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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 23, 2018

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks at a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the defense ministry's headquarters in Tel Aviv, on December 4, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

IDF chief: US troops leaving Syria is ‘significant,’ but no need to overstate it

By Judah Ari Gross

In first comments since American announcement of pullout, Gadi Eisenkot says Israel will keep fighting Iran in Syria independently

IDF chief: Iran wants to deploy 100,000 fighters in Syria; we’re preventing it

By Judah Ari Gross

Minister: Trump’s Syria pullout ‘doesn’t help’ Israel, emboldens Erdogan

By ToI Staff and AFP

Netanyahu: US Syria pullout won’t stop Israel from acting against Iranian forces

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey, on December 19, 2018. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Erdogan tells Turkish youths: ‘Jews in Israel’ beat Palestinian women, kids

By ToI Staff and AFP

Turkish president promises ‘We’ll teach them a lesson’; Netanyahu, in response, accuses him of massacring Kurdish women and children

In worsening spat, Turkey’s top diplomat calls Netanyahu a ‘cold-blooded killer’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Turkey sends more troops to Syrian Kurdish area as US pulls out — monitor

By AFP

After Mattis, US envoy to anti-IS coalition also resigns over Syria withdrawal

Performers on stilts dance for the crowd during the Founders' Anniversary Festival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP/Fernando Antonio)

Live updates (closed)

Honduras holding talks with Israel over moving embassy to Jerusalem

By Michael Bachner and Joshua Davidovich

Tegucigalpa reportedly wants Israel to open an embassy in Honduras and deepen trade relationship in exchange for move; Foreign Ministry says negotiations still in early stage

7:27 pm

MKs demand government answer questions about spurned Russia-Syria deal
7:17 pm

Trump, Erdogan agree to avoid power vacuum in Syria -- Turkey
7:12 pm

Petrified remains of harnessed horse unearthed in Pompeii

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 28, 2018. (Flash90)

Abbas: Netanyahu responsible for West Bank terror, due to payments to Hamas

But Palestinian chief also says Ramallah ‘will not accept condemnation of Hamas’; PA said to ask Israel to change 1994 economic agreements

Palestinian fighters from Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas terror organization, attend a rally in Gaza City on December 16, 2018, marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamist group's founding. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Hamas says it’s weighing response to Israeli ‘arrogance’ after 4 killed in riots

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech after laying a wreath at the tomb of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 11, 2018. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

As Abbas reiterates plans to dissolve PA parliament, Hamas warns of chaos

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Simcha Rotem, undated (Courtesy)

Simcha Rotem, one of last survivors from Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 94

By ToI Staff and AFP

Rotem fought Nazis in city streets, later helped rebels flee through sewers; Netanyahu says, ‘His story will forever be with our people’

Analysis

Eric Cortellessa

Trump decision to pull troops from Syria puts pro-Israel groups in a bind

Organizations that once applauded the president for moving the US embassy and leaving the Iran deal are now navigating their first major disagreement with the administration

Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Verizon Center, March 21, 2016, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

US President Donald Trump receives applause after signing the "First Step Act" and the "Juvenile Justice Reform Act" at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2018. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Israel media reviewAllies shmallies: 6 things to know for December 23

By Joshua Davidovich

President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport on November 3, 2018, in Belgrade, Montana. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s 2018: A year in a stranger-than-sitcom presidency

By Calvin Woodward

Moshe Lador at the Knesset in February 2012. (Kobi Gideon / Flash90)

Former state prosecutor: ‘Unthinkable’ PM still serving under cloud of probes

Moshe Lador says Netanyahu’s ‘personal considerations are influencing matters of security and diplomacy,’ claims almost no chance he won’t be indicted

Attorney general set to begin deciding on Netanyahu graft charges

Breaking ranks with Kahlon, Kulanu minister Gallant says PM can stay if indicted

Netanyahu sues journalist for claiming he approved payment to influence probe

Death toll rises to 222 after volcano-caused tsunami in Indonesia

Over 800 injured and 28 reported missing; Anak Krakatoa volcano had spewed plumes of ash thousands of feet into the air for days

Reform female and male rabbis pray together at Robinson's Arch, the Western Wall site slated for future egalitarian services, on February 25, 2016. (Y.R/Reform Movement)

In Israel, calling someone ‘Reform’ may get you sued for libel

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Adina Bar-Shalom — a daughter of former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Ovadia Yosef — sues Rabbi David Benizri, asking that court recognize the term as a slur

What is healthy? 3 years and counting

It’s time to talk about the physically debilitating effects of the drugs that keep me (blessedly) alive, post-cancer

Anti-Zionism is a dangerous form of anti-Semitism

The Jewish state is a refuge for any Jew in need, which means that anyone standing against Israel stands against Jews

More Headlines

Screen grab from Israel Meteorological Service's rain radar

Silver liningWith rain radar down, Israel’s forecasters use Saudi, Jordan weather maps

A photo posted by the Rowena Public School in Australia shows students dressed in blackface and an Adolf Hitler costume for a day at the school to honor historical figures. (Facebook)

Aussie school under fire for photos of students in blackface, Hitler costume

Kulanu MK Michael Oren, on June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Michael Oren: I am the most qualified person to be immigration minister

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd-R) arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on December 23, 2018. (RONEN ZVULUN / AFP)

Netanyahu tells cabinet he’ll name immigration minister by midnight

By Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)

Egyptian security forces kill 14 Islamist fighters in Sinai

By AFP

This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows Korolev crater, an 82-kilometre-across feature found in the northern lowlands of Mars. This oblique perspective view was generated using a digital terrain model and Mars Express data (ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

Incredibly coolMars orbiter sends striking photos from icy crater

Illustrative: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers work unpaid on the first day of the US government shutdown, at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, California, on December 22, 2018. (Mark RALSTON / AFP)

UK says resurgent al-Qaeda plans to target planes and airports

Screens showing falling stocks at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, December 23, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Tel Aviv stock market slumps at opening, following week of losses on US markets

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this photo from November 30, 2018, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cancer is latest health woe for resilient Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Mark Sherman

Waleed Aly (Screen grab via Channel 10 Australia)

Aussie TV host left ‘shaken and angry’ by Israel airport security check

The burned-out remains of a small dwelling near the Church of Mary Magdalene on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, engulfed in a fire on December 23, 2018, that claimed the life of 91-year-old nun Silva Maria Selaso. (Kan screen capture)

91-year-old nun killed in fire near famed Jerusalem church

Israelis take part in a 'yellow vest' protest in Tel Aviv on December 22, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Hundreds in Tel Aviv join ‘yellow vest’ economic protests

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