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What Matters Most On Monday, January 21, 2019

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A Syrian mobile anti-aircraft battery vehicle as seen through the targeting camera of an incoming Israeli missile, in footage released by the IDF of its early morning strikes in Syria on January 21, 2019. (IDF)

Israel releases footage of airstrike on Syrian defenses

After rocket fired at Golan, IDF bombs Iran caches, intel sites, bases in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

11 said killed in major raid, including 4 Syrian soldiers apparently manning defense batteries that fired dozens of missiles at IAF jets; Israel takes credit, in new open policy

Mount Hermon ski resort to reopen despite flareup on northern border

Israel will defend Syria red lines ‘with full force,’ intelligence minister vows

Netanyahu intimates Israel behind daylight strike on Syria

By Raphael Ahren and Judah Ari Gross

Iranian army troops march during a parade marking National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranian air chief: ‘We’re ready for the decisive war that will destroy Israel’

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF says attack on Hermon with Iranian rocket, which prompted Israeli airstrikes on Iranian installations, was planned ‘months ago’ and approved by Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the new Ramon airport, near the southern city of Eilat on January 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amid rising tensions, Netanyahu warns Iran it ‘won’t get a pass’ for aggression

Israeli army Merkava tanks take positions on the Golan Heights, on January 20, 2019. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

IDF: Iranian troops fired missile at Israel as a warning against future attacks

By Judah Ari Gross

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Firing at Golan, Iran seeks new balance of deterrence with Israel; it may fail

Expansive IDF assault on Iranian installations reveals to all parties, and especially Tehran, that the Jewish state retains the upper hand on northern frontier and will use it

In this photo provided on November 5, 2018, by the Iranian Army, a Sayyad 2 missile is fired by the Talash air defense system during drills in an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Army/AP)

Israel media reviewIsrael and Iran heading downhill fast: 9 things to know for January 21

By Joshua Davidovich

Fearing Syrian border tensions could snowball, army shuts Mount Hermon ski site

Germany bans Iranian airline that US says delivers arms and terrorists to Syria

By AFP and ToI Staff

The flight path of Benjamin Netanyahu's plane over South Sudan en route from Chad to Israel, as seen on a screen inside Netanyahu's plane, January 20, 2019. (Rraphael Ahren)

Khartoum lets Netanyahu’s plane fly over South Sudan, in first for Israel

By Raphael Ahren

Flight back from Chad shortened by an hour as Sudan gives permission for PM’s jet to cross over airspace of southern neighbor, amid reports of diplomatic opening

Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at the presidential palace in N'Djamena, Chad, January 20, 2019. (Brahim Adij/AFP)

PM: Renewal of Chad ties is proof of Israel’s ‘rising standing’ in Muslim world

By Raphael Ahren

In this July 28, 2013 photo, United Nations peacekeepers stand guard at a polling station, during presidential elections in Kidal, Mali. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

Jihadists in Mali kill 10 peacekeepers ‘in reaction’ to Netanyahu visit to Chad

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-Education Minister Naftali Bennett, left, attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, August 30, 2016. (Abir Sultan/Pool/via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Bennett the target of defamation campaign by Netanyahu associate — report

Hadashot says Zeev Rubenstein was instructing Walla’s owner and CEO to publish negative stories about Jewish Home leader for years

7:37 pm

Bennett the target of years-long defamation campaign by Netanyahu associate -- report
6:57 pm

IDF: Palestinian shot trying to stab soldiers in West Bank
6:42 pm

Israel and Ukraine sign free trade agreement

The Yisrael Beytenu election campaign slogan promising that party leader Avigdor Liberman 'won't be cowed,' January 20, 2019. (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

Surrounded by idioms: How campaign slogans get lost in English translation

Key campaign messages with no clear counterparts in the Anglo vernacular present journalists with a challenge; and don’t get us started on party names

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz arrives at a ceremony for incoming chief of staff Aviv Kohavi, at the IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv, on January 15, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ Flash90)

‘Parts of Gaza sent back to Stone Age’: Gantz videos laud his IDF bona fides

By Raoul Wootliff

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah during a joint news conference with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, May 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

As new anti-terrorism law goes into effect, PA says it’ll stop accepting US aid

Palestinians tell Pompeo that they will not take cash until threat of lawsuits is removed; experts say move is a blow to Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation

Hamas claims to foil Israeli attempt to spy on one of its Gaza leaders

PA minister faces probe for claiming social protests are being led by settler

Qatar payouts to Hamas to resume after delay by Israel, diplomat says

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, speaks at the DLD Munich Conference 2019, January 20, 2019. (Picture Alliance for DLD | Verwendung weltweit)

Facebook hasn’t yet hired fact-checkers for problematic Israeli election content

Social media giant was caught off-guard by April 9 vote, Times of Israel learns, but plans to soon unveil tools to protect platform and users from manipulation and abuse

Twitter CEO consulted figure who frets about ‘Jewish supremacy’

Michelle Alexander’s NY Times column hits new low

It’s replete with errors, shows no understanding of — or sympathy for — Israel, and dishonors Martin Luther King

Iran is ready to take risks in its struggle with Israel

The regime’s willingness to ratchet up the level of violence is a significant change for Israel’s strategic situation

Ilana Fodiman-Silverman

That Tu Bishvat teeth-defying dried carob

These short, cold, wet days, when most trees appear barren, are hardly festive, so we rejoice in the promise of what is yet to come

Move the trees’ birthday

With climate change shifting the seasons, adjusting the date of Tu Bishevat is logical and a reminder of our responsibility to the environment

Co-presidents of the 2019 Women's March, Linda Sarsour, center, and Tamika Mallory, right, join other demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women's March in Washington on Saturday, January 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Women’s March looks to counter anti-BDS laws in new policy agenda

By Eric Cortellessa

Document says that ‘one of the biggest threats to speech today are the attempts to silence social movements, including those advocating for Palestinian rights’

Graffiti reading "I Want Jexit" is seen outside Shalom Tire and Auto Repair in Washington, DC, on January 18, 2019. (Screen capture: WJLA-ABC 7)

‘I want Jexit’ graffitied outside Washington DC businesses

Illustrative: A swastika spray-painted at a playground in Lakewood, New Jersey, August 2016. (AP)

Anti-Semitic, violent graffiti found in Maryland school bathroom

Happy Birthday, Knesset

5 fruitful facts to sweeten Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees

By Yaakov Schwartz

From the Zionistic, to the kabbalistic, to eco-activistic, these bitesized historical tidbits may surprise you

Ultra-Orthodox Jews prepare a platter for a Tu B'Shvat seder in the northern town of Meron on January 30, 2018. (David Cohen/ Flash90/ File)

Get freshThis Tu Bishvat, Ag Ministry says it’s the ripe time to leave dried fruit behind

By Melanie Lidman

A group of anarchists in Warsaw mourn during the 1926 funeral of activist 'White Morits,' who had previously been imprisoned for anarchist activities. (Courtesy YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)

A forgotten chapter: When Jewish America spoke Yiddish — and was anarchist

By Gideon Grudo

Assi Cohen, left, as Broide, and Daniella Kertesz as Anna in 'Autonomies.' (Courtesy)

Dystopian drama ‘Autonomies’ stands on its own at NY Jewish Film Festival

By Jordan Hoffman

More Headlines

A group of Holocaust survivors transport a covered coffin with the remains of six unidentified Holocaust victims to be buried at the United Synagogue's New Cemetery in Bushey, England, January 20, 2019. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)

Remains of Holocaust victims found at UK museum finally brought to burial

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli startup MobileODT has created the Eva System, which uses an Automated Visual Evaluation (AVE) algorithm that it says can detect cervical cancer by simply examining an image of the cervix (Courtesy)

Beyond the Pap smear: Startup uses phone, light and AI to detect cervical cancer

By Federico Maccioni

Aya Maasarwe pictured in a Melbourne cafe, October 1, 2018. (Instagram)

Body of slain Israeli woman released by Australian coroner

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of Ramon airport, January 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel opens new international airport, named for astronaut Ramon, near Red Sea

By Ori Lewis and AFP

Screen capture from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, shows Kurdish fighters standing guard at the site of a suicide attack near the town of Shaddadeh, in Syria's northeastern province of Hassakeh, Syria, January 21, 2019. (ANHA via AP)

Islamic State targets US convoy in northeast Syria

By AP and ToI Staff

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem, September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s lawyers meet with AG to request delay of indictment announcement

Newborn rhino cub seen at the Ramat Gan Safari, January 2019. (Sagi Tabachnick/Ramat Gan Safari)

Born to runRhino birth catches zookeepers off guard

By Stuart Winer

Candles lit at the site where Ethiopian-Israeli Yehuda Biadga was shot and killed as a he ran at a policeman while allegedly waving a knife, seen here in Bat Yam on January 20, 2019. The poster reads "Yehuda Biadga was murdered here." (Flash90)

Witness to shooting of man with knife says cop fired with just moment to spare

PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a press conference in Ramallah on February 24, 2015. (WAFA/File)

Trump envoy, top PLO official feud on Twitter over US peace plan

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, as his supporters raise their hands, during activities to mark the ninth of Ashura, a 10-day ritual commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on September 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Nasrallah to give TV interview after long public absence and ill health rumor

Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)

‘Gay conversion’ therapist convicted of molesting his clients for years

By Michael Bachner

First responders at the scene of a suspected car bombing in Ashkelon, January 21, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)

Car explodes next to Ashkelon kindergarten in alleged gangland assassination bid

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