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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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Two crates reportedly belonging to Hezbollah containing critical technical machinery that were destroyed in a drone strike attributed to Israel in Beirut on August 25, 2019. (Twitter)

Report: Beirut strike will delay Hezbollah missile program by at least a year

By Judah Ari Gross

Powerful planetary mixer used in creation of solid state fuel is said to have been destroyed in drone explosion; was reportedly flown in from Iran

Beirut UAV raid, blamed on Israel, said to hit Hezbollah precision missile parts

By Judah Ari Gross

Hezbollah No. 2 threatens Israel with ‘surprise’ retaliation in ‘coming days’

Hezbollah plans ‘calculated strike’ on Israel that won’t spark war — report

ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this July 11, 2018 file photo, a drone equipped with a thermal camera flies over the plants at the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources' Jennings Environmental Education Center on July 11, 2018 in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Israeli firms develop systems capable of controlling enemy drones

Technology can be used to thwart attacks and gather information about UAVs; several drone-related strikes have been reported in recent days

Israel media reviewRevenge is best served no matter what: 7 things to know for August 28

By Joshua Davidovich

IDF names Iranian general as mastermind of thwarted drone attack plot

Lebanon says will defend itself by ‘any means’ after drone attack

By AFP and ToI Staff

Sagi Muki of Israel reacts after defeating Matthias Casse of Belgium during a men's under-81 kilogram final of the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, August 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Israel’s Sagi Muki takes gold at judo world championships

Muki defeats Belgian opponent to become first male Israeli world champion; at semifinal, Egyptian contestant refuses to shake his hand

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, a neon sign hanging in the window of Healthy Harvest Indoor Gardening in Hillsboro, Oregon, shows that the business accepts bitcoin as payment. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Alleged bitcoin creator ordered to pay $5b to family of deceased Jewish partner

By ToI Staff and AP

Court rules that half of businessman Craig Wright’s bitcoins belong to estate of programmer Dave Kleiman

Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin at a party event in Tel Aviv, on August 27, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Feiglin and Netanyahu meet, close in on deal that would see Zehut drop out

Right-wing party that is predicted to come up short in September elections may drop out of the race in exchange for cannabis legislation and a cabinet post

September electionsLawyer for rival party charges Netanyahu-Feiglin deal could be election fraud

By Raoul Wootliff

A hidden camera allegedly snuck into a polling station in an Arab town by a Likud observer during parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019. (Courtesy Hadash-Ta'al)

After banning Likud’s cameras from polling stations, state now wants to buy them

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Palestinian Hamas masked gunmen stand guard around blood on the ground following an explosion targeted a Hamas police checkpoint in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas makes mass arrests in Gaza following killing of 3 policemen said by IS

Terror group suspects Islamic State suicide bombers carried out deadly attacks that were initially blamed on Israel

Palestinians look at the destroyed booth of a police checkpoint hit in an explosion in Gaza City on August 27, 2019. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

3 Palestinian cops killed in Gaza blasts; Israel denies involvement

By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon

Members of the Izz-a-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamist terror group Hamas, take part in a march in Gaza City, July 25, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

Egypt said to warn Hamas: End rocket fire, avoid Iran-led fight against Israel

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz speaks to reporters at the Knesset as his party submits its electoral slate to the Central Elections Committee on August 1, 2019. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Gantz and top aides targeted by Russian hackers in ‘unprecedented’ attack

Private intelligence firm says cellphones of Blue and White chief and senior campaign staff compromised in massive operation

7:00 pm

IDF bombs Hamas post after failed rocket launch attempt from Gaza
6:52 pm

IDF confirms drones came under fire by Lebanese forces
6:43 pm

Rocket fired from Gaza falls short of Israeli border

The Last Jew in Vinnitsa. On a T-shirt.

I want to tell that man, as he kneels and waits to die: The Jews will never stop reminding the world what happened to him

Sivan Rahav Meir

An Israeli lands in New York — and there’s a lot of paperwork

A bank account, the school bus, lice checks — It’s like a reverse aliyah and leaves me in awe of immigrants to Israel

Why ‘End the Occupation’ is not a good slogan for peace

True peace will come only via an agreement between Palestinians and Israelis negotiated by new leaders on both sides

British Jews should push for a second Brexit referendum

Even if it means siding with Corbyn, another, more informed vote would serve the interests of the community and of democracy

Then-US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the ceremony for the new town of Ramat Trump in the Golan Heights, June 16, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Meeting US envoy, Israeli peace activists urge a two-state solution

Peace Now head says she didn’t leave sit-down with David Friedman feeling hopeful that US administration will be able to deliver a just solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israel did not agree to let PA collect fuel taxes under new deal, sources say

25 former Israeli security officials warn against annexing West Bank territory

By JTA

Palestinian caught with pipe bomb at West Bank military court

US National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White House in Washington, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Bolton: Trump’s readiness to talk with Iran doesn’t signal shift in stance

By ToI Staff and AFP

US national security adviser says sanctions will only be called off once a comprehensive deal is in place; Tehran insists sanctions must go first

AnalysisAs US-Iran tensions escalate, American Jews are warned they could be targeted

Detail from a 4th-century Greek inscription found in a Romaniote Jewish synagogue on the island of Aegina. (Courtesy Friends of the Mosaic Floor of the Aegina Synagogue Project)

Campaigners bid to save rare 1,700-year-old Greek island synagogue mosaic

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

150,000 euros sought to preserve vivid geometric floor mosaic from what is arguably the oldest Jewish prayer house in Greece

Illustrative: Activists outside a meeting of the Labour National Executive Committee in London, Tuesday, September 4, 2018. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK Labour members ‘radicalized’ on Israel since Corbyn’s election, report claims

By Robert Philpot

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touring the INS Tanin submarine, built by the German firm Thyssenkrupp, as it arrived in Israel on September 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to have okayed sub sale to Egypt to get discount from Germany

By Michael Bachner

Former state witness Miki Ganor reportedly contradicted PM’s claim that there was a secret security reason for approving deal at center of graft probe

Shlomo Filber, director-general of the Communications Ministry, arrives for extension of his remand in Case 4000 at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Letzion, February 18, 2018. (Flash90)

State witness said to describe Netanyahu’s meddling on behalf of tycoon

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A gif created of the Sufi ritual, from 'Zikr: A Sufi Revival' (Courtesy 'Zikr' filmmakers)

Ancient Sufi dancing rituals go VR at Israel’s National Library

By Hannah Harnest

More Headlines

In late August 2019, a 64-year-old Hasidic resident of Brooklyn was bloodied with this brick in an attack being investigated by police as a hate crime. (Screenshots from Twitter)

Orthodox man attacked with huge rock in Brooklyn in apparent hate crime

By JTA

Rabbi Eitan Shnerb speaks to the media at the Hadassah Medical Center Ein Kerem, a day after being wounded in a terrorist bombing near Dolev that killed his daughter Rina and wounded his son Dvir, August 24, 2019. (Flash90)

Days after deadly West Bank bombing, father of slain teen released from hospital

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Public Service Forum in Las Vegas, August 3, 2019. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Florida man jailed for threatening to behead Bernie Sanders

By JTA

This is Man, a shepherd mix The Dogist found on Alma Beach in Tel Aviv. (The Dogist/Instagram via JTA)

Very good boysInstagram’s The Dogist comes to Israel

By Gabe Friedman

Illustrative: In this October 26, 2015, file photo, right to die advocates rally outside the New Mexico Supreme Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after a lawyer asked justices to allow terminally-ill patients to end their lives. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

New Jersey court okays assisted suicide law, dismissing lawsuit by Jewish doctor

By MIKE CATALINI

Yaron London (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Veteran Israeli TV personality apologizes for calling Arabs ‘savages’ on air

By JTA

The Palace of Westminster housing the Houses of Parliament is seen from Westminster Bridge with a Union Flag in the foreground in central London on August 28, 2019. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

British PM to suspend parliament until October 14 to pass no-deal Brexit

By Robin MILLARD

In a statement released on August 24, 2019, Britain's Prince Andrew denied any knowledge of criminal behavior by one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew should ‘come clean’

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his wife Sara, Guatemala President Jimmy Morales (2R) his wife Patricia (R) and Guatemalan Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel (L) pose for a picture at the official opening ceremony of the Guatemala embassy in Jerusalem on May 16, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Honduras to open Jerusalem trade office; Sara Netanyahu takes credit

The Chief Rabbinate's offices in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Man divorces wife after 6-year refusal as Israel confiscates his passport

Photographer Barak Brinker's view of Tel Aviv's Bauhaus beauty from Bialik Square (Courtesy Barak Brinker)

Bauhaus boomTel Aviv celebrates 100 years of the White City

By Jessica Steinberg

New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. (Jason Smith via JTA)

Don't let them biteNYT’s Bret Stephens quits Twitter after spat over ‘bedbug’ insult

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