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What Matters Most On Friday, December 13, 2019

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is greeted by staff as he returns to 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace and accepting her invitation to form a new government, Friday Dec. 13, 2019. Boris Johnson led his Conservative Party to a landslide victory in Britain’s election that was dominated by Brexit. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Ex-Labour minister: Corbyn 'a disaster on the doorstep'

Johnson meets Queen as final UK results gives him largest win since Thatcher

By Jill Lawless, DANICA KIRKA and Mike Corder

Triumphant Conservative PM vows to push ahead with Brexit; Corbyn, beset by accusations of anti-Semitism, says he will step down as Labour leader early next year

Conservative MP Michael Gove speaks during a Conservative Party campaign event to celebrate the result of the General Election, in central London on December 13, 2019 (Ben Stansall/AFP)

After Corbyn loss, minister says UK Jews ‘shouldn’t have to live in fear again’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the declaration of his seat in the 2019 general election in Islington, London, December 13, 2019. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)

Corbyn says he will resign by next election after Labour nose-dive

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during an election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow, England, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Analysis

Corbyn, and the anti-Semitism swirling around him, repudiated in Johnson victory

Responsibility for a defeat so overwhelming can only be ascribed to the UK Labour leader himself — widely regarded as an anti-Semite, widely mistrusted by Britain’s electorate

Anti-Semitism and Brexit shatter Corbyn’s dreams of global far-left revolution

By Alice Ritchie and Robin MILLARD

Yiddish flyers call London rabbi ‘a threat’ for criticizing Labour anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz

From our partnerLuciana Berger, who left UK Labour over anti-Semitism, fails to win seat

Illustrative: UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, on January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)

UK chief rabbi: Election is over but concerns over anti-Semitism, racism remain

Board of Deputies of British Jews says ‘history will not look kindly’ on Corbyn’s leadership; Jewish Labour Movement blames his ‘moral and political failures’ for stunning defeat

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

Former London mayor Livingstone blames Labour defeat on ‘unhelpful Jewish vote’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 5, 2019. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Netanyahu, Rivlin congratulate Johnson on reelection, say it will boost UK ties

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Analysis

Concern at anti-Semitism extended beyond Jews, played a key role in Corbyn loss

Huge victory for Johnson unmistakably boosted by racism charges against Labour, but Cobyn’s legacy will be hard to shake, with several anti-Zionist Labour MPs entering parliament

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) exchanges a glance with the Brexit Party candidate Yosef David (R) as they stand on the stage waiting for the result from the election race for the constituency of Islington North at the count centre in Islington, north London, on December 13, 2019 (Isabel Infantes/AFP)

Illustrative: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, meets locals at Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, after an incident where where a van struck pedestrians, in London, Monday June 19, 2017. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel media reviewCorbyn, we hardly knew ye: 7 things to know for December 13

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking along the promenade, arrives for the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, September 21, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Who might replace Labour’s Corbyn and how have they responded to anti-Semitism?

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with his dog Dilyn as he leaves from a polling station in central London on December 12, 2019, as Britain holds a general election. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)

Analysis

Echoing Trump, helped by Corbyn unpopularity, Johnson smashed Labour ‘red wall’

The ‘bagel belt’ backs Boris as leading Jewish Labour MP ousted in Tory attack on opponents’ heartlands

UK Jews, Israelis fete defeat of ‘anti-Semite’ Corbyn

By Joshua Davidovich and Agencies

AnalysisPath to a softer Brexit? UK PM’s big win gives him leeway

By Alice Ritchie and Robin MILLARD

Key takeaways from Boris Johnson’s sweeping UK election victory

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 25, 2019. (Wafa news agency)

Exclusive

Abbas urges Arab Israelis to vote for Knesset: They can have ‘major influence’

In recording, PA president criticizes Arabs who shun national ballots in Israel because they consider the Knesset to be a ‘Zionist council’

A Palestinian shopkeeper outfits mannequins with Santa Claus clothing outside his shop in Gaza City on December 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

Israel says Gazan Christians can’t travel to Israel, West Bank for Christmas

A composite photo showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Blue and White party chief, Benny Gantz, right, speaking separately at a media conference in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Hadash Parush/Flash90)

Poll shows Gantz’s Blue and White opening 6-seat lead over Netanyahu’s Likud

By Michael Bachner

Survey also predicts Gideon Sa’ar would score far better for right-wing bloc than premier if he leads ruling party; however, all scenarios show political stalemate persisting

Likud confirms December 26 primary, with Sa’ar hoping to upend Netanyahu rule

Moshe Feiglin says his right-wing Zehut party won’t run in March elections

By Michael Bachner

Gantz says he’ll weigh backing Netanyahu pardon in exchange for his retirement

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Members of the Armenian community march with flags and torches on April 23, 2015, in Jerusalem's Old City, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)

Analysis

Eric Cortellessa

Why some US Jewish groups now recognize the Armenian genocide, and others don’t

Jewish officials have historically withheld recognition to protect Israel-Turkish relations and Turkish Jews; Ankara’s current regime has changed that

Members of the Jerusalem Armenian community protest outside the Knesset following the Israeli government's recent diplomatic agreement with Turkey, demanding that the State of Israel finally recognize the Armenian Genocide, July 5, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

US Senate officially recognizes century-old Armenian genocide

By Agencies and ToI Staff

What do we tell our children after the Jersey City shooting?

Talk with them. Don’t assume kids will reach out if they need to, so be proactive, and encourage them to speak with you, at their appropriate age level

Wittgenstein’s poker

Long-anticipated encounters between rivals may be overblown, as decades of presumed tension between Jacob and Esau ended in a single conversation (Vayishlach)

When in doubt, sing

Science and medicine are making great strides, but it is music that transports my mother to a place that even Alzheimer’s can’t destroy

Jennifer Raskas

That time the sun rose for Jacob

How Esau’s twin lost his wrestling match with the angel, and redeemed a lifetime of deception (Vayishlach)

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey AG: Shooting ‘fueled by anti-Semitism,’ being probed as terror attack

By AP and ToI Staff

Gurbir Grewal confirms assailants who stormed Jersey City kosher market expressed interest in Black Hebrew Israelites, says ‘the evidence points toward acts of hate’

A pedestrian walks past the world headquarters of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Jersey City shooting shines light on Black Hebrew Israelites’ extreme beliefs

By AP

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Yifat Bitton, co-founder and chair of Tmura, the Israeli Anti-Discrimination Center, gave the keynote address at the first-ever Mizrahi Legal Studies conference at Harvard Law School, held on December 10 and 11, 2019. (Rich Tenorio/ Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

Harvard hosts first-ever conference for emerging field of Mizrahi legal studies

By Rich Tenorio

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order combating anti-Semitism in the US during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, December 11, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Trump’s anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US Jewish groups divided, with some hailing step as protection to Jewish students and others claiming it blurs the line between bigotry and legitimate criticism of Israel

US House committee delays historic vote on Trump impeachment

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK

Trump said to mull Dershowitz for his impeachment defense team

Bloomberg in ‘outstanding health’ at 77, doctor says

By Steve Peoples

World War II and Battle of the Bulge US veteran Arthur Jacobson, from Port St. Lucie, Florida, at an interview with The Associated Press at the Remember Museum 39-45 in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium, December 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

75 years later, US troops who foiled Hitler’s last gamble return to battlefield

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A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train to finally start operating next week

Inside the Sorek A Desalination Plant, November 2015. (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)

Desalination plant that lied about salts to save cash escapes criminal probe

Israelis at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, August 27, 2019. (Flash90)

In first for Israel, city of Eilat bans disposables on beaches

By AFP

This photo from August 11, 2017, shows a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts sign in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Krispy Kreme owner gives 5 million euros to Holocaust survivors over Nazi links

By David Rising

Mohammed Dahlan during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Turkey adds exiled Palestinian strongman Dahlan to most wanted list

By ToI Staff and AFP

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (2ndR) holds a press conference at his office in Ankara on September 13, 2019, to announce that he will launch a new political movement in the latest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from his former allies. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Challenging Erdogan, Turkish ex-PM launches new opposition party

By AFP

Harvey Weinstein, center, arrives for a court hearing, December 11, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Weinstein’s lawyer: 98% of creditors back his settlement with accusers

By Larry Neumeister

Princeton University. (Flickr Commons)

Princeton student body candidate called ‘poor choice’ because he served in IDF

Strong winds blow away a tent at the Givati Infantry Brigade's training base in southern Israel, December 12, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Elderly man dies of hypothermia in Netanya as storm causes injuries, damage

Illustrative: Police officers stand on patrol at a Metro station outside the Louvre museum in Paris, February 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Teen arrested for assaulting Israeli student on Paris Metro

File: Soldiers stand guard outside the Jewish Community Center in Nice, France, February 3, 2015. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)

Frenchman gets 30 years for knife attack on soldiers guarding Nice Jewish center

By AFP and ToI Staff

Brigitte Herremans (Broederlijk Delen via JTA)

Belgian Holocaust museum cancels event honoring anti-Israel activist

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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