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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 4, 2018

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This picture taken on December 4, 2018 from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila shows a view of Israeli machinery operating behind the border wall in Israel. (Ali Dia/AFP)

Israel launches operation on Lebanon border to destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF Northern Command on high alert as army starts ‘neutralizing’ not-yet operational passages into Israeli territory from southern Lebanon; Metulla area declared closed zone

The interior of what Israel says is an attack tunnel dug by the Hezbollah terror group that crossed into Israeli territory from south of the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, December 4, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says 200-meter attack tunnel from Lebanon uncovered as operation launches

By Judah Ari Gross

This picture taken on December 4, 2018 near the northern Israeli town of Metula, shows Israeli soldiers standing outside a military vehicle near the border with Lebanon. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

Northerners say border operation not disrupting routine, amid fears of reprisal

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

PM threatens more operations, says Hezbollah will pay ‘heavy price’

By Raphael Ahren

Foreign Ministry calls for international community to act against Lebanese terror group, says Iranian money for tunnels came from nuclear deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on November 18, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Lebanon, UN indicate border remaining calm, as Hezbollah mocks anti-tunnel drive

By ToI Staff and AFP

IDF warns Hezbollah, Lebanese army to stay away from border tunnels

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Iran, Hezbollah targets not hit in alleged Israeli strike, terror group claims

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Live updates

Israel demands UN condemn Hezbollah cross-border tunnels

By Tamar Pileggi and Michael Bachner

Amid fresh operation to foil underground infiltration efforts, Netanyahu calls for urgent Security Council meeting to discuss ‘major aggression’ by Iran-backed terrorist militia

8:48 pm

Erdan to request NIS 22 million for police initiatives against domestic violence
8:04 pm

30,000 people pack Rabin Square for rally against domestic violence
7:47 pm

More than one new allegation against rabbi convicted of sex crimes -- report

Op-ed

The Netanyahu paradox: Guarding Israel from enemies without, causing harm within

Focus switched instantly Tuesday from PM’s corruption woes to Hezbollah tunnels. On security, he retains Israelis’ trust, which makes his attacks on the police even more troubling

Then-police commissioner Roni Alsheich (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony for Alsheich at the start of his term, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)

A view of the border with Israel, from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, with Israeli vehicles driving on the right side and UN and Lebanese vehicles driving on the left, on December 4, 2018. (Ali Dia/AFP)

Israel media reviewDig out the threat: 6 things to know for December 4

By Adiv Sterman

Analysis

Anti-tunnel operation in north kicks up coalition’s political dirt

Last month, Netanyahu salvaged his sinking government by hinting at a ‘military campaign’; Bennett took the bait, and now we may know why

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on November 18, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)

This picture taken on December 4, 2018, from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila shows a view of Israeli machinery operating behind the border wall in Israel (R). (Ali DIA / AFP)

Opposition accuses Netanyahu of trying to bury legal woes with tunnel operation

Israeli soldiers standing by excavation machinery near the border wall with Lebanon in the area of Metulla, December 4, 2018.(JALAA MAREY/AFP)

Tunnel-busting op comes years after IDF dismissed fears of Hezbollah digging

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, October 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bolton: US ‘strongly supports’ anti-tunnel operation in Israel’s north

Trump’s national security adviser warns Hezbollah not to exacerbate situation as military works to destroy cross-border passages

Pompeo tells Netanyahu US committed to confronting ‘Iranian regime’s threats’

UN Security Council to meet on Iran missile test

By AFP and ToI Staff

US urges Europe to get tough on Tehran over missile tests

Women in Jerusalem's Safra Square protest violence against women, December 4, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Demonstrators shut roads, airport as women strike to protest violence

Delays at Ben Gurion Airport, protests at intersections throughout country; city governments, groups join action in response to deaths of 24 women this year; one activist arrested

Women light candles during a rally protesting violence against women in Jerusalem, November 27, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The women murdered in Israel in 2018

By Naomi Lanzkron

Woman holding a sign declaring that she is striking at a protest in Tel Aviv, December 2, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands strike to protest inaction over violence against women

Shlomo Filber, then director general of the Communication Ministry, speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Case 4000

Netanyahu confidant told police PM pressured him to push bribery deal — report

By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff

Ex-official Shlomo Filber said to have testified that he was instructed to favor Bezeq in regulatory decisions; Likud minister slams police over reports he implicated premier

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud party event in Ramat Gan, marking the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, on December 2, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu lawyers quit defense team amid non-payment – report

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is seen in Tel Aviv on November 26, 2017. (Flash90)

Bada bingNetanyahu’s son mocks ex-police chief as autistic Tony Soprano

By Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative: Israelis protest against corruption, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign, in Tel Aviv on February 16, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Right-left rift tops ethnic tensions as biggest source of polarization in Israel

By Raoul Wootliff

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

3 things you can say to survivors of domestic abuse

Hard-won wisdom on how to support those who may be living a nightmare: Start by asking, ‘Are you safe?’

Hanukkah: We will never repeat the past, we will always repeat the past

The festival is profound, not as a metaphor for current politics, but as a universal tale of humans facing familiar dilemmas

Would a 2nd referendum reverse Brexit? Not certain

Many ’leavers’ will stick to their guns, not out of stupidity, but because they value nationhood over prosperity

Faisal Al Yafai

Raed Fares is dead, so is Syria’s ‘Revolution of Ideas’

The killing of a leading pro-Democracy activist underscores how prolonged violence has decimated political discourse

US Ambassador David Friedman, left, lighting a Hanukkah menorah, at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2018. (Matty Stern/ US Embassy)

Top Irish diplomat scolds US envoy for feting Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Raphael Ahren

David Friedman’s Hanukkah-themed tweet is ‘provocative and biased’ and unhelpful on the path to peace, Simon Coveney says

Arch of Titus. (CC-BY- Steerpike, Wikimedia Commons)

Festival of slightsCatholic outlet sorry for Hanukkah tweet showing Jewish exile

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

Hamas head asks international community to thwart UN resolution

Haniyeh tells Arab League secretary-general and Qatari foreign minister to ‘abort’ US-drafted text condemning terror group; sends letter to UN secretary-general

Liberman rails against government for ‘limp rag’ Gaza policy

By Judah Ari Gross

Court rules against Gaza doc who sued over IDF shelling that killed 3 daughters

Palestinian said killed in overnight West Bank clash with IDF

By AFP and ToI Staff

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, seen writing a new Torah scroll at an event attended by Israeli and European rabbis, marking the Hebrew date of 69 years since the liberation of Jews in Europe, in the Western Wall tunnels, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 21, 2014. (Flash90)

Interview

Top European rabbi sounds alarm on rise of far right

By Raphael Ahren

More Headlines

Doughnuts (sufganiyot) on sale at Marzipan bakery in Jerusalem, for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. December 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

90-year-old Israeli man chokes to death on Hanukkah doughnut

People hold signs during a protest at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Washington, October 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Israeli spyware firm rejects alleged connection to Khashoggi killing

By Josef Federman

These new Hanukkah books will light up children’s imaginations. (Collage by Lior Zaltzman/JTA)

8 crazy nights of giftsWhat’s new for kids to read at Hanukkah?

By Penny Schwartz

InnovoPro develops vegan proteins based on chick peas, including vegan mayonnaise (YouTube screenshot)

Israeli maker of chickpea-based proteins gets $4.25 million boost

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jonathan Greenblatt

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks Hebrew in address at anti-Semitism conference

By Josefin Dolsten

Vandals smash Swiss synagogue window with hammer

By JTA

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