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What Matters Most On Monday, January 14, 2019

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Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz seen with members of the Druze community and activists outside his home in Rosh Ha'ayin, during a protest against the nation-state law, January 14, 2019. (Flash90)

'We have a life alliance,' Gantz tells Druze protesters

Breaking silence, Gantz says he will ‘fix’ nation-state law to help Druze

By Raoul Wootliff

Drawing fire from right and left, former army chief and would-be PM tells Druze activists controversial legislation weakens close bonds with their community, which serves in IDF

Yom Kippur War vet who brought down government launches election campaign

By Stuart Winer

Political parties said courting mother of fallen IDF soldiers

By Stuart Winer

Lapid and Livni said mulling political union to form center-left bloc

ToI investigates

Sue Surkes and Shoshanna Solomon

Netanyahu says Israel’s ready for any election cyber-meddling scenario. It isn’t

Israelis’ intimate data has been widely leaked, including from ministries * Laws are outdated, unenforced * Abuse of social media is rampant * Facebook won’t respond to inquiries

Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections for the 20th Israeli parliament. March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)

In this March 17, 2015 file photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party supporters react to exit poll results at the party's election headquarters In Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Central Elections Committee to Likud: Commit to law ending election manipulation

By Raoul Wootliff

Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi speaks in an interview with The Associated Press at the headquarters of Iran's atomic energy agency, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran restarting uranium enrichment, nuclear chief says

By Nasser Karimi

In signal Tehran poised to withdraw from 2015 nuclear deal, Ali Akbar Salehi say ‘preliminary activities’ underway to resume 20% fuel enrichment

Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group listen to a speech by leader Hassan Nasrallah, via a video link, during a rally marking Hezbollah Martyr's Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Iran: Claims that Hezbollah’s Nasrallah is close to death are ‘big Zionist lie’

By Stuart Winer

Satellite photos published on January 13, 2019 showing an alleged Iranian weapons depot at the Damascus International Airport in Syria (R) on January 11, and the same structure demolished on January 13 after an Israeli airstrike. (Intelli Times)

Satellite photos show Iranian missile depot allegedly leveled by Israeli strike

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Building in Damascus airport also said to have been previously targeted by IAF

Outgoing IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot sits with his wife, Chana, and granddaughter at a farewell ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on January 13, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

At farewell ceremony, PM salutes outgoing IDF chief for fighting Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours northern Israel on January 13, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)

After strikes in Syria, Netanyahu threatens to hit Iranian targets even harder

Illustration using photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit in the Golan Heights, on June 6, 2017, with pixellated cows. (Photo by Haim Zach/GPO)

Israel media review

Ambiguous no more, sorta: 9 things to know for January 14

By Joshua Davidovich

After years of strategic vagueness, Netanyahu opens up about a Syria strike, but questions remain; Gantz espouses a stance, giving enemies ammo; and politicos play 3-D Guess Who

Illustrative: Fighters from the Kurdish women's protection units (YPJ) attend the funeral of an Arab fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the town of Tal Tamr in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on December 21, 2018. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)

Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff: January 14, 2019

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

How my taxi driver’s baby cousin was found

There is a quiet scandal about Yemenite children who went missing in the 1950s; here is what one man told me about his family

Gabriella Ginsberg-Fletcher

Who invited ‘Breaking the Silence’ to Columbia?

College campus can be a hotbed of angry anti-Zionist rhetoric, but our discussion around these IDF vets was nuanced and normal

My daughter’s superpower

The hefty workload of a day school dual curriculum is obvious; what we didn’t realize was how Judaic and general studies each improve the other

Who’s minding the store?

We the people become a powerful watchdog when the lame-duck political arena threatens the very essence of democracy

Israeli kids plant trees for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, in Haifa, on February 9, 2017, in a KKL-JNF forest. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

In depthKKL says proposal to break it up 'borders on madness'

Accusing leader of cronyism, ministry report urges century-old KKL be dismantled

With branches abroad already frustrated by Israel mothership, Justice Ministry investigator alleges mismanagement at top of legendary multi-billion dollar organization

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira attends the presentation of the State Comptroller's report at the Knesset, March 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Comptroller asks AG to investigate Netanyahu for illegally funding legal defense

By Tamar Pileggi

Yosef Shapira alleging PM accepted $300,000 to help pay his legal bills without getting necessary permissions

7:22 pm

Trump tells Turkey's Erdogan: Don't 'mistreat' Kurds
7:10 pm

Jerusalem bracing for snow as winter storm lashes Israel
6:22 pm

Comptroller asks AG to investigate Netanyahu over improper legal defense funding

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara boarding a plane at Ben Gurion Airport before departing to Moscow, Russia, on July 11, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Davos, Chad, DC: Despite elections, legal woes, Netanyahu plans diplomatic blitz

By Raphael Ahren

PM to fly abroad at least three times before Election Day; will also meet host of world leaders, including some who may announce moving embassies to Jerusalem

A screen capture from a video that portrays Yair Netanyahu (R), the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as a candidate in upcoming elections. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Video pushes Yair Netanyahu as a candidate in upcoming elections

Former defense minister Ehud Barak attends a launching event of the 'Mehazkim' movement in Tel Aviv on August 24, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Barak accuses Netanyahu of security breach in breaking Israel ambiguity on Syria

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot (C) participates in weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 13, 2018. (Ariel Schalit / Pool / AFP)

In farewell remarks, IDF chief urges cabinet to strengthen PA security forces

By Tamar Pileggi

Gadi Eisenkot tells ministers Palestinian forces recently thwarted Hamas terror attack, says strong security cooperation in Israel’s best interest

Illustrative: A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli forces across the border fence, during clashes following a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on January 11, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Gazan teen succumbs to wounds from IDF bullet, Hamas says

A Palestinian man loads flour bags onto a donkey cart outside the United Nations World Food Programme distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 7, 2007 (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Funding shortage leads to cuts in UN food aid to Palestinians

By AFP and ToI Staff

Dr. Hodaya Oliel (screen capture: Hadashot television)

Israeli woman with cerebral palsy graduates Technion medical school

Hodaya Oliel, 27, fulfills dream to become doctor, wants to specialize in pediatric neurology

Actor Morgan Freeman in an ad for the Israeli air conditioner company Tadiran broadcast in January 2019 (Screencapture/YouTube)

Still cool

Playing God again, Morgan Freeman plugs Israeli air conditioner

In an ad for Tadiran, the actor says air conditioner allows him to be almost like God in his own home, ‘where I can control the weather’

Illustrative image of a person forging a path ahead with innovation (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)

‘Smartup, not startup’: 4 crucial pillars to buttress Israel’s tech ecosystem

By Shoshanna Solomon

AI, personalized medicine, injecting innovation into hidebound industries and into the periphery will help the country break new ground, Innovation Authority says

Illustrative image of a robot; artificial intelligence (PhonlamaiPhoto; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel needs national vision for AI or risks falling behind, tech authority says

By Shoshanna Solomon

More Headlines

Security and medical forces seen outside the building where two people were found dead in an apartment in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem, January 13, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Slain Jerusalem couple identified as Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri

Screen capture from video of a sea turtle being rescued on the coast of Israel, January 2019. (Hadashot news)

Dozens of injured sea turtles found washed up on Israel’s coast, 15 saved

By Stuart Winer

A group of high school students in Baraboo, Wisconsin, making a salute in a photo published on November 11, 2018. At back right is Jordan Blue, who didn't salute. (Screenshot: Twitter)

School of students from Nazi salute prom photo raises money for Auschwitz museum

By JTA

Illustrative. A female student walking past Al-Azhar university in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, June 9, 2015. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)

Egypt university expels female student for hugging male friend in video

By AFP

Japan’s Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his office in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018; (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Mitsubishi, other Japanese firms visit Israel to strengthen business ties

By Shoshanna Solomon

Carole King, third from right, poses for photos with the cast of 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' at the Stephen Sondheim Theater after a performance in New York, January 12, 2019. (Brooke Lefferts/AP)

Natural womanCarole King shows up as herself in Broadway bio

By BROOKE LEFFERTS

Likud MK Oren Hazan at a Knesset committee meeting on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)

Police thwart nurse’s plot to assassinate Likud MK Oren Hazan

File: Palestinian security forces in Hebron, November 14, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinian said killed in clash between PA police and gunmen north of Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) visiting the home of south Tel Aviv resident Sophia Menashe on August 31, 2017. (Screen capture: Facebook)

Elderly woman promised safety by Netanyahu robbed in south Tel Aviv – report

Firefighters and security forces gather amidst the debris of a Boeing 707 cargo plane that reportedly crashed into a residential complex near the Iranian capital Tehran with 10 people onboard on January 14, 2019. (HASAN SHIRVANI/various sources/AFP)

Cargo plane crash in Iran kills 15, leaves 1 survivor

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

Artist Susie Lubell at her Tsur Hadassah rooftop studio, where she creates collages and ketubot sold on her online stores (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

I thee wedThis artist has marriage on the mind

By Jessica Steinberg

An artwork called "McJesus," which was sculpted by Finnish artist Jani Leinonen and depicts a crucified Ronald McDonald, is seen on display as part of the Haifa museum's "Sacred Goods" exhibit, in Haifa, Israel, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Hundreds of Christians calling for the sculpture's removal protested at the museum last week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

‘McJesus’ artist demands Haifa museum remove artwork because he supports BDS

By Michael Bachner

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