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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 27, 2018

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Illustrative: A white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber/File)

Anti-Semitic incidents in US more than doubled within 2 years – report

By JTA and ToI Staff

ADL cites Charlottesville march as major factor in sharpest-ever spike in anti-Jewish acts, accuses Trump of failing to swiftly condemn incidents

Henryk Zielinski (Screen capture: Twitter)

Polish priest claims Jews have a ‘different’ notion of truth

By JTA

A picture taken on May 19, 2017, shows a Nazi-era church bell that bears a swastika and the words "All for the Fatherland -- Adolf Hitler" ("Alles fuer's Vaterland - Adolf Hitler") hanging in the steeple of the St. Jakob church in Herxheim am Berg, Germany. (AFP Photo/dpa/Uwe Anspach)

GlockenspielGerman village votes to keep ‘Hitler bell’ as memorial

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 21, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bezeq corruption probe'A very serious instance of giving and taking bribes'

In first, prosecution points finger at Netanyahu in Case 4000 ‘bribes’

By Raoul Wootliff

PM named in court as alleged beneficiary of illicit deal for ‘adulating coverage in return for regulatory benefits’ said worth a billion shekels

Labor chief: Netanyahu must resign in light of probes

By Shoshanna Solomon

Bezeq owner, ex-Netanyahu adviser reportedly deleted incriminating texts

Bezeq owner, ex-Netanyahu adviser ordered held until Sunday in Bezeq case

By Michael Bachner

A February 26, 2018, State Control Committee panel devoted to Amendment 168 to the Tax Ordinance (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)

Israel was nearly sanctioned over ‘Milchan Law,’ top finance official says

By Simona Weinglass

At Knesset panel, chief economist reveals Israel was threatened with blacklisting by 2 global banks in 2014 over law at center of Netanyahu graft probe

Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz. (Judiciary of Israel)

Refusing to go quietly, judge and prosecutor in texting scandal deny wrongdoing

Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz and ISA lawyer Eran Shacham-Shavit say they only coordinated by WhatsApp for lack of other options; review board findings expected Tuesday

Supreme Court judge Menachem (Meni) Mazuz, seen at the hearing of Israeli businessman Jacky ben Zaken‘s appeal on manipulating the share price of Financial Levers, July 14, 2016. Photo by Flash90

Supreme Court judge decries ‘leadership crisis’ amid Netanyahu probes

By Michael Bachner

Transport Minister Israel Katz (Likud, left) and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) joke about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's incredible luck, on February 26, 2018. (Screen capture: Knesset Channel)

In hot mic moment, ministers can’t believe Netanyahu’s luck

Pilgrims pray outside the closed gate of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on February 27, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX)

Live updates (closed)

Church of the Holy Sepulchre to reopen after Jerusalem suspends tax collection

Christian leaders end protest against Israeli authorities; holy site to resume operations early Wednesday

7:27 pm

Shots fired at IDF post in central West Bank; no injuries
7:15 pm

Christian leaders hail 'constructive intervention' by Netanyahu
7:09 pm

Church of Holy Sepulchre to reopen Wednesday after tax collection suspended

Professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleeza Rice at Stanford University in 'American Creed.' (Courtesy PBS)

PBS documentary reminds Americans of their ties that bind — not gag

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Border Police officers stand guard next to the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, July 27, 2017. (AP /Mahmoud Illean)

Two Arab Israelis charged with plotting IS-inspired attack on Temple Mount

By Judah Ari Gross

Terror suspects also indicted for not reporting another cell’s plans to carry out a shooting attack on the Jerusalem holy site in September, which was nevertheless thwarted

A general view of the US embassy in Amman, Jordan, August 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Jordan foils IS plot to attack Israeli businessmen, US embassy

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, left, inspects a guns and military gear seized in an IDF operation in Hebron, along with the top military liaison to the Palestinians Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, center, IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, center-right and outgoing head of the IDF's Central Command Maj. Gen. Roni Numa, right, during a tour of Hebron on February 27, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Minister)

Liberman: Security forces foil 20-30 terror attacks each week

By Judah Ari Gross

Exiled former senior Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan attends a Palestinian Legislative Council meeting in Gaza City through video conference from the United Arab Emirates on July 27, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

Deposed Fatah strongman slams ‘fascist, corrupt’ PA

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Mohammad Dahlan says Palestinians should not blame Israel alone for their ‘disasters,’ criticizes Qatar for ‘politically motivated’ Gaza aid

Family of Itamar massacre victims sues terrorists, PA for NIS 400 million

Gaza hotel tiff highlights power struggle between Qatar and Egypt

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Minister apologizes for comparing rival to Hamas in 2015 election campaign

By Michael Bachner

Esther’s revenge porn

The ferocious Jewish uprising depicted at the end of the Purim story is just a fantasy…right?

How I decode US policy for Israelis

The problem: Israelis don’t fathom the intricacies of Washington — The solution: these videos

We have met Haman: Is he us?

The global Jewish community needs to figure out how to express outrage without speaking outrageously

Laura Ben-David

Yes, there are Jews in Uganda. They need our help

The Abayudaya community observes Sabbath and other Jewish laws, and lives in a appalling conditions of poverty

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (L) and United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni at a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on December 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition partners spar over ultra-Orthodox draft bill

After Liberman says he’ll only support legislation backed by Defense Ministry, religious MK says he will ‘topple the coalition over this law’

Beit Shemesh municipal workers take down "modesty" signs in the city on December 11, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

Beit Shemesh strips off ‘modesty’ signs in nighttime operation

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman (C) seen during a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on December 30, 2015. On the left is Yisrael Beytenu MK Robert Ilatov; to his right is Immigration Absorption Minister Sofa Landver. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Yisrael Beytenu to oppose Haredi draft law if vote bumped up

By Marissa Newman and Michael Bachner

Conceptualization of the Holocaust and human rights museum under construction in Dallas, Texas, set to open in 2019, created by Berenbaum Jacobs Associates (courtesy)

New Holocaust museums draw connections to local history to inspire ‘upstanders’

By Matt Lebovic

Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz (L) and the Israel Securities Authority's legal adviser, Eran Shacham-Shavit (R)

Israel media review

The Big Skim: 10 things for your February 27

By Joshua Davidovich

The texting scandal might be less damaging after a full transcript is released, but the judge could be toast anyway; plus anti-Semitism is up and Stephen Miller’s face is down

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Illustrative: Terminal 9 at JFK International Airport in New York (photo credit: Martin St-Amant/Wikimedia Commons/File)

Entire US Senate calls for Israel to be added to expedited screening program

By Michael Bachner

Rabbi Shaya Denburg, co-director of CTeen in Coral Springs, Florida, center, with other Cteen organizers and survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. (Itzik Roytman/Cteen)

Jewish school shooting survivors seek healing at New York meet-up

The car where the body of a toddler was found, in a suspected murder-suicide by his father, on February 26, 2018. (Screen capture: Ynet)

Police on defensive after dad kills 3-year-old son, commits suicide

Former Australian principal Malka Leifer, who wanted in her home country for child sex abuse crimes is seen at the Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court delays decision on extraditing alleged sex abuser to Australia

By AP and Stuart Winer

Keren Gueta Milshtein, Director of R&D at Micromedic Technologies Ltd. (Courtesy)

Israeli team says new test takes uncertainty out of prostate cancer screening

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his dog Kaia at the PM's residence in Jerusalem in December, 2015. (Facebook)

Family bids farewellNetanyahus mourn after ‘first dog’ Kaia dies

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Lin-Manuel Miranda at The Public Theater in New York City on February 20, 2018. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images via JTA)

Mazel tones‘Hamilton’ creator sang in Jewish a cappella group in college

By Gabe Friedman

Muhammad Tamimi speaks about his head injury on January 5, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Releasing medical records, Tamimi family disputes claim teen’s head wound a con

Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, departs following the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Ivanka Trump says she believes father’s denials of sexual misconduct

By Catherine Lucey

People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida,, February 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

TragicomedyAP misquote about Jewish mourning called ‘correction of the year’

By Michael Bachner

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaking at an energy conference in Tel Aviv, February 27, 2018 (Dror Sithakol)

Israel aims to eliminate use of coal, gasoline and diesel by 2030

By Shoshanna Solomon

Nesya Lieberman (Nefesh B'Nefesh)

Democrats abroadGranddaughter of Joe Lieberman makes aliyah

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