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What Matters Most On Monday, February 4, 2019

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This picture taken on September 22, 2018 shows the long-range Iranian missile "Khoramshahr" being shown during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Iran says it has put ‘guided warheads’ on missiles that can reach Israel

State media: New Khoramshahr 2 is highly accurate, can carry two-ton payloads up to 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles)

Trump says US will ‘protect’ Israel, keep eye on Iran from Iraqi base

Trump comments spark Iraqi demands for US exit

By AFP

Hezbollah number two says Israel is not ready for conflict with Lebanon

New England Patriots' Julian Edelman (#11) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Feb.ruary 3, 2019, in Atlanta. The Patriots won 13-3. Edelman was named the Most Valuable Player. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A 'gridiron Maccabee'

Patriots’ Julian Edelman becomes first-ever Jewish player to win Super Bowl MVP

Edelman has 10 receptions for 141 yards as he helps New England Patriots win a low-scoring final in Atlanta after he was forced to sit out last year’s game with an injury

New England Patriots' Julian Edelman (11) runs the ball ahead of Los Angeles Rams' Cory Littleton (58) during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Robert Kraft’s Patriots beat Rams 13-3 in lowest scoring Super Bowl ever

By AP

Mercedes-Benz Stadium is lit up ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots in Atlanta, on February 2, 2019. (AP/David Goldman)

Israeli web company Wix.com betting big with Super Bowl spot

Hoveizeh, Iran's new cruise missile, is seen during an exhibition in the capital Tehran on February 2, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

EU backs Iran trading system but notes ‘serious concerns’ over missile program

While restating ‘unwavering’ commitment to saving 2015 nuclear deal, Europe warns Tehran over development of ballistic weapons and interference in Syria

7:31 pm

EU backs Iran trading system, but notes 'serious concern' over Syria, missiles
7:18 pm

Likud's Sa’ar hits back after Yair Netanyahu's putsch claim
6:57 pm

IDF confirms Palestinian shot dead near Jenin while carrying out attack

Central Elections Committee chair, Supreme Court Judge Hanan Melcer (L) meets with Facebook's director of the elections, Katie Harbeth, February 3, 2019. (Courtesy)

Israel elections 2019

Election committee asks Facebook to tighten political ad rules now, not in March

By Raoul Wootliff

Under pressure to stop campaign meddling, social media giant says it’ll require identification of those who fund political ads starting sometime next month

A bourekas. (chameleonseye/Istock by Getty Images)

Israel media reviewFactional friction and fictional fakery: 7 things to know for February 4

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaking with then-Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar in the Knesset, October 16, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90/File)

Netanyahu steps up attacks on Likud rival Sa’ar ahead of primary

In debut of Likud TV channel, PM repeats accusation that former minister wants to form government after elections; Sa’ar calls claim ‘baseless’

Likud lawmaker’s suggestion that Gantz is ‘autistic’ leads to uproar

Sa’ar on PM putsch claim: Those who complain of ‘fake news’ shouldn’t create it

Fearing wasted votes, PM urges fringe parties on far-right to join forces

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appearing on Likud TV on Facebook, February 3, 2018. (screen capture: Facebook)

Analysis

With fake media outlet Likud TV, Netanyahu sets up nakedly self-serving soapbox

Trying to circumvent traditional media he both snubs and exploits, PM launches Facebook channel to directly persuade voters he is the victim of a witch-hunt, must have another term

Dogged by press, Netanyahu launches own news outlet to ‘throw the fake out’

Former top army rabbi Peretz tapped as new Jewish Home leader

In West Bank, Ya’alon plugs ‘right to settle every part of the Land of Israel’

By Raoul Wootliff

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at press conference with foreign media in Bnei Brak on February 3, 2019. (Flash90)

Israeli government report claims terrorists have ‘infiltrated’ Palestinian NGOs

By Raphael Ahren

Strategic Affairs Ministry says it found over 100 ‘links’ between Hamas and PFLP and Western-backed groups promoting BDS

Lawyers: Soldiers accused of beating Palestinian suspects had ‘impossible task’

Police probe apparent hate crime in Palestinian village where mosque vandalized

Palestinian with knife nabbed among Hebron tourists

Israel constructs an above-ground barrier around the Gaza Strip, meant to prevent infiltration by terrorists, in February 2019. (Defense Ministry)

Israel starts construction on 20-foot-high fence surrounding Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

Covered in barbed wire and sensors, new fence to sit atop tunnel-blocking subterranean wall and connect to sea barrier

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers carry away an injured Palestinian who the army says tried to breach the border fence east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on June 27, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Palestinian crosses into Israel from Gaza, is arrested

Spanish UN peacekeepers patrol in the disputed Shebaa Farms area between Lebanon and Israel, overlooking the divided border village of Ghajar, February 24, 2015. (AP /Hussein Malla)

IDF arrests two Lebanese men who crossed into Israel with 11 kg of hashish

A private rabbinic court, led by Rabbi Daniel Sperber, center, retroactively invalidates the marriage of a Jewish woman whose husband refused to grant her a divorce, Jerusalem, February 3, 2019. (Rachel Stomel)

Private panel of rabbis annuls marriage of abused wife who sought divorce

By Stuart Winer

In rare move, rabbis find nuptials were ‘a mistake’ as husband hid his criminal past; Chief Rabbinate says it won’t recognize measure and woman is still considered married

Mikhail Iossel (Courtesy)

Why one ex-refusenik says US democracy will survive — despite Russian meddling

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The Israeli left’s unabashed militarism

To save the country from Likud’s ’corrupt’ rule, the ’peace camp’ is sending in an army of top ex security personnel

Georgette F. Bennett

That shining moment when Syrians and Israelis put hate aside

Although the route is now closed, our delivery of aid across the Golan Heights border made a lasting positive impact

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El Salvador presidential candidate Nayib Bukele of the Great National Alliance (GANA) speaks to the media after declaring victory in the presidential election in San Salvador on February 3, 2019. (Marvin Recinos/AFP)

El Salvador elects new president of Palestinian descent

By Denis ROUSSEAU

Screen capture from video of anti-Israel protesters outside demonstrating against a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York, February 3, 2019. (Twitter)

Dozens protest outside Carnegie Hall as Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra plays

By Stuart Winer

Dozens attend the funeral of Holocaust survivor Eddie Ford in Toronto, Canada, January 31, 2019 (Screen grab via Ynet News)

In Canada, strangers brave sub-zero temperatures for Holocaust survivor funeral

Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth, in 'Schindler's List.' (Screenshot, YouTube)

Bad tasteAussie restaurant scraps ‘Schindler’s List’ fries after complaint

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Illustrative. Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. March 21, 2012. (Serge Attal/FLASH90/File)

3 men charged with hate crimes for attacks on Jewish men in Brooklyn

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, June 27, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

After praising UK’s Corbyn, Ocasio-Cortez notes anti-Semitism concerns

In this May 28, 2015, file photo, a Google employee gives a demonstration of Android Pay on a phone at Google I/O 2015 in San Francisco (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google’s wallet-free payment service is coming to Israel — eventually

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Moroccan Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, and Moroccan King Mohammed VI, in Paris, November 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

Morocco silent amid rumors of Netanyahu visit next month

Israel Bar Association former chairman Efi Nave (center) at a Tel Aviv court on January 16, 2019 (Koko/Pool/Flash90)

Top lawyer in sex scandal sues reporters, media outlet who exposed him for $1.9m

Pastor Javier Baeza gives a Ted Talk on August 1, 2016. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Spanish priest says ‘powerful Jews’ canceled his anti-Israel film event

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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