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What Matters Most On Monday, December 10, 2018

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The scene of a terrorist attack outside the West Bank settlement of Ofra, on December 9, 2018. (Magen David Adom)

Condition of baby, delivered after mother shot in terror attack, deteriorates

Hospital says mother’s condition has stabilized but neither she nor child are out of danger after Sunday night shooting; IDF and security services continue manhunt for terrorists

Israeli security and medical personnel evacuate an Israeli woman from an ambulance at the Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after she was was seriously injured in a terror attack in Ofra, December 9, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jerusalem hospital delivers baby of pregnant Israeli woman shot in terror attack

The scene of a terrorist attack outside the West Bank settlement of Ofra, on December 9, 2018. (Magen David Adom)

Pregnant woman critically injured, six others hurt in West Bank shooting

Israeli soldiers search for gunmen who opened fire at a bus stop outside the West Bank settlement of Ofra, injuring seven people, on December 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Manhunt for terrorists who shot at Ofra bus stop, injuring 7, enters second day

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF troops enter Palestinian villages in search of gunmen who fired at civilians; injuries of pregnant woman hit in attack improve, her baby’s condition worsens

Israeli soldiers and police inspect the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the West Bank, on December 9, 2018. (Ofer Meir/Flash90)

Netanyahu vows no rest until ‘murderous criminals’ behind shooting attack caught

Hamas spokesman Abdelatif al-Qanou speaking to an Arabic television station on October 7, 2018. (Screenshot: Youtube)

Hamas praises ‘heroic’ West Bank shooting attack

A view of the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the central West Bank, with the Palestinian town of Ein Yabrud on the range behind it, on November 17, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Jewish Home calls for legalizing Ofra settlement homes after terror attack

Coalition party and justice minister prod government to regulate status of hundreds of structures in central West Bank town that were built on private Palestinian land

Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Palestine, Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at United Nations headquarters, with negotiators Jared Kushner, left, and Jason Greenblatt, right, behind her. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

US slams ‘absolutely disgusting’ West Bank terror attack

Israeli soldiers search for gunmen who opened fire at a bus stop outside the West Bank settlement of Ofra, injuring seven people, on December 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel media reviewTo catch a terrorist: 7 things to know for December 10

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: Nazi signs reading 'Jews out' and swastikas are painted at the entrance of a Jewish cemetery in Herrlisheim, eastern France, in this April 30, 2004 photo. (AP Photo/Gil Michel)

Unprecedented EU poll finds 90% of European Jews feel anti-Semitism increasing

By Robert Philpot

A member of the Jewish community looks at broken tombstones after a ceremony at the Jewish cemetery in Sarre-Union, eastern France, on February 17, 2015, following the desecration of around 300 tombs. (AFP/Patrick Hertzog)

Jewish groups say EU anti-Semitism poll is ‘final warning,’ urge Europe to act

French Jews arriving at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, November 2, 2016. (JTA/IFCJ)

Diaspora minister seeks plan to boost French immigration

Israeli machinery operates next to a concrete wall separating Israel and Lebanon, in a photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, near the border with Israel, on December 9, 2018. (Ali Dia/AFP)

IDF urges Lebanese residents to leave 2 towns over ‘explosive’ Hezbollah tunnels

Military spokesperson tells residents of border-area Kfar Kila and Ramya that the army does not know what will happen to their homes, as IDF tracks, destroys attack tunnels

Assad says Israel deliberately caused Syria to down Russian spy plane

Iran said to double number of missile tests, in possible violation of nuke deal

Syria denies attack on Damascus airport as local residents hear blasts

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)

Israeli planes can use Omani, Sudanese airspace, Netanyahu says

By Raphael Ahren

Without similar permission from the Saudis, Muscat’s promise seems purely symbolic, as sultanate borders on states with no diplomatic ties to Israel

An Israeli Air Force drone, Hermes 450 UAV, manufactured by Elbit (photo credit: Elbit via Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash 90)

Israel turned down Gulf state request to buy attack drones — report

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

More than 1,500 landmines cleared at Jesus baptism site on Jordan River

By Melanie Lidman

After years of negotiation, 22 sappers clear mines from land of first 3 of 7 churches; goal is to clear all 6,500 mines and open area to the public by January 2020

Restoration experts work on a mosaic inside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, December 6, 2018. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

Church of the Nativity renovation lifts Christmas spirit in Bethlehem

By AP and ToI Staff

Nuns are silhouetted in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 1, 2018. (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Battle of wills: A tiny order of French nuns takes on the Vatican

By Nicole Winfield

The Byzantine-period flax wick and copper casing, used to light lamps some 1,500 years ago, was discovered in the 1930s American Colt expedition to the Negev site of Shivta. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Tiny 1,500-year-old flax lamp wick illuminates ancient Jewish law

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Damon Joseph, arrested on December 7, 2018, faces federal terrorism charges for plotting to attack a synagogue in Toledo, Ohio. (US Department of Justice)

Live updates (closed)

Ohio man facing federal terrorism charges for plotting synagogue attack

By Tamar Pileggi

FBI says Damon Joseph planned to carry out mass-shooting during Shabbat services on behalf of the Islamic State, told undercover agent he was inspired by Pittsburgh massacre

7:28 pm

Abbas to hold urgent talks with Arab leaders over IDF raid in Ramallah
7:27 pm

Macron vows to use 'all means' to restore calm
7:18 pm

US sanctions three N. Korean officials over human rights

Ted Poe

Reversing Iran’s expansionism will take more than sanctions

After Obama gave away the farm, Iran’s emboldened proxies now constitute a powder keg that could erupt into regional war

Annexation is imminent, and dangerous

The move will trigger a new Palestinian uprising, create a thousand mile border, erase strategic depth and lose world support

Keep politics out of corruption!

Supporters of this government show increasing tolerance for graft, and this is a red flag for the rule of law in Israel

Executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force David Lewis (left) poses with Dr. Shlomit Wagman, head of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority on the occasion of Israel's acceptance as a member of the FATF, Tel Aviv, December 10, 2018. (Justice Ministry)

Israel becomes member of global body against money laundering, terror financing

Justice minister says acceptance into Financial Action Task Force a ‘national achievement’; FATF president says it opens up ‘a new chapter’

The Horsham, Pennsylvania, offices of Teva Pharmaceuticals (AP Photo/George Widman)

Teva stocks fall after company said named in US price-fixing drug ‘cartel’ probe

Illustrative. Hackers/cybersecurity (iStock by Getty Images)

Hacker-chasing Check Point analysts hone their skills in the wizarding world

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli suspects held on suspicion of involvement of involvement in Colombian child sex trafficking ring (Screen grab via Twitter of Colombia's attorney general)

14 Israelis suspected of running child sex trafficking ring in Colombia

Network allegedly marketed trips from Israel for tourists to have sex with minors who were forced into prostitution; 6 Israelis held, arrest warrants issued for other suspects

Israeli singer Eyal Golan (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Knesset honor to go ahead for singer who faced underage sex allegations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 9, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Netanyahu raises red flag on anti-porn bill amid web privacy concerns

By Raoul Wootliff

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Screen capture from video of UK Pink Floyd Experience performing in Tel Aviv in 2017. (YouTube)

Pink Floyd cover band cancels concerts in Israel amid pressure from Roger Waters

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A Palestinian Muslim woman walks by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, on June 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

New poll shows strong anti-Arab sentiment among Israeli Jews

By Tamar Pileggi

A menorah is tested outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, December 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshiped at the synagogue on October 27, 2018 at the temple. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Police investigating anti-Semitic flyers near site of Pittsburgh shooting

By AP

Polish President Andrzej Duda lights the menorah celebrating Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, December 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Poland’s president, Jewish leaders light Hanukkah candles at palace

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Screen capture from video of singer, songwriter, and actor Yigal Bashan (YouTube)

Singer Yigal Bashan, a legend of Israeli music, dies aged 68

By Stuart Winer

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, December 7, 2018, following a day trip to Kansas City, Missouri. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Key Democrat says Trump allegations could be ‘impeachable’

By Brian Knowlton

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee at PA headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 15, 2018. (AFP / ABBAS MOMANI)

Abbas says he’ll soon dissolve PA parliament, which hasn’t met in a decade

Screen capture from security-camera video, obtained from a local restaurant, showing Palestinian Mohammed Habali, center carrying stick, moments before he was apparently shot from behind in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, December 4, 2018. (YouTube)

IDF probes death of Palestinian apparently shot in the back

By AP and ToI Staff

President Reuven Rivlin (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a memorial service marking 23 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on October 21, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Coalition backs bill to limit president’s power, block ‘coup’ against Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff

Haifa city council member Raja Za'atra of the Joint (Arab) List. (Screenshot: YouTube)

PM asks Haifa mayor not to appoint deputy who said Israel inspired Islamic State

By Michael Bachner

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) helps light a candle at a Hannukah celebration on December 9, 2018 ( Jews for Racial & Economic Justice/Twitter)

Member of the tribeOcasio-Cortez tells Hannukah party she has Sephardi roots

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara, second right, host US president Donald Trump, left, and his wife Melania at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Ombudsman said checking purchase of table by Netanyahu’s office for Trump visit

By Stuart Winer

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