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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

State of the Union 2018

Trump asks Congress to cut aid to US ‘enemies’ who opposed Jerusalem recognition

By Eric Cortellessa

Democrats stay seated during ovation for Jerusalem move; president does not mention tearing up Iran deal, only ‘fixing flaws’

Full text of Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address

By AP

State of the Union 2018Parents of Jewish man held by North Korea recognized during Trump address

By Joshua Davidovich and Eric Cortellessa

State of the Union 2018Jewish groups criticize Trump on immigration, praise him on Iran

By Michael Bachner

President Emmanuel Macron of France at an EU meeting in Brussels, Oct. 19, 2017. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images via JTA)

Macron condemns anti-Semitic attack on Jewish boy, 8, near Paris

By AFP and ToI Staff

In second assault against local Jews in 3 weeks, kippa-wearing child beaten in Sarcelles

The van used in an attack on pedestrians in Finsbury Park area of north London, June 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

London attacker says he wanted to kill Labour head Corbyn

By AFP

A woman strikes a pose in front of the Brandenburg Gate with the Israeli flag projected onto in Berlin, on January 9, 2017, to pay tribute to the victims of the ramming attack in Jerusalem. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)

AnalysisAnguished Germany raises anti-Semitism alarm

By Yannick Pasquet

Lorde performs at the 2017 Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, California. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Israelis sue New Zealanders over Lorde boycott

By Tia Goldenberg

After Israeli protest, Irish Senate freezes bill to ban settlement goods

By Raphael Ahren

Lawyers challenge Saudi Arabia’s spot on Human Rights Council

By AFP

US court temporarily suspends Kansas anti-BDS law

By ROXANA HEGEMAN

Illustrative photo: Workers removing anti-Semitic graffiti from a Holocaust memorial at a former Nazi concentration camp in Plaszow, southern Poland, on Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP)

'Who managed the crematoria there?' state TV head asks

Polish TV riposte to Holocaust bill criticism: Auschwitz was ‘Jewish death camp’

By Vanessa Gera

Israeli condemnation of legislation outlawing linking Poles to Nazi crimes sparks anti-Semitic backlash; nationalists plan protest outside Israeli embassy in Warsaw

Israel warns of rising anti-Semitism in Polish media

Amid spat over Holocaust bill, Yad Vashem honors Poles who saved Jews

By AFP and ToI Staff

Polish, Israeli leaders to join March of the Living despite Holocaust bill spat

By JTA

Byzantine-era pools discovered at the site of Ein Hanya, near Jerusalem, and revealed to the public on January 31, 2018. (Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority)

First Temple-era relics of possible royal estate found in Jerusalem hills

By Michael Bachner

Authorities inaugurate ‘extraordinarily beautiful’ new site at Ein Hanya, where archaeologists reveal plethora of findings

Illustrative: Knife belonging to Palestinian man who was arrested as he approached a senior IDF officer's vehicle, near the West Bank settlement Negohot, southwest of Hebron, on September 30, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF foils stabbing attack in settlement, arrests Palestinian with knife

By Michael Bachner

Troops say suspect detained near Negohot with weapon, military jacket, map of Israeli community

TV: US may reject UN’s granting of Palestinian refugee status to descendants

11 countries speed up funding for Palestinians after US cuts

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Palestinians say teenager shot dead in clashes with IDF soldiers

By Jacob Magid and AFP

Illustrative: An Air FedEx Express plane seen at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Within 5 seconds of disaster: 2 planes nearly collide over Tel Aviv

By Stuart Winer

FedEx plane pilot sharply changes course, averting crash, after small United Nations aircraft strays from flight plan

An Israeli Air Force Apache helicopter (Hagar Amibar/ Israeli Air Force/Flickr)

IDF confirms: Steering rod incorrectly installed, causing deadly chopper crash

By Judah Ari Gross

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh delivering a speech in Gaza City, on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

Live updates (closed)

Israel hails ‘righteous’ US decision to put Hamas leader on terror list

By Gavin Rabinowitz

Hamas says it won’t be deterred; move allows the US to freeze all Ismail Haniyeh’s assets and prohibits Americans from dealing with him

7:28 pm

Cabinet to vote on recognizing Havat Gilad outpost next week
6:59 pm

Israel hails US decision to put Hamas leader on terror list
6:51 pm

Fire breaks out at left-wing Hadash party headquarters in Tel Aviv

From left to right: Eric Young; Ole Kasoi, first landowner to join the Nashulai Conservancy; and Nelson Ole Reiyia. (Courtesy)

Home on the savanna

Jewish Torontonian turned African tribal elder spearheads nature conservancy

By Robert Sarner

Judith Colp Rubin

I love bacon, but I love my son even more

I turned my kitchen kosher when he got religious at 14 — cheese stays off meat dishes even if he’s not there

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

An SOS for Israel’s palm trees

Browning leaves, collapsing crowns, stunted growth: The red palm weevil is wreaking havoc across the country

The Zionism of the singers and the dreamers

I mourn the loss of poet Haim Gouri, as well as the Israel his songs made worth the effort

Andrew Silow-Carroll

An Obama-Farrakhan photo could’ve changed history

Remember when one foolish move would bring down a presidential candidate?

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A Facebook ad for an Israel-based binary options firm posted April 19, 2016 (Screenshot)

Facebook bans ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies and ICOs

By Simona Weinglass and Agencies

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman during a ceremony for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, January 31, 2018. (Flash90)

Liberman: In future war, Lebanon will ‘pay full price’ for Iran ties

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative: Likud MK Oren Hazan speaking during a Knesset plenary session, November 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bad-boy Likud MK slapped with 6-month ban on Knesset activities

By Raoul Wootliff

Montage of Neshama Carlebach (Courtesy) and Shlomo Carlebach (YouTube screenshot)

In the #MeToo era, these synagogues are banning Shlomo Carlebach

Illustrative image of a hacker at work (Pixabay)

Iran hackers reportedly tried to phish Israeli nuclear scientists

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1997 helicopter disaster on January 30, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

IDF chief warns Hezbollah is improving its military capabilities

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Police pull over a 65-year-old man caught driving under the influence of marijuana, January 30, 2018. (Israel Police)

High gearMan caught driving stoned and rolling a joint… on a traffic ticket

By Raoul Wootliff

Paul Nehlen, a Republican challenger to House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaks in Janesville, Wis. Nehlen says he believes an unfounded right-wing online conspiracy theory dubbed "pizzagate" on Aug. 3, 2016. The conspiracy theory claims Democrats harbor child sex slaves at a pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Paul Ryan challenger singles out Jewish critics in anti-Semitic jab

By Eric Cortellessa

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Chief of Police Roni Alsheikh at an inauguration ceremony marking the opening of a new police station in the northern Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa. November 21, 2017. (Basel Awidat/ Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewCops and slobberers

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, January 29, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

After Netanyahu-Putin meeting, large Russian delegation to visit Israel

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen at the Jerusalem Supreme Court on December 29, 2015. (Photo by Emil Salman/POOL)

State Prosecution closes probe into Olmert’s memoir leaks

By Raoul Wootliff

Paintings looted by Nazis during World War II are on display at the Louvre museum in Paris, Tuesday, January 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Louvre displays art looted by Nazis, hopes to find rightful owners

By Samuel Petrequin

Veteran Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Haim Gouri at his home in Jerusalem, July 6, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Haim Gouri, veteran Israeli war poet, dies at 94

By Raoul Wootliff

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