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What Matters Most On Saturday, July 20, 2019

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This undated photo issued July 19, 2019 shows the British oil tanker Stena Impero, captured by Iran. (Stena Bulk via AP)

Second UK ship freed after boarding by armed Iran personnel

Iran official calls tanker seizure ‘reciprocal’; FM: Vessel broke maritime rules

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Tehran appears to speak in two voices while explaining confiscation of British-flagged ship, as furious European powers urge the country to reverse its ‘dangerous’ course

British FM warns Iran of ‘serious consequences’ if UK-flagged tanker not freed

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Britain says Iran has seized two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A timeline of the escalation in the Gulf

By AFP

Prof. Avi Loeb in his Harvard office. His computer wallpaper features a photo of Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to our Sun. (Rich Tenorio/Times of Israel)

Interview'In 50 years, there has not been a visionary space project'

Israeli Harvard astronomer has an inalienable gravitation to interstellar study

By Rich Tenorio

On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Prof. Avi Loeb defiantly holds out hope that humanity will encounter other forms of life in the universe

Jules Bergman covered all of NASA’s manned space missions during his lifetime. (Denver Post via Getty Images via JTA News)

The Jewish reporter who brought the 1969 moon landing into US living rooms

By Josefin Dolsten

A bust of Wernher von Braun is seen at the administration complex of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on July 17, 2019, in Huntsville, Alabama. (Loren Elliott/AFP)

Wernher Von Braun: From rocket builder for Hitler to Apollo hero

By Ivan Couronne

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiles as he votes during Israel's parliamentary elections in Jerusalem, on April 9, 2019. (Ariel Schalit/Pool/AFP)

Netanyahu officially makes Israeli history as longest-serving prime minister

By Agencies and ToI Staff

As of Saturday, 69-year-old premier has served as nation’s leader for a total of 4,876 days, overtaking founding father David Ben-Gurion

Omar during '12 Gaza conflict slammed Israel's 'evil doings'

Trump falsely claims Democratic congresswomen spoke of ‘evil Jews’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The president also misrepresents comments by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to assert four women of color called ‘our country and our people ‘garbage”

(L) US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina on July 17, 2019. (AP/Gerry Broome) (R) From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib,, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley speak at a press conference in Washington on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AnalysisMost Jews want no part of Trump’s feud with Democratic congresswomen

(From left) Democratic representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts respond to remarks by US President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their 'broken' countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US Orthodox rabbis condemn racism at ‘highest levels of government’

This combination of 2018 photos shows Representatives Ilhan Omar (Democrat-Minnesota), left, and Rashida Tlaib (Democrat-Michigan), in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster,)

Israel will allow BDS-backing congresswomen Omar, Tlaib to enter country

By Eric Cortellessa

Envoy to US Ron Dermer tells ToI that waiver will be granted under controversial 2017 law allowing the lawmakers to visit the Jewish state

In reversal, Trump disavows criticism of ‘send her back’ chants

By Alan Fram, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Jonathan Lemire

Netanyahu brushes off concerns that Israel is becoming a partisan issue in US

Congress tackles the anti-Israel boycott, but bipartisanship is fleeting

Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, July 17, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)

Bahraini FM: If not for Iran’s support of Hamas, we’d be closer to Mideast peace

By Adam Rasgon and ToI Staff

Official in Palestinian terror group lambastes Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa for photo with Israeli counterpart, says it shows ‘just how pro-Zionist some Arab officials have become’

A young Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl rocks at Israeli troops during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces across the barbed-wire fence during a border demonstration near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Thousands protest at Gaza border, over 100 said injured amid riots

By AFP and ToI Staff

A video by Norwegian broadcaster NRK criticized as anti-Semitic (YouTube screenshot)

Norway’s state broadcaster airs ‘Jewish swine’ cartoon

By JTA and ToI Staff

TV official defends the clip, in which a man playing Scrabble with a Haredi Jew is frustrated that he cannot use the derogatory term to score points

Visitors touring the Jewish cemetery of Bitola, Macedonia in 2018. (Yael Unna/Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)

In North Macedonia, unearthed headstones shed new light on Nazi-razed community

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Two of the 12 Israelis suspected of gang raping a British tourist cover their faces with their shirts as they arrive at the Famagusta courthouse in the town of Paralamni, Cyprus, on July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus police say they found videos of alleged rape on Israeli suspects’ phones

Local official says nine of the 12 suspects accused of assaulting UK tourist are minors; DNA results to be processed by next week

25 years after his death, the Rebbe’s army marches on

Chabad continues to teach cherished Jewish principles to the non-observant, chief among them: Jews help others

Andrew Silow-Carroll

The kid in me wants another shot at the moon

Imagine what it means for our federal government to set an audacious goal of an unachievable task and succeed! Now join me in my nostalgia

Stalks of ice plant, found and picked by forager Yatir Sade, which yield a salty, crunchy flavor and texture (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Roots trip: A forager plumbs the coast for edible greens and authenticity

By Jessica Steinberg

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Hezbollah operative Salman Raouf Salman, suspected of masterminding the 1994 AMIA bombings in Argentina (Interpol)

US sanctions suspected Hezbollah mastermind behind 1994 attack in Argentina

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli spyware firm NSO said to tell clients it can mine data from social media

By AFP

AnalysisSenator’s speech an anti-Semitic dog whistle or poli-sci speak?

In this courtroom sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein, second from right, listens along with defense attorneys, from left, Marc Fernich, Michael Miller, and Martin Weinberg as Judge Richard M. Berman denies him bail during a hearing in federal court, July 18, 2019 in New York. (Aggie Kenny via AP)

Florida sheriff to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s work release arrangement

By Curt Anderson and ALI SWENSON

Illustrative: The offices of Israel Police's Lahav 433 Unit in Lod. (Israel Police)

Police investigating employee at president’s residence for possible wrongdoing

Illustrative: A McDonald's restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Jewish man sues Florida McDonald’s for not hiring him due to his beard

By JTA

Illustrative: A US soldier stands next to a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery at an army base in Morag, Poland, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Amid Gulf tensions, US to send troops to Saudi Arabia

By Robert Burns

A Cleveland-area man filed his suit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in the Ohio city. (cp.cuyahogacounty.us via JTA)

Ohio man accused of abusing minors sues rabbis and synagogues for defamation

Democratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives at a campaign event at George Washington University July 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Sanders campaign workers say they earn ‘poverty wages’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative photo of a US-made Reaper drone. (Dominique Faget/AFP)

Drone bombs base used by pro-Iranian militia in Iraq

By ToI Staff and AFP

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