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What Matters Most On Monday, December 16, 2019

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Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, December 15, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Between the Jordan and the Sea there cannot be another state

Likud hopeful Sa’ar says two-state solution with Palestinians is an ‘illusion’

Attacking PM from the right, challenger blames Netanyahu’s ‘endless concessions’ for helping perpetuate the idea that a Palestinian state is the only way to achieve a peace deal

Likud MK Sharren Haskel at the Knesset, December 28, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Sharren Haskel becomes 4th Likud MK to endorse Sa’ar for party leadership

Likud MK Haim Katz at the Knesset, December 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK Haim Katz set to announce support for Netanyahu rival Sa’ar

Police officers stand near the scene of a gun fight at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Live updates (closed)

US man whose info was found on Jersey City kosher market attacker due in court

By Michael Bachner

Ahmed A-Hady, suspected of aiding shooters, to come to US District Court to face unrelated weapons charges

7:14 pm

Zelensky backs Ukrainian soccer player after 'Nazi' chants by Spanish fans
6:42 pm

Sa'ar urges supporters to respect Netanyahu despite his 'slander, threats'
6:30 pm

8 Israeli businessmen detained for hours in Russia, deported -- report

Ex-Labour MP Joan Ryan in Jerusalem, December 15, 2019. (courtesy Sivan Farage)

InterviewCorbyn's antipathy to Jews 'nonnegotiable, a moral absolute'

Ex-Labour MP who got rats on doorstep says now’s time to tackle anti-Semitism

By Raphael Ahren

Joan Ryan quit parliament after receiving death threats for defending Israel. Now, following Corbyn’s defeat, the party must reassert its character and its values, she urges

Baroness Jenny Tonge (screen capture: YouTube)

UK lawmakers: Baroness must apologize for saying Israel lobby behind Corbyn loss

British politician Michael Gove. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Top UK minister says Conservative party probing anti-Semitism allegations

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, gestures after casting his vote in the general election, in Islington, London, England, December 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Analysis

As Corbyn backers attempt to blame Brexit for Labour defeat, not all buy it

Nearly one-fifth of potential defectors cited anti-Semitism as the reason they’d leave, but the rejected party leader has yet to address the subject

Jeremy Corbyn, former Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, holds a copy of the manifesto next to Rebecca Long-Bailey on stage at the launch of Labour's General Election manifesto, at Birmingham City University, England, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK Labour begins move to replace Corbyn, with docker’s daughter among favorites

By ToI Staff and Agencies

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, welcomes Israel's then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Downing Street in London, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Boris Johnson set to move forward with anti-BDS law

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Firefighters extinguish a blaze in a car during an IDF exercise simulating a rocket attack in the Kfar Adumim settlement in the central West Bank on December 11, 2019. (Judah Ari Gross/The Times of Israel)

West Bank settlements simulate string of disasters to train for the real thing

By Judah Ari Gross

Like its owner, Goldstein's horse sports the Star of David during competitions. (Courtesy of Danielle Goldstein)

Israel media review

Horse race fever: 7 things to know for December 16

By Joshua Davidovich

The Likud leadership primary is covered as dramatically as possible, with support tallies and polls making it seem like anyone could win the triple election crown

National religious parties scramble after Bennett launches New Right campaign

Meretz nixes primaries going into year’s third national election

Erdan seeking to appoint heads of police, prison despite interim government

Prof. Jeffrey Grossman teaching Introduction to Solid State Chemistry at MIT. (Lillie Paquette/ MIT)

MIT prof finds that adding an hour of sleep can bump students up a letter grade

By Cathryn J. Prince

Yitzhak Meir Weiss and his son shortly after his birth. (Courtesy)

Father succumbs to heart failure days after his infant son’s death

Yitzhak Meir Weiss, 31, collapses while mourning his five-week-old child in Bnei Brak

IAA archaeologist Dr. Tali Erickson-Gini (right) examines a marble tray from the altar area of the Byzantine church near Ashkelon. (Anat Rasiuk, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

Factory for Romans’ favorite funky fish sauce discovered near Ashkelon

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

An illustration of the fusion of quantum dots to create new artificial molecule by scientists of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley)

Fusion of quantum dots leads to new world of artificial materials

By Shoshanna Solomon

Hebrew University nanoscientists say their manipulation of these artificial atoms could be used for new kinds of enhanced TV monitors or new color-based markers in biology

Rigs in the Leviathan gas prospect off the coast of Israel, in an undated photo provided to The Times of Israel. (Albatross Aerial Photography)

Israel to start pumping gas from Leviathan, making country an energy powerhouse

By Shoshanna Solomon

Fuel flow expected to bring energy autonomy along with exports; but drop in global prices, environmental concerns, and Egypt’s new massive natural gas reserves curb the enthusiasm

Eden’s story: I survived sexual abuse and finally chose life

It took way too many years and self-harm attempts before she found a listening ear to help her breathe again [trigger warning]

We survived Khomeini, we’ll survive this attack on Nessah

Iranian Jews fled evil in Iran and built lives in the US: The attack on our synagogue offers an opportunity to educate against hatred

Signs of partial thaw in the intra-Gulf cold war?

As Riyadh and Doha reconcile, Israel must aim to expand shared interests in the Gulf and, crucially, dissuade the US from appearing weak in the region

Round 3: Democratic death knell or turnaround?

For a new government to succeed, it must establish a civic-based vision with a strong liberal foundation, and determinedly pursue a shared, renewed society

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US President Donald Trump meets with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

People of the Pod

LISTEN: From UK elections to a US directive, anti-Semitism is word of the week

Episode #15: Union for Jewish Students’s Esther Offenberg on landmark British elections * AJC’s legal head Marc Stern on Trump’s order * ToI’s Raoul Wootliff talks Israeli politics

Harvey Weinstein, center, leaves court following a bail hearing on December 6, 2019 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Weinstein touts feminist bona fides, casts himself as victim, in new interview

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Speaking with the New York Post, former movie mogul accused of rape and sexual assault says he feels ‘like the forgotten man’

Former Jerusalem police chief Nissan 'Niso' Shaham at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem's Old City in 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

State wants jail time for top cop convicted of sexual harassment

More Headlines

The scene after two cyclists were killed when they were hit by a car close to the Hadarim Junction in the center of the country, December 16, 2019 (Magen David Adom)

2 cyclists killed when hit by car south of Netanya

Illustrative: Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, Firefighters, IDF, and Israel Police, participate in an emergency drill simulating a drone attack on the Knesset territory with a chemical substance, on June 16, 2016. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

IDF warns of sirens, explosions in Jerusalem-area emergency drill

Montenegro Defense Minister Pedrag Boskovic (L) and Israeli Defense Ministry General Director Maj. Gen. (Res.) Udi Adam, sign a defense deal, December 15, 2019 (Defense Ministry)

Montenegro signs $35 million deal to buy Israeli weapons system

The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod performing in Morocco in December 2019 (Courtesy Mike Edry)

Sour noteShow goes on with Israeli orchestra under BDS threat in Morocco

By Jessica Steinberg

Eduardo Bolsonaro, Brazilian federal deputy and son of Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, at an event opening the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in Jerusalem, December 15, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Brazil opens trade office in Jerusalem, hailed as harbinger of embassy move

By Raphael Ahren

A man walks on a street as a bus is on fire following a demonstration against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in New Delhi on December 15, 2019. (STR / AFP)

Six dead in India as protests spread over ‘anti-Muslim’ law

By Jalees ANDRABI and Anup SHARMA

Anti-government protesters clash with the riot police, during a protest near the parliament square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

After violent weekend, Lebanon’s president postpones talks on new PM

By Bassam Mroue

An array of restaurant chefs and their particular specialty, cholent or hamin, the long-cooked bean stew traditionally served on the Sabbath (Courtesy Shuk Tzafon)

Slow foodIt’s a melting pot of cholent, hamin and tbit at Tel Aviv bean fest

By Jessica Steinberg

A file photo taken on December 10, 2019 shows a general view of the Khalifa Stadium station of the new Doha Metro rapid transit system (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Everyone welcome? Gay soccer fans prepare for Qatar 2022 World Cup

By Gregory WALTON

Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

PigheadedBrazen boars hog Haifa

By Majeda El Batsh

Responders at the scene of a shooting that left multiple people dead at a kosher market, December 11, 2019, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Authorities arrest New Jersey man linked to Jersey City gunman

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand by as masked Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinian protesters (unseen) gathering during a demonstration against construction on an Israeli outpost near the Palestinian village of Turmusaya and the settlement of Shilo, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, on October 17, 2019. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/ AFP/ File)

Two settlers arrested for rock attack on Palestinian vehicle

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