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What Matters Most On Monday, February 18, 2019

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, September 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Poland cancels participation in Israel summit over FM Katz’s ‘racist’ remarks

Polish PM Morawiecki says move comes in response to ‘unacceptable’ remark by foreign minister that Poles ‘suckle anti-Semitism with their mothers’ milk’

Polish PM cancels trip to Israel amid spat over Netanyahu Holocaust comments

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Australian Poles protest tour by anti-Semitic former politician

Poland may cancel Israel visit over FM’s ‘mothers’ milk’ anti-Semitism charge

Hatnua party chief Tzipi Livni holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 18, 2019, announcing her departure from politics. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Leaving politics, Livni warns this election may be last gasp of democracy

By Raoul Wootliff

After failing to secure center-left bloc, Hatnua leader says she doesn’t want votes wasted, charges PM trying to take over justice system while he attacks media, law enforcement

Opposition MKs lament Tzipi Livni’s departure from politics

Polls show Israel Resilience, Yesh Atid losing seats to Labor

By Stuart Winer

Olmert associates behind loan guarantees for Gantz Knesset run

Yariv Bash, right, Yonatan Winetraub, middle, and Kfir Damari, the founders of SpaceIL, inserting a digital time capsule into the Beresheet spacecraft, December 17, 2018. (Yoav Weiss)

With sights set on the moon, Israel to launch privately funded spacecraft Friday

By Melanie Lidman

Beresheet set to touch down in the Sea of Tranquility on April 11; $100 million project, paid for mostly by Jewish donors, would make Israel 4th country to land a craft on the moon

A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli flares illuminating the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 7, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)

Live updates (closed)

Military denies mortar shell fired from Gaza

Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council retracts claim of attack, a day after explosive device hurled at IDF troops, wounding one

7:43 pm

Military denies mortar shell fired from Gaza
7:31 pm

Mortar fired from Gaza lands in open field, causing no injuries
7:19 pm

US-backed Syria force demands IS jihadists surrender

Former Labour party MP Luciana Berger (C), arrives with MPs Chris Leslie (3R), Angela Smith (2R) and Gavin Shuker, to speak at a press conference in London on February 18, 2019, where they announced their resignation from the Labour Party, and the formation of a new independent group of MPs (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

MP says UK Labour is ‘institutionally anti-Semitic’ as 7 lawmakers quit party

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Announcing biggest split in 38 years, one MP cites ‘very difficult, painful but necessary decision’; another charges that party ‘turned its back on the British public’ over Brexit

AnalysisA ‘Zionist extremist who hates civilized people’: Luciana Berger’s Labour ordeal

By Robert Philpot

Yoadd Zaguri. (Courtesy)

Soldier injured in Gaza clashes identified as Yoadd Zaguri of Los Angeles

Lone soldier’s girlfriend says he overcame numerous obstacles to serve in army; ‘he fought in order to enlist’

IDF soldier wounded, 19 Gazan rioters reported shot as border heats up

By Judah Ari Gross

Hamas takes over Gaza cargo terminal as PA forces decamp

IDF chief taps new head for embattled Ground Forces

By Judah Ari Gross

Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations gathering in Jerusalem, February 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bennett: US congresswoman is an anti-Semite, ‘loud and clear’

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Education minister doesn’t name Washington lawmaker he is referring to, laments ‘growing legitimacy to openly express anti-Semitism’

A screenshot from the ad for "A Night at the Garden." (Screenshot from Vimeo via JTA)

CNN and NBC agree to air ad for Oscar-nominated documentary about NY Nazi rally

By JTA

A large plate glass window was shattered in the front of a Chabad synagogue in Brooklyn as a family ate Shabbat dinner, February 15, 2019. (YouTube capture)

NYPD boosts synagogue security after Brooklyn attack

By JTA and ToI Staff

An Israeli woman holds a sign reading 'Our blood is not worthless,' during a rally in Tel Aviv on February 9, 2019, following the murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ministers approve slashing $138 million from Palestinians over terror payments

Amid anger over murder of teen in Jerusalem, security cabinet backs implementation of law to deduct amount equal to PA payments to attackers and families

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the Palestinian Peace and Freedom Forum in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 6, 2019. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

PA fumes over Israeli ‘piracy’ after decision to deduct terror money

Screen capture from video of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, professor of social work and law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, during a presentation. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Hebrew U: Prof. who claims arms tested on Palestinian kids doesn’t represent us

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, center with white turban, and other dignitaries attend the inauguration of the new Iranian made 'Fateh' submarine in Bandar Abbas on February 17, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran says it has launched ‘cruise missile capable’ submarine

By AFP

Locally made Fateh-class submersible makes Tehran self-reliant on land, air and sea, Rouhani says at unveiling

In this photo fromFebruary 4, 2019, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks with reporters during an European Union-Leagues Arab States ministerial meeting in Brussels. (John Thys/AFP)

Saudi official fires back after Iran blames Riyadh for fatal attack on Guards

By AP

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir addresses the 14th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama on October 27, 2018. (Stringer/AFP)

Saudi minister says all at Warsaw Mideast confab agreed Iran the major problem

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita addresses the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/ Frank Franklin II)

TV report: Netanyahu held secret talks with Morocco foreign minister in New York

Meeting said to take place on sidelines of UN General Assembly in September; PM sought to arrange visit, normalize ties, offered help regarding Iran

The lawmaker who is leaving politics was repeatedly left holding the bag, but she plowed on and changed Israel for the better

Turning the Gettysburg Address into a haftarah

Presidents Day is not a time for small-minded partisan politics, but to heed the genuine wisdom of generations of American leaders

The Alternative Universe Purim

It turns out that the Jewish people have been shaped by Purim: we can’t give it up, and no one can take it away from us.

A Presidents Day comparison: Washington and Ben-Gurion

Both founding fathers were distinguished military leaders with a passion for intellectual pursuits

Israel is undermining its very raison d’etre

Remember the fiasco of an Israeli pact with apartheid South Africa? No? Neither does the current Israeli administration, and they’ll pay for it

Naomi Azrieli and Eyal Kaminka

‘Never forget’ can’t apply to those who never even knew

Widespread Holocaust ignorance demands ramped up teaching with a focus on historical specifics, not moral platitudes

Pages from the English version of 'Yuvi's Candy Tree,' written by Lesley Simpson about Yuvi Tashome's journey from Ethiopia to Sudan (Courtesy Kar-Ben Publishing)

A tale of Ethiopian heroism finally makes it to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative photo of a boy in a wheelchair. (Eky Akmal/EyeEm/Getty Images via JTA)

Jews with disabilities explain how communities fall short on inclusion

By Josefin Dolsten

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This March 18, 2015, photo, shows a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu election campaign poster lying among ballot papers at his party's election headquarters in Tel Aviv. (AP/Dan Balilty)

Israel media review50 days till elections: 7 things to know for February 18

By Tamar Pileggi

View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Sea of Galilee water level to reach 2-year record high after rainy winter

Anthony Weiner leaves federal court in New York after pleading guilty to a charge of sending sexual material to a minor, May 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner released from prison

By AP

Rafi Refaely, father of Israeli model Bar Refaeli, seen at the Kfar Saba Magistrate's Court, where he was convicted on February 17, 2019 of threatening the former deputy mayor of Hod Hasharon, Yoav Rozen. (Flash90)

Model Bar Refaeli’s father convicted of death threats in road rage incident

A bail hearing for Malka Leifer at the Jerusalem District Court chambers of Judge Ram Vinograd on February 18, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Malka Leifer denied bail during remainder of extradition process

Illustrative image of teenagers. (iStock)

Israeli study: Bodies adjust puberty timing to help reach expected adult height

Jasper Bos, the senior VP and managing director of M Ventures, the venture capital arm of the German giant Merck in Yavne, Israel, on February 12, 2019 (Liat Eldar)

German drugmaker Merck sets up Israel incubator to tap into chip, sensor tech

By Shoshanna Solomon

Al Vorspan (URG/Twitter via JTA)

Al Vorspan, Jewish social justice leader for the Reform movement, dies at 95

President Reuven Rivlin (C) his wife Nechama (R) and deputy foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely seen hosting a reception for the Foreign Diplomatic Corps in Israel, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 18, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Rivlin’s office employed illegal foreign caregiver for president’s wife Nechama

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem on October 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu: PM and I don’t have credit cards because we kept losing them

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Facebook acts like ‘digital gangsters,’ violated privacy laws, say UK lawmakers

By AFP

Austrian FM Karin Kneissl, left, addressing delegates at the Warsaw Middle East summit, February 14, 2019 (Angelika Lauber)

Despite official boycott, PM approached Austrian FM, senior Vienna official says

By Raphael Ahren

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