • By LAHAV HARKOV and has had eight commissions ing away won’t fix it. The best Hillel Neuer argued that the US of inquiry on Israel, as opposed way to improve the Council, so rejoining the UNHRC “gives Ever since the United Nations to one on North Korea and two it can achieve its potential, is legitimacy to a Council where Human Rights Council was each on Libya, Myanmar and through robust and principled tyrannies and other non-de- established 15 years ago, the Syria. US leadership. Under [Presi- mocracies now comprise 60% American position on it has And the number of inquiries dent] Biden, we are reengaging of the membership, and where swung back and forth like a and special sessions is not the and ready to lead.” serial abusers like China, Russia, pendulum, staying out, joining, only issue; it’s their content. Israeli officials had no com- Cuba, Turkey and Pakistan get leaving, and now rejoining. The UN’s expert on “Palestine” ment on the US decision. a free pass, escaping any cen- The problems at the UNHRC is only supposed to investigate But when the US left the sure.” run deep. UN Watch, an NGO Israel’s supposed violations, and UNHRC in 2018, Prime Min- Neuer argued that the Obama promoting UN reforms and not the Palestinian Authority ister Benjamin Netanyahu administration was “a cheer- transparency, has a database and Hamas abuses of Palestin- welcomed the decision and leader for the council,” even that shows just how badly the ians and Israelis. thanked Trump and Haley praising sessions in which the UNHRC has failed to do its stat- Every US administration since “for their courageous decision council adopted anti-West- ed job. the UNHRC’s establishment in against the hypocrisy and the ern resolutions put forward by The UNHRC’s Executive 2006 has admitted that it is a lies of the so-called UN Human Cuba. Board is currently made up deeply problematic institution. Rights Council.” “The Biden administration mostly of non-democratic The question is, in what way But at the time, Foreign Min- should be candid in calling out countries, including notorious should the US use its consid- istry sources said the US move the Council’s abuses and hold- human rights violators like erable influence and budget in could make efforts to block or ing their feet to the fire,” he Venezuela and Pakistan, among relation to the Council. soften anti-Israel UNHRC ini- added. others. At the UNHRC dictator- Republicans have viewed the tiatives more difficult. Israel Neuer called on the US to ships are allowed to take leading UNHRC as a lost cause, corrupt A PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD herds his sheep in the Jordan Valley yesterday. (Raneen Sawafta/Reuters) only downgraded its presence “demand serious reform, positions. to the core, with human rights in the council. The Foreign removing despots from the Israel remains the only coun- violators embedded in the com- nascent committee, and with- Less than two months after the UNHRC under then-presi- Ministry said on Monday that council... holding dictators try about which the UNHRC mittee to stop their countries in a year of its founding, the entering office in 2009, former dent Donald Trump. Israel is currently an observer to account and removing the has a permanent agenda item. from being condemned, while State Department spokesman US president Barack Obama had “When the Human Rights in the UNHRC, and always has notorious agenda item that tar- Since the council was estab- the Council constantly and dis- at the time, Sean McCormack, the country join the UNHRC, Council treats Israel worse than been. gets Israel in each session.” lished, it condemned Israel 90 proportionately focuses on Isra- said the UNHRC “has thus far with then-secretary of state North Korea, Iran and Syria, it is Almost a year ago to the day, Looking at the UNHRC over times, Syria 35 times, North el, and as such, the US has no not proved itself to be a credible Hillary Clinton touting human the Council itself that is foolish Israel announced that it was the past 15 years, it’s clear that Korea 13 times, Iran 10 times reason to take part. Democrats, body in the mission that it has rights as “an essential element and unworthy of its name,” said cutting all ties with the Office neither the Republicans’ nor and Venezuela twice. Among however, take the position that been charged with.” of American global foreign pol- former ambassador to the UN of the UN High Commissioner the Democrats’ tactics really the countries that have never the only way to get the commit- “There has been a nearly sin- icy.” The US ambassador to the Nikki Haley. for Human Rights, after it pub- brought any changes to the been condemned by the tee to do what it’s meant to do gular focus on issues related UN at the time, Susan Rice, said On Monday, US Secre- lished its blacklist of businesses UNHRC’s biased agenda and UNHRC are China, Cuba, Paki- – protect human rights around to Israel, for example, to the “we believe that [by] working tary of State Antony Blinken operating in Jewish areas over systemic distortions. In the stan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tur- the world – is for countries like exclusion of examining issues from within, we can make the announced that the country the Green Line. Israel is the end, it’s a question of whether key and Zimbabwe. the US to be there and try to of real concern to the interna- Council a more effective forum will return to the UNHRC as an only country against which the America’s presence legitimizes The UNHRC has held eight guide it. tional system, whether that’s to promote and protect human observer. office, which is the secretariat a council that provides cover special sessions on Israel, as Under then-president George Cuba or Burma or in North rights.” Echoing Rice in 2009, Blinken of the UNHRC, compiled such for dictators and is obsessively opposed to one on Libya, two W. Bush, the US did not join the Korea,” he said. In 2018, the US withdrew from said “the [UNHRC] is flawed a list. fixated on Israel. Hamas’s electoral PM on Biden phone call ‘snub’: platform: Islamic law, US-Israel alliance remains strong • By LAHAV HARKOV “I emphasized to the Secretary of State that the court’s decision is change and reform The fact that US President Joe mistaken at its core, and it endan- Biden has not called Prime Min- gers the rare opportunity to pro- ister Benjamin Netanyahu yet is mote peace in our region,” Ashke- Group pledges to halt ‘political arrests’ not indicative of a rupture in the nazi tweeted following the call. and affirms ‘right of armed resistance’ US-Israel relationship, Netanyahu The foreign minister said they said on Monday. also discussed “joint efforts to pre- • By KHALED ABU TOAMEH al rights of the Palestinian people.” “I spoke with President Biden vent Iran from attaining nuclear The Hamas list emphasized that “histori- right after his victory,” Netanyahu weapons and undermining region- Hamas says it is confident it will score cal Palestine is part of the Arab and Islamic said, when asked about the matter al stability.” another victory in the upcoming Pales- lands, and it is a right of the Palestinian in a press conference with Greek Earlier on Monday, Ashkenazi GREEK PRIME Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address the media in Jerusalem yesterday. tinian parliamentary election, according people that does not pass by the statute of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. met with the American Charge (Menahem Kahana/Pool/Reuters) to sources close to the Islamist movement. limitations.” Biden is “calling according to the d’Affaires in Jerusalem, Jonathan The Islamist movement says it also has The Palestinian people, the list noted, order that he sees fit…He hasn’t Shrier. Ashkenazi’s office said Shri- no intention of accepting the conditions “are still in the stage of national liberation, reached the Middle East yet,” the er reiterated that the US will not The statement from his office also spoke with his Russian coun- of the Middle East Quartet (US, UN, Russia and they have the right to work to restore prime minister added. lift sanctions on Iran until it stops said they discussed “regional issues terpart, Sergei Lavrov. and EU) for the recognition of any Pales- their rights and end the occupation by Netanyahu said he has “no doubt enriching uranium beyond the and the continued coordination The talk focused on “preventing tinian government, the renunciation of using all means, including armed resis- our alliance is strong. It doesn’t limits of the 2015 nuclear deal. between Israel and Russia regard- Iran from attaining nuclear weap- violence, the recognition of Israel’s right tance. Resistance in all its forms is a natural mean we agree on everything but Shrier said the US opposes the ing security developments in the ons and consolidating its power in to exist and a commitment to abide by all right of the Palestinian people to end the the alliance is strong and so is our ICC ruling allowing it to investi- region.” The Russian readout said the region,” Ashkenazi said. agreements signed between the Palestin- occupation and establish the Palestinian friendship of almost 40 years.” gate Israel. The two also discussed “the exchange of views continued The ministers also agreed that ians and Israel. state with Jerusalem as its capital.” Biden has spoken to eight leaders the Abraham Accords and relations on topical issues of the internation- they would hold events in Russia Hamas’s election program will be similar The Hamas list also promised to make of countries around the world since with the Palestinian Authority. al and regional agenda, primarily and Israel to mark the 30th anni- to the one it used to win the hearts and Islamic law “the main source of legislation his January 20 inauguration, none Netanyahu and Russian Presi- in the context of the current situa- versary of renewed diplomatic rela- minds of Palestinians during the 2006 par- in Palestine and respect public freedoms.” of which are in the Middle East. dent Vladimir Putin on Monday tion in the Middle East” tions between the countries. liamentary election. “Palestinian blood is a taboo in Pales- Foreign Minister Gabi Ashke- discussed their countries’ coordina- The leaders speak regularly, in Ashkenazi also spoke with Ger- Then, Hamas candidates ran as part of a tinian society, and dialogue is the only nazi and US Secretary of State Ant- tion in Syria. light of Israel’s policy to prevent man Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, list named the “Change and Reform Bloc” acceptable method for resolving internal ony Blinken spoke for the second “I speak to President Putin often Iran from establishing a foothold emphasizing that Israel views the under the slogan: “Islam is the solution. Palestinian disputes,” it told voters. time Monday. Ashkenazi thanked to ensure security cooperation. We close to its northern border and ICC ruling as harmful to peace and One hand builds, another resists. Yes to Moreover, the Hamas list pledged to halt Blinken for his public support after act on fronts that are very close, to stop the transfer of weapons to helpful to extremists in the region. reform, yes to change.” “political arrests” and vowed to “protect the International Criminal Court so it is important to coordinate,” Hezbollah. Israel forewarns Mos- They also discussed the Iranian Hamas believes its chances of scoring civil-society institutions.” ruled that it can investigate Israel Netanyahu said at the press confer- cow of these actions, as Russia has nuclear threat, and Ashkenazi said another victory, if and when the parlia- But in July 2007, the group staged a vio- for alleged war crimes a decision ence later, in response to a question a large military presence in Syria. “continuing pressure is more nec- mentary election takes place, are very lent coup against the PA and seized control Ashkenazi called “outrageous.” about the call. Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi essary now than ever.” good, given the growing schism in Fatah of the Gaza Strip. Dozens of Palestinians and allegations of financial and adminis- were killed during the violence. trative corruption in Palestinian Authority Hamas has since arrested thousands of institutions, the sources said. Palestinians, especially those affiliated with Hamas is also convinced that many Pales- its rivals in Fatah, in addition to journalists, Greece to test Israeli ‘miracle drug’ for corona tinians will vote for its candidates because political activists, human-rights advocates • By LAHAV HARKOV The Israeli and Greek tourism minsters also bility in the region and common perspectives they identify with the Islamist movement’s and civil-society workers. signed an agreement that would allow tourism in terms of what needs to happen to [make the ideology. Hamas’s 2006 election campaign also The largest hospital in Greece will take part in exchanges between the countries for people region] peaceful and safe for all countries.” There were two main reasons why Hamas focused on corruption, an issue that has the trials of an Israeli treatment for COVID-19, who have been vaccinated against coronavirus, The Greek prime minister cited an agreement won the last parliamentary election. Firstly, been bothering many Palestinians since following the meeting between Greek Prime without requiring a quarantine period. In Israel, between Greece and Israel for Elbit Systems, an there were divisions among Fatah, many the inception of the PA in 1994. Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Prime Minister the vaccination certificate is called the “green Israeli company, to open an international flight of whose disgruntled members chose to “Public funds are the right of all the Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday. passport.” training school in Kalamata, Greece. Elbit will run as independents. Secondly, there was Palestinian people and should be used During the press conference with Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis said: “Once you lift your travel provide the Hellenic Air Force with a combat widespread frustration with rampant cor- in financing comprehensive Palestinian Netanyahu held up a vial that he called a “mir- restrictions, we will be able to let Israeli tour- simulator, similar to the one the Israeli Air Force ruption of Fatah and PA leaders. development in a manner that achieves acle drug,” adding: “If you’re infected by corona ists visit Greece without any additional restric- uses. Explaining its decision to participate in justice away from abuse, corruption and and are seriously ill and have a lung problem, tions.” Netanyahu said that Mitsotakis had “innova- the 2006 election, the Change and Reform embezzlement,” Hamas said in its election take this, inhale it, and you come out feeling The Greek prime minister said he has been a tive ideas” to promote the EastMed gas pipeline, Bloc said in its election program: “The program. good.” major proponent of a digital vaccination certif- from Israel to Cyprus and Greece, likely to be the Islamic Resistance Movement [Hamas] It promised to combat corruption “in all Netanyahu said that earlier in the day he icate within the EU, but that he wants ones for longest in the world. believes its participation in the legislative its forms and enhance transparency and met with Prof. Nadir Arber, who developed the third parties, as well. Asked if a potential reconciliation between elections at this time, and in light of the accountability.” new EXO-CD24 treatment, and one of the first “I anticipate Israel being the first country to be Israel and Turkey would impact Athens’ relation- reality in which the Palestinian cause is Hamas leaders were scheduled to par- things Mitsotakis asked was whether Greece able to offer such a certificate for travel to Greece, ship with Jerusalem, Mitsotakis expressed skep- witnessing, comes within the framework ticipate in a meeting of several Palestinian could take part in the clinical trials. because you have been able to vaccinate a larger ticism that such a resolution was on the way, but of its comprehensive program for the lib- factions in Cairo on Monday to discuss Mitsotakis said he was “very happy to have portion of the population and are moving at a said: “This relationship is too important on its eration of Palestine and the return of the preparations for the parliamentary, presi- discussed the issue of this new drug that caught faster pace,” he said. “I am very much looking own merits to be defined by other actors.” Palestinian people to their land and home- dential and Palestinian National Council the attention of the international press. forward to making these vaccination certificates As for Greece and Turkey, Mitsotakis said: land.” (PNC) elections. “Assuming that we can overcome the regulato- that will allow you to enter the country.” “We’ve had our issues with Turkey, but things In 1996, Hamas boycotted the first parlia- If the factions reach an agreement, the ry hurdles, Greece would be happy to participate The prime ministers touted the strong rela- seem to be improving, to the extent that we mentary elections because they were held parliamentary election will take place on in clinical trials,” he added. “We would all be tionship that has recently developed between don’t see further aggression.” under the umbrella of the Oslo Accords, May 22, and the presidential election will very relieved if we could find a drug that could Israel and Greece. Mitsotakis, Greek Foreign Ashkenazi met with Foreign Minister Dendias, which it continues to oppose. take place on July 31. The vote for the PNC, cure the disease itself.” Minister Nikos Dendias and other senior offi- also on Monday. In 2006, however, Hamas changed its the PLO’s legislative body, has been set for Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov cials from Athens have visited Israel several Ashkenazi said his goals for the visit were “to mind and decided to participate in the the end of August. Hospital) said on Friday that 29 of 30 patients times in the past year, and Foreign Minister discuss regional and strategic issues and…[to] election to the parliament, the Palestinian Aware that its chances of winning the who received the EXO-CD24 treatment recov- Gabi Ashkenazi visited Athens in October. sign for the first time a vaccine certification, Legislative Council (PLC). The result was a presidential election are nonexistent, ered in three to five days. “Athens and Jerusalem – I never tire of saying supervised by the Health Ministry…that will victory for Hamas, which received 44.45% Hamas has its eyes set on the Palestinians’ Many COVID-19 deaths are associated with this – are the ones that laid the foundation secure public health and open the sky to the of the vote and won 74 of the 132 seats. two parliaments: the PLC and the PNC. a cytokine storm, which means the immune of western civilization,” Netanyahu said. “We mutual benefit of both countries.” Addressing the Palestinian public ahead The PLC’s 132 members represent Pales- system begins attacking healthy cells. The EXO- share common aspirations for building prosper- Dendias called his visit “a great opportunity to of that election, the Change and Reform tinians living in the West Bank, Gaza Strip CD24 treatment for COVID-19 is based on exo- ity and security.” brief, first of all, on the overall situation in the Bloc said it was seeking “to build a devel- and east Jerusalem. The PNC parliament somes, which are responsible for cell-to-cell Mitsotakis said the Israel-Greece relationship Eastern Mediterranean and then on bilateral oped Palestinian civil society and direct the has nearly 700 members and represents communication. The treatment delivers CD24 is “becoming stronger by the day,” and that issues, and to move forward on our common Palestinian political system and its political all Palestinians, inside and outside those protein to the lungs, which helps calm down both countries are “democracies in the Eastern future.” and reform program to achieve the nation- areas. the immune system. Mediterranean with common interests in sta- Maayan Hoffman contributed to this report. the jerusalem post . Tuesday, february 9, 2021 NEWS 3 Courtroom drama with little Shlomo Hillel, impact on impending election former diplomat, ANALYSIS anyahu, his hard-core supporters argue, dies at 97 • By HERB KEINON even if he did take champagne and cigars and went overboard in trying to • By GREER FAY CASHMAN “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net- secure good press, that’s no reason to and Jerusalem Post Staff anyahu appeared in a Jerusalem court- bring down a leader of world stature room Monday to respond formally to who has brought Israel to unprecedent- Shlomo Hillel, a diplomat corruption charges just weeks before ed economic, strategic and diplomat- and Israel Prize laureate national elections in which he hopes to ic heights. These supporters, obvious- passed away on Monday at extend his 12-year rule,” read the lead ly, will not be swayed by Netanyahu’s the age of 97. paragraph to a matter-of-fact AP news appearance in court. “He came from a great story. In the five years since the first case generation, a generation People around the world, reading that (Case 1000) broke, most people in the that fought with its hands article, might very well think to them- country have made up their minds for Israel’s independence selves, “Wow, Netanyahu is appearing regarding whether they believe the and its existence as a safe as a defendant in a corruption trial just prime minister took advantage of his haven for the Jewish peo- SHLOMO HILLEL weeks before an election? Surely this offices for personal gain, or whether the ple. He worked to bring (Gili Yaari/Flash90) will hurt him.” police and the legal establishment are immigrants to Israel from But those people would be wrong. out to get him. Five years is plenty of the Middle East in varying time and a kind word for The AP reporter was right to link the time to make up one’s mind. and many ways, both open- others. In one way or anoth- two events – the trial and the election Netanyahu’s political rivals also ly and in secret, and many er, he was associated with – in the story’s opening paragraph. understand this, which is why none of owe them their immigration Israel’s development. As a The corruption trial of a prime minis- them – with the exception of Blue and and ensuing lives in this young man, he was among ter would, under normal circumstanc- White’s Benny Gantz – tried to gain country,” President Reuven the founders of Kibbutz es, surely impact on his chances in an political capital out of Monday’s court Rivlin said. Ma’agan Michael; he was upcoming election. A PROTESTER wearing a face mask depicting Prime Minister Benjamin appearance. Hillel held the position also involved in the immi- Netanyahu stands outside the Jerusalem District Court yesterday. But these are abnormal circumstanc- While Gantz put out a much-worn of Knesset speaker between gration of Iraqi, Russian and (Ammar Awad/Reuters) es, and Netanyahu’s appearance in statement that the appearance of a 1984-1988. He was also a Ethiopian Jews. court on Monday will likely have lit- prime minister in court is both a sad Mossad agent, diplomat, pol- He also played a major role tle impact on how people will vote on the trial has started will unlikely have an insider complaint against methods the day because of what it means, and a itician, government minis- in organizing the airlift of March 23. impact on Netanyahu’s core of support. police used to get a former Netanyahu proud one because it shows no one is ter, world chairman of Unit- Iraqi Jews to Israel in the Why not? Because this saga has Those who support Netanyahu sup- confidant to turn state’s witness, that above the law, Netanyahu’s other main ed Israel Appeal and author. early 1950s. been dragging on for almost five years; port him and are unlikely to be swayed all buttresses Netanyahu’s allegation political rivals – Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid, The Iraqi-born Hillel Labor Party chairwoman because the country’s citizens have pret- by preliminary steps in court, and those among his supporters that the Left and New Hope’s Gideon Sa’ar, Yamina’s Naf- played an important role Merav Michaeli recalled that ty much made up their minds about who believe he is corrupt were not wait- the judicial system are out to get him. tali Bennett and Yisrael Beytenu’s Avig- in the creation of the state, as recently as last Thursday, what they think about the charges; ing for this moment to validate their Another reason that the cases against dor Liberman – posted no statements in illegal immigration, in Hillel added his name to the because three elections have already opinions. Netanyahu have not shaken his core of on social media blasting Netanyahu for diplomacy and in Israel dias- Labor Party’s Knesset list, been held in the shadow of the indict- The fault lines on Netanyahu were support is because to many, his alleged bringing the country to this moment. pora relations at a time when and now suddenly he is no ments and did not lead to Netanyahu’s drawn long ago, and the proceedings in crimes are not seen as that egregious. It is as if they realize there is little to the country’s hierarchy was longer here. downfall. the Jerusalem District Court are unlike- Bribery, in the public mind, is asso- gain by harping on an issue that has Ashkenazi and looked down The affable Hillel, she In fact, of those three elections, Net- ly to move anyone from the pro-Bibi ciated with dollars changing hands in received so much exposure for so long, its nose at non-Ashkenazim, said, was the backbone of anyahu’s Likud Party garnered the most camp into the anti-Bibi camp, or vice paper bags, not – as in Case 4000 – giv- and that to concentrate on Netanyahu’s especially those from any- the Labor movement, and votes and Knesset seats in two of them versa. It is not as if a pro-Netanyahu sup- ing favors from the Communications alleged malfeasance – which not every- where in the Middle East. left an indelible imprint in and only slightly slid behind the Blue porter in Tiberias is, as a result of seeing Ministry to the owner of a media outlet one believes – would detract attention Despite having held high many places. and White Party in the second (Septem- the prime minister in court, going to in order to get favorable coverage. As to from the government’s malfeasance office in different fields, He was remembered as the ber 2019). wake up in the morning, bang palm to the allegations of gift taking, many view that everyone is feeling and which they Hillel remained a respected pride of Israel’s Iraqi com- That the Likud won the most votes in forehead, and say, “What a crook.” this as behavior not beyond the norm. want to underline: It’s dealing with the individual who always had munity. the first election in April 2019 and again Preliminary investigations into the And even if gifts were given to Net- coronavirus. in the last one in March 2020 shows the three cases involving Netanyahu before limited impact the corruption charges the courts began in the summer of 2016, have on Netanyahu’s base. almost five years ago. The April 2019 election came less than Since then, the country has been two months after Attorney-General Avi- flooded with news and leaks about the chai Mandelblit announced his inten- cases, as well as with counterclaims tion to indict the prime minister on by Netanyahu and his supporters that charges of bribery, fraud and breach there is nothing to the charges, and that of trust, pending a hearing, stemming they are little more than the Left trying from three different cases. And the to bring down a right-wing prime min- March 2020 election – when Likud won ister through the courts since they can’t 36 seats, more seats than the party has do it at the ballot box. won any time since 2003 – came less This particular argument has gained than two months after Netanyahu was credence among Netanyahu backers formally indicted and headlines in the because of a clumsiness in which Man- media read: “The State of Israel vs Ben- delblit and the state prosecutor have jamin Netanyahu.” conducted themselves in investigating This time, some may argue, it is differ- and prosecuting these cases, as well as in ent, because this time the trial has actu- other cases – like the convoluted Harpaz ally started, and there are pictures and Affair – in which they were involved. drawings of the prime minister in court. When the public hears tapes of Man- But while visuals of the prime minis- delblit saying that the state prosecu- ter in court in the midst of a campaign tor has him “by the throat,” or reads are obviously not ones any campaign excerpts from emails showing that the strategist would want for their candi- Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation date, if the past is any prediction, that Department did not follow up on an Bibi loses his boomerang

ANALYSIS for those purported efforts to bring • By GIL HOFFMAN him down to raise him up. With the court’s decision on Monday, Bibi The decision by Prime Minister lost his boomerang. Benjamin Netanyahu’s judges on Without the Trump approach, he Monday to accept his request to is left with the Biden approach of deal with technical issues before painting himself as the stabilizing, setting a date for the prosecution to statesmanlike leader needed in tur- question its star witnesses may have bulent times. Netanyahu already seemed technical. started this campaign weeks ago, But the decision made it almost and he used it again in an ad the definite that the prosecution’s case Likud released Monday night. against the prime minister will not But this approach is a big gamble be heard before Israelis cast their for three reasons. ballots, which looks like a victory First of all, to use such a campaign, for Netanyahu, who already knew he needs to paint himself as winning he would not get to present his side the battle against the coronavirus. of the story before Election Day. Vaccinating half the population by And it may have also decided Net- Election Day is a good way of doing anyahu’s strategy for the March 23 that, but mutations and a death toll election. approaching 6,000 mar that mes- Until the judges’ decision, Net- sage and make it unconvincing. anyahu had two choices of strategy: Secondly, he needs to look more the Donald Trump approach and worldly than his competition. the Joe Biden approach. Going to Morocco, Bahrain or Dubai The Trump approach is more fun. is a good way of doing that. But It involves stirring up your political what if US President Joe Biden says base, getting them angry and using something that can be interpret- that anger to motivate them to vote. ed as anti-Netanyahu and interferes Netanyahu started using this in Israel’s election, like so many approach on Sunday, when he of his predecessors have done over warned of a witch hunt and a con- the past three decades? That would spiracy of the courts and opposition make Netanyahu appear to be much leader Yair Lapid to bring down the less of a statesman. Right and bring the Left to power. Finally, portraying the prime min- To use this approach, he needed ister as a unifying figure is a hard his trial to begin in earnest. His message to sell to people who have cameo appearance at the court on seen so much of his divisiveness. Monday does not count. He needed If this approach is too hard to the part of his trial when he will be persuade voters, then it is possible spending much of the week in court that after the election, we will look to begin. back at Monday’s decision as very Had that happened, Netanyahu far from technical. It could be seen could have continued campaigning as what ultimately decided the elec- against that conspiracy and waited tion. 4 NEWS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 . THE JERUSALEM POST ‘The health funds should With huge tech growth, not choose who should die’ Start-Up Nation becomes Health Basket Committee in midst of talks on additions scale-up nation • By ZEV STUB ecosystem has matured. “We are seeing • By MAAYAN HOFFMAN a lot of second-and third-time founders There is no doubt that the scale-up who sold their first companies early, and The Health Basket Committee nation is here. While Israel was once seen now are building new companies with began two days of marathon as a country filled with mid-sized hi-tech the intention to stick around for the discussions on Monday about companies waiting to be acquired by long-run. These founders aren’t as hun- what additions would be made bigger fish, it is now home to a wealth of gry to cash out, and they come back with to the state-subsidized health significant global players. extensive experience working on the basket. The Israeli tech ecosystem had its big- multi-national scale.” The debate over which new gest month for fund-raising ever in Janu- A mature market for secondary shares, drugs and technologies will be ary, with a record $1.2 billion in January, which can allow a founder to cash out added is expected to last until raised by 27 companies, according to some of his stake in the company with- late Tuesday night, and an Geektime. That included four new com- out an exit, is another factor that allows announcement of the additions panies joining the unicorn club. executives to continue growing instead to the basket is expected to be The term unicorn refers to private- of seeking an exit, Shenhav said. High made sometime Wednesday. ly-held start-up companies valued at stock market valuations and the rise of Decisions about these addi- more than $1 billion. There are about SPACs as a tool to do an IPO quickly have tions are usually made by Janu- 530 such companies in the world today, also helped to inject much larger num- ary 1. But this year, due to coro- according to CBInsights, and nearly 10% bers into the Israeli tech ecosystem, he navirus and political turmoil, of those have an Israeli connection. noted. discussions on the additions According to a list published by TechA- It helps that many of the kinds of tech- were pushed off. viv, Israel has no fewer than 50 unicorns, nology fields that Israel excels at – cyber- The budget this year is NIS with nine joining in the past three security, biotech, automation, among 550 million, up from NIS 500m. months. Three years ago, there were just others– are exactly the fields that came the year before. 18. And a new phrase, double unicorn, into the limelight during the pandemic, A team of about 35 medical has been used with increasing frequency Jaffe noted. personnel and other health to describe companies like Next Insur- Jaffe stressed that scale-up companies officials are discussing some ance that are worth $2 billion. can create significant growth engines 185 new drugs and technol- Those numbers don’t count the more for entire economies. A report by US ogies valued at around NIS 2 SARA SHOHAM and her family. (Courtesy) than 80 Israeli publicly-traded companies research firm Wakefield Research, pub- billion. These are treatments listed in the United States, with many lished by Insight Partners, found that for chronic and rare diseases, deteriorate and ultimately “The health funds cannot “Eight percent of the popula- others expected to do IPOs this year. scale-ups are an under-appreciated driver cancer, diabetes, lung disease, death. choose who should and should tion are diagnosed with rare dis- While Israel has had a number of of innovation and growth that are partic- liver disease and mental-health There is only one drug that not die,” she said. “It does not eases,” he said. “It is a very big high-profile companies for many years, ularly resilient to economic shocks like challenges, as well as for tech- has been known to effectively seem right. The fund should budget for just a few people.” the past two years have seen an explo- an economic downturn or a pandemic. nologies that could be used slow the deterioration of the have enough for everyone. If This year, the committee is sion of scaled-up company investments “Scale-ups are always hiring, burning a for genetic screening or dental lungs for people with the dis- it doesn’t, the government is talking about whether Israel and exits, said Lonne Jaffe, managing lot of capital and growing really rapidly, health. ease: Ofev. putting money in the wrong should reduce the age of mam- director at Insight Partners. “There was so even a slowdown in the economy Last year, the committee Shoham started taking it places.” mography from 50 to 40, if it a cohort of companies that received very won’t hurt them too much. They tend approved the addition of a almost three years ago through “I am not going to put my should introduce molecular high investment valuations that may to be more prepared to weather a storm range of treatments for cancer a clinical trial. She soon will hands up and say, ‘I am going to profiling for cancer patients have signaled a sort of inflection point than smaller start-ups or larger, but less patients, a nasal spray for treat- no longer be able to receive die.’ I have too many reasons to and, if so, what would be the and served as role models for others,” he innovative corporations.” ment-resistant depression and the drug through this means. live,” Shoham said. long-term effects. The proposal said. “At around the same time, you also For the report, Wakefield defined scale- an HIV prevention treatment, When that happens, she will Making such decisions is “very for this change was submitted saw the entrance of a few new growth ups as high-growth companies with among other drugs and treat- not be able to afford it, she told hard indeed,” said Prof. Mor- by the One in Nine organiza- stage investors from overseas enter the revenue growth and employment growth ments. The Jerusalem Post. dechai Shani, a former Health tion. market, filling a niche that was lacking above 20 % per year in each of the past Only some of the approxi- “I had pain in my joints, red- Ministry director-general who He said this is the first year beforehand.” three years. “There is a point where com- mately 900 treatments valued ness in my face and a lot of helped establish the committee in many in which there was a Ayal Shenhav, head of the Hi-Tech & panies have to shift their mindset toward at more than NIS 3.5b. that spots, like acne,” Shoham said for priority in health in 1988. slight increase in budget and Investment Funds Department at the a very different set of tasks. You need were originally submitted for about when she first started suf- “The budget of NIS 550m. is there is no promise that it won’t Gross law firm, which represents many to develop sales, marketing, legal, and consideration by the commit- fering from scleroderma. Then very low,” he told the Post, not- revert back to the lower amount tech firms, agreed. “For many years, human resources teams with a different tee made the cut; 141 items she started to cough. For nearly ing that he is now a member of next year. The government has Israelis were known to be very good at approach,” Jaffe said. were on the final list. two years she was on and off the Society of Patient Rights in failed to prioritize the health developing technology that would be “The report was intended to call atten- One person hoping to see a antibiotics before she was diag- Israel, an activist group lobby- system, as Israel saw quickly sold to multinationals in order to scale. It tion to the fact that things can be done novel drug incorporated into nosed. ing to help effect change and with the onset of the coronavi- used to be that a large investment round on the national level to encourage the the health basket is Sara Sho- Today, she can barely walk her increase the annual allotment rus crisis, he said. would be around $10 million, but with growth of scale-ups once they are recog- ham, 54, from Ness Ziona. She dog. However, Shoham said she for these innovative, new or Will the mirror that COVID- more funds coming to Israel to invest, nized as an important part of the econ- was diagnosed with advanced- loves life and is very grateful unique treatments. 19 held up to the government we are seeing $100 million rounds more omy,” Jaffe said. “Policymakers need to stage scleroderma (also known for what she has, including one The dilemmas that the com- change its priorities? often.” understand that scale-ups are where job as SSc-ILD) three years ago, a granddaughter and another on mittee faces are huge and heavy, Shani said he does not believe In addition, Shenhav said, the tech growth happens.” disease that causes lungs to the way. Shani said. it will. COVID led half of Anger and frustration among locals stranded abroad families to reduce Yaakov Mikhli to miss daughter’s bat mitzvah, stuck in New York following closure of Ben-Gurion Airport • By JEREMY SHARON anesthetic consultant. government’s handling of the They were scheduled to crisis. Thousands of Israelis remain return to Israel this com- “I don’t have a doubt that savings, report finds stranded abroad while awaiting ing Sunday, and Daniel was if the prime minister or other • By ZEV STUB or friends. approval from a special govern- to resume work at Rambam ministers had relatives abroad Not surprisingly, workers ment committee to reenter the Health Care Campus in Haifa. that they would find the justi- The coronavirus pandemic who were furloughed or fired, country after Ben-Gurion Air- But they are now in limbo as fication to get them approval led almost half of all house- and households that report- port was closed to commercial their application for an entry to return home,” Lipman said. holds to reduce their savings ed a decrease in their income, flights at the end of January. permit remains unanswered “Leaders must look at their and a sixth of all households were the most likely to take out The airport was shut on Janu- and their flight was canceled. people as members of their had to borrow money to deal loans and withdraw savings. ary 25 to all commercial flights The lease on their apartment own family, and sadly they with the economic impact of Seventy-six percent of peo- without prior notice due to the expires at the end of next week aren’t doing so,” he said. “This the crisis, according to a report ple said they received some government’s concerns over and cannot be extended. They inhumane policy must end. by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale government assistance to deal the entry of highly contagious are searching for somewhere Approvals must be given to Institute. with the corona crisis during COVID-19 variants into the for their family to live while all Israelis immediately, and While government grants the survey period, with 21% country. It is tentatively sched- they wait for the permit and try flights must be provided for provided only limited assis- receiving several types of gov- uled to reopen by February 21. and find a new flight. them.” tance in coping with the crisis, ernment assistance. It is estimated that some Braunold noted difficulties BEN-GURION AIRPORT deserted during closure while many are they did provide significant In general, the respondents 10,000 Israelis are currently with the online application IN A statement to The Jeru- stranded abroad, unable to return. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) assistance to households with reported receiving less assis- stuck abroad. The Interior Min- form, which others have also salem Post, Akunis said: “The low income, the report found. tance than Finance Minis- istry’s Population Authority did experienced. multi-ministry committee, The study was based on an try statistics would indicate, not reply to a request for infor- ing a hard time finding a flight from Frankfurt are greatly over- Completion of the form chaired by Hashem Hussein, Internet survey of 1,501 Jew- although that phenomenon mation on the precise figure. and returning home. subscribed, and the three “res- is supposed to end with the will, on the one hand, exercise ish households in Israel during is consistent with research on The government has now set These problems are com- cue flights” scheduled by El Al receipt of a confirmation num- high sensitivity to the requests mid-August. government assistance pro- up a formal process to apply for pounded by the requirement on Monday to fly from New ber. But applicants have report- it receives; on the other hand, Some 51% of all survey par- grams in other countries and a permit to reenter the country to present a negative COVID-19 York on Thursday and Satur- ed not receiving one, and they the committee will not act ticipants said they had to use is likely either due to a lack for those who traveled abroad test within 72 hours of flying. day night were booked within are unable to track the status of irresponsibly. Each and every extra financial resources to of knowledge or deliberate before the airport was closed. This has proved difficult for hours. their application. request will receive a fair con- deal with the crisis, includ- under-reporting for a variety But applicants are experiencing some people who must care- His wife, Michelle, who has In addition, the application sideration from the committee ing reducing current savings, of reasons. delays and other obstacles in fully schedule their flights into been taking care of their chil- form allows for only one indi- members in full accordance withdrawing money from sav- Among the self-employed their efforts to return home and Frankfurt and their ongoing dren by herself since he left for vidual at a time to submit an with the criteria approved by ings, taking loans from a bank who had to reduce or close to their families. journey to Israel. the US, said life as an immi- application, Braunold said, and the cabinet.” or nonbank lender, or a com- their businesses during the Some families have been sep- Yaakov Mikhli, an immigrant grant without family in Israel is subsequent efforts to apply for A Transportation Ministry bination of these actions. first closure, those who arated for weeks, some individ- from the US who made aliyah generally challenging and has other family members resulted spokesman said: “In accor- About 45% of all respon- received government grants uals are unable to work, and with his wife and five children been made even more difficult in a message that an applica- dance with the government dents said they reduced their were only slightly less likely to others are facing severe disrup- two years ago, is currently stuck during the COVID-19 crisis. tion had already been filed. decision to limit entry into savings due to the crisis by make significant reductions to tion to their lives and to the in New York, having traveled Without her husband, things Michael, another immigrant Israel, with the goal of prevent- reducing the amount they their expenditures compared lives of their children, in many to the US for work at the begin- have become even harder. to Israel who requested that his ing the entry of [COVID-19] added to savings or with- with respondents who did not cases suffering financially. ning of January, before the air- Michelle said her family has family name not be used, is mutations, it was determined drawing funds from savings. receive these grants (34% ver- Applications are currently port was shut. no close relatives in Israel, and stuck in Paris after he flew to to operate one flight a week to About 25% said they withdrew sus 43%). being processed through a spe- Mikhli, who has received the bat mitzvah celebration was France on January 22 to visit Frankfurt. The destination was money from some source of However, among the cial committee under the aus- both shots of the COVID-19 going ahead without grandpar- his elderly parents, who he had decided due to the availability savings to deal with the crisis. self-employed with below-av- pices of the Regional Coopera- vaccine, was supposed to return ents, uncles, aunts and cousins. not seen for many months. of flights to other destinations Half of the 67% who said they erage incomes whose busi- tion Ministry and its minister, on January 28. But he has been “We have done everything by He applied for an entry per- around the world. were saving money before the nesses contracted or closed, Ofir Akunis, with representa- stranded ever since the govern- the book,” she said. “We follow mit on Friday but has still not “Following requests we were crisis started said they were 26% of those receiving the tives from the Health, Aliyah ment closed the airport. the rules, and it’s so frustrating received an answer. Michael made aware of, we have sched- now saving less. grants had to significantly and Integration, Interior and This weekend is Mikhli’s to feel like we have been strand- works in the financial-services uled additional flights to desti- In addition, 17% of respon- reduce expenditures, com- Transportation ministries, daughter’s bat mitzvah, and at ed with no help. For a family industry and cannot work nations in the US and Dubai in dents said they borrowed pared with 56% of those who chaired by Regional Coopera- present it does not appear that to be separated like this is very remotely. He has been required order to return citizens to Isra- money to deal with the crisis. did not receive the grants. tion Ministry Director-General he will be present for the occa- disappointing and scary.” either to take unpaid leave or a el who left the country before Some 10% said they took loans Some 26% of low-income Hashem Hussein. sion. vacation. January 25 or others who exit- from a financial entity such as households said the grant There is just one flight to He applied on Sunday for per- JOANNA BRAUNOLD, her hus- Rabbi Dov Lipman, a former ed legally.” their bank, credit card or pen- money was “very helpful.” Israel per day from around the mission to reenter the country band, Daniel, and their two MK, has been working volun- Asked why all Israeli citizens sion fund, and 10% said they Families with children were world, operated by Israir from but has yet to receive a response. children are Israeli citizens who tarily to assist Israeli citizens have not been given the auto- had gone into overdraft. In more likely than people above Frankfurt. This means that even Even if Mikhli gets approval have been living in the UK for stranded abroad. He described matic right to return home, the addition, 14% reported receiv- retirement age to say the grants citizens who have obtained a to return, it is unlikely he will the last two years, where Daniel the situation as “chaotic” and Health Ministry declined to ing financial help from family had helped them significantly. permit to reenter Israel are hav- find a flight to Israel. Blights has been working as a pediatric “ a circus” and deplored the comment. THE JERUSALEM POST . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 NEWS 5 Bennett to be kingmaker, poll finds

• By GIL HOFFMAN representatives visit President The poll, which was the first Likud, 18 for Yesh Atid, 14 and the United Arab List nearly enable Netanyahu to Reuven Rivlin for consulta- taken by Panels pollster Men- for New Hope, 11 for Yamina, (Ra’am) were among the 27 build a coalition. Yamina leader Naftali Ben- tions after the votes are count- achem Lazar since lists for eight each for the Joint List parties running in the elec- The 52 seats predicted for nett will be the kingmaker ed and the seats are tabulated. the election were set Thurs- and Shas, seven each for Unit- tion that would not cross the parties opposing Netanya- after the March 23 election, It is unlikely that any other day night, found that Net- ed Torah Judaism and Yisrael threshold. hu forming a government – according to a Panels Research party would recommend him anyahu’s Likud maintained Beytenu and five for Labor. The 49 seats predicted for Yesh Atid, New Hope, Yisrael NAFTALI BENNETT poll taken for 103 FM, which unless Yamina fares dramati- its commanding lead over all Three parties narrowly parties that support Netanya- Beytenu, Labor, Meretz and (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post) is part of The Jerusalem Post cally better than polls predict. other parties. crossed the 3.25% elector- hu forming a government Blue and White – could also Group. But his 11 seats could help The survey was taken before al threshold with four seats: – Likud, Shas, United Torah be supplemented by Yamina’s ed in either calculation Bennett has said he would crown either Prime Minister Netanyahu went to court for Blue and White, the Religious Judaism and the Religious 11 to enable Lapid to build a because its leaders have said recommend himself to form Benjamin Netanyahu or Yesh his trial. Zionist Party and Meretz. Zionist Party – could be sup- coalition. they would support neither a government when party Atid leader Yair Lapid. It predicted 30 seats for The New Economy Party plemented by Yamina’s 11 to The Joint List is not includ- Netanyahu nor Lapid. Sa’ar: Keep politics out of PM’s trial Protesters dressed as Gantz vows to keep Justice portfolio in next government prisoners lay out red carpet • By GIL HOFFMAN

Prime ministerial candidate Gideon Sa’ar criticized Likud for Netanyahu’s trial MKs on Monday for calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Net- • Jerusalem Post Staff anyahu’s trial to be postponed until after the March election. Protesters dressed as prison- Both Knesset Speaker Yariv ers and street cleaners laid out Levin and Deputy Health Min- a red carpet near the Prime ister Yoav Kisch said the trial Minister’s Residence in Jerusa- should be delayed, because the lem on Monday morning, and prosecution’s case against the demonstrators chanted outside prime minister is set to be pre- the Jerusalem District Court as sented before his defense. They Prime Minister Benjamin Net- said it would not be fair for one anyahu arrived for his final pre- side to be heard by the public trial hearing. before the election and not the The protesters near the other. Prime Minister’s Residence “This is a difficult day for wore uniforms reading “cor- everyone and a difficult day for ruption cleaners” and “Israel the State of Israel,” Sa’ar said. NEW HOPE Party leader Gideon Sa’ar speaks to a fruit vendor during an election campaign stop Prisons Service” and carried “Politicians across the polit- in Ra’anana yesterday. (Flash90) brooms and garbage cans. ical spectrum should not get Photos from the scene showed involved. They should enable legal system with legislation her Yamina Party would oppose stop the rule of the clerks,” Ben- protesters sweeping cash and a the trial to be run professional- and incitement. We have seen granting immunity from pros- Gvir said. poster with Netanyahu’s face ly without political interference personal threats against offi- ecution to the prime minis- United Torah Judaism leader with the brooms. from either side and without cials, which is a threat to Israeli ter and the so-called French Moshe Gafni presented a dif- “A situation in which an political pressure.” democracy – and we will con- Law that would legislate such ferent way for Netanyahu to incumbent prime minister Acting Justice Minister tinue to fight it every day.” immunity. Without Yamina, bypass the legal establishment. appears in court as a defen- Benny Gantz said it was a sad Gantz said his Blue and White Netanyahu would have a tough He said on Monday that his dant is a black mark on the day because the prime minis- Party prevented Netanyahu time passing the bill. faction would support the State of Israel and its democra- ‘CORRUPTION CLEANERS’ protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence yesterday. (Ben Cohen) ter went on trial, but that an from avoiding going to trial. Otzma Yehudit leader Itam- Supreme Court override bill, cy,” the so-called Crime Min- important message was sent He said Blue and White would ar Ben-Gvir, who is third on which could allow the Knesset ister movement said Monday by the trial that all citizens are demand the Justice portfolio in the Religious Zionist Party list, to overturn its decisions. in a press release. “We must cannot run a state. Today, more house, Army Radio reported. equal under the law. the next government, which he said he would ensure that the “We will not join any coa- not normalize this madness. than ever, Israel needs a full- Photos and video from the “We will not let anyone harm said would not be formed by French Law would be passed lition that does not pass the The coronavirus failure, which time prime minister and not scene showed protesters carry- the justice system,” Gantz said. Netanyahu. and that other steps would be Supreme Court override bill, claimed more than 5,000 vic- a defendant who has made ing signs reading “Crime Min- “For months, the legal system In what could be bad news for taken to decrease the powers of because there must be a firm tims and caused an economic an alliance with Kahanists to ister” and “go vote” and chant- has been under an unprece- the prime minister, former jus- the attorney-general and state separation of powers between and social disaster for the cit- escape trial.” ing loudly. One pro-Netanya- dented attack, [with a] ruling tice minister Ayelet Shaked told prosecutor. the legislative and judicial izens of Israel, illustrates that About 200 loud protesters hu protester was seen in front party that tries to harm the Channel 12 on Monday that “In the next Knesset, we will branches,” Gafni said. a person accused of a crime gathered outside the court- of the courthouse as well.

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• By UDI SHAHAM ter we left Lebanon, while [the victims’] “We will not hesitate to uproot the Ira- ern front, the State of Lebanon will be the blood is soaked in the soil,” Gantz said at a nian entrenchment near our borders, and one that pays the heaviest price because In a signal to Tehran and its proxies in the memorial ceremony for the 1997 helicop- [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah knows [the ammunition and rockets] are in civil- region, Defense Minister Benny Gantz on ter disaster, when two IAF helicopters tak- well that his decision to build bunkers of ian areas,” he said. Monday said Israel is constantly acting to ing soldiers to the security zone in south- ammunition and rockets and to strength- Over the past year, several incidents prevent Iranian entrenchment near Israel. ern Lebanon collided in midair, killing all en Hezbollah’s capabilities is putting him between and the IDF and Hezbollah have In a warning to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an 73 on board. in danger and putting the lives of Lebanese been reported along the Lebanese border. Iran-backed Shi’ite terrorist group that is “Since then, we made it clear that we will citizens in danger,” he added. Last week, an antiaircraft missile was also active in Syria, he said Israel would do not allow Lebanon to become a terrorist Gantz called on the Lebanese govern- fired at an IDF drone while it was carrying everything in its ability to prevent Lebanon state,” he said. “And today, the IDF is oper- ment to assume responsibility for what out a mission over Lebanon. It missed the from becoming a terrorist state. ating and will keep operating on the border takes place in the country. drone, and the mission was completed, the “Three and a half years after the disas- and beyond.” “If a confrontation occurs on the north- IDF said. THE WASP on a Heron UAV. (IAI) Yazidis mourn genocide victims IAI unveils

• By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ing Yazidi survivors who Ankara claims are members of the “PKK,” the Kurdish aerial Harrowing scenes in Iraq brought back Worker’s Party, which Turkey views as a memories of the dark days of the sum- terrorist group. mer of 2014 when Islamic State extrem- Ankara’s real goal may be to make ists rounded up members of the Yazidi sure Yazidis never return, Turkey has surveillance minority and murdered thousands in often threatened a military operation to what is now recognized as a genocide. occupy Sinjar the way it did in Afrin in Nobel laureate Nadia Murad was one northwest Syria, a Kurdish area it ethni- system of the survivors, and now she is mourn- cally cleansed in 2018. ing the remains of her brother, whose WASP provides high-resolution identity was one of those confirmed IRAQ HAS attempted to mark the geno- through DNA testing in the village of cide and care for the victims and also picture of moving targets Kocho. memorialize them. UNITAD, the UN The burial ceremony comes more than Investigative Team to Promote Account- • By UDI SHAHAM six years after the genocide occurred ability for Crimes Committed by Daesh because of a lack of international and in Iraq, has helped identify the remains. Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled its new local investment in helping survivors An official ceremony took place in Bagh- WASP surveillance system on Monday. identify the thousands of missing vic- dad prior to the remains being moved to The new system provides a high-resolution tims and the victims buried in mass Kocho. situational awareness picture of moving targets graves. Yazidi survivors continue to live According to reports, some 17 mass day and night and within a wide area of interest. in refugee camps, and some commit graves have been exhumed. There are “Utilizing state-of-the-art EO [Earth observa- suicide due to the continuing struggle. more than 30 in Iraq holding the bodies tion] and [infrared] IR sensors, AI [artificial intel- The US State Department said it stands of thousands of people. A representative ligence] algorithms and adaptive rule engines, with Yazidis who are grieving for their of the Yazidi community of Armenia the system captures large areas in high revisit community members massacred by ISIS attended the Baghdad ceremony. Like rate, to track, identify and alert the system six years ago. Along with US support, Jews and Yazidis, Armenians were sub- operator of moving targets that correlate with the UN in Iraq “worked with the Iraqi jected to genocide. mission requirements and objectives,” the IAI government to return the remains of THIKRAN KAMIRAN YOUSIF, 22, visits his father’s grave in Kojo, Iraq on Sunday. In 2015, I went to northern Iraq and said in a statement. “Compact, light-weight and 104 Yazidis to Kocho, Sinjar [District] to (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters) traveled to the Yazidi region of Sin- requiring low power consumption, WASP com- be laid to rest,” it said. jar when some of the first mass graves plies with a wide range of aerial platforms such Kocho was one of the villages captured still being found alive in camps where gion, one of many that used to be more had been discovered. At the time, the as tactical UAVs, drones, fixed and rotary-wing by ISIS in August 2014 during an offen- ISIS supporters and others live in Syria. common in the Middle East before remains of the genocide were visible, aircraft, or tethered surveillance balloons.” sive near Sinjar Mountain in northern It is believed that almost 3,000 Yazidis the recent genocidal extermination. including clothing discarded by people WASP’s coverage area and resolution changes Iraq. This area is composed of plains and are still missing. Similar to the Holo- Yazidis, like Druze, Mandaeans, Sha- who fled ISIS. according to its platform and operating altitude. desert below a long mountain that rises caust, the mass murder of Yazidis led to baks, Jews, Christians, Kurds, Assyrians, The mass graves were not well protect- Mounted on a tactical UAV, such as the BirdEye from the parched earth. The mountain thousands of survivors, such as Murad, Syriacs, Kekei and many other groups, ed, and the remains were harmed by 650D, WASP covers two square kilometers in forms a kind of long shank pointing at who still hold onto the scars and hor- have been massacred and targeted in the elements, leaving body parts, pieces optimal resolution to detect all types of moving Syria. rors they experienced. Bodies of Yazidis the region. of clothing and ID cards of the victims targets. When mounted on a male UAV such as ISIS was able to roll into this area in dumped in mass graves, much like the ISIS also targeted Shi’ites, murdering strewn about. There was almost no sup- the Heron 1, the coverage area expands over 15 August 2014 after having captured the Einsatzgruppen did to Jews in Eastern around 1,500 Shi’ite cadets at Camp port to help document the remains in square kilometers to detect mostly vehicle size city of Mosul in June 2014, expelling its Europe, remain to be dug up and iden- Speicher in June 2014, often through the first years after the mass graves were objects and the like, the company said. minorities, particularly targeting Chris- tified. methodical shooting and beheading. discovered. “The development of WASP exemplifies IAI’s tians and Shi’ites. The Yazidis still live in internally dis- A US-led coalition intervened to help Some work to identify victims novel strategy of ISR systems development, intel- ISIS based its ideology on a religious placed persons camps in northern Iraq, stop the genocide in August 2014, but increased in 2018. When I went to ligence and information fusion capabilities,” genocidal worldview, replacing the Nazi and tens of thousands have fled to other by then it was too late for many. Around Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in 2019, said Moshe Levy, IAI executive vice president race theories that led to the Holocaust places, with some making a difficult 500,000 fled to Syria and northern there were still thousands of people and general manager of the Military Aircraft with extremist religious views that tar- journey to Europe. To get to Europe, Iraq’s Kurdish region, many through a missing, and their files needed more Group. geted all non-Sunni Muslims for expul- they often had to go through Turkey, a corridor carved out by the People’s Pro- financial investment to be digitized and “By providing a highly detailed intelligence sion, ethnic cleansing or genocide. It country full of former ISIS members and tection Units (YPG). The YPG became thoroughly investigated. Survivors were picture in a wide area, WASP provides excellent also murdered Sunnis, including Bedou- supporters and the financial hub of ISIS partners of the US in Syria and formed still living in tents. two-layer situational awareness that comprises in tribes, Kurds and others. Its goal was a today. Yazidis continued to face perse- the Syrian Democratic Forces, which With limited resources and support, both visual and intelligence information,” he landscape of only ISIS supporters. cution on the way to Europe via Greek liberated Raqqa from ISIS in 2017. some exhuming of graves happened in said. “As a compact and light system, it can be Yazidis were singled out for some of camps, often at the hands of Islamist Turkey, where many ISIS members 2020, and DNA testing is taking place. mounted on a range of platforms to provide the worst brutality, including the sell- extremists who hate them. came from, claims the SDF are “terror- The result is the beginning of the burials strong intelligence capabilities already on the ing of women into slavery for mass rape. ists.” It often bombs Sinjar, the same and identification of victims more than tactical level.” Children were also sold, and some are YAZIDI IS an ancient and complex reli- area where the genocide took place, kill- six years after the genocide. Iran cleric: People who Ransomware attack said to target Ness IT are vaccinated have infrastructure located in Israel, US and India • By TZVI JOFFRE back-up critical data off-line and securely, install and regularly update become homosexuals A ransomware cyberattack tar- anti-virus or anti-malware software, geted the Ness Digital Engineer- use multi-factor authentication and • By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL cials got Pfizer, and they don’t pro- ing company which operates in keep devices patched and up-to- vide it for the people with the excuse Israel, the US and India, according date, among other measures. An Iranian regime cleric in the that they don’t trust the West,” she to cybersecurity consultant Einat Meyron stressed that cyber insur- holy city of Qom on Tuesday issued said. Meyron. ance is “a necessary tool in any a homophobic rant against people According to Peter Tatchell, a The details of the cyberattack assessment plan, but only after real vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming LGBT and human-rights campaign- remain unclear, but initial reports assessments have been made and that they become gay after receiving er, “Ayatollah Tabrizian combines indicate that the attack may have the organization understands and the vaccine. scientific ignorance with a crude begun in Israel and then spread to knows what it will need to do, – Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote appeal to homophobia.” other Ness branches around the NESS TECHNOLOGIES had at least 150 servers in the country that were depending on which triggers and hacked in the attack. (Amir Cohen/Reuters) on his Telegram social-media plat- “He’s demonizing both the vacci- world. schedules, – to activate the play- form: “Don’t go near those who have nation program and LGBT+ people Ness has worked for over two book and respond correctly and had the COVID vaccine. They have without a shred of evidence,” he told decades to develop and integrate past with the IDF, Israel Aerospace In November, the FBI warned that effectively to the attack.” become homosexuals.” the Post. “By seeking to scare the software products and digital plat- Industries, Israel Post, the Israel Ragnar Locker ransomware has been The cybersecurity consultant The radical Islamist has nearly public into not getting vaccinated forms for companies and govern- Airport Authority and the Hebrew used against an increasing list of vic- explained that insurance policies 210,000 followers on his Telegram against COVID-19, he is fueling the ment agencies. University, among other compa- tims since it was first observed by the are rarely precisely tailored to the account. pandemic and putting lives at risk. “This is a significant, rolling nies and government bodies. FBI in April 2020. The ransomware needs of the company and added Tabrizian has a history of deroga- Typical of many Iranian religious event, which started at high inten- According to the National Cyber actors first obtain access to a vic- that in the attack on Ness, the tory opinions about Western medi- and political leaders, his bizarre, irra- sities last night. There is currently Directorate, the incident is not tim’s network and perform recon- incident managers in India were cine. Last year, a video showed him tional claims scapegoat LGBTs and chaos and we are trying to keep it connected to Israel. naissance to locate network resourc- reporting a delayed response from burning Harrison’s Manual of Medi- put theological prejudice before sci- low profile, with the company’s According to Meyron, more than es, backups and other sensitive files AIG due to the different time zones cine and saying that “Islamic medi- entific knowledge.” internal intervention teams. At the 150 servers in Israel and about and manually deploy the ransom- involved in the incident. cine” had made such books “irrele- Iran’s regime has executed 4,000 to moment we do not see it spreading 1,000 servers outside of Israel are ware and encrypt the victim’s data, “The event that is currently vant,” according to an article on the 6,000 gays and lesbians since the Ira- to customers,” a source involved in being scanned by McAfee in light according to the FBI report. underway illustrates the real chal- website of Radio Farda, the Iranian nian Revolution in 1979, according handling the attack told ynet. of the attack. The managers of The ransomware does not encrypt lenge of managing a cyber event,” branch of the US-funded Radio Free to a 2008 British WikiLeaks cable. Shachar Efal, CEO of Ness Tech- the company’s India branch have data if the victim’s locale is found Meyron said. “The rate of spread Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast ser- Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- nologies, told Ynet that all their reportedly begun managing the to be Azerbaijani, Armenian, Belo- is so fast. We know today that vice. mad Javid Zarif justified his regime’s systems had been tested and that incident and have brought their russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Moldavi- ransomware attacks can encrypt “Like other clerics in the regime, executions of gays in 2019. When there was no intrusion into the insurer, AIG, into the picture. an, Tajik, Russian, Turkmen, Uzbek, thousands of workstations in just also Tabrizian relates all the short- questioned why it does this, he said: company or its customers, which A screenshot of the message dis- Ukrainian or Georgian, according a few hours and that does not even ages [shortcomings] to sexuality,” “Our society has moral principles, include hundreds of customers in played as part of the attack reads to the FBI report. include the threat of disseminating Sheina Vojoudi, an Iranian dissident and according to these principles Israel. “Hello ness-digital-engineering! Companies targeted by the ran- the information itself, other mis- who fled the Islamic Republic of Iran we live... These are moral principles Ness Technologies, which oper- If you (sic) reading this message, somware include the Capcom gam- use and other business, financial due to repression, told The Jerusalem regarding the behavior of people in ates in Israel, stressed that it was it means your network was PENE- ing company and the Italian bev- and legal damages yet to come.” Post on Sunday. “The clerics in Iran general, and that is because the law not being affected by the cyberat- TRATED and all of your files and erage company Campari Group. The attack comes after a series of are suffering from lack of knowledge is upheld and you abide by laws.” tack and that while they were con- data has (sic) been ENCRYPTED by The hacking group behind Ragnar cyberattacks on Israeli businesses and humanity.” In 2019, the Post reported that nected to the Ness companies in RAGNAR LOCKER!” The message Locker has even taken out Face- and institutions, including Israel “Actually, his goal of spreading Iran’s rulers publicly hanged a India and the US in the past, they instructs the company to contact book ads through hacked accounts Aerospace Industries, the Shirbit nonsense is to try to scare people 31-year-old after being found guilty have not been connected for the a live chat provided in the message in order to publicize their ransom insurance company, Ben-Gurion [out] of getting vaccinated, while the of violating the country’s anti-gay past seven years. to resolve the case and “make a attacks. University and the Amital software leader of the regime and other offi- laws. The company has worked in the deal.” The FBI advised companies to company. THE JERUSALEM POST . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 NEWS 7 UAE halts funding to UNRWA in ‘reset’ of program DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab cy with $50 million in 2019 and She said the decision to halt the same mechanism,” she said. when the United States, its biggest Nations said fell short of its target, Emirates does not plan to resume $20m. in 2018, but made no con- funding was taken when the oil “We want to see how internation- donor, halted annual aid of more risking severe cuts to the world’s funding to the UN agency for Pal- tributions last year, although the producing country revised its aid al organizations are revising their than $300m. New US President Joe largest humanitarian aid program. estinian refugees, which was halt- official said UAE charitable groups program at the end of 2019 and approach – we are looking for more Biden is expected to resume fund- Hashimi said that after the ed last year, until steps are taken to donated $1m. was not related to the UAE estab- efficacy, and a wiser way of utiliz- ing, at least partially. coronavirus pandemic, demand manage funds more efficiently, a “We are in dialogue with UNR- lishing ties with Israel under a ing funds.” The UAE, once a major donor on donors was greater than ever UAE government official said. WA’s leadership on how to enhance US-brokered deal in September. UNRWA, which helps around 5.7 for Yemen and a member of the before and the UAE was pushing The Gulf state, current chair effectiveness of aid,” Minister of “COVID was a revealing time million registered refugees across Saudi-led military coalition that forward with support for organiza- of the United Nations Relief and State for International Cooperation and led us to push the reset but- Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the intervened in the country in 2015, tions that utilize funds efficiently, Works Agency (UNRWA) adviso- Reem Al Hashimi told Reuters this ton. We believe that we have a West Bank and Gaza, has faced also did not contribute to a 2020 such as the International Commit- ry committee, provided the agen- week. moral responsibility but not under budgetary difficulties since 2018 donors conference that the United tee of the Red Cross.

do not have a formal part explained. not only over deep political CHARGES where Mandelblit is record- In addition, as a consequence divisions, but also over the nar- Continued from Page 1 ed as explaining why he of COVID, many rehabilitation row margins left by the severity approved, but it was plain from centers have turned into coro- of the situation. In addition to first 40 minutes of the four- the transcripts of their dozens navirus facilities, and patients the high rate of infection, the hour hearing, having received of meetings on these issues in need of rehabilitation are disease has recently begun to permission to leave early. The that this is what happened in kept in the hospital too long. target children at a higher rate other defendants, Bezeq and those meetings. “This also has a cost, in terms than it did before the highly Walla owner Shaul Elovitch, Mandelblit issued memo- of cross-infections and other infectious British variant took his wife, Iris, and Yediot Aharo- randa after the fact referring complications they might suf- root. not owner Arnon “Noni” to decisions he made at those fer from,” Segal said. Therefore, while an agree- Mozes all remained. meetings, the prosecution said. “In the long run, all these ment on the first stage of the A significant portion of the The judges appeared impa- problems turn into an increase exit from the lockdown was hearing saw fights between tient with Ben Tzur, who spent in mortality of elderly patients reached in a long cabinet Ben Ari and Tirosh versus Ben hours arguing about the issue. and people with chronic ill- meeting on Thursday, a deci- Tzur and Netanyahu’s other They also cautioned the pros- nesses,” he pointed out. sion regarding the education lawyer, Amit Hadad, about ecution that they must do a On December 31, the Cen- system was postponed. On Sat- whether Attorney-General Avi- better job explaining exactly tral Bureau of Statistics released urday, the cabinet ratified that chai Mandleblit had properly when approvals took place. • a short report on the Israeli schools would not open before approved all police investiga- population, estimating that Tuesday. tive activities relating to the around 50,000 individuals On Monday night, the cab- prime minister. EXIT had passed away in 2020. Sim- inet delayed the reopening Mandelblit had only Continued from Page 1 ilar reports from the previous until Thursday, after sever- approved police investigations three years approximated that al rounds of consultations relating to a separate Bezeq Weinroth died, there was less the number of deaths stood between Prime Minister Ben- case, which will eventually be pressure in that direction. SEEING RED at about 45,000. As of Janu- jamin Netanyahu, Alternate tried in the Tel Aviv District Still, Netanyahu could ary 1, some 3,338 people had Prime Minister Benny Gantz, A woman plays with a child in an anemones field near Kibbutz Beeri yesterday. Court, but not regarding Case have used the February 2019 succumbed to the virus in the Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (Amir Cohen/Reuters) 4000, Ben Tzur said. Key activ- announcement of intent to country. While the precise data and Gallant. ities in Cases 1000 and 2000 indict, the October 2019 pre-in- are not available yet, the dis- According to the outline pre- had not received approvals dictment hearings and the prison sentence on the eve of Human Rights Council doesn’t resolutions against Israel are crepancy of some 1,500 people sented by the Health Ministry, from Mandelblit, Hadad said. November 2019 final indict- the Holyland trial verdict, see- improve human rights. It not typically voted on in them. is likely no coincidence. preschoolers, kindergarten- Hadad’s mention of an exam- ment against him as exit ramps ing that it could save her from covers for dictators & human At Monday’s organizational As an effect of the pandem- ers, students in first through ple for which Mandelblit had to cut a deal which might have three to five times as long in rights abusers like Russia, meeting, Pakistani Ambassa- ic, countries all over the world fourth grades and those in 11th not given proper preapproval saved him jail time and saved jail. China, & Venezuela. Sad to see dor Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi are now looking into the phe- and 12th grades who live in led to a revelation about Yair the country a lot of suffering. Maybe down the line Net- the Biden admin legitimize an spoke on behalf of the Orga- nomenon of “excess mortal- yellow and green areas would Netanyahu’s limousine driver, The public also could have anyahu will agree to such a org that has become a farce nization of the Islamic Con- ity.” The term refers to the go back to school according Roi Rosen. decided not to keep someone, deal. to human rights advocates ference (OIC), which he said general number of deaths from to pre-lockdown restrictions: In response, the prosecu- however talented, in the prime But not before the country is around the world.” planned to submit one pro-Pal- all causes that are above and wearing masks and in capsules tion said the police had ques- minister’s chair, once indicted. dragged through a painful and The US has had a checkered estinian resolution under beyond what would have been for grades three and up. tioned Rosen about whether However, in three elections flamboyant legal conflagration history with the UNHRC, Agenda Item 2, called “Insur- expected under normal con- However, the recommenda- the prime minister’s son had in 2019 and 2020 and likely like no one has ever seen. which was created in 2006. The ing Accountability and Justice ditions. tion for orange and red areas received illegal gifts from Aus- in a fourth election in 2021, Any remaining exit ramps Bush administration cut its ties for all Violations of Interna- During the year 2020, more – some 80% of the country – tralian billionaire James Packer. Netanyahu has maintained a will have come too late to save to the council, refusing even to tional Law in the Occupied people have died compared to was different. These same stu- At the early stages of Case full quarter or more of the vot- Israeli society from this pun- engage as an observer. Former Palestinian Territory Including previous years in many, if not dents would return to school, 1000, the state prosecution ing public behind him – more ishing and destabilizing era. • US president Barack Obama East Jerusalem.” In the past this most, nations. And in most but in smaller capsules begin- and the police were trying to than any other candidate in re-established ties and held resolution has typically called cases the official coronavirus ning even in preschools, hence understand how deeply Sarah three out of four elections (and seats on the council, where it for an arms embargo against death count only covers part of requiring them to learn in-per- and Yair Netanyahu were in the one he lost to Blue and REJOINS voted in support of Israel. Israel. those additional victims. son only every other day. In involved in passing on gifts. White’s Benny Gantz it was Continued from Page 1 The Biden administration The ambassador said the OIC For example, according to a addition, they will be asked to It was already known that razor close.) has now followed in Obama’s planned to submit four more chart published by The Econ- study in the open air, meaning Sarah Netanyahu was deeply The Likud could have decid- “We recognize that the footsteps. Blinken in his state- resolutions on Israel and the omist, in the period between outside. involved in coordinating the ed not to keep an indicted per- Human Rights Council is ment said that the UNHRC can Palestinians under Agenda March 8, 2020, and January The plan was met by opposi- receipt of gifts with Israeli bil- son, however talented, as its a flawed body – in need of be effective when it “shines a Item 7. 9, 2021, the United States reg- tion from parents, teachers and lionaire Arnon Milchan. candidate for prime minister – reform to its agenda, member- spotlight on countries with the The first would affirm the istered some 448,550 exces- local authority leaders alike. Part of Case 1000 details how but in the only recent primary, ship, and focus, including its worst human rights records right of the Palestinian peo- sive deaths. However, only “The outline to return kinder- at a later point, Milchan got Netanyahu trounced Gideon disproportionate focus on Isra- and can serve as an important ple to self-determination, he 360,370 of them were officially gartens and preschools is silly, sick of funding the alleged Sa’ar. el,” Blinken said. forum for those fighting injus- said. The second would speak attributed to the virus. Over a illogical and inapplicable,” illegal gifts of expensive cham- Other political parties, espe- “However, our withdrawal tice and tyranny.” of “human rights in the occu- similar period, Brazil reported said Hagit Pe’er, chairwoman pagne and cigars to the Net- cially the haredi parties, could in June 2018 did nothing to He noted that it could pro- pied Palestinian territory, 190,780 people succumbing to of NA’AMAT- Movement of anyahu family and asked Pack- have decided only to cooperate encourage meaningful change, mote fundamental freedoms including east Jerusalem.” The COVID-19, but 217,670 exces- Working Women & Volunteers er to help with the project. with the Likud if they replaced but instead created a vacuum such as the right to free speech, third would be on “Israeli set- sive deaths. From February 26 chairwoman. “They cannot Packer was questioned Netanyahu with someone who of US leadership, which coun- assembly and worship, as well tlements in the occupied Pales- to October 27, Italy had 36,960 reopen functioning in capsules regarding alleged illegal gifts was not indicted – such as Yuli tries with authoritarian agen- as gender and transgender tinian territory, including east coronavirus victims, and or outdoors. It’s just not pos- he gave to the Netanyahu fam- Edelstein or Gilad Erdan. das have used to their advan- rights. Jerusalem and in the occupied 63,650 excessive deaths. sible. Those who conceived ily. But Monday was the first The High Court of Justice tage,” he added. “To address the council’s Syrian Golan” and the last one A CBS report looking into this plan do not understand revelation of a potential con- could have disqualified him Foreign Minister Gabi Ashke- deficiencies and ensure it on “human rights in the occu- the issue in Israel published anything about the needs of nection between Packer and from running, and there was nazi spoke about the US deci- lives up to its mandate, the pied Syrian Golan,” he said. • at the beginning of December toddlers.” Yair. a legal basis for doing so. But sion with Blinken, telling him United States must be at the found that some 40,315 people Ahead of the meeting on It appears that it did not the justices, probably correct- that the “UNHRC is a biased table using the full weight of had died as of the end of Octo- Monday, Gantz said Blue and come up until now as the pros- ly, decided that any good that body with a longstanding our diplomatic leadership,” KILLED ber, about 9% more than in White ministers would require ecution decided not to file an might do would be outweighed record of flagrant discrimina- Blinken said. Continued from Page 1 2019. However, while up until children in green and yel- indictment against Yair. by the permanent harm and tion against Israel.” Washington immediately the first trimester of 2020 the low areas to return to school. Instead it only came up on stain it would place on them He added: “We are confident made good on its statement, in visiting health facilities is death rate was actually lower Regarding red and orange cit- Monday when the prosecution in the eyes of Netanyahu’s mil- that the US will utilize its re-en- sending its charge d’affaires not the only way COVID has than in previous years, and ies, preschools should reopen explained why the police had lions of supporters. gagement with the Council Mark J. Cassayre to the UNHRC negatively impacted Israel’s in the second one just slight- based on criteria such as mor- questioned Yair’s limousine A deal could have been to eradicate the institutional organizational meeting in health. ly higher, during the period bidity and vaccination rates driver after the defense ques- worked out in which Netanya- anti-Israel discrimination at Geneva on Monday, where “The Israeli healthcare sys- between August and October to determine what to do with tioned whether the interroga- hu would have stepped down the UN and bring about much he announced that his coun- tem had been neglected for the mortality rate dramatically grades 1-12, he said. tion had been carried out with with a presidential pardon in needed reforms.” try would once more take an many years when the pandem- increased. Blue and White asked to any authority. exchange for honoring the The UN and a number of active role in the proceedings. ic hit,” Dr. Gadi Segal, head of According to the report, immediately activate the The prosecution maintained prime ministerial rotation its member states lauded the All 193 UN members have a the Internal Medicine Depart- coronavirus deaths cover “green label” and reopen com- that Mandelblit had approved agreement with Gantz. move. UN Secretary-General right to speak and engage with ment at Sheba Medical Center about 94% of the excess mor- mercial, cultural and touristic the questioning. Another deal could have Antonio Guterres said that the the council, but voting is limit- pointed out. “The system was tality in the first ten months activities for those who quali- Likewise, Tirosh said Man- been worked out with Gantz UNHRC “is the world’s leading ed to just the 47 members. already lacking the beds and of 2020. But among people fy for it, meaning people who delblit had approved investi- to elect Netanyahu as the next forum for addressing the full Israel has never had a seat the manpower to properly care under 70, the official victims are at least a week after having gations of Netanyahu in Case president, replacing Reuven range of human rights chal- at the council, but unlike the for the elderly and for patients of the virus actually exceed the received their second corona- 4000, adding that Ben Tzur Rivlin in May. This could have lenges. The council’s mecha- US, it continued to engage carrying chronic diseases.” excess deaths, suggesting that virus vaccine and those who was trying to disingenuously given him immunity for seven nisms and special procedures with it during the Trump years, With the pandemic and half mortality from other causes have recovered from COVID- separate Bezeq from Netanya- years, long enough for the case are vital tools for ensuring including speaking at meet- of the internal medicine beds – for example car accidents – 19. hu. to fade in importance and con- action and accountability. The ings. converted to COVID-19 beds, was reduced. For people over Some 4,560 new cases of Instead, she said, from the troversy. United Nations looks forward The UNHRC meets three the situation has just deterio- 70, excess deaths significantly the novel coronavirus were start there were three distinct Mandelblit could have to hearing the crucial voice of times a year in Geneva and rated, the doctor said. exceed the official coronavirus reported in Israel on Sunday, pieces in the Bezek investi- indicted Netanyahu on lesser the United States across the is next scheduled to convene “For years, the Treasury has count. with 8.8% of tests returning gation, and one piece always charges, minus bribery. This council’s urgent work.” from February 22 to March 23. not been providing enough A full picture of the conse- positive, the Health Ministry related to Netanyahu. might have made a deal more Officials from the Trump One of its mandates dictates resources for public hospitals. quences of the pandemic on reported Monday morning. Prosecutors were all along possible without a bruising administration, in contrast, that the issue of alleged Israeli The nominal numbers of beds Israel’s health system – in The number marks a decrease trying to understand why trial, allowing the prime min- attacked the move. human rights abuses against has not increased since 1997, terms of deaths but also other from the previous days. The top Netanyahu aide and then ister to stay in power while Former US ambassador to Palestinians is held at each and Israel is very behind com- issues, from disabilities to men- data was only partially signif- Communications Ministry accepting fault –like Sarah Israel David Friedman tweeted: session, under Agenda Item 7, pared to other OECD countries tal health – will take months, if icant because the amount of director-general Shlomo Filber Netanyahu did in the separate “Well here’s a terrible policy: which is set aside for such pur- in terms of numbers of doc- not years, to quantify. • tests administered on Sundays would give Bezeq allegedly ille- “Prepared Foods Affair.” rejoining the UNHRC.” poses. Israel is the only coun- tors and nurses. This translates for the past few weeks has been gal favoritism, Tirosh said. But none of this has hap- He then listed countries with try for which such a mandate into lack of proper attention to consistently lower than that These suspicions eventu- pened. problematic human rights exists. Alleged human rights the patients and the need to SCHOOLS on other weekdays, around ally led Filber to turn against Mandelblit indicted Netanya- records who were on the coun- abuses of all other countries discharge them too quickly,” Continued from Page 1 50,000 compared with 80,000. Netanyahu, which led to the hu on grave bribery charges cil. are dealt with under Agenda Segal added. Of those infected, 1,121 were explosive media bribery allega- and he has used a scorched- “Who is leading the UN’s Item 4. The result is that now more be able to go back, but we need in serious condition and 316 tions against the prime minis- earth approach to delegitimize commission on human That agenda item will also than ever, physicians are forced patience.” were on ventilators. The death ter in Case 4000. the attorney-general and the rights? China, which places be included in the next coun- to send home patients who As the coronavirus restric- toll stood at 5,129. However, even if Tirosh is legal establishment. its undesirables in concentra- cil sessions. March is typical- could benefit from longer hos- tions started to be lifted on Some 3.5 million people right about the connection The Post reported in Novem- tion camps; Russia that jails its ly the session where multiple pitalization. Sunday after several weeks, all have received the first dose of between the Bezeq case and ber that this likely has ended dissidents; and Cuba! Who is resolutions are passed against “Let’s say a patient suffer- political forces agreed in prin- the vaccine, and 2.1 million Case 4000, Netanyahu’s law- the possibility of a plea deal the permanent target? Israel. Israel and such resolutions are ing from an infectious disease ciple that schools should be have had the second. Some yers said there was no explicit without at least some jail time. Donald Trump and [former US expected to be approved next benefits from receiving intra- considered a high priority in 120,000 shots were adminis- written approval by Mandelblit But there could still be a plea ambassador to the UN] Nikki month as well. venous antibiotics. We might the exit strategy from the lock- tered on Sunday, down from of police investigative actions. deal. Haley got it exactly right by Debates on alleged Israeli need to switch to oral med- down. However, when it came the 200,000 or more doses The prosecution admitted Former Olmert top aide Shula withdrawing!” human rights abuses are held ication too soon in order to to approving a concrete plan, that were given every day in that their meeting transcripts Zaken agreed to an 11-month Haley tweeted: “The UN at the two other sessions, but discharge them,” the doctor the ministers have struggled mid-January. • 8 SPORTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 . THE JERUSALEM POST • Sports Editor: URIEL STURM Comments/Questions: [email protected] Buccaneers dismantle Chiefs in Super Bowl Brady captures record 7th ring, 5th title-game MVP • Tampa Bay defense stymies Mahomes, KC Kiryat 21. Brady has now balanced the scales Shmona with Kansas City DC Steve Spagnuolo who Weather 26/11 famously vexed TB12 and his 18-0 Patriots Tiberias 13 years ago. Today Haifa 27/12 22. The Chiefs tied this season’s league Partly Cloudy 21/11 high with seven Pro Bowlers; OLB Jason Pierre-Paul was the Bucs’ only Pro Bowl representative. Netanya 23/13 23. Jettisoned by the Jacksonville Jaguars Wednesday Ariel right before the start of the regular season, Mostly Sunny 22/9 Leonard Fournette latched on with Tampa Tel Aviv Bay... and his clutch showing in these play- 24/13 offs might yet earn him a nice contract from the Bucs or another team. He joined Terrell Thursday Davis (1997) and Larry Fitzgerald (2008) as Sunny Jerusalem the only players in league history to score 21/9 TDs in four games of one postseason. Ashkelon 24. Tampa Bay’s Bruce Arians, who 25/13 wasn’t offered his first NFL head job until Dead Sea COMMENTARY 24/17 2013, became the oldest coach to win a • By NATE DAVIS Super Bowl at age 68. Beersheba 25. Bucs LB Devin White is a budding 24/17 ere are the top 32 things we learned superstar, making 38 tackles, recovering from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ two fumbles and picking off Mahomes and H31-9 Super Bowl 55 victory to con- Drew Brees in the span of three playoff clude the 2020 National Football League games. Wednesday Mitzpe Ramon season: 26. RB LeSean “Shady” McCoy suddenly Kiryat Shmona 24/9 20/9 1. Bucs QB Tom Brady extended his own has two rings, one this year with the Bucs Tiberias 26/11 record by earning his seventh Super Bowl TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS quarterback Tom Brady celebrates on the field during the fourth after getting his first a year ago with Kansas Haifa 20/11 ring. quarter of the Bucs’ 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. (Reuters) City. McCoy did not play in Super Bowl 54 Netanya 22/12 2. No NFL franchise has won more than or 55. Ariel 21/7 six Super Bowls, the New England Patriots back to start Multiple Super Bowls before memory he looked so mortal. Laboring 27. All four of Tampa Bay’s TDs (Brown, Tel Aviv 23/12 and Pittsburgh Steelers tied for the lead... age 26. behind a tattered offensive line, he was Fournette and two by Gronk) were scored Jerusalem 21/7 but now trailing Brady by one. 11. Brady, 43, has started in three Super constantly pressured by the Bucs pass rush by players who are not signed for 20 21. Ashkelon 23/12 3. Bill Belichick? You, sir, have some work Bowls... since turning 40. and forced to improvise on low-percentage 28. Ten years after making his Super Dead Sea 24/16 to do to convince us you haven’t been car- 12. The 18-year age difference between throws. His 52.3 passer rating was the Bowl debut with the Steelers, Bucs WR rying TB12’s water all these years. Antonio Brown, who caught Brady’s other Beersheba 24/16 Brady and Mahomes was the widest gap worst of his four-year career. Never before 4. But good on the Patriots for offering ever between opposing Super Bowl quar- had the Chiefs failed to score 10 points with TD pass Sunday, notched his first ring. Mitzpe Ramon 18/7 up some classy pro-Brady tweets at night’s terbacks. Mahomes in the lineup. 29. AB’s former Pittsburgh teammate, Eilat 26/14 end. Chiefs RB Le’Veon Bell, is still waiting for his Eilat 13. Brady became the first quarterback to 18. The latest Super QB matchup of the 26/16 5. After beginning the day as the first NFL participate in Super Bowls spanning three century was quite the dud, every bit as dis- bling. Bell, who seems headed for this third club to “host” a Super Bowl in its own sta- different decades. appointing as Joe Montana vs Dan Marino team in five months once free agency dium – and the Buccaneers were the desig- 14. Brady and newly elected Hall of 36 years earlier. begins, is still waiting to play in his first North America Weather Today nated home team even though this is tech- Famer Peyton Manning are the only start- 19. Though the COVID-19 pandemic Super Bowl. nically a neutral site game – Tampa Bay ing quarterbacks in Super Bowl history to made this the NFL’s lowest-attended Super 30. PSA (which happened to be Brady’s also became the first to win a Lombardi lead different franchises to Lombardi glory. Bowl ever (24,835) – the first Super Sunday pre-game anthem in New England): Trophy in its own building. 15. In nine previous Super Bowl appear- in 1967 (Chiefs vs Packers) was the only Michael Jordan only has six rings. 6. The Buccaneers joined the Baltimore ances with the Patriots, Brady never led a other not to sell out, the LA Coliseum 31. PSA No. 2: A lot of you out there – Vancouver Montreal Ravens as the only clubs with multiple you know who you are – keep referring to 3/-6 first-quarter touchdown drive. But he drawing 61,946 – the league’s 30,000 card- Toronto -4/-10 Lombardi Trophies but no losses on Super Brady and Mahomes (plus Aaron Rodgers -2/-9 found longtime New England teammate board cutouts of people at Raymond James Chicago Boston Sunday. Call the Bucs... “TB2.” Rob Gronkowski for an 8-yard score at the Stadium fooled quite a few people watch- and others) as “GOATs.” Tighten up, peo- -8/-17 2/-6 7. Sunday’s matchup between Brady and end of the opening period Sunday. ing the game into thinking the building ple... there can only be one GOAT. Denver Washington DC New York Chiefs superstar Patrick Mahomes marked 16. The pair connected again in the sec- was packed. 32. Next year’s Super Bowl is scheduled San Francisco 6/-5 5/-3 13/8 9/-1 the first Super Bowl to feature the quarter- ond quarter, marking the 14th time they’d 20. Masterful job by coordinator Todd for LA’s glistening new SoFi Stadium. But backs who’d won on the preceding two hooked up for a postseason TD. They Bowles and the Buccaneers defense to not who’s gonna be excited unless the Rams Los Angeles Dallas Atlanta 16/8 Super Sundays... entered Super Bowl 55 tied with the Hall of only make life miserable for Mahomes but and Chargers become the first franchises to 18/10 11/4 Orlando 8. Brady is now 2-0 against Mahomes in Fame duo of Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, also contain All-Pro WR Tyreek Hill, who co-host Super Sunday in their own yard – 28/19 postseason (1-2 in the regular season). who combined for 12 playoff touchdown burned Tampa Bay for 13 catches, 269 and with The Weeknd there to perform Miami 9. Mahomes is 6-0 in the playoffs when passes. yards and three scores in the regular sea- another live video on that “Oculus” video 27/21 not facing a Brady-led squad. 17. Sunday was clearly Mahomes’ worst son. He was limited to seven grabs for 73 board? Either way, see you there. 10. Mahomes became the first quarter- game as a pro and really the only time in yards Sunday. (USA Today/TNS) Mac TA uses 17-0 run to coast past Rishon • Gilboa/Galil upsets Jerusalem level of concentration and level of energy that third quarter to notch the narrow conquest. Carreira checked in with 12 points while Tal LOCAL HOOPS they brought for this game,” said a content Hanochi ended up with 19 points, Isaiah Dunne recorded a double-double with 11 Maccabi coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos. “It’s not Cousins added 16, Joe Thomasson scored 13 points and 11 rebounds. • By JOSHUA HALICKMAN easy to play so many games in just a few days, points and Kerry Blackshear chalked up a dou- Or Leumi paced Shai Segalovich’s squad with but everyone was mentally ready and we split ble-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. 20 points and Michael Young scored 18 points Just ahead of Thursday’s Israel State Cup the time appropriately.” Suleiman Braimoh scored 16 points while in the loss. semifinal duels between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Zoosman spoke about the recent streak of Tamir Blatt and Malcolm Hill added 14 points Meanwhile, Hapoel Holon sunk Hapoel Eilat Hapoel Holon, as well as Hapoel Jerusalem and wins and what that has done for the team since in the loss. 83-77 at the Red Sea city ahead of the Israel Maccabi Rishon Lezion, all four teams were in the defeat to Hapoel Gilboa/Galil. Hanochi spoke about the victory following State Cup semifinal match against Maccabi action in Israel Basketball League action. “I believe that these wins are giving us con- the contest. Tel Aviv. Maccabi Tel Aviv wiped out Maccabi Rishon fidence after falling to Gilboa. After that loss “I’m trying to enjoy every day. I felt good CJ Harris led the way for Stefanos Dedas’s Lezion 105-77 to win a fourth game over the we had to react and adjust. We don’t want to before the game and I came in very well pre- squad with 21 points, Tyrus McGee aded 19 past week. Yovel Zoosman and Scottie Wil- accept any loss in league play.” pared. I am focused on improving every day points and Chris Johnson checked in with 17 bekin put their mark on the game, as the yel- Rishon coach Guy Goodes didn’t dwell on and I’ve bene putting in a lot of work on a per- points in the win. low-and-blue ran off a 17-0 run to end the third the defeat. sonal level and as well as with the team.” Josh Nebo with 20 points and Casey Prath- quarter to cruise to the win after the score to “The game wasn’t competitive and now we Elsewhere, Ness Ziona just got by Ironi Naha- er with 19 points paced Ariel Beit Halachmi’s that point was a relatively close 58-47. are looking forward to Thursday’s cup game. riya 76-71 in a hard-fought battle in a back-and- team. Zoosman led Maccabi with 17 points, Wil- Maccabi has really destroyed every team in its forth game at Lev Hamoshava. In an interesting twist, the Holon fans are bekin added 16 points, while John DiBar- way the past few games while for us the game The northerners held a 67-62 lead with under attempting to raise 300,000 NIS in order to give tolomeo, Dragan Bender and Ante Zizic each against Jerusalem in the State Cup is the most four minutes to play, but Jerome Meyinsse, the ability to their club to register five foreign scored 12 points in the win. Trey Lewis was the important game of the week.” Patrick Miller, Lior Carreira and Braian Angola players in time for the big clash with the yellow- Rishon high scorer with 15 points as Golan Up in the Galilee, Hapoel Gilboa/Galil each scored clutch baskets down the stretch to and-blue on Thursday. The amount represents MACCABI TEL AVIV coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos Gutt and Darryl Monroe added 13 points each downed Hapoel Jerusalem 81-75 as Yotam take the win. the fee to have five imports, just as Maccabi has has the yellow-and-blue in prime form ahead in the loss. Hanochi starred for Avishay Gordon’s squad, Miller led the way with 22 points for Brad had all season long in their lineup for Israeli of Thursday’s State Cup semifinal vs Maccabi “I want to congratulate the players for their which held the Reds to just 11 points in the Greenberg’s team, Angola added 18 points, games. Rishon Lezion. (Udi Zitiat)

Serena sails into second round of Australian Open Japanese mostly opposed Williams admitted to some French Open, a defeat which match was to get back to the Halep, a semifinalist last to Olympics this summer concern that a shoulder resulted in her linking up dressing room and watch year and finalist in 2018, injury which forced her to with long-time coach Patrick 43-year-old Tom Brady winning wrapped up the contest inside while the remaining 8% back withdraw from her warm-up Mouratoglou. his seventh Super Bowl. an hour with a sixth break of allowing spectators. tournament last week would “That was one of the worst “It’s unbelievable,” she said. serve and moved on to face The Tokyo Olympic Games hinder her serve, and that days of my career,” she “My only word is it’s unbe- another Australian in Ajla were postponed last year due to perhaps explained her double recalled. “But it also brought lievable. You can’t say it was Tomljanovic. the COVID-19 pandemic and fault on the opening point of the best days of my career the system he was at formerly. On the men’s side, Domi- rescheduled to take place this the match. afterwards. It was one of those It’s definitely Tom Brady, he’s nic Thiem overcame an early TOKYO (Reuters) – A majori- year starting on July 23. After losing her first service necessary evils. Tom Brady. He’s amazing.” wobble before overpowering ty of Japanese remain opposed Some 56% expected the coro- game, however, it was busi- “I don’t think I would be In other action, Simona Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(2), to holding the Olympics this navirus pandemic to remain ness as usual for Williams as who I am if I hadn’t had Halep skipped briskly into 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second summer amid the coronavirus unchanged in the summer, while she routed her opponent with that loss. It just completely the second round with a busi- round on Monday. pandemic, but the ratio lowered 37% anticipated improvement MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ser- thumping serves and how- changed the whole course of nesslike 6-2, 6-1 demolition of Third-seeded Thiem was bro- significantly from recent polls, a and 3% saw it getting worse. Some ena Williams put on a vin- itzer forehands in front of a my career. I’m happy to take local wildcard Lizette Cabrera. ken twice in the first set and Yomiuri newspaper poll showed 70% believed the vaccination tage display of power tennis small but enthusiastic crowd another first-round loss if it The second-seeded Roma- had to fight off a set point at on Monday. would help resolve the situation. to ease into the second round of unmasked fans on Rod happens like that again.” nian looked in fine form as 6-5 before rallying to take the Some 28% of respondents said Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of the Australian Open with Laver Arena. Her partnership with she moved her opponent tie-break at Rod Laver Arena. they want the Olympics to be can- said two weeks ago that Japan a 6-1, 6-1 drubbing of Ger- “I was happy just to get Mouratoglou has taken her to around the Rod Laver Arena The Austrian, beaten in a celled and the same ratio of people remained determined that the many’s Laura Siegemund on through it,” she told report- within one Grand Slam sin- court apparently at will and five-set final by Novak Djokov- think they should be held without Olympics would go ahead. Mon- day before rushing off ers. Wasn’t sure how my serve gles title of Margaret Court’s seized her break-point oppor- ic last year, found his rhythm spectators, the poll showed. Suga told a virtual meeting court to catch the end of the would be after a little bit of long-standing record of 24, tunities with alacrity. and ended up racing to the The Yomiuri poll showed a com- of the World Economic Forum Super Bowl. that shoulder, but it’s feeling which the American could Cabrera, who has never won finish, breaking Kukushkin to bined 61% wanting the Games to that Japan was “determined to First-round matches at good, I’m feeling good. So it match with an eighth Austra- a match at her home Grand love to seal the match. be postponed or cancelled alto- deliver hope and courage to the Grand Slams have rarely felt really good.” lian Open title. Slam in four attempts, initial- US Open champion Thiem gether, around 20% points lower world” through the Games, and presented a problem for the The only time Williams Next up for Williams in that ly froze on her country’s most will meet the winner of a duel than recent opinion polls. he would continue to collabo- 39-year-old American, who has fallen at the first hurdle quest is a second-round tie prestigious tennis arena and between Dominik Koepfer Just 36% of the public are in rate closely with International has lost just one of 77 over her at a Grand Slam was against against Serbian Nina Stojanovic found her best game only when and Hugo Dellien for a place favour of holding the Tokyo Olympic Committee President long career at the majors. Virginie Razzano at the 2012 but her first thought after her the result was all but certain. in the third round. Olympics this summer, of which Thomas Bach to realize a “safe 28% are calling for no spectators and secure” event. 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DAVID BRINN, Managing Editor and not against him to stop Iran MAAYAN HOFFMAN, News Editor UDI SHAHAM, Night Editor TOVAH LAZAROFF & Benjamin Glatt, Deputy Managing Editors • By AMOS YADLIN Herb Keinon, Lahav Harkov & SETH J. FRANTZMAN Senior Contributing Editors ERICA SCHACHNE, Magazine Editor NERIA BARR, Op-Ed Editor srael and the United States have one common LIAT COLLINS, International Edition Editor MARC ISRAEL SELLEM, Chief Photographer ELAINE MOSHE, Archivist strategic goal: to prevent the radical regime in Iran from achieving nuclear capability. This is usually where agreement between the twoI countries on this subject ends. Each of these two close allies holds a completely different position Divergent positions regarding the path that is leading toward achieving their common objective. he first few weeks of the Biden administration Over the past decade, Washington and Jerusalem have seen a flurry of activity in all directions. have disagreed substantially on five essential world- Issuing an unprecedented number of execu- views: tive orders, ranging from the climate crisis to COVID-19T vaccinations, the new president has quickly 1. Perception of threat overturned many of the policies installed by his prede- The perception in Israel is that if Iran attains nuclear cessor and is rapidly forging his own vision of the future weapons, this poses an existential threat to the State path of the United States. of Israel. The US, on the other hand, does not share Biden’s limited focus on foreign policy has been aimed this view, and does not consider a nuclear Iran to be an primarily on Russia, China and the military coup in existential threat. Myanmar. As The Jerusalem Post’s Lahav Harkov pointed out, in his first foreign-policy speech last week, Biden 2. National traumas affect decision-making didn’t mention Israel or the Iran nuclear threat once. Israeli leaders are highly impacted by memories of In Israel, much has been made of the lack of contact the Holocaust, whereas the Americans have painful thus far between Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin memories of their two seemingly endless wars in the Netanyahu as a sign he is possibly moving away from Middle East. the policies of former president Donald Trump when it comes to facing the Iranian nuclear threat and the Israe- 3. Full nuclear capability li-Palestinian conflict. Israel is striving to achieve a wide margin of security, Biden’s appointments of officials connected to the ranging from Iran detonating a bomb to achieving IDF CHIEF of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi. Israel can criticize the Americans for returning to the Iran deal, as Obama administration – including Robert Malley, who nuclear capability, while the US – even if it doesn’t Kochavi illustrated during a speech last month. (Corinna Kern/Reuters) is known as a strong advocate of rapprochement with declare this officially – is okay with Iran reaching the the Islamic Republic, as the US special representative threshold of nuclear capability, as long as it cannot to Iran – have only added to the apprehension being actually build a bomb. by president Donald Trump, which includes the Iran might also encourage the US to reinstate the origi- expressed in Jerusalem. agreement. nal agreement. Statements and decisions emerging from Washington 4. US readiness However, senior officials in the Biden administration The second and preferable option is to engage in over the last few days reveal a mixed bag for Israel, indi- The US administration believes that it will be able to are aware that the nuclear deal with Iran was based on quiet and discreet dialogue with the US administration cating that, like in his domestic housecleaning, Biden is stop Iran from succeeding to create a bomb by engag- problematic assumptions, unfulfilled hopes and on the to reaffirm the common goal, which is to prevent Iran planning to do away with some of Trump’s policies but ing in military action – even if that occurs at the last erroneous belief that the Iranian nuclear project was from ever attaining a nuclear bomb, and together to not necessarily others. minute. Although Israel believes in the Americans’ not as extensive as it was later discovered to be. clarify the policy that needs to be implemented in The US would not lift sanctions on Iran to get Tehran capabilities, it does not have much confidence in the Moreover, there’s no doubt that the Biden adminis- order for the goal to be achieved and last a long time. back to the negotiating table, Biden told CBS’s Face the US’s determination and readiness to carry out such a tration is interested in amending the agreement and It’s important that Israel and the US engage in honest Nation on Sunday, adding that Iran must stop enriching move. One example is the bitter experience with North strengthening it in a way that would block Iran’s path and professional dialogue about the issues that must uranium first. Korea. to building a bomb. be amended in the agreement, including removing the A senior US official later said Biden meant Iran had to As a result, the challenge leaders in Washington are section regarding the date the agreement will expire; stop enriching beyond the deal’s limits of 3.67% under 5. Likelihood of war breaking out currently facing is how to return to a diplomatic track supervision anywhere and at any time; stopping nucle- the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, not that it had In the end, the prevailing view in Washington is that that will focus mainly on how to get back to the 2015 ar research and development; and a reexamination of to stop enriching entirely before the two sides might the alternative to signing an agreement with Iran is nuclear agreement, while at the same time ensuring weapons activity. talk. war. that subsequently there will be a process in which both The strategic goal of the dialogue between Israel and “There is nothing changed in the US position,” the In Jerusalem, on the other hand, the leadership sides will work to promote an improved agreement. the US administration needs to include the formula- official said. “The United States wants Iran to come back believes that continued pressure on Iran will lead to The plan is to also take into consideration the under- tion of a detailed “parallel agreement” that will cover into [compliance with] its JCPOA commitments, and if the overthrowing of the ayatollahs’ regime or will force standings and facts that have become clear following both the short and long term. In addition, a joint it does, the United States will do the same.” Iran into signing a better agreement. the signing of the agreement, and in light of the action plan needs to be outlined in case the Americans’ Earlier on Sunday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Israel believes that militarily thwarting Iran’s nuclear administration’s promise to consult with the US’s allies optimistic assessment of the agreement as an effective Ali Khamenei said Tehran would return to compliance activity as a last resort will not lead to war. For refer- in the Middle East, which view the agreement as highly means of curbing the Iranian nuclear program turns with the JCPOA only if Washington lifts sanctions on ence, there was destruction of the nuclear reactors in problematic. out to be erroneous. the Islamic Republic. Iraq and Syria, as well as the American assassination of Israel has two options: The first option is to return to This Israeli-American parallel agreement needs to Whether one of the sides will soften its stance remains Qasem Soleimani and a number of specific air attacks the position it held in 2015 and to sharply criticize the include points of agreement vis-à-vis the redlines that to be seen. But it’s an encouraging sign that Biden is not that did not escalate into a full-scale war. Americans for returning to the Iran deal, while urging must not be crossed by Iran, an impetus to fix and going to be a pushover to entice Iran back to the deal the Biden administration to continue promoting its improve the agreement down the road, and the curb- signed during president Barack Obama’s administration. IN HIS election campaign, President Joe Biden pledged “maximum pressure” policy that was promoted by the ing of negative activity carried out by Iran in the Mid- Another issue close to Israel that has seen a supportive to reinstate the Iran nuclear deal. This is a continu- Trump administration. dle East in light of the nuclear agreement. response from the US is the ruling by the International ation of the legacy left by president Barack Obama’s The first signs of this approach were heard last month, And finally, Jerusalem and Washington must agree Criminal Court that it has jurisdiction to open probes Democratic administration, and a number of the most in a speech given by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv to strengthen Israel’s military alternative and improve against Israel for war crimes. senior positions in the new administration are held by Kochavi at the Institute for National Security Studies. the credibility of the American option, both of which “We have serious concerns about the ICC’s attempts to individuals who were involved in the formulation of Such a policy will, in my opinion, weaken Israel’s are essential for the success of a diplomatic approach. exercise its jurisdiction over Israeli personnel,” the State the original Iran agreement in 2015. influence on the Americans’ position, as well as The writer is the executive director of the Institute for Department spokesman said late Friday after the ICC The prevailing atmosphere in present-day Washing- harm Israel’s ability to promote any amendments National Security Studies (INSS). Between 2006 and 2010 announcement was made. ton is one of trying to undo every move carried out to the agreement. Paradoxically, this approach he served as the IDF’s chief of Military Intelligence On the other side of the coin, the announcement on Monday that the US was returning to the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after Trump withdrew over what his administration called “bias against Israel,” is troubling but expected. It’s official: The Trump Administration Former US ambassador David Friedman criticized the proposed move, calling it “terrible policy.” However, a State Department official said the decision to return to the Geneva-based body on an observer basis made Israel part of the Middle East was “the most effective way to reform and improve the Council... to engage with it in a principled fashion.” • By ELIE PODEH is deterring Iran – combating the rem- à-vis the Arab threat. BEYOND THE military importance of There is logic to joining a forum in order to change nants of the Islamic State organization, Its inclusion at the time under the the American move, it is also of sym- it, just as there’s logic to signing an agreement with a n one of its final decisions, the helping resolve the conflict in Afghani- Pentagon’s European Command obvi- bolic significance in restoring Israel belligerent state in order to better monitor it and pre- Trump administration moved Israel stan, countering the threat of weapon- ously defied geographic logic, but was to its natural place in the Middle East. vent it from achieving its nefarious aims. But it’s not from the purview of the Pentagon’s ized drones and more. meant to overcome military and politi- Israeli decision makers have gener- a view that Israel has subscribed to as part of its policy European Command (EUCOM) to Israel’s placement under CENTCOM cal impediments stemming from Israel’s ally not perceived their state as part to contain its enemies. If such moves are to happen, Ithe Area of Responsibility (AOR) of the obviously stems from its recent nor- inclusion in the same arena as the states of the Middle East, both due to the they need to be done from positions of strength, not US Central Command (CENTCOM), malization agreements with the UAE with which it was at war. A similar deci- constraints of the Israeli-Arab conflict appeasement. which spans the states of the Middle and Bahrain, and indirectly from those sion was made in the UN context, when but also as a reflection of political and The challenge awaiting Jerusalem now is how to coor- East (except for Turkey and Cyprus, with Sudan and Morocco. According to Arab states successfully barred Israel from cultural preferences. Mitvim’s public dinate and work with a new administration that does which come under the European Com- the Department of Defense announce- the Asian bloc of nations, preventing opinion surveys indicate that Israeli not share the ‘no daylight’ approach of its predeces- mand), the periphery of the new Mid- ment, “the easing of tensions between its membership in international organi- society is consistently torn on this sor. Going head to head against these policies is one dle East (the former Soviet republics of Israel and its Arab neighbors subsequent zations arranged according to regional issue. The 2020 survey found that 29% way. Quiet diplomacy and working together behind Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan to the Abraham Accords has provided groupings. It was only in May 2000 that think Israel belongs more to the Mid- the scenes to arrive at a mutually agreeable destination and Kyrgyzstan), as well as Afghanistan a strategic opportunity for the Unit- Israel gained acceptance into the “West- dle East than to other regions, 25% is another. Before choosing the former, Israel should and Pakistan. Pakistan’s inclusion stems ed States to align key partners against ern European and Others Group.” think it belongs more to the Medi- consider the latter. from the need to separate it from India shared threats in the Middle East.” The US decision to place Israel under terranean Basin, 24% to Europe and (which is under the US Pacific-Indo the CENTCOM umbrella along with 22% did not think Israel belonged to Inbar ashkenazi, CEO Jerusalem Post Group DROR RONEN, Director of Circulation Command). Israel has become the 21st PLACING ISRAEL under the same com- Arab states such as Egypt, Jordan and any region or said they did not have Galit Erez, VP Commercial Partnerships state under CENTCOM’s AOR, joining mand as its Arab neighbors is noth- the Gulf States illustrates the willing- an opinion. 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Just as India and Pakistan cannot on the other the expected expansion and affiliation in the region. transmit in any way (writing, printing or other media) or by any electronic 1990s, military action in Afghanistan be members of the same regional orga- of Israel’s military role in shared threat The writer teaches at Hebrew Univer- means, optical, mechanical or otherwise, any part of this newspaper (including: text, drawings, photographs, pictures, maps and graphics) in textual form or on since 2001, and various other cam- nization, so Israel and the Arab states areas such as Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, as sity’s Department of Islamic and Middle designed pages, including voice recording and typing, without the express paigns in Syria, Iraq, the Gulf and Iran could not. The refusal by regional orga- proven in a growing number of attacks Eastern Studies and is a Board member of permission, in writing, from the publisher The Jerusalem Post Group Ltd. over the past two decades. CENTCOM’s nizations, including NATO, to accept attributed to Israel, with US intelligence Mitvim, The Israeli Institute for Regional top priority, according to its website, Israel increased its sense of isolation vis- help, in these countries. Foreign Policies. 10 COMMENT & FEATURES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 . THE JERUSALEM POST The Russians that came out of the cage • By ARTIOM HILDEBRANDT from the Kremlin, perhaps the children who were beaten up by all. Wouldn’t it be short-sighted and more decisive power is anchored in security services in Moscow and all also selfish of us to think only of our ebruary 2, 2021 marked one of the Russian minds _ the normaliz- across the country were truly shock- own freedom? Could we _ after what the most shameful days in mod- ing, invisible power, in what Fou- ing – but by creating a precedent we have experienced – really be free Fern Russian judicial history. cault described as “the disciplinary through a popular politician such as as long as we do not also want to After being poisoned with a chemi- power… [that] is everywhere and Alexey Navalny, people [should] just stand up for the freedom of other cal nerve agent by the Russian secu- always alert; it functions perma- learn to discipline themselves and people? rity service FSB, the opposition lead- nently and largely in silence.” behave in ways expected from them. While we can provide moral sup- er Alexey Navalny was sentenced on In the case of Navalny, it is much In the past, dictatorships tended port, the ultimate sacrifice must fabricated charges to serve 3.5 years more than about himself. It’s about to imprison and kill a million peo- come from the Russian people in a labor camp. As the verdict was creating discipline within the Rus- ple. Think of Mao Zedong and the themselves. Do the Russian people delivered, rumors surfaced that the sian mind. It’s about creating an Cultural Revolution in China. Or have the courage to break out of ruling elite actually seeks to incar- invisible cage to demonstrate to the the Great Terror under Josef Stalin their Foucauldian cage? cerate him for decades. Russian people that they are noth- in the Soviet Union. This is the past. Navalny closed his speech with The Russian poet Igor Guberman ing but 18th-century serfs – though Today, dictators need to imprison the words, “I want to say that there once wrote, “Sitting in prison, I felt better educated and better fed than only a handful of people every once are many good things in Russia now. that the country in all its vastness their predecessors. Corresponding- in a while, kill a few of them, and The very best are the people who is an immense prison cell.” In 1979 ly, in his speech in court, Navalny with full government media control aren’t afraid – people who don’t look Guberman was arrested and sen- said, “The main thing in this whole broadcast it a million times on TV, the other way.” tenced to five years in a labor camp trial isn’t what happens to me. Lock- radio and the Internet. Long live a free and democratic on trumped-up charges. Shortly ing me up isn’t difficult. What mat- In the West, some have already Russia! RUSSIAN OPPOSITION leader Alexei Navalny, who is accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, inside a defendant before, in 1975 Discipline and Pun- ters most is why this is happening. gotten used to it. Others believe The writer, a German citizen, worked dock during the announcement of a court verdict in Moscow, Russia ish was published. Whether he read This is happening to intimidate it’s just a Netflix reality show. At on the “Justice for Sergei Magnitsky” earlier this month. (Reuters) it or not, Guberman knew how to large numbers of people. They’re our convenience, we can turn off campaign and international cam- make Michel Foucault’s work poeti- imprisoning one person to frighten the news and get busy with other paigns to free Russian political prison- cally his own. millions.” things. But this is a reality of mil- ers such as Mikhail Khodorkovsky. He policy. He is a summa cum laude post- macy and Strategy in Israel and a regu- While the repressive power of And it does not necessarily require lions of people. Why should we care has advised the German and European graduate alumnus in government at lar contributor to publications such as intimidating, poisoning, and a lot of violence – though the pic- about the future of the Russian peo- parliaments on issues ranging from for- the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, The Jerusalem Post, Israel Hayom, imprisoning Alexey Navalny comes tures of peacefully demonstrating ple? There’s a simple reason after eign affairs to monetary and economic Lauder School of Government, Diplo- Brussels Times and Globalo. The fruits of Israeli-Saudi peace

• By ADAM HOFFMAN optimistic era in the region. relations in 2025 following innovation hub that would a few months ago, the same Despite this important devel- the signing of a peace treaty bring together start-ups and could have been said about Isra- he signing of the Abra- opment, challenges to regional between Israel and Saudi Ara- tech entrepreneurs from Israel el’s relations with the UAE and ham Accords at the security and stability persist. bia. The collaborative discus- and the Gulf. Bahrain. What seemed impos- TWhite House on August Policymakers in the region sion of the participants in the Many of the proposed initia- sible only yesterday has become 13, 2020 marked a watershed and a new administration at simulation highlighted poten- tives in the simulation align today’s reality. In this reality, moment in the history of the the White House now need tial opportunities between Isra- with Saudi Arabia’s Vision in the last two months of 2020 Middle East and the Israeli-Ar- to assess and prepare for how el and the Gulf States in various 2030, which includes the alone, $1 billion in investments ab conflict. dynamics in the Middle East domains, giving a sense of the goals of economic diversifi- were made between Israel and The signing of normaliza- will play out in 2021, capitaliz- enormous potential for joint cation, an increase in renew- the UAE and advertisements tion agreements between Isra- ing on the new dynamics cre- ventures and opportunities for able energy production, and for the Abu Dhabi Investment el, the United Arab Emirates ated by the Accords and the the private sector in Israel and encouragement of innovation Office are posted over the main and Bahrain shortly afterward normalization agreements. A the Gulf States. in advanced technologies and roads in Jerusalem. The deepen- demonstrated the transfor- recent simulation conducted Areas of potential cooper- entrepreneurship. Given Isra- ing relations between Israel and mation in the region, as a cen- by the Institute for Nation- ation proposed in the simu- el’s well-known local start-up the Gulf States promise even turies-old conflict that had al Security Studies (INSS) lation included the Internet scene, a collaboration between greater potential. defined the Middle East began explored under what circum- of Things (IoT), FinTech and Israeli and Gulf-based entrepre- With Saudi Arabia possibly to fade away. While the Israe- stances war might break out ISRAELIS WHO took part in the 2021 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia agro-tech, as well as educa- neurs and engineers is an obvi- joining the growing trend of pose in front of one of their two vehicles in Hail, Saudi Arabia li-Palestinian conflict and in the Middle East in the year tional partnerships between ous next step. normalization with Israel in last month. (Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters) other regional hotspots such ahead. While war is a constant Riyadh and Tel Aviv, academic Many of these ideas might the next few years, the poten- as Libya and Yemen have not possibility in the region, an exchange programs between seem far-fetched at the tial opportunities for the pri- magically disappeared, the equally interesting and import- new opportunities for regional cy, focused on exactly that. The Israeli universities and academ- moment, given the lack of vate sector in Israel and the normalization agreements ant scenario to explore is how a stakeholders. simulation, which included ic institutions in the Gulf, and open relations between Israel Gulf are almost limitless. signed with the United Arab peace agreement between Isra- 50 participants from different religious tourism initiatives and Saudi Arabia and the king- The writer is the head of the Emirates and Bahrain marked el and another Gulf state in IN A recent simulation, Wikis- sectors and countries, explored between Mecca and Jerusalem. dom’s commitment to the Arab Middle East Desk at Wikistrat, a the beginning of a new and the coming year could create trat, a crowdsourced consultan- opportunities for Israel-Gulf Other proposals included an Peace Initiative. However, until crowdsourced consultancy. Nearing an end to my year of kaddish Israel coming into view. The malaise of our NO HOLDS BARRED We arrived at a Ben-Gurion Airport that was a ghost town. We trav- • By SHMULEY BOTEACH eled to Jerusalem on empty highways and empty streets. The next day was the burial. There would be no formal funeral, only government the internment and speeches. love watching the Super Bowl. But I had to leave during the The procession behind the body began. It was more somber than I • By WALTER BINGHAM parts of the country have different fourth quarter – when Tom Brady was achieving immortality with expected. Most of those attending had emerged after months of quar- requirements, different necessities and I his seventh championship – to drive the frozen, icy streets of New antine for the first time. There was an eerie silence, broken only by ome parts of our country are sick there should, therefore, be several con- Jersey to a synagogue for the 10 p.m. Evening Service and kaddish. the constant rush of cars coming from the nearby Arab village on the and I am not referring to the corona stituencies to allow their representatives I have about two-and-a-half months left of my year of saying kaddish Mount of Olives. Spandemic, although its prolonged to advocate for their area needs, be it – the haunting mourner’s prayer which I recite three times a day in my The scenery was breathtaking. The Temple Mount glowed in the late continuance has a marked effect. urban or rural, industrial or agricultural. father’s memory. spring sun. Never had Jerusalem looked more beautiful. My father was Israel is about to go to its fourth gen- There should not be only one constitu- When I recently noted to a friend the Herculean challenges of kad- being buried just steps away from his great hero, prime minister Men- eral election within two years, a record ency for the whole country. dish during the coronavirus and how it had become an all-consuming achem Begin. It comforted me to think that, according to ancient Jew- that beats even the Italians. Yet we have There are political parties that advo- pursuit, he told me that when it’s finally over, I will miss it, as I will be ish belief, he would be the first to arise at the resurrection of the dead at not learned Albert Einstein’s dictum, cate for particular interest groups and forced to say goodbye to my father forever. the time of the Messiah. “The definition of insanity is doing the others that declare to be representing His words made me rethink a truly horrible year but one wherein I was the officiating rabbi at my father’s funeral. Grieve? I had to say same thing over and over and expecting the wider community. tragedy is redeemed by the Jewish insistence on choosing life while the correct prayers. I had to call the eulogizers one by one, make sure different results.” It is the stubborn irre- We are not a multicultural society as is surrounded by death. they social distanced and wore masks, and ensure no speech went on sponsible selfishness of our politicians claimed by some, because being Jewish My father did not die from complications related to COVID-19, too long, because COVID-19 demanded we make the ceremony as brief that causes unnecessary time, effort and is the principle culture that all of us but he may as well have. Having suffered a catastrophic stroke in late as possible. most importantly, expense at a time have in common, Arabs excepted. How- December 2019, the night before Hanukkah, he struggled to breathe I delivered my eulogy. It was an upbeat remembrance of my father’s when we can least afford it in the hope ever we are a society that came from while he remained mostly in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. life – how he grew up in abject poverty in Iran, began working from of the opposition that “perhaps this different social and specifically political Every time he improved, and we brought him home, a few days later the age of 10 to help support his family, and came to the United States, time we shall form the government!’ backgrounds. That is why all these his breathing would worsen and he would be readmitted. But at least where his five children were raised. I concluded with the promise of This brings me to the vexed question experiences and ideas have to be taken we could visit him, hold his hand and sing to him the beautiful Sabbath Isaiah that one day “death shall be swallowed forever,” and asked God of the law under which our legislators into consideration when governing our melodies he loved so much. that my father reawaken into a world shining with particles of everlast- are appointed and also who determines country. But when the hospital went into lockdown because of the coronavi- ing light. the criteria applied for selection. The Looking at the list of candidates sub- rus, we could see him only through an iPad. At that point, despite the It was now time to place our father in the ground. My brother and I second part is easy, particularly for new mitted by the parties for this election, it best efforts of the incredibly dedicated staff, he essentially was ware- walked behind the body. They lowered my father into the freshly dug parties that have no large membership is conspicuously noticeable that there housed. Bedsores and mouth sores took over. So, we made the decision grave. I hate coffins because they obstruct the biblical commandment base in order to vote in primaries or are no real so-called Anglos who have – after he was breathing on his own without external oxygen – to bring “dust are thou, and to dust thou shalt return.” But they make funerals have not even a central committee – been selected for any of the parties. Are him home again under a physician’s care, where he lasted about anoth- bearable. The absence of a coffin, as is practiced in Israel, was both and there are always new parties at they not considered as capable as those er week until he died on May 23 right after the Sabbath. appropriate and devastating. each election. It is simply at the whim from other population sectors? The next few days were a blur. I could not grieve. I had no time to And then, suddenly it hit me with such overwhelming force that I, of the leader who selects those who he I suggest that it is the Anglos’ innate grieve. My life was a dizzying array of calls to contacts in Jerusalem to too, felt I was being swallowed by the earth. This is not some other fam- believes to be closest to his or her polit- knowledge of democratic government secure a burial plot on the Mount of Olives, Judaism’s oldest and most ily’s funeral. I am not a disinterested party. This time, I am the mourner. ical views. In other words, the yes-men that incorporates the power of the revered burial ground. Then there were the nearly insurmountable I’m the one saying kaddish. I’m the one with a razor tearing my jacket and women or those who already bring voters to choose their representatives, logistics of moving my father’s body to Israel. El Al was completely shut and my shirt, exposing my broken heart. I am the grief-stricken son to with them a large following and votes. presenting a threat to the comfortable, down. United, which had flights from New York, didn’t accept any whom all are saying “Hamakom yenahem etchem....,” May the Omni- It’s often musical chairs. often corrupt merry-go-round of an cargo. Then we heard about a specially scheduled El Al flight from Los present comfort you along with the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Very basically explained, according elite that has increasingly taken hold of Angeles that was bringing much-needed COVID-19 supplies to Israel, I found strange and unpremeditated words coming out of my mouth. to Article 4 of the Basic Law, the entire our government institutions. and the airline had room for two caskets. My father’s was one of them. “It’s not supposed to be me. I’m the one who always helps others country of Israel serves as one electoral Israel is a member of the Western Then there was the issue of getting flights ourselves from New York mourn. It’s not supposed to be me.” zone in terms of allocation of Knesset world and it is therefore high time to and Miami to Israel and persuading my siblings that, as risky as it might The men filled the grave with earth. I looked at the Hebrew name on seats. Parties submit their lists of candi- discard the Middle East mentality. To be to travel during the coronavirus, children have a responsibility to the mound of earth. “Yoav ben Ezra v’Eshrat Botach.” Yes, this is my dates to be elected in the order in which understand that the cultural, intellec- bury their parents. father. they appear on the list. tual and economic contributions of our I called my friend Dr. Mehmet Oz, America’s most famous physician: My daughter Chana bent down and sifted her fingers through the The position is often in return for half a million Anglos must be recog- “Should I go to Israel? Take the risk?” earth of her grandfather’s burial mound. And the thought of my chil- favors or an inducement to bring their nized and reflected in government. As “Shmuley,” he said, “my father died last year in Turkey, and I traveled dren losing their grandfather during the coronavirus awakened me to following to the party. Lists that pass I have reiterated in the past, until there there and put him in the ground. A son has a responsibility to place the reality of a world awash in grief and death. the qualifying electoral threshold, is a change from the Knesset old guard, his father in the ground. The infection rates in the New York area have But as I said my first kaddish as a mourner – “Yisgadal v’yiskadash which is 3.25% of the total valid votes we shall remain in the same untenable decreased substantially. You should be fine.” shmei raba...” (Magnified and exalted be His great name...) – I was also cast, receive the number of Knesset seats situation that generates instability and How ironic that while many leading rabbis were telling me the trip awakened to a Jewish impulse of vanquishing death; of praising God which is proportional to their electoral frequent elections. was too risky and Halacha, Jewish law, forbade us from traveling, it took even at our lowest moment; of affirming our connection to a living strength. This is done by dividing the But would Knesset members want arguably the world’s most famous non-head-of-state Muslim and one God even when He seemingly disappointed us, almost in defiance of number of valid votes cast for the lists to vote for more responsibility and of the world’s best-known doctors to tell me that I, as a Jew and a rabbi, His desire to show us who is boss. by 120, which is the number of Knesset accountability? Not until at least a had an obligation to bury my father. I believe it was Elie Wiesel who said its best. God may have the last seats. That way it is determined how proportionate number of Anglos are in So, off we went – me, my wife, Chana, our son Mendy, my brother, laugh. But we humans have the last cry. many votes entitle a seat. responsible government positions. Chaim, and my sisters, Ateret and Sara. And in those tears, life is born anew. From the devastation of the coro- This method is far from democratic The author, at 97, is the world’s oldest On the flight, a torrent of memories rushed through my mind, mak- navirus, a world more appreciative of life will emerge. because the electorate are the party active journalist and radio host. He pres- ing it impossible to sleep. So, I took out my laptop and began to write Magnified and exalted be His great name. leaders and not the voters who have ents Walter’s World on Israel National my eulogy. The writer is founder of the World Values Network and the international no representation. What happened Radio (Arutz 7) and The Walter Bingham I almost always speak extemporaneously. But this time I felt best-selling author of 30 books, including Judaism for Everyone. Follow him to the slogan “No taxation without File on Israel Newstalk Radio. Both are in the need to be precise in my words. I would write and read my on Twitter and Facebook @RabbiShmuley. The Champions of Jewish Values representation”? In any case, different English. eulogy which I completed just as I saw the beautiful coastline of gala can be attended or watched at www.theworldgala.com THE JERUSALEM POST . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 COMMENT & FEATURES 11 A contrast in responding to a tragedy • By ARI Z. ZIVOTOFSKY the police have had ample time to respond to this tragedy, both to the t is not easy to face difficult family and to the public. situations and to take respon- But there has been nothing forth- Isibility even when painful. But coming. There has been no expres- that is what is expected of mature sion of sympathy or sorrow (although individuals who are in positions the prosecutor did manage to express of responsibility. There are some sorrow in court). The police have yet positions in which a person oper- to meet with the family to update ates under stress, in which the life them on an investigation. There has and well-being of others is in your been no statement that there are hands, in which decisions have seri- lessons to be learned to avoid such ous repercussions. And humans, an unfortunate event in the future. no matter how well intentioned, The police department has expressed how well trained, and how careful, nothing about the terrible loss of a will unfortunately sometimes be young man’s life. involved in situations where they This silence makes it seem as if the may have erred in judgment or police view Ahuviya and his friends as action. less than human, as stray dogs whose One such calling is a doctor, par- demise in an accident (if that is what ticularly a physician in an intensive it was) can simply be ignored and care unit in a hospital. The pandemic will soon be forgotten. It is under- that is buffeting our society for a standable that the police need to be year now, has put particular stress on careful to not say something that may medical professionals, and two weeks incriminate themselves, yet over a ago the unthinkable happened. A month has gone by and it is astound- coronavirus patient in Ichilov hos- ingly pathetic that there has not been pital died after his breathing tube a statement released by the police became detached and it seems that addressing the death of Ahuviya. through human error, that was not A statement by the police express- recognized on time to intervene. ing sadness for the loss of human life It is a terrible tragedy; a relatively during an encounter with the police young individual dies due to an acci- would do a lot to restore the public’s dent precipitated by the stress of the faith that the police are true public situation. servants and have the public’s interest What happens after such a calam- in mind. ity is equally important as it reveals Our sages tell us that the Jewish what kind of people are in this sen- royal family traces itself back to Judah sitive position. In this case, Ichilov and commences with King David hospital chief Prof. Roni Gamzu ICHILOV HOSPITAL team members wearing protective gear earlier this year as they work in the coronavirus department of the Tel Aviv hospital. because both Judah and King David appeared in front of the news cam- (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) had the trait of taking responsibility eras and stated unequivocally: “The after they had a lapse of judgment. patient’s death is my responsibil- officials, met with the family and has tapped an Orthodox Jewish legally. But yes, morally, do I feel ning until now, an appropriate reac- Kudos to Prof. Roni Gamzu and his ity.” He took full responsibility shared in their grief. They updated woman, Stephanie Pollack, to be responsible, and responsible for the tion from the police is lacking. staff for acting in the mold of true for the tragic incident and stated them about the investigation and the deputy administrator of the motorcyclists who were killed in Jewish heroes and a huge disgrace clearly that a proper investigation remained in touch. He then turned Federal Highway Administration. New Hampshire? Yes.” IN THE case of a fatal accident it is to the police department for acting is being conducted. to his staff with two messages – one Possibly among her credentials is Unfortunately, it seems that not usually the responsibility of the police so irresponsibly and hiding behind a There was no shirking responsi- of encouragement and one of learn- the fact that in her previous posi- every person or agency is big enough to inform the family of the tragedy. blue wall of shame. bility, blaming others, or passing ing lessons so that such an incident tion as Massachusetts Transporta- to confront difficult incidents in a This should be no less true when the the buck. He clearly stated that as is not repeated. tion Secretary she was able to say responsible manner. It is now over police themselves are involved in the The writer is a professor of neuroscience director of the hospital, the bottom Individuals in positions of in response to a question about tak- a month since 16-year-old Ahuviya accident. Shockingly, the police never at Bar-Ilan University who frequently line rests with him. But that was authority should take responsi- ing responsibility for a motorist’s Sandak died in a car crash involving informed the Sandak family of their writes about topics of Jewish interest in not all; he, as well as other hospital bility. The Biden administration death: “I don’t know the answer a police vehicle and from the begin- son’s death at the time. Since then, a range of venues. Biden’s problem with Middle East allies • By SALEM ALKETBI message, I believe, is primarily aimed at dis- ment as it stands has failed. It should be genuine negotiating leverage, which must and lower expectations. suading the new US administration from tak- expanded to include Iran’s missile program not be lost. This gain is the result of Trump’s We know that Biden has been a staunch he administration of new President ing this step, rather than being aimed at Iran’s and regional involvement. If not, a new, more strategy of maximum pressure on the mul- ally and defender of Israel throughout his Joe Biden has announced more precise mullahs. There are reasons galore. comprehensive accord must be negotiated lahs’ regime, which, despite their denial, has political career, and has repeatedly reaffirmed Tcriteria and conditions for a return of The most important is that Israeli threats to that guarantees regional and international been very effective. It must therefore be made his unwavering support for the country. In the United States to the 2015 nuclear deal strike Iran are not new. They are frequent and security. The focus here is on Washington’s profitable through a formula that balances its addition, the US has strategic partnerships with Iran. In other words, an unconditional have been part of the discourse of psychologi- allies’ concerns about the Biden administra- political exploitation on the one hand and with GCC countries that it would not want return is no longer an option. However, there cal warfare between two camps for years. tion’s return to the nuclear deal. Biden’s desire to save the agreement on the to undermine. This shows how challenging remains one significant point regarding the Moreover, there is the position of the Gulf A good start toward an understanding other. it is for America to strike a delicate balance position of US allies in the Middle East. Cooperation Council (GCC) states, which between the US and its allies on the deal may The vision of the new US administration between its allies and Iran’s mullahs. The new American Secretary of State Tony are convinced that the current nuclear agree- be a cautious assessment of the situation. It is on the return to the nuclear agreement was What matters is, in spite of the obstacles Blinken certainly spoke about the conditions ment is flawed. Iranian mullahs are taking more a matter of the interests of the US and revealed by Tony Blinken, who said that the that the mullahs may set in the way, to work and modalities of his country’s comeback advantage of the political cover they need its allies than of wanting to break with former mullahs must first return to the agreements with allies in the Middle East to ensure rela- to the nuclear agreement. He hinted, at the to carry out their regional expansion proj- president Donald Trump’s policies. set out in the accord and confirm their will- tions are sustainable. Joint action and the same time, that this return could be a long ect, set in motion after the 2015 deal was ingness to comply. He said that this return belief that Iran is not solely Israel’s or the way off. struck, leading to sectarian expansion and REMEMBER HERE that Biden’s team is pursu- would be a first step in establishing a climate Gulf’s problem is the one key to achieving Moreover, these conditions, insofar as Iranian hegemony over a large part of the ing the same vital goal that Trump wanted to of trust with Washington’s allies and part- lasting security in the region and the world. announced, do not meet the expectations Arab territory. Indeed, Iran has declared that achieve with respect to Iran. However, tactics ners, leading to a more lasting and serious In the end, US relations with its regional of US allies. Israel, for example, believes that it occupied four Arab capitals and is seeking to differ. Also remember that when former pres- deal to address many other concerns with allies have been deeply destabilized by the there can be no return to the nuclear agree- occupy a fifth. ident Barack Obama signed the badly-nego- Iran. This process, according to Blinken, is 2015 deal. It seems clear that remedying this ment, firmly rejecting this idea. Let’s agree, the problem is not the return of tiated agreement in 2015, he was seeking to nevertheless hard to expect. situation should be the main goal of any The country has even revealed that it is the US to the agreement. The mullahs want secure American strategic interests. Sadly, it This means that the new American team new US plan to engage in dialogue with the looking into the possibility of a military strike to reduce the conflict to this point. But the turned out to be a mistake that harmed these is aware of the obstacles that must be over- mullahs. on Iranian nuclear facilities if the US goes back issue is much deeper than that. same interests and the allies’. come in order to achieve its goal. It there- The writer is a UAE political analyst and former to the nuclear deal, in a move whose warning It boils down to recognizing that the agree- In fact, the Biden administration now has fore wanted, from the outset, to avoid haste Federal National Council candidate. The chamber decision to recognize jurisdiction over the territories is an irreparable stain on the ICC • By ALAN BAKER entity that is distinctly, and by all and since there exists no Palestin- international standards, not a state. ian territory over which the Court t is both tragic and ironic that Nor does such entity have any could exercise its jurisdiction, the the State of Israel, one of the sovereign territory, and thus, even Pretrial Chamber, by any legal Ifounding fathers of the vision according to the Statute of the ICC, logic, should have rejected the con- of creating an independent Inter- cannot be the subject of the Court’s tentions of the prosecutor. national Criminal Court after the jurisdiction. The Palestinians have In light of the fact that the ter- unimaginable atrocities committed absolutely no standing in the court. ritories subject of the Palestinian against the Jewish People during This ironic situation is not sur- referrals to the Court are under an the Holocaust, has now become the prising, given the prevailing inter- agreed and internationally accept- target of that very International national atmosphere of incitement ed dispute-settlement and negoti- Criminal Court. and hostility toward Israel through- ation process, the Pretrial Cham- As one of the leading countries out the UN system. ber of the ICC, by any legal logic, actively involved, from the start, However, what is shocking is the should have rejected the conten- in the negotiation and drafting of fact that the one international tions of the prosecutor, rather than the founding document-the Statute juridical institution that was hoped attempt to prejudge and under- of the ICC, it is all the more ironic and intended by its founders, and mine the outcome of the negoti- that Israel now finds itself being stated in its founding document, ating process by determining that accused by the Court based on Pal- to be “an independent, permanent there exists sovereign Palestinian estinian political manipulation. International Criminal Court… territory. What was intended to be an inde- with jurisdiction over the most seri- Sadly and regrettably, this deci- pendent juridical body devoted to ous crimes of concern to the inter- sion not only irreparably harms preventing impunity enjoyed by national community as a whole”, the integrity and credibility of the the most serious and atrocious war has allowed itself to be politically ICC, but it also has the potential criminals by bringing them to jus- manipulated and abused. to undermine and derail the Mid- tice is now being politically manip- What was intended to be an apo- dle East peace negotiating process, ulated against the one state that litical juridical body, devoid of since the Court, at the behest of since the early 1950s has consis- political pressure and influence, has its prosecutor, is attempting to pre- tently advocated the establishment now permitted itself to become one judge the outcome of that process, of such a body, the State of Israel. more “Israel-bashing body” at the contrary to all historic and legal The irony is all the more evident disposal of those elements in the logic. given the legal acrobatics by the international community seeking PALESTINIANS FROM Abu Jama family sit outside their house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip earlier this The hijacking, abuse and manip- month. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters) politically oriented and political- to undermine Israel’s legitimacy. ulation of the ICC is the antith- ly influenced prosecutor of the In so doing, the Court has irrepa- esis of the vision of its founding Court and the majority of judges rably prejudiced any juridical integ- contention of the prosecutor, diction over disputed territory that the fact that the State of Israel is not fathers, the states and the interna- of the Pre-Trial Chamber in their rity, credibility and bona fides that based purely on non-binding and is in the midst of an internationally party to the Rome Statute. tional legal experts that devoted so obstinate and flawed insistence on it might have had. non-authoritative political resolu- recognized dispute-settlement pro- Since the ICC Statute is open to much time, effort and enthusiasm attributing elements of statehood This decision by the Court’s tions of the UN General Assembly, cess, defies all legal logic. sovereign states only, and since no to establishing a genuinely objec- and sovereignty to a Palestinian Pre-Trial Chamber to accept the that the Court can exercise juris- This is all the more illogical given sovereign Palestinian state exists, tive juridical body. Today’s Shekel Index Value Change TA - 35 1,612.83 0.34% TA - 125 1,669.80 0.12% TA-GROWTh 1,948.51 0.10% € $ £ TOP GAIN: gilat 11.73 % 3.949  3.282  4.496  TOP DECLINE: axilion -4.61 % 12 BUSINESS&FINANCEtuesday, february 9, 2021 . the jerusalem post Between Valentine’s Day, corona Shares reach florists’ unique February blooms record high as Deborah De La Flor has been a florist They tell us their stories. They are bro- US futures climb for more than 40 years. She’s never ken-hearted.” experienced a February like this one. Alvarez said it’s also been tough to “At a time when someone is sending tell grieving people how much funer- GLOBAL MARKETS tions by other OPEC members, you an ‘I love you’ card, someone is al flowers cost. Because of a supply • By MARC JONES including Russia, is helping to sending an ‘I loved you’ card,” said De crunch, and huge demand, prices for balance global markets and sup- La Flor, who is preparing bouquets and funeral wreaths have gone from $85 to LONDON (Reuters) – World port prices. cards for Valentine’s Day – the busiest $120 in just a few weeks. shares hit a record high on In a sign that supplies are and most profitable time of year for flo- “A lot of these families, they don’t Monday, and oil surpassed $60 tightening, the six-month rists – while making sure other orders have work. This is a lot of money for a barrel for the first time in a Brent spread hit its highest in are filled for those who have lost loved them. We want to help them and give year, on hopes that a $1.9 tril- more than year, at $2.45. OCBC ones to COVID-19. them the original price, but we can’t. lion COVID-19 aid package will economist Howie Lee said De La Flor, 62, runs De La Flor Flo- Flowers are so expensive right now.” be passed by US lawmakers as the Saudis had sent another rist & Gardens near Fort Lauderdale, According to the Society of American soon as this month. “very bullish signal” last week Florida. Florists, the biggest trade group rep- Even news that South Africa by keeping their Asian prices Three thousand miles away in Los resenting the US floral industry, most had halted the rollout of Astra- unchanged. Angeles, flower-seller Fernando Perata flowers sold in the country are import- Zeneca’s vaccine after a study “I don’t think anybody dares has helped over 100 families in the past ed from Ecuador and Mexico. showed it gave only limited pro- to short the market when Saudi two months who have lost a family The surge in orders in recent months, tection against the country’s is like this,” he said. member to the coronavirus. Many of many of them online, has strained the more contagious variant of the the grieving families were long-time supply chain. That has led to a lack of virus was not going to put equi- STIMULUS clients. space on planes and trucks to deliver ty markets off. Asia’s overnight rally had seen “One day you see that client, the next A FLORIST WELCOMES a customer to her shop ahead of Valentine’s Day in Los enough flowers on time, said Christina MSCI’s 50-country index of Japan’s Nikkei close up 2%, Chi- Angeles. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters day they are gone,” said Perata, 23. He Stembel, founder and CEO of Farmgirl world stocks hit its ninth record nese blue-chip shares advance described one mother who for years Flowers, a national floral e-commerce high of 2021 overnight as 1.3% and Australian shares fin- had been buying flowers for her chil- 14 Valentine’s Day with the US COVID- Valentine’s Day and funerals. We’ve company. Tokyo’s Nikkei jumped on talk ish 0.6% higher. dren. Recently her son and daughter 19 death toll near 460,000. In many been busy because of the funerals. It’s Ken Freytag, 67, has run a family flo- of Japan relaxing emergency Wall Street futures were also arrived to buy roses for their mother’s states, death rates are still at record bitter sweet. We are busy for the wrong rist firm in Austin, Texas for over 40 restrictions and as China’s mar- pointing higher after the Nas- funeral. daily highs. reasons.” years. He says he’s generally upbeat, but kets got busy before the start of daq and S&P 500 both climbed Perata works in a flower-selling area Mark Chatoff, 56, CEO of the Cali- Maria Alvarez, 25, a flower-seller this month has been tough – not least the Lunar New Year. to record highs on Friday as of Los Angeles bordering Skid Row and fornia Flower Mall, one of the coun- in Los Angeles, said her managers at because his son, daughter and grand- Europe then made a strong weak monthly US jobs data sup- the Fashion District, where three-foot try’s largest markets, in downtown Los David’s Flowers had been forced to turn children have COVID-19. start as higher oil prices and ported expectations of stimulus funeral crosses made of roses and white Angeles, said that when California away families seeking funeral flowers Freytag and his almost 50 employ- inflation expectations lifted and after some strong corporate angel wings of roses on easels line the imposed its first lockdown in March, because of the Valentine’s Day demand. ees proofread each card that is to be basic-resources and banking earnings. sidewalk next to Valentine’s Day floral some florists closed down because wed- “It is sad. It is breaking our heart. It’s sent before printing and attaching it to shares, and France’s Veolia US President Joe Biden and his teddy bears. dings, graduations, conventions and really hard to tell a family we can’t do flower orders. launched a hostile €11.3 billion Democratic allies in Congress The $35 billion floral industry is per- other big events disappeared almost flowers for their funeral,” Alvarez said. “A lot of them are sympathy cards,” takeover bid for waste-and-wa- forged ahead with their stimu- haps more involved in family joy, grief overnight. Then came pandemic funer- “We know a lot of them. They send he said. “I understand what those fam- ter rival Suez. lus plan on Friday as lawmak- and milestones than any other. Flow- als. their family member to the hospital, a ilies are going through. We are an emo- “A generalized risk-on tone ers approved a budget outline er-sellers are approaching the February This month, Chatoff said, “it’s both few days later they have passed away. tion business.” (Reuters) is pushing stocks higher,” Uni- that will allow them to muscle Credit analysts said in a note. through in the coming weeks Bond markets were focused without Republican support. on how far inflation might rise US Treasury Secretary Janet Tesla if the current mix of stimulus, Yellen predicted the US would Hyundai, Kia put off Apple car deal rising oil and food prices and reach full employment next expectations for a reopening of year if Congress can pass its sup- invests • By HEEKYONG YANG “We are receiving requests for economies continue to hold. port package. and JOYCE LEE cooperation in joint develop- Ten-year US Treasury yields, “That’s a big call, given full ment of autonomous electric which are one of the main driv- employment is 4.1%, but one $1.5b. in SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s vehicles from various compa- ers of global borrowing costs, that will sit well with the mar- Hyundai Motor Co said on nies, but they are at an early climbed to 1.2%, their highest ket at a time when the vacci- Monday it is not now in talks stage and nothing has been since the peak of coronavirus nation program is being rolled bitcoin with Apple Inc. on autonomous decided,” the automakers said uncertainty last March. Break- out efficiently in a number of electric cars, just a month after on Monday, in compliance even rates, which are designed countries,” said Chris Weston, Tesla Inc. said on Monday it it confirmed early-stage talks with stock market rules requir- to account for inflation, traded Melbourne-based chief strate- had invested around $1.5 bil- with the tech giant, sending the ing regular updates to investors as high as 2.21%, their highest gist at Pepperstone. lion in bitcoin and expected to automaker’s shares skidding. regarding market rumors. since 2014. Expectations of a US eco- begin accepting payment for its Wiping $3 billion off its mar- “We are not having talks with In Europe, Germany’s 10-year nomic recovery have not cars and other products with it ket value, Hyundai’s stock slid Apple on developing autono- HYUNDAI’S STOCK fell by 6.2% in trading as a result of the yields were up 3 basis points boosted the dollar, though, announcement talks to parter with Apple were paused. in the near future, prompting 6.2%. Shares in its affiliate Kia mous vehicles.” at -0.415%, near five-month “because this shift in prospects (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) a more than 10% surge in the Corp., which had been tipped Kia shares had jumped 61% highs. is seen by the market as part electronic currency. in local media reports as the since Hyundai initially con- “It will be hard not to see of a global recovery,” Westpac The announcement came likely operational partner for firmed a local media report identify. Although shares in Kia and inflation in something when economists wrote in a note. after two weeks in which com- Apple, tumbled 15% - a $5.5 early in January that Apple and As recently as last week, Hyundai had surged on news we get what is likely to be a “Investors therefore favor risk ments from Tesla CEO Elon billion hit. Hyundai were in discussions media outlets including CNBC of the talks, internal opposition short-term stimulus boost,” taking and so value the safety Musk encouraged small-time The announcement brings to develop self-driving electric reported that a deal was close to becoming an Apple contract Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid said, of the US dollar less.” investors to buy bitcoin and the curtain down on weeks of vehicles by 2027 and to develop to being finalized. One South manufacturer was considerable, referring to planned US stim- Indeed, the dollar came off shares of GameStop. internal divisions at Hyundai batteries at US factories operat- Korean report said the two com- according to people familiar ulus. “Whether that will be in a four-month high against the Tesla said in a filing the Motor Co. Group – parent to ed by either Hyundai or Kia. panies were set to sign the deal with the matter. goods, wages or asset prices or Japanese yen and last traded at decision was part of its broad both automakers – about the “Apple and Hyundai are in on February 17. Kevin Yoo, an analyst at all three remains to be seen, but 105.50. investment policy as a compa- potential tie-up, with some discussion, but as it is at an early Hyundai is traditionally eBEST Investment & Securities, it seems inevitable there will be The euro was weaker at ny and was aimed at diversify- executives raising concerns stage, nothing has been decid- known for its reluctance to said, “It seems clear that Hyun- an impact.” $1.2027 after rising 0.7% on Fri- ing and maximizing its returns about becoming a contract ed,” Hyundai said, before releas- work with outsiders, making dai Motor Group has not been Brent crude touched an intra- day to a one-week high. on cash. It said it had invested manufacturer for the US tech ing subsequent statements that engines, transmissions and too happy with dealing with day high of $60.06 a barrel, the The risk-sensitive Australian in bitcoin under the changed giant in a tie-up reminiscent of removed all mentions of Apple, even its own steel in-house in Apple ... They made it clear that highest since January 2020. dollar eased from a one-week policy and could “acquire and electronics firm Foxconn’s role but said Hyundai was receiv- a vertically integrated supply they do not want to be treated Saudi Arabia’s pledge of extra high to $0.7675, while South hold digital assets from time to in making devices for Apple like ing electric car cooperation chain as South Korea’s sec- just as Apple’s supplier or man- supply cuts in February and Africa’s rand fell nearly 0.5% time or long-term.” (Reuters) the iPhone. requests from parties it didn’t ond-largest conglomerate. ufacturer.” March on the back of reduc- after its vaccine troubles. Hertz reveals dilemma companies face in Reddit frenzy

INSIGHT Directors keen on selling whether they are trying to raise • By JESSICA DINAPOLI, shares fended off concerns from money and adequately disclos- MIKE SPECTOR some in Hertz’s C-suite and ing risks associated with it to boardroom that such a move investors. and KOH GUI QING risked misleading investors “Taking advantage of what NEW YORK (Reuters) – Months who failed to appreciate that could potentially be a manipu- before the irrational trading creditors are always paid first in lated market would trigger both in GameStop Corp, there was bankruptcy, two sources said. reputational and legal con- Hertz Global Holdings Inc. Shareholders, on the other cerns,” said Donald Langevoort, Operating under bankruptcy hand, usually lose their shirts. a Georgetown University Law protection last spring once the But Hertz abandoned its plan Center professor and former ASAF AZULAY (Inbal Marmari) COVID-19 pandemic wiped out to sell up to $500 million in SEC attorney. its business, the car-rental giant new shares after the US Secu- As a social-media-fueled retail confronted an extraordinary rities and Exchange Commis- trading frenzy has whipsawed situation: Its stock price was sion (SEC) started scrutinizing a series of “stonks” – a Reddit Asaf Azulay named skyrocketing for no apparent it. Hertz declined to comment. meme for stocks – over the past reason. Over the past few weeks, soar- few weeks, the companies in Conversations at the time ing stock prices of GameStop – the eye of the storm have large- A TRADER announces the price for Hertz rental car at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Hapoalim CMO among Hertz management along with movie theater chain ly kept quiet. But three sourc- (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) and directors on its board, AMC Entertainment Holdings es familiar with some of these • Jerusalem Post Staff alongside Karen Mazor, as the reported here for the first time, Inc , home goods retailer Bed, companies said discussions bank’s relationship develop- turned from shock to a vigor- Bath & Beyond Inc. and other about surging shares are tak- Group Inc. pulled the trigger done before it started. In a tele- Asaf Azulay was promoted ment representative vis a vis ous debate about whether the companies – on the back of Red- ing place in their C-suites and on a plan to sell more than $1 vision interview, then-SEC to chief marketing officer of the UAE and Bahrain. He is 37 company should capitalize on dit memes and YouTube videos boardrooms as well. billion of stock after its shares Chairman Jay Clayton said the Bank Hapoalim, a move that years old, and served as mar- its unexpected good fortune have put company leaders in a Unlike Hertz, these compa- recently rallied as much as 48%. agency had informed Hertz it coincides with an expansion keting director for the past and sell shares to fund itself similar situation. nies are not under bankruptcy AMC, which previously had “comments” on the stock of his purview in the role, three and a half years. during bankruptcy proceed- The internal Hertz delibera- protection. So far, they are tak- warned it could file for bank- offering, and that most com- Bank Hapoalim CEO Dov Kot- Kotler said “Asaf brings cli- ings, according to three people tions offer a window into the ing different approaches. ruptcy after the pandemic panies do not go forward after ler announced on Monday. ent-centric creative business familiar with the deliberations. contours of the ethical and GameStop, whose shares temporarily closed its cinemas, hearing from the regulator until In addition to the bank’s thinking to the management Raising money through a regulatory dilemmas they face. slumped as much as 84% in has raised roughly $1.2 billion the issues are resolved. Reuters marketing strategy and the table, alongside flexible and share sale would be less expen- Namely, can they sell stock to the first week of February after through debt and equity deals. could not determine the con- “Bit” payment app strategy, timely marketing activity, sive for Hertz, which was bleed- raise capital in a volatile market? surging more than 25-fold the It is now racing to file papers tent of the SEC’s feedback on Azulay is also in charge of the adaptable to banking in the ing cash as travel and car rentals Regulators are watching. The previous month, has paperwork with regulators to sell shares the offering. bank’s LoyaltyPlan and man- new world.” plunged, than tapping a cost- acting head of the SEC has said lined up to sell $100 million worth hundreds of millions of The next day, Hertz, not want- aging its public image, as well His promotion was ly bankruptcy loan that most in recent days that the agency worth of new equity but has dollars more, two people famil- ing to antagonize regulators, as its digital marketing approved by Bank Hapoalim’s companies in its situation use is looking closely at how com- not yet disclosed whether it iar with the matter said. pulled the offering, two of the Asaf was also appointed, Board of Directors. to navigate court restructurings. panies are behaving, including has done so. American Airlines A similar move by Hertz was sources said. THE JERUSALEM POST . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 13 Myanmar gov’t warns South Africa halts its rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine ‘wrongdoers’ against further • By GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and KATE HOLTON

LONDON (Reuters) – South Africa halted Monday’s protests as unrest continues planned rollout of AstraZen- eca’s COVID-19 vaccinations after data showed it gave Water cannon used on demonstrators in capital minimal protection against Myanmar police on Mon- mild infection from one vari- day warned protesters to ant, stoking fears of a much disperse or face force shortly longer cat-and-mouse battle after state television signaled with the pathogen. impending action to stifle The coronavirus has killed mass demonstrations against 2.3 million people and WORKERS UNLOAD South Africa’s first coronavirus vaccine a military coup and the arrest turned normal life upside doses at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg. of elected leader Aung San down for billions but new (Elmond Jiyane for GCIS/Handout/Reuters) Suu Kyi. variants have raised fears Tens of thousands of people that vaccines will need to Other major variants BBC radio. joined a third day of street be tweaked and people may include the so-called UK Sarah Gilbert, professor of demonstrations in towns and have to have booster shots. variant, or 20I/501Y.V1, and vaccinology at the Univer- cities across the country to Researchers from the Uni- the Brazilian variant known sity of Oxford, said efforts denounce the military for its versity of Witwatersrand and as P.1. were under way to develop seizure of power last Monday. the University of Oxford said a new generation of booster In the capital Naypyitaw, in a prior-to-peer analysis VACCINE SHOCK shot vaccines that will allow three lines of police in riot that the AstraZeneca vaccine An analysis of infections protection against emerging gear could be seen across a provided minimal protection by the South African variant variants. road as protesters chanted against mild or moderate showed there was only a “This is the same issue that anti-coup slogans and told infection from the South 22% lower risk of developing is faced by all of the vaccine police they should serve the African variant among young mild-to-moderate COVID-19 developers, and we will con- people, not the military, people. if vaccinated with the Astra- tinue to monitor the emer- according to media and a live “This study confirms that Zeneca shot versus those gence of new variants that feed of events. the pandemic coronavirus given a placebo. arise in readiness for a future Police placed a sign in the will find ways to continue Protection against moder- strain change,” she said. road saying that live ammu- POLICE FIRE a water cannon at protesters in Naypyitaw yesterday who were demonstrating to spread in vaccinated pop- ate-severe disease, hospital- British junior Health Min- against the coup and demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. (Reuters) nition could be used if dem- ulations, as expected,” said ization or death could not ister Edward Argar said the onstrators breached the third Andrew Pollard, chief investi- be assessed in the study of AstraZeneca vaccine prevents line of officers. is that we aim to completely military’s gradual withdrawal the military said was wide- gator on the Oxford vaccine around 2,000 volunteers who death and serious illness and Earlier, police in Naypyitaw abolish this military regime from politics after decades of spread fraud in the November trial. had a median age of 31, as is effective against the main briefly turned a water cannon and we have to fight for our direct rule, a process brought to 8 election. The election com- “But, taken with the prom- the target population were at variants of the virus in the on protesters. destiny.” a jarring halt by the February mission rejected complaints of ising results from other stud- such low risk, the researchers United Kingdom, though Reuters has been unable to Gatherings have been good 1 coup. fraud. ies in South Africa using a said. people may have to have a contact the junta for com- natured and largely peaceful, Suu Kyi faces charges of similar viral vector, vaccines While thousands of indi- booster shot as it mutates. ment on the protests, but unlike bloody crackdowns on CALL FOR STRIKE illegally importing six walk- may continue to ease the toll vidual changes have arisen He echoed Australia which state media signaled possible previous protests, in 1988 and In a development likely to ie-talkies and is being held in on health care systems by as the virus mutates on repli- is expected to approve the action against them in the 2007 in particular. worry the military, some gov- police detention until February preventing severe disease.” cation and evolves into new use of the AstraZeneca vac- first comment from any gov- Thousands also marched ernment workers have been 15. Her lawyer said he has not Britain and Australia urged variants, only a tiny minority cine within days. ernment channel, saying the also in the southeastern city seen joining doctors and some been allowed to see her. calm, citing evidence that are likely to be important or “There is currently no evi- public wanted rid of “wrong- of Dawei and in the Kachin teachers in rallying to the call The daughter of the former the vaccines prevented grave change the virus in an appre- dence to indicate a reduction doers.” state capital in the far north, for a campaign of civil disobe- British colony’s independence illness and death, while ciable way, according to the in the effectiveness of either “We, the whole people who the massive crowds reflecting dience and strikes. hero Aung San, Suu Kyi remains AstraZeneca said it believed British Medical Journal. the AstraZeneca or Pfizer value justice, freedom, equali- a rejection of military rule by “We request government hugely popular at home despite its vaccine could protect While the lead investigator vaccines in preventing severe ty, peace and safety, not only diverse ethnic groups, even staff from all departments not damage to her international against severe disease. on the trial said that recent disease and death. That is the refuse to accept the lawless those who have been critical to attend work from Monday,” reputation over the plight of But if vaccines do not data indicated that protec- fundamental task, to protect wrongdoers but also request of Suu Kyi and accused her gov- said activist Min Ko Naing, a the Muslim Rohingya minority. work as effectively as hoped tion against severe disease the health,” Health Minister that they be prevented and ernment of neglecting minori- veteran of the 1988 demonstra- While Western governments against new and emerging was likely from the vaccine, Greg Hunt said. removed through coopera- ties. tions that brought Suu Kyi to have condemned the coup, variants, then the world the study raised the pros- Argar said just 147 people tion,” the MRTV television In Yangon, a group of saf- prominence. there has been little in the way could be facing a much lon- pect of repeated vaccination had been known to have station said in a comment. fron-robed monks, who have a The government lifted a of concrete action to press the ger – and more expensive – against a changing virus. been infected with the Though not attributed to history of rallying community day-long internet ban on the generals. battle against the virus than Prof. Shabir Madhi, lead South African variant in any authority or group, it action in the overwhelmingly weekend. The block prompted The UN Security Council has previously thought. investigator on the Astra- Britain, though he allowed was later read out on a mili- Buddhist country, marched in even more anger in a country called for the release of Suu Kyi The AstraZeneca vaccine Zeneca trial in South Africa, that booster shots – such as tary-owned network. the vanguard of protests with fearful of returning to the isola- and other detainees and the was the big hope for Africa as said the vaccine’s similarity against the common flu – Calls to join protests and to workers and students. They tion and poverty it experienced United States is considering tar- it is cheap and easier to store to another produced by might be needed in future. back a campaign of civil dis- flew multicolored Buddhist before the transition to democ- geted sanctions. and transport than the Pfizer Johnson & Johnson, which “It would just be normal, in obedience have grown louder flags alongside red banners in racy began in 2011. Australia condemned the shot, making South Africa’s reduced severe disease by a sense, as we did with the flu and more organized since the the color of Suu Kyi’s National Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace coup and demanded the imme- move a major blow, with 89%, suggested it would still vaccine, to update it to catch coup, which drew widespread league for Democracy (NLD), Prize in 1991 for campaigning diate release of a citizen who sweeping implications for prevent serious illness or anything the virus is trying international condemnation. which won a landslide election for democracy and spent near- was working as an economic other regions. death. to do to keep ahead of it.” “We health workers are in November. ly 15 years under house as she adviser to the Suu Kyi govern- The so called South African “There’s still some hope French Health Minister leading this campaign to urge “Release Our Leaders, Respect struggled to end almost half a ment, who was arrested over variant, known by scientists that the AstraZeneca vaccine Olivier Veran said he con- all government staff to join,” Our Votes, Reject Military century of army rule. the weekend. as 20I/501Y.V2 or B.1.351, is might perform as well as the tinued to support the Astra- Aye Misan, a nurse at a gov- Coup,” said one sign. The 75-year-old has been kept Pope Francis urged Myan- the dominant one in South Johnson & Johnson vaccine Zeneca vaccine, arguing that ernment hospital said at a The protests are the biggest incommunicado since army mar’s military leaders to free Africa and is circulating in 41 in a different age group the shot provided sufficient protest in Yangon, Myanmar’s since the “Saffron Revolution” chief Gen. Min Aung Hlaing political prisoners and resume countries around the world demographic that I address protection against “nearly all largest city. led by monks in 2007, which seized power in the early hours the “brusquely interrupted” including the United States. of severe disease,” he told the variants.” “Our message to the public led over subsequent years to the of February 1 to counter what path to democracy. (Reuters) China formally Trump’s impeachment case set to open today arrests journalist Confidant decries ‘show trial’ • Democrats call on Senate to hold ex-president accountable • By KIRSTY NEEDHAM • By LAURA KING was being certified. But in a preview of Even though Senate Republicans are an ex-president. Democrats and many the trial that is to begin on February 9, expected to rally behind Trump and constitutional scholars disagree, saying SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Aus- WASHINGTON (Los Angeles Times/ they are mounting a variety of proce- deny his accusers the 17 GOP votes like- the Senate trial is not only constitu- tralian journalist who has TNS) – Congressional supporters of for- dural arguments to attack it, including ly needed to convict, the rift within the tionally permissible, but a vital pre- been detained for nearly six mer US president Donald Trump on the insistence that the House of Repre- party over the former president’s con- ventive measure against such acts by a months in China where she Sunday denounced Tuesday’s Senate sentatives acted too hastily in impeach- duct – and his backers’ feverish fealty – future leader. worked for a state-television trial as unfair and unconstitutional, ing Trump just a week after the attack. was on full display on news talk shows. One of Trump’s most vocal defenders, channel has been formally while Democrats argued that holding They also argue that the Senate In the single article of impeachment, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), repeated arrested on suspicion of ille- the ex-president accountable for pro- doesn’t have the constitutional author- Trump is accused of inciting the dead- the contention that even if what the gally supplying state secrets voking last month’s Capitol riot is a ity to convict a former president. ly attack, in which hundreds of his ex-president did was wrong, impeach- overseas, the two countries grave moral and political necessity. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), seizing on followers breached the stately edifice, ment was not the correct remedy. said on Monday. Republicans have declined to defend the speed of the House action, likened ransacked offices and sent lawmakers “That doesn’t mean what happened The announcement came Trump’s actions, which included the Senate trial to a Stalinist-era pro- scurrying for safety. on January 6 is OK,” Graham said. “It as the family of Cheng Lei, CHENG LEI directing his supporters to march to the ceeding. “If this happened in the Soviet Senate Republicans are expected to means this impeachment, in the eyes 49, pleaded with authorities (Australian Government/Reuters) Capitol on January 6 as then-US Presi- Union, you would call it a show trial,” acquit Trump on the premise that there of most Republicans, is an unconstitu- to grant the former high-pro- dent elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory he said on NBC’s Meet the Press. is no constitutional provision for trying tional exercise.” file news anchor access to Tensions between Australia her two school-age children. and China have been high “We are absolutely con- for the past year after Can- vinced of her innocence,” berra called for an interna- Former US secretary of state George Shultz dies at 100 a family representative said tional investigation into the in an emailed statement to source of the pandemic and • By WILL DUNHAM diplomat from 1982 to 1989 and Central America, areas in married in 1946 and had three Reuters. “We respect China’s Beijing responded with trade under the Republican Reagan which he personally invested daughters and two sons. judicial process and urge the reprisals. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – helped lead to the conclusion considerable effort. A man of usually impassive authorities to bring this mat- Cheng, a former business George Shultz, the US secretary of the four-decade-long Cold Before joining the Reagan demeanor, Shultz was an enig- ter to a swift, compassionate news anchor on Chinese of state who survived bitter War that began after World administration, the New York ma to the public and intimates and timely conclusion.” state media’s English-lan- infighting in President Ron- War II, pitting the United States City native served in senior alike. Revealing moments Cheng was arrested on Feb- guage channel CGTN, where ald Reagan’s administration to and its allies against the Soviet positions under Republican were rare, such as when State ruary 5, Australia’s Foreign she had worked for almost a help forge a new era in Ameri- Union and the communist bloc president Richard Nixon, Department colleagues bid him Minister Marise Payne and decade, had regularly attend- can-Soviet relations and bring and generating fears of a global who made him labor secre- an emotional farewell on Janu- Chinese Foreign Ministry ed business functions and on the end of the Cold War, nuclear conflict. tary (1969–70), the first direc- ary 19, 1989. Visibly moved, he spokesman Wang Wenbin embassy events for the Aus- died on Saturday at age 100, the “He focused on the pos- tor of the White House Office clutched the arm of his wife, said separately on Monday. tralian community while California-based Hoover Insti- sibilities of what could be, of Management and Budget who accompanied him on his The journalist was born in working in Beijing. tute said. unhindered by the impasses (1970–72) and Treasury secre- many travels. “We came as a China but moved with her Cheng’s family also A man of broad experience or deadlocks of the past. That GEORGE P. SHULTZ tary (1972–1974). He previously package deal and we leave as a parents to Australia as a child, requested she be given access and talents, Shultz achieved was the vision and dedication (Lou Dematteis/Reuters) was on Republican president package,” he said. and attended university in to reading material to safe- success in statesmanship, busi- that helped guide our nation Dwight Eisenhower’s Council His most tantalizing accou- Queensland. Her children, guard her mental health. ness and academia. Lawmak- through some of its most dan- also serving as secretary of the of Economic Advisers. trement was said to be a tiger aged nine and eleven, were “Whilst a long time Aus- ers praised him for opposing as gerous periods and ultimately Treasury, as secretary of labor Born in New York on Decem- tattoo on his left buttock, a visiting their grandparents tralian citizen, Lei also has sheer folly the sale of arms to helped create the opening that and as director of the Office of ber 13, 1920, the son of a histo- souvenir of his student days at in Australia during school a great love for the country Iran that were the cornerstone led to the end of the Cold War,” Management and Budget. rian, Shultz joined the Marine Princeton University, whose closures in Beijing caused of her birth and is highly of the Iran-Contra scandal that US President Joe Biden said.. His record as secretary of state Corps in World War II. He met mascot is a tiger. Shultz was coy by the COVID-19 pandemic respected across the globe,” marred Reagan’s second term. He achieved the rare feat of was tempered by his failure to Army nurse Helena O’Brien about whether he really had when she was detained. the family statement said. His efforts as America’s top holding four Cabinet posts, bring peace to the Middle East in the Pacific and they were one, but he did not deny it. Crossword 29,464 puzzles.telegraph.co.uk

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With: Yehuda Barkan, Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of 18:02 Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenle- Italian Raf and has invited her sister prodigy, disappears on the eve of his Gabi Amrani, Arye Moskona. Direc- 09:00 Renewal of Broadcasts at 13:20 15:00 Bless This Mess 15:25 Black-Ish 7 one of the most prominent and ben Concert. Taylor to the wedding. Unbe- first solo concert, an Englishman tor: Yehuda Barkan. 1985. 13:20 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3 influential families in American poli- 18:53 Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 knownst to Maddie, however, Raf is travels throughout Europe to find 18:50 Salsa Tel Aviv Vicky travels to 13:54 His Dark Materials 2 15:50 Single Parents 2 16:15 Single Parents 2 tics. 2014. Classical. Taylor’s ex and love of her life. Dir.: him. With: Tim Roth, Clive Owen. Israel to work as a salsa instructor 14:47 The Leftovers 3 17:40 537 Votes Film chronicles the 20:23 Bruckner: Symphony no. 9 Max Giwa (UK, 2014). Director: Francois Girard. 2019. and to find her estranged husband. 15:45 Silicon Valley 2 16:40 Carol”s Second Act 17:05 Carol”s Second Act weeks after the 2000 duel between Bruckner: Symphony no. 9. Herbert 08:55 Hacks Comedy. A television 19:41 The Age of Innocence Soci- One day she meets Yoni, a shy pro- 16:16 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3 George W. Bush and Al Gore, and Von Karajan conducts the Philhar- producer who has to provide a script ety scion Newland Archer is fessor. With: Angelica Vale, Anchal 16:47 His Dark Materials 2 17:30 Habuzaglos 5 18:00 Black-Ish 6 goes behind the scenes of the monic Orchestra of Berlin. (1985). for a series decides to base it on a engaged to May Welland, but his life Bonani. Director: Yohanan Weller. 17:40 The Leftovers 3 recounts in Florida to explore the 21:25 Intermezzo A selection of couple he happens to watch from is upset when he meets her cousin... 2013. 18:38 Silicon Valley 2 18:25 Black-Ish 6 18:50 The King Of Queens 7 human drama of elections. Dir. Billy short musical clips and artmusic - his window. With: John Ritter, Illiana Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle 20:30 Hachaim Ze Lo Hakol 1 - Ep. 19:08 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3 Corben. 2020. enjoy a variety of genres from Jazz to Douglas. Dir.: Gary Rosen. Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder. Dir. Martin 11 Israel’s longest running sitcom 19:42 His Dark Materials 2 19:15 The King Of Queens 7 19:40 Bless This Mess 19:20 Finding The Way Home A Classical music. 10:28 Stuck in Love Drama. An Scorsese. USA,1993. tells the story of Gadi and Dafna, a 20:32 The Leftovers 3 look at the distressing circumstances 21:30 Dance: La Bayadere at the acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and 22:00 Take This Waltz A happily married couple trying to get 21:29 Silicon Valley 2 20:05 Bless This Mess 20:30 Habuzaglos 5 for millions of children living in Mikhailovsky Dance. La Bayadere, their teenaged children come to married woman falls for an artist through life together. starring: Avi 22:00 Watchmen orphanages and other institutions ballet in three acts. Music by Ludwig terms with the complexities of love. who lives across the street. With: Kushnir and Anat Waxman 23:00 Real Time with Bill Maher 19 21:00 Carol”s Second Act 21:25 Carol”s Second Act around the world as J.K. Rowling’s Minkus, choreography by Nacho Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Greg Kin- Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah 20:55 Lend Me Your Wife Sasson 23:57 Sex and the City foundation works to find them Duato. Stage and costume designer: near. Dir: Josh Boone. (USA, 2012). Silverman (2011) buys a restaurant, but the clients are 00:26 Lovecraft Country 21:50 Black-Ish 6 22:15 Black-Ish 6 home. Dir. Jon Alpert, Matthew Angelina Atlagic. (2019, Staint 12:03 Not Another Teen Movie A 23:57 Cold War Drama. In the stolen by a competing business. In HOT ZONE (H5) 22:40 Single Parents 2 O’Neill. 2019. Petersburg) popular jock bets his friends that he 1950s, a music director falls in love order to attract customers, Sasson 23:05 Single Parents 2 20:25 Human Nature The story of 23:05 Ballet: Yaroslavna A ballet by can turn the class weirdo into a with a singer and tries to persuade starts a rumor that his wife is wid- 07:00 Law & Order: SVU 21 23:30 Habuzaglos 5 CRISPR genome engineering and choreographer Vladimir Varnava. beauty by prom night. With Chyler her to flee communist Poland for owed and single. With: Zeev Revach, 07:54 Ncis New Orleans 6 00:00 Carol”s Second Act what it can do for the mankind. Music: Boris Tishchenko. Mariinsky Leigh, Chris Evans (2001) France. With: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Yona Elian. 08:37 NCIS 17 00:25 Carol”s Second Act Cure disease? Alter the environ- Ballet, Mariinsky theatre orchestra, 13:32 Hope Springs After being Kot. Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski. Poland, 22:30 Zinook Ba Aliyah A middle 09:18 Chicago MED 2 00:50 Black-Ish 7 ment? Produce designer children? Valery Gergiev (conductor) (Mariin- married for 30 years, a couple goes 2018. class family that is always on the 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 9 Explore the possibilities, and the sky theatre, St. Petersburg, 2017). on a weekend therapy retreat to find edge. With: Shlomo Baraba, Itay 01:15 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3 yes Movies Action (2) 10:41 FBI 01:45 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3 debate, in this doc. Dir. Adam Bolt. 00:55 Laurent Coulondre Trio - Jazz out if there is still hope for their mar- Tiran, Maly Levi Gershon. Director: 11:24 Seal Team 02:15 Habuzaglos 5 2019. a Sete Laurent Coulondre, piano, riage. With Meryl Streep. Tommy 08:38 The Bourne Ultimatum Oren Shtern. 2014 12:07 Chicago PD 5 22:00 Picture A Scientist Despite the keyboard Jeremy Bruyere, double Lee Jones, Steve Carel (2012). 02:55 Silicon Valley Jason Bourne dodges new, superior EUROSPORT 12:50 Law & Order: SVU 21 minimal news coverage, sexual bass Martin Wangermee, drums 15:10 Can You Keep A Secret? assassins as he searches for his 13:32 FBI: Most Wanted Middle East TV (Y109/H150) harassment and gender inequality Thinking they’re about to crash, unknown past. In the meantime, a 07:00 Tennis ATP 250: W. Tour in 14:15 NCIS 17 against women are no less prevalent Emma spills her secrets to a stranger 11:00 Wisdom to win with dr. Clarice Movies government agent tries to track him Adelaide 14:56 Chicago MED 2 in science than they are in pop cul- on a plane. At least, she thought he down. With Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, 08:00 Tennis ATP 250: W. Tour in 15:38 Seal Team 11:30 Classic movie ture and corporate America. Dir.: Ian was a stranger. Cast: Alexandra 12:30 Flavors of israel HOT CINEMA 1 (H16) Joan Allen ( 2007) Adelaide 16:21 FBI: Most Wanted Cheney, Sharon Shattuck. 2020. Daddario. Dir.: Elise Duran (USA, 10:34 Ant-Man Armed with a 10:00 Tennis ATP 250: W. 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With Paul in Sweden 20:35 FBI throughs in understanding the Regina King, Stephen James. Dir.: continue with his mission. With Liam Rudd (2015) 16:30 Ski Jumping W. Cup in Ger- 21:17 Seal Team 15:30 Life more abundantly with impact genes play on heredity, dis- Barry Jenkins (USA, 2018). Neeson (2000) kyran bridges 12:32 Faster (2010) An ex-con sets many 22:00 FBI: Most Wanted ease and behavior. 08:06 Love and Mercy In the 18:24 Horrible Bosses Nick has a out to avenge his brother’s death 17:30 The Cycling Show 22:43 Chicago PD 5 16:00 Treasuers of the snow 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wil- sociopath boss, Kurt deals with his 18:00 Wonders without numbers CHANNEL 8 (H8) after they were double-crossed 18:00 Tennis ATP 250: W. Tour in 23:25 Law and Order: SVU 13 son struggles with emerging psy- boss’s coked-out son, and Dale during a heist. During his campaign, Melbourne 18:30 Sid roth - it”s supernatural chosis as he attempts to craft his works with a crazy nympho. The HOT COMEDY CENTRAL (H6) 19:00 The 700 club 06:00 Anne: the princess royal at 70 he’s tracked by a veteran cop and a 19:00 Tennis ATP 250: W. Tour in 06:50 Merimim masach avant-garde pop record. Cast: John three friends end up with a plan -- to hit man. Cast: Dwayne Johnson. Adelaide 20:00 Duck dynasty Cusack, Elizabeth Banks. Dir.: Bill kill the bosses. With Jennifer Aniston, 06:04 The Real Life of Avi the Singer 20:30 Duck dynasty 07:45 Psych Talk 4 Director: George Tillman. 2010. 20:00 Alpine Skiing W. Cup in Ger- (2 eps) 08:10 The Dark Side Pohlad (USA, 2015). Jason Bateman (2011) 14:11 The Kitchen (2019) Crime. many, Women 21:00 One america news network live 10:05 Locked In Thriller. A woman 20:01 Crazy Rich Asians Comedy 07:15 Green Project 22:00 Sid roth - it”s supernatural 09:05 New: The Internet of Every- The wives of New York gangsters in 21:15 Alpine Skiing W. 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THE JERUSALEM POST When God, Jesus and Allah were women An online show, available in three languages, explores feminist art in the Abrahamic religions

• By JOY BERNARD are creations of “defiance and ians and Muslim Arabs,” he complex inversions that seek reflects. “Maybe it’s similar to pair of delicate, mani- to subvert... hierarchies.” what we know in the masorti cured hands drawn in Has such an endeavor to [i.e., traditional Jewish] world, Athin, black lines firm- examine the relationship where the notion of culture is ly grasp a thread and a nee- between women, feminism not dichotomous. Like Han- dle. Moving to the sound of and religion not been attempt- nan Abu-Hussein says in her heavy, disturbed breaths, the ed before? It certainly has. In video text: ‘I’m not religious, hands are then seen as they literature, an avid example of but this is part of my culture.’” use the historically feminine the exploration of this topic Sperber refers to the video house-ware tools not to mend can be found in the canon- texts, short interviews with a hole in a ripped blouse or to ic book by US historian and each of the artists that appear sew on a button, as one would sculptor Merlin Stone, When on the exhibition’s website expect them to. Instead, they God Was a Woman. In her alongside the works and act grip an elegant rose and punc- research, the author alleged as a form of visual curatorial ture its center, pushing past that both the Bible and its interpretation. its lush petals. later adoption by Christians Subtitles for these videos, The rose has been violated, were male attempts to rewrite as well as all of the informa- or as the title of the animation the story of human society by tion about the works on view, ORTHODOX ISRAELI artist Nechama Golan’s photograph video work featuring this pro- exchanging feminine symbol- Jacobs-Yinon stresses, are ‘Women’s Book’ (2000). (Courtesy) cedure suggests – it has been ism with a masculine one. available in English, Hebrew circumcised. The exhibition’s merit lies and Arabic. The creative piece in ques- in its attempt to address this The decision to present all tion, menacingly titled Cir- claim about the symbiosis content in three languages cumcision, was created by Pal- between women, their art and stemmed from a dialogue with estinian artist Yara Kassem their rejected or revered dei- the artists and the inclusive Mahajena. It offers a poignant ties of choice in our day and ideology that guided the two criticism of the circumcision age, some 45 years after Stone A PHOTOGRAPH by Druze artist in preparing the project. ritual that many Muslim penned her book. Amira Ziyan titled ‘Jamila’ (2017). “It was very important for women still undergo on the In fact, one can’t help but (Courtesy) us that all of them feel that cusp of adulthood, a practice think of Stone’s oeuvre upon they are part of something forbidden by numerous West- glancing at one of the works that they’re proud to be in,” ern countries, as it is consid- on view in the online exhi- she notes. ered to be violent genital muti- bition. The piece, crafted by “It’s really interesting for me is slated to soon publish a Abu-Hussein, a Palestin- lation. Jerusalem-based multidis- to see how the participants in book on the issue. In 2012, ian creator and educator In a video accompanying ciplinary artist Ruth Sch- the conference related to art, he curated the show “Matroni- hailing from Umm el-Fahm, her work, Mahajena – who reiber, is a grin-evoking con- how they could be inspired by ta: Jewish Feminist Art” at the is presenting in the exhibi- was born in 1993 in the north- temporary manipulation on it,” he adds. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein tion a documentation of the ern Israeli village of Muaw- the iconic depiction of God The collaboration with Harod. installation Momentary Free- HANNAN ABU-HUSSEIN’S installation ‘Momentary Freedom’ iya – says with a smile that extending his finger to that the Rackman Center, Jacobs- Asked whether the mere dom (2015), a work made of (2015) offers a stark criticism of the phenomenon of women’s she is “a lucky Muslim Arab of Adam’s in the fresco The Yinon explains, began after notion of grouping togeth- machetes suspended in the air honor killings in the Arab society. (Courtesy) female,” seeing as she herself Creation of Adam, painted by she curated an exhibition er several female artists and in protest over the death of never went through the hor- Michaelangelo on the ceiling called “Mamzerim: Labeled attempting to present their countless Arab women who rid operation. “With my priv- of the Sistine Chapel at the formed it into her own work symposium is hosted by the and Erased (2017),” a show work as feminine isn’t anach- are murdered for desecrating ilege,” the young artist asserts, start of the 16th century. Sch- by covering Eve’s naked body Rackman Center, operating that was presented in the Jeru- ronistic, he agrees that the idea their families’ honors. “comes the responsibility reiber, a self-proclaimed fem- with hand-stitched green within the Faculty of Law of salem Biennale. of analyzing and brokering In a candid moment during to represent and show what inist religious artist, replaced leaves, leaving only one eye Bar-Ilan University, and in “Mamzerim,” part of a tril- visual arts to the wider public her video text, Abu-Hussein other Muslim Arab women go the bearded male God with a poking out and meeting the conjunction with the Program ogy of activist-artistic exhi- through such prisms is prob- ponders her own motivation through when they don’t have female one, all long tresses of viewer’s gaze. for Gender Studies at Bar-Ilan bitions, dealt with the rep- lematic. “This was a big issue for creating this specific art- a voice. So I should be their gray hair and mature curves Arnovitz says in the video University as well as the Cen- resentation of the stories of in this show and also when I work and generally for choos- voice.” marking the outlines of her presented with her work that ter for the Study of Relations mamzers – Jewish religious curated “Matronita.” These are ing to be an artist. Mahajena’s harrowing work dress. she decided to create the between Jews, Christians and law’s definition for children questions that always come “Maybe I consider creating is one of various politically Other artists participating piece 504 Years Later after she Muslims of the Open Univer- born from certain forbidden up in my work: Do we regard art as a form of therapy or dia- and socially engaged artworks in the exhibition don’t make was horrified by the sight of sity of Israel. relationships or incest. women as minorities? Does logue that I’m having with currently on view in an online do with demanding that the ultra-Orthodox women and Sperber and Jacobs-Yinon “When the Rackman Center this mean we are placing them myself,” she theorizes. exhibition launched last week marginalized female body take some of their young daugh- readily admit that the com- decided to make a conference in a ghetto, so to speak, or does And perhaps the same could and named: “Body Text: Femi- center stage. Andi Arnovitz, ters walking around the neigh- bination between a scholarly about feminism in the Abra- this start a dialogue about the be said of all women still try- nist Art in Diverse Religio-Cul- a US-born but now Jerusa- borhood of Mea She’arim clad conference and an art exhibi- hamic religions, they asked subject?” ing to find a voice, within their tural Spheres in Israel.” lem-based artist who immi- in black garments that cover tion is not an obvious one, but me to curate an exhibition The solution to the conun- art, their families, their prayers The exhibition was curated grated to Israel and chose to them from head to toe, or as they hope that the marriage that would be part of it, and of drum, Sperber agrees, cannot and their politics. by curator, art scholar and crit- become an Orthodox Jew as they are dubbed in the vernac- between the two fields could course I thought I should do it be found in strict labels. “From ‘Body Text: Feminist Art in ic Dr. David Sperber and Nurit an adult woman, opted like ular Jerusalem slang – “Taliban inspire a new form of dialogue with David [Sperber].” the beginning, we were think- Diverse Religio-Cultural Spheres Jacobs-Yinon, an artist, cura- Schreiber to reference a clas- women.” among artists as well as aca- ing about art and not about in Israel’ can be seen at https:// tor, film director and produc- sic artwork as the basis of her demics. Not regarding labeling it in a specific way, be art2021.rackmancenter.com. er. Together, the two selected contemporary commentary. The nexus of academia “In gender studies and femi- women as minorities it religious or feminist. The exhibiting artists are: paintings, installations, video And like Mahajena, Arnovitz and visual arts nism, I can find a lot of schol- Sperber, who also heads the “The labeling we do, in the Hannan Abu-Hussein, Fatma works and photographs creat- turned to her craft in order to The virtual exhibition was ars understanding that activ- Curatorial Studies Program in Jewish world and here in Isra- Abu-Roumi, Raida Adon, Andi ed by female artists who were criticize her own society. launched in tandem with an ist and socially engaged art Jerusalem’s Schechter Insti- el, between religious and secu- Arnovitz, Itzik Badash, Necha- raised in the three Abrahamic She appropriated a painting international academic con- could actually create change. tutes, has explored the sub- lar, is not relevant anymore for ma Golan, Doris Hakim, Shula religions. The different works, from 1504 by German Renais- fab, the Tager International Academics could benefit a lot ject of feminist art and its most of the artists who don’t Keshet, Yara Kassem Mahaje- Sperber and Jacobs-Yinon sance artist Albrecht Durer, Conference on Feminism in from exploring art,” Sperber Jewish visual manifestations come from the Jewish world, na, Ruth Schreiber, Yael Serlin, claim in their curatorial text, Adam and Eve, and trans- the Abrahamic Religions. The tells The Jerusalem Post. throughout his career and mainly Christians, Palestin- Dafna Shalom and Amira Ziyan. Mandy Patinkin, Lena Dunham The Weeknd’s chilly pop makes for a to star in a Holocaust film socially distant Super Bowl halftime

• By HANNAH BROWN • By MIKAEL WOOD to celebrity excess; “Can’t Feel My Face,” which compares the charge of a new infatu- omeland star Mandy Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, ation with the thrill to be had by snorting a Patinkin and Girls there was never a chance that the Week- line of cocaine; and “Earned It,” an orches- Hactress/creator Lena nd’s halftime show at Super Bowl LV would tral ballad that he sang as though he were Dunham are teaming up to feel like business as usual for pop music’s the headliner at some dystopian Las Vegas appear in a movie called Iron most-watched annual performance. supper club. Box, about a New York busi- But even by the strange standards of our And because he stuck so closely to his nesswoman who travels with socially distant age, Sunday night’s show- signature vibe, he seemed incredibly at ease her Holocaust-survivor father ing by this Canadian pop-soul auteur was a as he performed for the tens of millions of to his native Poland to explore proud outlier. people watching at home. He grinned; he their Jewish roots, according to Instead of doing his thing in the middle winked; he took opportunities to look deep Variety. of the football field, as halftime acts have into the camera – lots more closeups than The movie, which is set just MANDY PANTINKIN (in ‘Homeland’) and Lena Dunham (in done for decades, the Weeknd spent most THE WEEKND performs during the Super usual in this show – as he sang in “I Feel ‘Girls’) tram up for ‘Iron Box.’ (Yes, HBO/Yes, Jeff Neumann/Showtime) after the fall of the Berlin Wall, of his 14-minute performance in the stands Bowl LV Halftime Show. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) It Coming,” a gorgeously futuristic elec- is an adaptation of a bestselling beneath a giant video screen at Tampa’s tro-soul ballad, about a woman who’s been novel by Lily Brett called Too dent who joins an Antifa collec- ing me, and the fact that she’s Raymond James Stadium. bie-like dancing by those bandaged dudes “scared of love and what it did to you.” Many Men. It is being adapted tive to fight the fascist menace taking me further into an explo- In place of smiling dancers working their that surely triggered viewers’ unease about Have no fear, he seemed to be saying – and will be directed by German of neo-Nazism spreading across ration of what it means to be athletic bodies, he was surrounded at var- the danger posed right now by a crowd. you’ve been through the worst. filmmaker Julia von Heinz and Germany. It has been chosen Jewish and the stories we carry ious points by red-eyed people imperson- And a considerable stretch of the show The show ended, as anyone knew it must, it is the third in a trilogy of films to represent Germany in the forward as daughters of trauma ating robots and by guys wearing head took place in a small interior space – a gold with “Blinding Lights,” the Weeknd’s by von Heinz about the Nazi Oscars’ Best International Fea- is deeply moving to me.” She bandages as though they’d just survived a light-filled chamber beneath the stadium’s unavoidable 1980s pop smash that’s stayed past and its aftermath. ture Film category and is set to added that she was looking for- brutal car crash (or perhaps a round of cos- bleachers — not unlike the ones many of us near the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 for more The first film in this trilo- begin streaming on Netflix in ward to working with Patinkin. metic surgery). have been living in for close to a year. than a year now. (Minus “Blinding Lights,” gy, Hanna’s Journey, is about a April. Von Heinz said that the chil- And instead of punctuating his set with But this is also who the Weeknd is: a there’s virtually no chance the Weeknd young German woman who Von Heinz showed her latest dren of survivors “have to find some old rock classic meant to push NFL 30-year-old singer with an angelic voice would’ve ever ended up on the Super Bowl comes to Israel to work with film to her actors and it won out everything by themselves, fans’ nostalgia buttons, the Weeknd threw who writes about all the ways in which love short list.) people with disabilities and dis- them over. Patinkin said in a and that’s what Iron Box is in a bit of “Happy House” by Siouxsie and (or drugs) can kill a person – or sometimes For that one, he descended to the field, covers some secrets about what statement, “I knew instantly I about. It’s also a story that we the Banshees – almost certainly the first bring a person back to life. sashaying through the Kansas City Chiefs’ her grandparents did in World was in the hands of a true film- have in my family. It’s a trau- early-1980s goth flashback in Super Bowl His set was a fast-moving medley of some end zone, to cavort among his head-wound War II, and falls in love with maker. She tells a riveting story matized generation. But we’re history. of the irresistible hits that despite their accomplices as fireworks shot off into the an Israeli man. The second, in every frame and the perfor- not telling a story that is dark Spooky yet darkly funny, this appealingly crushing pessimism, have made him one sky over the stadium. And Tomorrow the Entire World, mances are as truthful as I could and sad. Like Hanna’s Journey bizarre spectacle reflected the COVID era in of pop’s biggest stars over the last half-de- But this is also where he did those few bars which premiered at the Venice ever wish for.” and hopefully also And Tomor- both mood and logistics. The songs sport- cade: “Starboy,” during which those robots of “Happy House” – a reminder that weird International Film Festival in Dunham said, “I knew I want- row the Entire World, it will be ed bleary textures and words about feeling jerked their arms with uncanny precision; times call for weird superstars. 2020, is about an idealistic stu- ed to go wherever she was tak- emotional and entertaining.” alienated from one’s body; there was zom- “The Hills,” about a life gone to ruin thanks (Los Angeles Times/TNS)