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What Matters Most On Friday, February 8, 2019

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Friends and relatives attend the funeral of Ori Ansbacher, in the ettlement of Tekoa, February 8, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘The heart breaks’: Hundreds mourn Ori Ansbacher, 19, murdered in Jerusalem

Ori Ansbacher (Courtesy)

Ori Ansbacher, 19, named as Jerusalem murder victim

Siwar Keblawi. (courtesy)

Murdered Israeli woman said to have fled to Turkey after threats from family

Illustrative. Sayyad-3 air defense missiles during inauguration of its production line at an undisclosed location, Iran, according to official information released, July 22, 2017. (Official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Israel said to find new Iranian precision missile factory in northwest Syria

Tehran reportedly rebuilds facility previously bombed by IAF in different location, bypassing international sanctions with help from Syrian government and terror group Hezbollah

A handout photo from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Office shows the new Iranian missile Dezful, in an undisclosed location in Iran, February 7, 2019. (Courtesy)

Iran unveils new ballistic missile in secret ‘underground city’ facility

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranians visit a weaponry and military equipment exhibition in the capital Tehran on February 2, 2019, organized on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

US vows it will be ‘relentless’ in working to deter Iran missile program

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iranian protesters burn an American flag during an annual anti-American rally in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Khamenei says ‘Death to America’ chants ‘mean death to Trump,’ not US people

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran’s supreme leader: As long as America continues its wickedness, the Iranian nation will not abandon its call to kill ‘American rulers’

US troops to leave Syria by end of April — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Kushner, Greenblatt to visit Mideast to seek backing for peace plan

By AP and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority brands US-led Middle East meeting an ‘American conspiracy’

By AFP

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz delivers his first electoral speech in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 29, 2019. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

In first big interview, Gantz vows he’ll be PM but won’t say what he’ll do there

By Raoul Wootliff

Israel Resilience party head pledges support for attorney general attacked by Netanyahu, but is wary and vague on most major issues at stake in April election

Poll shows Gantz would do better to merge with Orly Levy than with Yair Lapid

Israel Resilience party reveals top picks for Knesset slate

By Michael Bachner

Levy-Abekasis recorded chiding Gantz’s party, appearing to rule out merger

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative: Engineers from the Israeli company "Commun.it" use their expertise in social media commercial analysis to identify networks of fake users, at their offices in the city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv on January 23, 2019 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Foreign social media bots spreading fake news about Netanyahu’s rivals — report

Company says non-Israeli sources are amplifying negative false info about Gantz and Sa’ar, and commenting favorably about PM

Illustrative image of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) (Phonlamai iStock by Getty Images)

Israel needs new laws to limit intel services’ powers to eavesdrop online — IDI

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with soldiers during a visit to the Northern Command base in Safed, December 11, 2018 (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Attorney general tells PM to stop taking campaign photos with soldiers

Illustrative: Crowds of rabbis gather for a group photo at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, November 4, 2018, in New York.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Inspired by #MeToo, Chabad rabbi breaks 20-year silence on child sexual abuse

By Renee Ghert-Zand

From left: Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Analysis

Why these Democratic presidential hopefuls voted no on an anti-BDS bill

Presidential contenders were more likely to vote against the kind of bill that pro-Israel types — and a majority of their party colleagues — usually see as a slam dunk

Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, who won the 2018 Eurovision song contest, in Tel Aviv, January 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Eurovision 2019Netta Barzilai on BDS: ‘When you boycott light, you spread darkness’

Jack White performs during Music Midtown 2014 at Piedmont Park on Friday, Sep. 19, 2014, in Atlanta. (Photo by Katie Darby/Invision/AP)

White Stripes’ Jack White gets co-credit for Israel’s Eurovision-winning ‘Toy’

A woman wrapped in an Israeli flag at the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, April 11, 2018 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

One in two Israelis has negative view of Poland, new survey shows

By Raphael Ahren

Two thirds say Poles are reluctant to admit Holocaust complicity, but 65% say bilateral ties should focus on the present and future, not the past

Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah stars in an Israeli ad campaign encouraging Israelis to recycle plastic bottles. (YouTube screenshot)

Eco-unfriendly

Hezbollah terror chief chides Israelis for not recycling, in mock ad campaign

Hassan Nasrallah appears in billboard ad and video put out by Israeli recycling group aimed to encourage citizens to recycle plastic bottles

A screenshot taken on Thursday Feb.7, 2019 from an online fashion outlet shows a Gucci turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater for sale. The sweater was pulled from Gucci's online and physical stores for its resemblance to racist blackface caricatures. (AP Photo)

Face offGucci pulls ‘blackface sweater’ from stores after complaints

By Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry

Michelle Orrelle

The day I gave the Israeli Navy a piece of my mind

How does one prepare to give her child to those who cannot guarantee his safe return?

The Wondrous Judean Underland

The Judean Lowlands of Israel is home to hundreds of underground complexes, part of a spectacular subterranean world

When Shalva chose Shabbat over Eurovision

Israel has failed its religious Jews by not doing more to ensure their ability to participate in cultural and sports events

It feels counterintuitive, but the twice-daily sacrifices on the Temple altar are a good starting point to connect to God (Terumah)

Matthew Broderick, left, with Geza Rohrig in 'To Dust.' (All About the 360, Inc./ via JTA)

Interview

Matthew Broderick and a Hasidic cantor are quite the odd couple in ‘To Dust’

By Curt Schleier

More Headlines

Director Woody Allen attends a special screening of "Wonder Wheel" in New York, November 14, 2017. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Woody Allen sues Amazon for $68m for ending movie deal over abuse allegations

By AP

US Senator Lindsey Graham during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, on March 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Orthodox group says US Senate committee nominees shouldn’t be asked about faith

By JTA

Labour MP Luciana Berger delivers a speech to the Annual Conference on October 7, 2015 in Brighton, UK. (screen capture: YouTube)

Jewish UK Labour MP faces no confidence vote over anti-Semitism row

Former chief of staff Benny Gantz (R) delivers his first electoral speech as he stands alongside his electoral ally, former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon, in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2019. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israel media reviewSafety Gantz: 8 things to know for February 8

By Joshua Davidovich

In this photo from November 30, 2018, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman adjusts his robe as leaders gather for the group at the G20 Leader's Summit at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff: February 8, 2019

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid presenting his party's platform on LGBT rights in a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 7, 2019. (Courtesy)

Yesh Atid unveils detailed policy plan to promote LGBT equality

By Michael Bachner

Likud MK Oren Hazan in Jerusalem on September 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right party says bad-boy MK Oren Hazan seeking to join after Likud defeat

By Michael Bachner

Former minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem, November 21, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Gideon Sa’ar is preferred heir to Netanyahu, especially among non-Likud voters

In this October 24, 2018 photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addresses the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)

Saudi prince reportedly told aide in 2017 he’d go after Khashoggi with a bullet

By Shaun Tandon

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks to reporters ahead of a Security Council meeting on May 30, 2018 (Courtesy)

Israeli envoy calls Hebron international observer force ‘violent, biased’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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