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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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Ilhan Omar issues apology after condemnations over AIPAC money tweets

Minnesota Democrat says she didn’t mean to offend American Jews, thanks those teaching her ‘the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes’

In this photo from February 5, 2019, Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota arrives for US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says Omar ‘should be ashamed of herself’ over AIPAC money tweets

AnalysisOmar said AIPAC pays lawmakers to be pro-Israel, but that’s not how it works

Democrats admonish lawmaker Omar as outcry over AIPAC money comment grows

Participants walk behind banners holding placards during a silent march in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman murdered in her home in what police believe was an antisemitic attack, held on on March 28, 2018. (Francois Guillot/AFP)

Anti-Semitic acts in France soared by 74% in 2018, interior minister says

Christophe Castaner decries ‘poison’ of hate amid jump from 311 anti-Jewish incidents in 2017 to 541 last year

Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)

Tree commemorating murdered French Jew is chopped down amid anti-Semitic spate

Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)

UK Labour lawmakers lash leaders on anti-Semitism figures

Palestinian and Israeli activists visit the Ansbacher family in Tekoa, February 12, 2019 (Tag Meir)

Palestinians pay condolence visit to family of slain teen Ori Ansbacher

Activist says he told family, residents of the Tekoa settlement, that Israelis and Palestinians ‘must find a way to live together’

Arafat Irfaiya, charged with the murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher, at the Jerusalem Magistrate's court on February 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinian groups steer clear of Ori Ansbacher’s killer over rape allegation

Arafat Irfaiya, charged with the murder of Ori Ansbacher, at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Suspect in murder of teen: ‘I wanted to kill a Jew and be a martyr’ — report

Riki Eyal stands in front of the door of her home in Arad (Johanna Chisholm/Times of Israel)

Interview'I was so naive back then, it was almost criminal'

The spy who never loved me: A mother of 7 says her marriage was a Shin Bet cover

Despite 15 years of lies, abuse and poverty, Riki Eyal mainly blames not her ex-husband, but the security service that recruited him to gather intelligence on her settler community

Israeli local Ofer Ohana argues with members of a new Palestinian observer group in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 10, 2019.(Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Launch of Palestinian civilian monitor group angers settlers in Hebron

Iranians walk past a missile during a rally marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2019. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

PM warns Iran: Attack Israel and ‘it will be the last anniversary you celebrate’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

After IRGC commander threatens to raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if US strikes and pledges support for Hezbollah, Netanyahu tells it not to make ‘terrible mistake’

Israel and Iran both set to join Russia-led free trade zone

By Raphael Ahren

Syria reports Israeli artillery attack on Quneitra

Nasrallah thanks Iran’s Zarif for support against ‘Zionist aggression’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Labor top 20

Social protest leaders Shmuli, Shaffir take top spots in Labor primaries

Gabbay rival Cabel drops to 15th on slate, likely to miss out on return to Knesset since sinking party only expected to garner 5-7 seats

MK Itzik Shmuli casts his vote at a Labor Party polling station in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Falling short in primary, veteran Labor MK Eitan Cabel says Gabbay ‘took me out’

By Raoul Wootliff

Reporter's notebookHopeful Labor members see lifeline in youthful, progressive primary winners

By Raoul Wootliff

Israel media reviewA political funeral and some sham marriages: 9 things to know for February 12

By Joshua Davidovich

Screen capture from video of Likud Party political video attacking Israeli Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz. (Facebook)

Family of slain Druze border guard slams Netanyahu for politicizing his death

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Madhat Yousef’s brother asks PM to stop using his killing in 2000 as a ‘cheap propaganda’ tool for attacking Benny Gantz’s security credentials

Netanyahu will dump settlers after elections, Bennett warns

By Stuart Winer

Hundreds of votes for PM’s rival Sa’ar ‘go missing’ in Likud primaries — report

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Netanyahu: I won’t sit in coalition with Gantz, will form right-wing government

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to journalists during a visit to inspect a naval Iron Dome defense system in the northern port of Haifa on February 12, 2019. (Jack Guez/Pool/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu set to depart for US-led Mideast summit in Warsaw

Israeli premier to be the only head of state at regional conference seen as effort by White House to isolate Iran

7:44 pm

Facebook removes Israel Resilience post listing phone numbers of Likud MKs
7:28 pm

Opposition leader apologizes to Belgrade Jews
7:14 pm

Netanyahu set to depart for US-led Mideast summit in Warsaw

Australia’s far right embraces the ’White Replacement’ myth

An ominous trend imagines a global Jewish plot to ’import’ non-Europeans in order to destroy European culture

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Ilhan Omar: Right about money in politics, wrong on AIPAC

The congresswoman veered into bigotry when she reduced the pro-Israel lobby’s influence to mere dollars and cents

Oh please, Birthright is more than a ‘fluid exchange’

The quip is a cheap shot — some truly meaningful moments happen when Americans and Israelis just hang out together

Mornings with Murray

At the end of every day, you must ask yourself: ’What did I learn today that I didn’t know yesterday?’

The two sides of the ancient coin discovered on February 6, 2019 in the Lachish region, dating back to the Bar Kochba revolt in 133 or 134 CE. (Shiri Burchard)

Rains unearth rare Bar Kochba-era coin hailing ‘freedom of Israel’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets then-US President Donald Trump In the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (Fadi Arouri, Xinhua Pool via AP)

US denies telling banks to stop working with Palestinians

By AFP and ToI Staff

PA accused Washington of launching ‘financial siege’ on West Bank amid breakdown in relations

Palestinians ask Arab countries to skip US-sponsored Mideast summit in Poland

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US presents Middle East vision in Warsaw, but no converts

By Shaun Tandon

Abbas travels to Riyadh for meeting with King Salman

Kids cooking with Q.D. Foodie kitchen tools. (Courtesy Q.D. Foodie)

A serving of fun

Visually impaired kids can whip up a feast with these veggie-shaped utensils

Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot and Marianne Novak. (Courtesy of the Jewish Standard/via JTA)

In NJ, Orthodox rabbis vote to bar a colleague for training female clergy

By Larry Yudelson

More Headlines

A patient waits for a room in the Sourasky Medical Center Ichilov in Tel Aviv. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

1 in 10 patients in Israeli hospitals left in hallways, survey finds

Israeli firms and the Ministry of Economy are setting up a consortium to deal with aviation cyber-threats (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Israeli airports fend off 3 million attempted attacks a day, cyber head says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Driver's license photo of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers (Pennsylvania DOT)

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter pleads not guilty to upgraded charges

By Ramesh Santanam

Lori Alhadeff, mother of 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff who was one of 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks during an interview with a portrait of her daughter in the background, on January 30, 2019, in Parkland, Florida.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Parkland mom who lost teen daughter heals through advocacy

By KELLI KENNEDY

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, the newly named editor of Tradition magazine, in his Jerusalem office. (Sam Sokol)

Journal’s new editor wants to steer Modern Orthodox debate into the 21st century

In this undated image released by HBO, Lena Headey appears in a scene from 'Game of Thrones.' (HBO via AP, File)

Shalom Cersei‘Game of Thrones’ actress Lena Headey to star in Israeli horror film

By Gabe Friedman

From the webPrivate Mossad for hire

Paratroopers take part in an exercise simulating war with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist group in September 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier injured by live fire in basic training

Palestinians leave the Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem, September 9, 2018. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Teenager, 16, killed in brawl in East Jerusalem

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, right, speaks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon to boycott Warsaw Mideast summit over Israel’s attendance

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this photo from July 31, 2014, then-IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool, File)

Israel urges Dutch court to dismiss case against Gantz over 2014 Gaza strike

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Responders at the scene of a drowning in Eilat, February 11, 2019. (Courtesy/MDA)

4-year-old drowns in bathtub in Eilat, mother arrested

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