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What Matters Most On Monday, February 5, 2018

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Magen David Adom paramedics treat Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal (inset), who was fatally stabbed in a terror attack at the West Bank settlement of Ariel, February 5, 2018. (MDA spokesperson)

Israeli killed in terror stabbing attack in West Bank

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Victim named as Itamar Ben-Gal, 29; assailant at large after fleeing scene outside the settlement of Ariel

Police arrest a suspect during a raid in the West Bank town of al-Ram on February 5, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Police seize M16 rifle in raid on West Bank town

Muhammad Harouf, a Palestinian resident of Nablus attends a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on February 04, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Palestinian convicted of ‘nationalistic’ murder of pregnant Israeli lover

By Tamar Pileggi

New construction of a permanent pluralistic prayer platform in the Davidson Archaeological Park at the Western Wall, February 5, 2018. (The Masorti Movement in Israel)

Reform movement fumes, Conservatives give cautious welcome

Construction of permanent pluralistic pavilion begins at Western Wall

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Although freeze of long-negotiated deal for mixed-gender prayer remains in force, government begins building enlarged space, but without key demands of liberal Jewish groups

Shas leader Aryeh Deri (center) with United Torah Judaism leader Yaakov Litzman (left) and MK Moshe Gafni during a joint party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu refuses ultra-Orthodox request to work on army exemption law — report

By Stuart Winer

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel attends a Jewish Home faction meeting at the Knesset, on January 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister said to rap IDF for focus on female troops, gay soldiers

Illustrative photo of Algerian Jewish tailors. (Courtesy of JIMENA)

In first, Germany to compensate 25,000 Algerian Jewish Holocaust survivors

By Stuart Winer

Living under the French Vichy regime which collaborated with the Nazis, they were persecuted for being Jewish; now they are eligible for a one-time payment of $3,183

PM: We expect countries to be truthful about the Holocaust, including Poland

By Raphael Ahren

Bennett to visit Poland amid row over Holocaust bill

By Alexander Fulbright

Feud over Holocaust bill a ‘misunderstanding,’ says Polish FM

By AFP

Retired Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein, near his office in the Supreme Court building (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Interview

Israel can trust Mandelblit, says last AG to tackle alleged graft by Netanyahu

By David Horovitz

Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky)

Live updates (closed)

Poland cancels Bennett visit after Holocaust bill criticism

By Tamar Pileggi

After education minister vows to ‘speak the truth’ to Poles about contentious legislation, Warsaw nixes Wednesday visit

7:15 pm

Maldives declares emergency, soldiers reportedly storm Supreme Court
7:09 pm

UN chief warns Gaza will be inhabitable by 2020 if infrastructure not upgraded
6:42 pm

Poland cancels Bennett visit after Holocaust bill criticism

Neo-Nazi leader Arthur Jones speaks in Kentucky, April 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

Illinois Holocaust denier set to be Republican nominee for Congress

By Eric Cortellessa

Only GOP member to throw hat in ring in district covering parts of Chicago, Arthur Jones praises Hitler, says Shoah was an ‘international racket,’ calls Trump a ‘Jew-loving fool’

Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, of Newport Beach, a suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, appears in court at the Orange County Central Justice Center, on January 17, 2018 in Santa Ana, California. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images via JTA)

Classmate of slain Jewish student pleads not guilty to murder

By JTA

Iraqi pro-government forces gather in Rawa after troops retook the Euphrates valley town from Islamic State group jihadists, November 18, 2017. (AFP /Suleiman al-ANBARI)

Israel said part of secret coalition monitoring IS fighters returning from Syria

21 nations reportedly in pact to collect and share intelligence targeting European jihadis seeking a way home from fighting in Middle East

Egypt army denies Israel carrying out secret airstrike campaign in Sinai

Jordan king says no Israeli-Palestinian peace without US role

By AFP and ToI Staff

Syrian regime said to strike civilians with ‘toxic gas’

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot attend the graduation ceremony at the National Security College, on July 13, 2016. (Flash90)

IDF chief said to warn Gaza war likely if humanitarian crisis persists

By ToI Staff and Stuart Winer

Gadi Eisenkot reportedly favors increasing aid to beleaguered Palestinian enclave to prevent conflict

Liberman: There’s no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, we won’t ‘spend a penny’

By Marissa Newman

Hamas said to warn Gazans of ‘imminent Israel incursion’

By Stuart Winer

Police, army practice responses to Hamas terror infiltration in southern region

By Stuart Winer

Sari Taha, program manager for Rawabi's collaborative workspace 'Connect,' lectures visitors. (Courtesy)

With all his chips in, Palestinian businessman aims to build ‘Silicon Rawabi’

Inside anorexia

I cried when the carefully cultivated control that starving myself provided was totally shattered — and then I began to recover

Rachel Grenadier

When facing death, a little pie never hurts

An unreliable heart, a lifesaving intervention and a precious chance to reboot

Life unexpected: Saying kaddish

Without Mom, I am adrift, missing the anchor I’d never realized was holding me and grounding me

Yerachmiel Seplowitz

On women rabbis, the OU is reasonable

Four member synagogues are getting ample time to choose between dismissing their female clergy or quitting

Illustrative: Bari Weiss at her desk in The New York Times office in Midtown Manhattan, in 2018. (Josefin Dolsten)

How NYT editor Bari Weiss found herself at the center of the #MeToo debate

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Jill Shames, director of Training and Certification at Kids Kicking Cancer, teaching children breathing techniques (YouTube screenshot)

Yes we kendo! Volunteer martial artists teach kids with cancer to fight the pain

By Urvashi Verma

Girls outside a school. (illustrative photo: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewThelma and #MeToo

By Tamar Pileggi

Egyptian MP Nawshi al-Dabi appears on Egyptian TV on January 3, 2018. (Screen capture: MEMRI)

Egyptian MP calls for scrapping ‘shameful’ peace deal with Israel

Short track speed skater Vladislav Bykanov, lower left, leading the Israeli Olympic team at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, February 7, 2014. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images/via JTA)

Cool JewsWinter Olympics 2018: Five Jewish storylines to watch

By Gabe Friedman

A teenage Israeli hacker, suspected of sending false threats of terror attacks to Jewish facilities across the world, is brought to the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, March 30, 2017. (Flash90)

Teen behind JCC hoax bomb threats briefly escapes custody

Illustrative: A view over Gethsemane and the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

Palestinians slam Jerusalem move to end tax breaks on churches, UN properties

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Patrick Robinson of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates after defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII at US Bank Stadium, February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Elsa/Getty Images/AFP)

Philadelphia Eagles hold off favored Patriots 41-33 to win first Super Bowl

By BARRY WILNER

A Walmart in Teterboro, New Jersey, on October 26, 2016 (AP/Julio Cortez)

Israel reportedly seeking to woo retail giant Walmart

Illustrative: A beach near Haifa, September 14, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90 )

Winter storms leave Israel’s undersea internet, phone cables exposed

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech to Russians who will take part in the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on January 31, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Grigory Dukor)

Vlad's padFor rent: A Tel Aviv apartment owned by Putin

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 31, 2017. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Sword-wielding man at Iran’s presidential complex shot by guards

By AP and ToI Staff

George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundation, at a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on April 27, 2017. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

Soros spurns ‘false’ Netanyahu claim he’s behind anti-deportation bid

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

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