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What Matters Most On Sunday, March 3, 2019

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Benny Begin (L) with Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset in 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Mandelblit 'serves the public loyally and carefully' - Begin

Likud MK blasts PM for ‘trying to assassinate public trust’ in law enforcement

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Benny Begin backs AG after Netanyahu’s criticism of indictment decision, saying Mandelblit ‘has a backbone’; prosecutors’ union slams ‘wild personal attacks’ on staffers

Justice minister criticizes Netanyahu for personal attacks on state prosecutors

Bennett backs PM, but won’t support law to give him immunity from graft charges

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Kahlon hints he may consider joining Gantz-led government

Op-ed

Is Netanyahu a crook? Allegedly. A threat to democracy? That verdict is sadly in

The accusations against the PM are grave. Graver still, though, is his reckless assault on rivals, the media, the cops and the legal system as he fights desperately to retain power

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to deliver a statement at the Knesset, December 9, 2018. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

From left, Gilad Erdan, Moshe Kahlon and Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on November 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media reviewStick it to him, or stick with him? 8 things to know for March 3

By Joshua Davidovich

Yifat Ben Hai Segev. (screen capture: Channel 13)

Ex-top regulator, former personal lawyer reportedly to testify against Netanyahu

Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

For first time in poll, Gantz pulls slightly ahead of Netanyahu as pick for PM

Gantz takes narrow lead over PM in statistical parity; on allegation of sexual misconduct from the 1970s, denied by Gantz, more respondents believe him than his accuser

Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM urges Likud MKs to emphasize Gantz is ‘leftist,’ accuses media of cover-up

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

An Israeli man carries a sign citing conservative New York Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens as hundreds protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Tel Aviv, March 02, 2019 (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Netanyahu backers, critics hold rival rallies after indictment decision

By AFP and ToI Staff

Mambo dancers in New York's Catskill mountains, from 'The Mamboniks.' (Courtesy Lex Gillespie)

Film premiere

Hey mambo: The Latin music craze that moved a generation of Jewish immigrants

By Rich Tenorio

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, left, and State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Police institute security precautions for state prosecutors called out by PM

Special measures said taken days after Netanyahu claimed Shai Nitzan and Liat Ben Ari had ‘pushed especially hard’ to indict him

7:22 pm

US lawmakers announce sweeping document requests in Trump probe
7:17 pm

Blue and White candidates criticize lack of female representation in party
6:57 pm

IDF confirms strike in Gaza in response to explosive device thrown across fence

This photo taken on February 27, 2019, shows a t-shirt with a picture depicting a nude Adolf Hitler on a beach for sale at a street market for tourists in Bangkok. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

As Europe battles anti-Semitism, Thailand grapples with ‘Nazi chic’

Officials blame ignorance for the popularity of swastikas and Hitler figures in southeast Asia, but there is hope education and a number of high-profile scandals may turn the tide

Australia's Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich. (Courtesy)

Australian Jewish leader gets ‘chilling barrage’ of online anti-Semitic abuse

By Michael Bachner

Labour MP Joan Ryan, chair of Labour Friends of Israel (Courtesy)

MP who quit Labour says anti-Semitism ‘intimately related’ to arrival of Corbyn

By Stuart Winer

The cover of Hungarian magazine 'Figyelo' (Attention) with a portrait of Andras Heisler, head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) is pictured on November 30, 2018, in Budapest. Hungary's largest Jewish organization has condemned 'incitement' against its leader after he was depicted on the cover of a prominent pro-government weekly surrounded by banknotes. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)

Polish, Hungarian Jews say communal leaders use anti-Semitism to avoid scrutiny

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A person passes by the memorial stone marking the site of Strasbourg's Old Synagogue, which was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II, after it was vandalised overnight on March 2, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)

Toppling of Strasbourg synagogue memorial sparks outcry against anti-Semitism

By AFP and ToI Staff

Mayor of French city says he is ‘very worried about the resurgence’ of Jewish hatred amid reported rise in anti-Semitic acts

A protester holds a sign depicting Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, left, and Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache during a rally in Vienna, December 15, 2018. (ALEX HALADA/AFP)

Austria’s Jews wary of far-right charm offensive

By Sophie MAKRIS

A member of the Reform party (L) hands over leaflets on March 2, 2019 in Tallinn, on the eve of Estonia's general elections. (Raigo Pajula / AFP)

Estonia votes as far-right surge challenges mainstream

By Polina KALANTAR and Mary SIBIERSKI

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2018. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Jerusalem/Flash90)

Arabic media review

Kushner and Netanyahu agree on borders? 5 things to know from the past week

Saudi-owned papers report that Hamas-run security forces collared head of Iran-backed group in Gaza; Arab Israeli journalist argues right-wing majority in the Knesset will prevail

View of the site of the US Embassy in Jerusalem ahead of its inauguration, May 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US to merge Jerusalem consulate with embassy on Monday in blow to Palestinians

By AFP

Illustrative: Explosions in the northern Gaza Strip from Israeli airstrikes light up the night sky on January 22, 2019. (Screen capture: Channel 13)

Balloon cluster with incendiary device launched from Gaza; IDF hits Hamas posts

Analysis

Heading Jerusalem opposition, Berkovitch vows to maintain ‘Shabbat status quo’

After narrowly losing second-round mayoral election, former deputy mayor Ofer Berkovitch said he still plans to fight for the city he loves

Ofer Berkovitch, Jerusalem mayoral candidate and head of the Hitorerut (Awakening) movement, seen at the opening of Hitorerut's election campaign in Jerusalem on September 2, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shimon Stein and Emily B. Landau

When US and Russia withdraw from the INF missile treaty

The crumbling of bilateral deals along with the Chinese threat require new multilateral frameworks to maintain strategic stability

Elaine Matlow Tal-El

Yes they can! Deaf children can hear and speak!

Israel should be funding AVT, an innovative method to help parents maximize their deaf child’s language development

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu can’t get enough of each other. Here’s why

A week of charges and accusations on either side of the ocean has been less than flattering for both leaders — but the two are hardly running away from each other

US President Donald Trump speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 2, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Trump ridicules ‘socialist’ Democrats, other foes in rhapsody to conservatives

By KEVIN FREKING

Democratic Presidential candidate US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to supporters at Brooklyn College on March 2, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Returning to NY roots to launch campaign, Sanders vows to beat ‘dangerous’ Trump

By JUANA SUMMERS

The 45 entrepreneurs of the second cycle of Starting Up Together at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation on February 28, 2019 (Roei Hirsch)

Coming in from sidelines, Jews and Arabs jointly jump into Startup Nation boom

By Johanna Chisholm

45 entrepreneurs gather at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in program that aims to bring more variety to Israel’s tech scene

More Headlines

Screen capture from video of Icelandic band Hatari performing its entry for the Eurovision song contest. (YouTube)

BDS(M)Iceland band planning anti-Israel protest gets Eurovision nod

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

US Rep. Ilhan Omar looks on ahead of the State of the Union address at the US Capitol, February 5, 2019. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)

Outrage as Ilhan Omar linked to 9/11 attacks in West Virginia Capitol poster

By AP and ToI Staff

Ultra-Orthodox protesters vandalize an election poster of Jerusalem mayor candidate MK Rachel Azaria in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on July 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Feminist campaign hits Jerusalem buses to compensate for defaced mayoral posters

By Stuart Winer

Screen capture from video of Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. (YouTube)

Iranian official: Israel feels threatened as US defense strategy ‘stalls’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Afghanistan's ambassador to Turkey, Abdul Rahim Sayed, left, presents his nation's $1 million in aid to Pierre Krahenbuhl, right, the Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, as Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, 2nd left and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, 2nd right, look on during a ceremony in Istanbul, March 3, 2019. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)

Afghanistan donates $1 million to UN agency for Palestinians

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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

Palestinian suspect in teen murder ‘bought yarmulke to enter Israel undetected’

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