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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 19, 2019

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80 graves vandalized at Jewish cemetery in France

By AFP

Swastikas daubed on headstones in Strasbourg hours ahead of nationwide rallies against recent upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks

A picture taken on February 19, 2019, shows swastikas painted on graves at a Jewish cemetery in the French town of Quatzenheim close to the German border (Frederick Florin/AFP)

Antisemitic graffiti seen on letter boxes displaying a portrait of late French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, February 11, 2019. (Jacques Demarthon/AFP)

14 political parties in France call for protests against anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A large swastika is seen on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev's Horodok mall on February 16, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Staircase in Ukraine mall decorated with giant swastika

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu slams Gantz: ‘Shame on you, I risked my life time after time’

By Michael Bachner

PM reacts to Israel Resilience party chief’s scathing attack in which he said that while he was fighting in the IDF, Netanyahu was in TV studios and taking acting classes in the US

7:42 pm

Liberman unveils Yisrael Beytenu Knesset slate, leaving out several veteran MKs
7:37 pm

Netanyahu calls Israel Katz's Polish anti-Semitism remark 'unfortunate'
7:34 pm

Death toll from Nigeria attack last week 'over 130,' state governor says

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, February 14, 2019. (AP/Michael Sohn)

Poland seeks Israeli apology for ‘racist’ remarks

Official says relations could ‘take a frosty turn’ if Jerusalem doesn’t apologize for acting FM’s claim that ‘Poles suckle anti-Semitism with their mothers’ milk’

Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk after a group photo at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, February 13, 2019. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)

Fresh fight over Holocaust memory threatens warming Israel-Poland ties

Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, left, who co-wrote the letter of complaint against Israel Katz, seen speaking to visitors in a synagogue in Warsaw in 2015. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz/File)

Polish Jewish leaders say Katz Holocaust comments ‘damage’ their community

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, February 19, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/File)

Hungary to open office with ‘diplomatic status’ in Jerusalem

By Raphael Ahren

At meetings with three of four Visegrad Group members, Netanyahu refuses to talk about Poland’s decision to boycott summit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of the Visegrad Group -- Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland -- in Budapest, July 19, 2017 (Haim Tzach/GPO)

Central Europe summit in Israel nixed as Poles pull out over Holocaust remarks

By Vanessa Gera and Aron Heller

Polish author Jan Tomasz Gross, author of the 2001 book, 'Neighbors,' about the murder of Jedwabne's Jewish community by Polish neighbors. (East News)

Right-wing groups in Poland say Holocaust conference anti-Polish

By Katarzyna Markusz

Case 4000 investigated

Shoshanna Solomon

Slowed-down nation: How Netanyahu’s alleged Bezeq graft stalled Israeli internet

In 2015, a vital telecom infrastructure reform was gathering pace. Then the PM fired the official in charge, the reform was derailed, and now the country is lagging years behind

Composite image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ( (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool and metamorworks; iStock by Getty Images) )

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, February 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

Israel election primer: 4What would be the fate of a prime minister convicted in a court of law?

By Israel Democracy Institute

BlogWe need a Government Code of Ethics now

Palestinian official: Halting terror payments would be ‘political suicide’

Official also accuses Israeli government of politicking in moving to withhold taxes that it collects on the PA’s behalf

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with his new unity government in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 2, 2014 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

AnalysisAs Israel cuts into PA tax base over terror payments, Ramallah threatens retreat

By Avi Issacharoff

Qatar warns Hamas it won’t pay for Gaza electricity beyond April — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Jordan gives Palestinians larger role in running Temple Mount

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a Capitol news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children, July 10, 2018. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images via JTA)

Slamming ‘racist’ Trump, Bernie Sanders says he’s running for president in 2020

By JUANA SUMMERS

After a surprisingly strong run for the Democratic nomination in 2016, Independent senator from Vermont announces second White House bid

Yesh Atid party leader unveils his Yesh Atid party's slate ahead of April's national elections on February 18, 2019 (Adrian Sebal)

Yesh Atid top 30

Lapid unveils Yesh Atid list, says unity with Gantz still ‘on the table’

By Raoul Wootliff

Centrist leader gives prominent spots to army’s first-ever female major general Orna Barbivai, ex-Mossad deputy Ram Ben-Barak

Netanyahu calls Smotrich’s dad, upping pressure for far-right merger

Jewish Home rejects Netanyahu invite to discuss merger with far-right parties

By Alexander Fulbright

Beersheba mayor said to reject offer to be Labor No. 2

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a gathering in Jerusalem of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on February 18, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

PM blasts Gantz for drawing West Bank exit plans he himself reportedly ordered

After Netanyahu issues video lambasting then-IDF chief’s actions during 2014 peace talks, Livni and Ya’alon say Israeli Resilience head was following leaders’ instructions

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Flash90)

Gantz speech appears to borrow heavily from Netanyahu UN address

By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes a selfie with a soldier during an event for lone soldiers in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Election committee fines Likud, orders it remove images of Netanyahu with troops

Then-opposition leader Tzipi Livni speaks during the plenary session of the opening day of the winter session at the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media review

No more lives left to Livni: 8 things to know for February 19

By Joshua Davidovich

The Hatnua leader’s political death is blamed on her own intransigence or her lack of allies, as well as her dramatic journey from right wing to center-left

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman launches his party's elections campaign in Tel Aviv on January 20, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Liberman set to unveil Yisrael Beytenu’s slate for April election

PHOTO ESSAY: How a paintbrush met a photograph — scenes of Israel

When you’re a photographer, your wife’s an artist, and the Gulf War has driven all your tourist customers way, what’s a creative couple to do?

The one place LGBTQ Jews should feel totally safe

After fighting for acceptance in the Jewish community, we’re now being hounded by American LGBTQ organizations

Clockwise from top left: 'Hammer and Silicon' authors Daniel Satinsky, Sheila Puffer, and Daniel McCarthy (Courtesy Sheila Puffer); scientist Slava Epstein (Adam Glanzman/ Northeastern University); Vladimir Torchilin, director of pharmaceutical biotechnology and nanomedicine at Northeastern University; anti-aging researcher at Harvard, Vadim Gladyshev (YouTube screenshot).

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Tamar Kaduri, left, and husband Yehuda, who were found murdered in their Jerusalem home on January 13, 2019. (Courtesy)

Two held as investigation of Jerusalem double murder pivots away from terror

Firefighters at the scene of a deadly car crash in the central West Bank on February 19, 2019. (Israel Police)

Two dead in head-on collision on central West Bank road

Israeli Shimon Hayut is the subject of 'Tinder Swindler', a true crime documentary on Netflix. (Screenshot)

Man claiming to be Lev Leviev’s son said to defraud numerous Scandinavian women

Malka Leifer (YouTube screenshot)

Ashdod rabbi appeals to residents for aid with Leifer legal defense

Family and friends of Hila Nagar hold a protest at her grave in Kibbutz Ginnosar, northern Israel on February 17, 2019. (Flash90)

Family of slain woman protests after court downgrades charge to manslaughter

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, February 18, 2019. (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko)

No ‘normalization’ with Israel before Palestinian statehood, Omani FM says

Actor Jussie Smollett arrives on the red carpet ahead of Sir Ridley Scott's Hand and Footprint ceremony in front of the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, May 17, 2017. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)

No plans for follow-up police interview with actor Smollett

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 photo, American rabbinical students plant olive trees near the West Bank village of Attuwani, south of Hebron. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

US rabbinical students plant with Palestinians, sowing rift with Israel

By Isabel Debre

Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center, located in a mosque, in the southern Arab town of Hura, July 27, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Arab and Ethiopian women most disadvantaged in job market, survey finds

Palestinian rioters take part in a night demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 11, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Amid border clashes, IDF denies mortar shell fired from Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

Travelers walk to their terminal at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport on June 29, 2018 (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Israeli tourist injured in hit-and-run in Florida

Zelda de Groen (Facebook)

UK Jewish nursery that fired teacher for living with boyfriend wins appeal

By JTA and ToI Staff

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