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What Matters Most On Monday, August 19, 2019

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A photo provided by Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar shows his painting of a rainbow flag on six slabs of the West Bank security barrier in the West Bank city of Ramallah. June 29, 2015. (Khaled Jarrar via AP)

Activism deemed contrary to 'values of Palestinian society'

PA police ban Palestinian LGBT group from holding activities in West Bank

Police threaten to arrest members of al-Qaws and calls on public to inform on them; human rights watchdog accuses PA of inciting violence against community

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US Reps. Rashida Tlaib, center, and Ilhan Omar, right. (Laura E. Adkins for JTA/Getty Images via JTA)

Op-ed

Showing ‘great weakness’: When Netanyahu helped make Israel a partisan US issue

By David Horovitz

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump confirms peace plan to be released after Israeli elections

Israeli security forces clash with Muslim worshipers at the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 11, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Jordan reprimands Israeli ambassador over Temple Mount ‘violations’

Yamina leader Ayelet Shaked attends the electroal alliance's campaign launch in Ramat Gan, on August 12, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Shaked envoys offered help in securing PM immunity for spot in Likud — report

Newspaper says emissaries were sent as part of ex-justice minister’s efforts to return to ruling party, quotes one saying she has attorney general in her pocket

6:24 pm

Netanyahu hails Paraguay's designating of Hezbollah, Hamas armed wings as terror groups
6:18 pm

Shaked envoys offered help in securing PM immunity for spot in Likud -- report
5:48 pm

Birthright clarifies halt on activities near Gaza was only for Sunday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport on August 18, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)

Netanyahu on Tlaib, Omar ban: Israel respects Congress, but won’t tolerate BDS

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

AnalysisNetanyahu’s partisan streak has paid off, but for how long?

By Joseph Krauss

Feminist icon Steinem says she won’t visit Israel while ‘bully’ Netanyahu is PM

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Tlaib calls to boycott Bill Maher after he calls BDS a ‘bulls**t purity test’

Israel’s elections: Because and about Liberman

The gamble to break with Netanyahu is paying off: like a Shakespearean antagonist, the former partner can make or break King Bibi’s future

What if there really is a partner for peace?

Ehud Barak should go to Mahmoud Abbas, eat some humble pie, and convince him to join forces to strike a workable, lasting and fair agreement

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman (R) speaks with Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid at the Knesset on November 16, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

Exclusive

Yesh Atid members planned to bolt Blue and White for joint run with Liberman

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Party sources say internal polls showed slate would win more seats together than apart; Lapid put kibosh on plan, said he wouldn’t breach alliance with Gantz

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz addresses a demonstration outside the Tel Aviv Museum on May 25, 2019, against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to avoid prosecution in three criminal cases he faces. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Gantz says no split in Blue and White despite internal mole probe

By Raoul Wootliff

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (R) and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset on February 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

Liberman defends proposed vote-sharing deal with Blue and White

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara are greeted at the airport in Kiev by Ukrainians dressed in traditional outfits on August 18, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu touches down in Ukraine, kicking off two-day trip

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

PM becomes the first foreign leader to visit since Jewish actor Zelensky was elected president; TV: PM’s wife sought to enter cockpit because pilot failed to welcome her

Japanese FM Taro Kono, left, hosts MK Yair Lapid in Tokyo, August 19, 2019 (Courtesy)

Weeks after PM nixed Japan trip, Lapid meets top Tokyo ministers

By Raphael Ahren

Illustrative: Texas style brisket Tuesday, June 14, 2005, in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Interview

Any way you slice it, from delicatessen to BBQ smoker, this meat is a cut above

By Rich Tenorio

Palestinians rioters clash with Israeli forces on the border near Gaza City, July 26, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

Israel media review

Now all the youth of Gaza are on fire: 7 things to know for August 19

By Joshua Davidovich

Hamas is trying to distance itself from infiltration attempts, and the army and government are happy to go along with that to avoid war; plus Sara Netanyahu and a roll roil Ukraine

Amid rising border violence, Gaza terror groups warn of impending ‘explosion’

IDF releases footage of foiled Gaza infiltration attempt

By Judah Ari Gross

Heading to Ukraine, Netanyahu says military operation in Gaza possible

By Raphael Ahren

An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on August 18, 2019. (Johnny BUGEJA/AFP)

Iran says it has warned US against seizing oil tanker

Foreign ministry spokesman says action against ship which had been held by Gibraltar would be a mistake with grave consequences

A satellite image from Planet Labs Inc., that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. Iran appears to be preparing to attempt another satellite launch after twice failing this year to put one in orbit, August 9, 2019. (Planet Labs Inc, Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP)

Iran planning to launch another satellite, images suggest

By Jon Gambrell

Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, August 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian tanker sought by US leaves Gibraltar

Hezbollah men seen lighting fires near the Israel-Lebanon border, August 16, 2019 (Screen capture/Channel 12)

Footage appears to show Hezbollah adopting Gaza arson tactics against Israel

Lebanese terror operatives seen starting a large brush fire along the border that quickly spreads into Israel

Illustrative: A balloon carrying an incendiary device is flown out of the Gaza Strip on May 31, 2019 (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

Gaza balloon suspected of causing bush fire near border community

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Illustrative. A person filling out a lottery ticket in Jerusalem on October 17, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90/File)

Bet your bottom dollarPoverty-stricken ultra-Orthodox man wins over $140,000 in lottery

Illustrative image of a dematologist checking a mole on a patient for signs of melanoma (AlexRaths; iStock by Getty Images)

Researchers say they may have found way to block melanoma spread to brain

By Shoshanna Solomon

Ghislaine Maxwell attends the Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche 57th Street Boutique Opening Party on September 4, 2003, in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images/AFP)

Epstein’s purported madam becomes focus in sex abuse cases

By Curt Anderson

In this Wednesday, June 6, 2012 file photo, Britain's Prince Andrew leaves King Edward VII hospital in London after visiting his father Prince Philip. (AP/Sang Tan, File)

Britain’s Prince Andrew ‘appalled’ by Epstein abuse claims

By AFP

A delegation of representatives from Israeli ministries meet with Chadian officials in Chad, August 2019. (Economy and Trade Ministry)

Government says Israeli delegation visited Chad for talks on cooperation

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Telegrass founder Amos Dov Silver appears at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court for a remand hearing on August 18, 2019, after being extradited to Israel from Ukraine. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Telegrass founder greeted with cheers as court orders his remand

A picture taken on November 9, 2011, shows buildings at a military base in the small town of Nyonoska in Arkhangelsk region of Russia. (AFP)

Atomic watchdog: Russian monitoring stations ‘went silent’ after mystery blast

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative photo of a wedding. (Shutterstock via JTA)

From our partnerJerusalem couple to marry after meeting as cancer patients

A 1939 Porsche Type 64, the oldest car to wear a Porsche badge and the personal car of German car designer and manufacturer Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche on display during a press preview at Sotheby's auction house in London, May 21, 2019. (Alastair Grant/AP)

Car crashAuction fiasco stalls sale of Nazi Porsche

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: Police at a crime scene. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Unknown assailants detonate bomb in Bnei Brak apartment building; no injuries

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