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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 13, 2019

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A newscaster on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa television station places a mug on his desk in what the Shin Bet security service says was a secret code to an operative in the West Bank. (Screen capture: Al-Aqsa TV/Shin Bet)

Shin Bet: Al-Aqsa TV used on-air signals to help Hamas coordinate terror attacks

By Judah Ari Gross

Security service says Gaza terror group tried to recruit Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem who have Israeli ID cards to conduct attacks, including a planned suicide bus bombing

An Al-Quds TV's anchor asking questions of a Palestinian politician questions on October 20, 2018. (Credit: Al-Quds TV)

Pro-Hamas TV station labeled a terrorist group by Israel halts its operations

A masked Palestinian pulls a burning tire during a night demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 11, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Palestinian said to die of wounds sustained in Gaza border protest

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Barack Obama meets with Saudi King Abdullah at Rawdat Khuraim, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Netanyahu rejected secret Saudi peace plan after 2014 Gaza war — report

Officials say Israeli PM showed no flexibility regarding proposal, which would have seen joint Riyadh-Jerusalem effort against Iran and Saudi assistance in rehabilitating Strip

President visits family of Ori Ansbacher, vows to ‘light up’ world in her memory

Meeting Abbas, MBS backs Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

Russia warns Trump peace plan will undo all Israeli-Palestinian progress so far

Illustrative: A man shows a kippa during the 'Berlin wears kippa' event on April 25, 2018. (AFP/Tobias Schwartz)

Germany anti-Semitic offenses rise sharply in 2018, mostly from far-right

By Frank Zeller

Last year saw 1,646 incidents motivated by hatred against Jews, government says, also citing 60% increase in violent attacks

French lawyer Pierre-Francois Veil poses next to recently vandalized letter boxes displaying a portrait of his mother, late French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, on February 11, 2019 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)

France vows firm response to wave of anti-Semitic vandalism

By AFP

Live updates (closed)

In Warsaw, Netanyahu criticized after appearing to push for war against Iran

By Joshua Davidovich

In Hebrew, prime minister says nations at Mideast conference ‘sitting with Israel to advance the common interest of combating Iran,’ but in English, his office translates it as war

12:23 pm

Israel to purchase 7 training helicopters from Italy in multi-billion dollar deal
7:35 pm

Saudi prince to Israeli TV: Netanyahu is deceiving you
7:19 pm

Netanyahu Twitter account backtracks from war with Iran quote

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures during a joint press conference with the Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during his visit to Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Organizers don’t mention Iran as topic for Warsaw summit

By Raphael Ahren

In joint op-ed, Mike Pompeo and his Polish counterpart say summit to focus on Syria, Yemen, Israeli-Palestinian peace — seemingly contradicting Netanyahu’s assertion

Israel confirms strike in Syrian Golan, further cracking ambiguity policy

By Judah Ari Gross

Heading to Warsaw, Netanyahu hopes summit brings Arab ties out into the open

Slamming Europe over Iran stance, Netanyahu heads to Warsaw for Mideast summit

By Raphael Ahren

The US Navy released this picture on April 12, 2009 of Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, standing alongside Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) after being rescued by US Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Muddying the waters

Iran general claims his country’s navy, not US, inspired ‘Captain Phillips’

Ex-navy commander says it was 2012 rescue of hijacked Chinese boat that was adapted for Tom Hanks movie, not 2009 Somali pirate case involving Captain Mark Phillips’ ship

Times of Israel Presents650 English speakers at pre-election evening

Shaked on whether AG should delay PM graft decision: I have total faith in him

At event co-hosted by Times of Israel, justice minister says New Right won’t sit in Gantz-led coalition, defends nation state bill, details plan to limit power of Supreme Court

Times of Israel editor-in-chief David Horovitz (right) interviews Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2019. (Times of Israel staff)

Judge issues injunction banning Netanyahu from posting photos with IDF soldiers

By Michael Bachner

Netanyahu laughs off AG’s ‘amusing’ ban on campaign photos with soldiers

By Michael Bachner

Kahlon says his party will back PM to form next government

Avi Gabbay, leader of the Labor Party (C), with Labor MKs (R-L) Amir Peretz, Stav Shaffir, Itzik Shmuli and Shelly Yachimovich at a party meeting in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel elections 2019

After primaries, Gabbay declares Labor will be ‘the surprise’ of the elections

By Michael Bachner

Poll shows center-left party gaining slightly at expense of Gantz’s Israel Resilience, but still far behind with just 8 Knesset seats

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz at the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel, on September 22, 2014. (Edi Israel/Pool/Flash90)

Israeli elections 2019Mud flies as Gantz, Netanyahu take aim at each other

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking on a cellphone during a Knesset session on June 5, 2013 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In campaign stunt, Gantz releases personal phone numbers of Netanyahu, Likud MKs

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz watch a military exercise of the army's Golani Brigade on the Golan Heights, September 11, 2012. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Israel media review

The no-security election: 9 things to know for February 13

By Joshua Davidovich

Netanyahu and Gantz both go negative, accusing the other of being weak on defense; meanwhile Mr. Security is accused of imperiling the country and peace hopes, in 2014 and now

Far-right parties heading for merger, National Union leader says

By Stuart Winer

Journalist Yifat Erlich joins Jewish Home party

By Michael Bachner

Kahlon: If public don’t want me as finance minister, I won’t come in back door

By Raoul Wootliff

An illustrative image of the ube, a purple yam that’s similar in taste to a sweet potato, but gives dishes - especially ice cream - an instantly Instagrammable look by treating it with pops of plum and violet (YouTube screenshot)

Zhoug and ube: Israel-founded site sees 2019’s next big things to eat

By Johanna Chisholm

Tastewise uses AI tech to scour changes in over 150,000 restaurant menus in the US and combines info with social media interactions to predict what’s hot for foodies

The recent victims of unsocial media

The freedom to troll, shame, hurt, and verbally poop online must not get in the way of the freedom to connect, to grow, to support, or even to be silent

US Jews have concerns for Israel unrelated to Netanyahu

Americans who say the Jewish state must deal only with liberal democracies should know they are kissing peace with the Palestinians goodbye

Even if your clothes are fabulous, there are times when you’ll have nothing to hide behind, and must be who you truly are

Candy stripes and the road

Did you ever notice how Israeli parking is dictated by colors painted on the curb? Which are then ignored when the rules get in the way

Alfred Lion, seated, and Francis Wolff. (Courtesy Mosaic Images LLC)

All that jazz

This Jewish duo escaped the Nazis to break sound barriers with Blue Note Records

By Rich Tenorio

Ety Siton, left, director of the Kfar Saba branch of ERAN, also oversees the Toronto volunteers. She is pictures with Sigal Almog, co-founder of Toronto's ERAN project. (Courtesy)

Israeli expats in Canada staff a Hebrew suicide hotline to serve their homeland

By Robert Sarner

Sitting down to study at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem (Courtesy Robert Dawson)

A global library photography project trains its lens on Israel’s stacks

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Former senior defense official Amos Gilad speaks at a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on February 12, 2019. (Screen capture: IDC)

Ex-defense official: Israel failing in its mission of blocking Iran in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers blindfolding and detaining Palestinians. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Bereaved parents plead for leniency for soldiers accused of beating Palestinians

By Stuart Winer

Raymond Knops, Dutch state secretary for interior affairs. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Dutch allow ‘Palestine’ place of birth to those born pre-1948 in British mandate

By JTA

Kobi Marimi, winner of the reality show 'Rising Star' and Israel's 2019 Eurovision entrant, performs at the show's final on February 12, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Kobi Marimi crowned ‘Rising Star’ and will represent Israel at Eurovision

US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on February 12, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Trump calls Ilhan Omar’s apology ‘lame,’ says she should resign

By Laurie Kellman

The surgery department at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, in Jerusalem, September 3, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

After negotiations fail, Hadassah hospital strike enters second day

Illustrative: A Jewish man covers himself with a prayer shawl while praying near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during the Passover priestly blessing on April 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Dutch textbook omits Jewish connection to Jerusalem

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Demonstrators protesting against Israel in New York City, June 2016. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Mississippi House passes bill banning boycott of Israel

By JTA

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri reads the government policy statement before a debate for vote of confidence, in the Lebanese parliament, in Beirut, February 12, 2019. (AP Photo/ Ali Fawaz, Lebanese Parliament media office)

Lebanese PM says Hezbollah can keep arms, as new government convenes

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sarah Silverman L) with “Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS via JTA)

Comic survivalSarah Silverman felt like the only Jew in town growing up

By Curt Schleier

A Tuesday, November 8, 2008 file photo showing the Human Rights Room (Room XX) at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

UN set to publish blacklist of Israeli companies operating over Green Line

Palestinian children look through the bars of a cage at the declawed lioness "Falestine" at the Rafah Zoo in the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2019. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Uproar down southIn the Gaza Strip, pet a lion, declawed

By AFP and ToI Staff

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