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What Matters Most On Monday, December 23, 2019

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In this photo taken on February 14, 2018, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the Muni World conference in Tel Aviv (Jack Guez/AFP)

High Court to consider if an indicted Netanyahu can form government

Law offers no clear standard for PM’s eligibility in case of indictment; court ruling against him could play into his claim he is a victim of an ‘attempted coup’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in a video produced on December 22, 2019, by his office in which he criticizes the High Court of Justice for considering a petition to declare him ineligible to run for re-election over pending corruption indictments. (Twitter screen capture)

‘This isn’t democracy’: Netanyahu slams court case against his reelection

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a farewell ceremony held for outgoing state attorney Shai Nitzan at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem on December 18, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

AG praises prosecutor for turning down state attorney post, offers alternatives

This file image from November 7, 2019 shows the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Explainer

The Hague vs. Israel: Everything you need to know about the ICC Palestine probe

By Raphael Ahren

What exactly is Israel accused of? How likely are Israelis to land in the dock? Are Palestinians also to be probed? And could this all have been avoided?

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen through a plexiglass lectern in the court room of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

ICC reportedly spurned Israelis, met Palestinian group before probe decision

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a support rally in Jerusalem, ahead of the Likud primaries later this week. December 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

International Criminal Court probe of Israel is ‘pure anti-Semitism,’ says PM

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of the trial of Bosco Ntaganda, a Congo militia leader, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 28, 2018. (Bas Czerwinski/Pool via AP)

Israel media review

What the devil? 6 things to know for December 23

By Joshua Davidovich

A day after getting called out for rushing to condemn the ICC, Yedioth continues its attack, tarring the prosecutor for having once served under Gambia’s dictator

Facing backlash, Israel says it’ll allow Christian Gazans to go to Jerusalem

Palestinian shot after he crossed Gaza border, brandished knife at soldiers

Palestinian man convicted of selling land to Israeli Jews dies in PA custody

Shelves stuffed with packages in a Jerusalem neighborhood corner market that is paid to process packages for customers, December 22, 2019. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

Mail disorder: Amazon is shipping to Israel free, but Israel Post can’t keep up

By Jessica Steinberg

Interview

Gritty new Adam Sandler film ‘Uncut Gems’ is aggressive, and aggressively Jewish

Filmmaker siblings Josh and Benny Safdie describe diamond-in-the-rough Howard Ratner as an unscrupulous businessman, who just may be a righteous man. Opening nationwide December 25

Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner and Julia Fox as Julia in 'Uncut Gems,' by Josh and Benny Safdie. (Courtesy)

Adam Sandler plays Howard Ratner in 'Uncut Gems.' (Courtesy of A24/via JTA)

Film review‘Uncut Gems’ is Adam Sandler’s Oscar moment

By Gabe Friedman

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a rally in his support in Jerusalem on December 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu brickbat against ‘anti-Semitic’ ICC prosecutor lasts two nights

By Joshua Davidovich

Repeating angry speech from Sunday, PM says Fatou Bensouda won’t allow Jews to defend themselves; media tries to paint her as ‘stained’ helpmate of Gambian dictator

7:31 pm

Giuliani: I'm more of a Jew than Soros is
7:08 pm

Netanyahu calls ICC anti-Semitic again
6:57 pm

11-year-old in critical condition after playground accident

Illustrative: An explosion, reportedly during Israeli airstrikes near Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (screen capture: YouTube)

Alleged Israeli strike in Syria killed 3 regime loyalists — monitor

By AFP

Fighters reported dead in missile attack southeast of Damascus are believed to have been Iranians

Protesters chant slogans during ongoing protests against the Lebanese political class, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, December 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Thousands protest against new Hezbollah-backed PM in Lebanon

Anti-government protesters dance in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, December 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq crisis deepens as politicians miss deadline to name PM

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra

From the blogs

Not my Jewish Home

There is no room in the religious Zionism I know for any party that accepts Meir Kahane’s racist doctrine

(Left side) Democratic Camp party leaders Nitzan Horowitz and Stav Shafir at faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush /Flash90) (Right side) Labor party head Amir Peretz, left, and Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis, right, announce they will again run together in parliamentary elections in March 2020, on December 15, 2019. (Courtesy Labor-Gesher)

Analysis

Failure to unite threatens survival of left-wing parties in March elections

Both Democratic Camp and Labor enter another campaign flirting with electoral threshold; while some want them to merge, internal politics threaten further division

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 22, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Netanyahu seeks to cancel Likud primaries for party slate

Hanukkah recipe

Were the original Hanukkah latkes really ricotta pancakes from Italy?

Brought to Rome by Sephardic Jews from southern Italy, the lesser-known cassola, which predate the now-ubiquitous potato latke, are enjoying a resurgence

Left: In an undated photo from recent years, Jews celebrate Hanukkah at Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud in Calabria, the first active synagogue since the area's Jews were expelled in the Inquisition 500 years ago. (Courtesy Rabbi Barbara Aiello); Right: Cassola, or ricotta pancakes, for Hanukkah by food blogger Tori Avey. (Courtesy Avey)

US President Donald Trump receives a menorah from Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive and Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson, left, and his wife Miriam Adelson at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Florida, December 7, 2019. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Start of Hanukkah draws goodwill greetings to Jewish people from world leaders

Photo taken by American Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station on the first day of Hanukkah, December 22, 2019. (Twitter screen capture)

High holidayNASA astronaut proclaims ‘Happy Hanukkah’ from space

100 inspiring Israel headlines in 2019

The world’s first 3-D printed heart, the Beresheet moon launch, aid to Samoan measle victims, and 97 other reasons to smile

When we returned to our bunker in Syria the next day, we would have sweet memories of real showers, real food and the lighting of candles

Interior of the St. Petersburg Grand Choral Synagogue, during morning service on Friday morning September 14, 2018. (Rossella Tercatin/ Times of Israel)

As prewar synagogues decay, European body calls for official preservation action

By Robert Philpot

Arayes is called the perfect dish. (M25 restaurant)/via JTA)

Pocket full of gold

The meat-stuffed pita that’s taking Israel by storm

By Rachel Ringler

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Rescue forces at the scene of a deadly car accident on Route 40 near Ben Gurion International airport, December 22, 2019. (Flash90)

Bus driver arrested over fatal crash near airport that killed 4

In this photo taken on December 15, 2014, Jamal Khashoggi looks on at a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Saudi court sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy

In this December 13, 2019 photo, a woman collects silver tickets as she plays at an amusement park during the Diriyah festival in Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia cuts loose with bevy of supermodels and a rave

Illustrative image of holding hands (Pablo_K; iStock by Getty Images)

Tuberculosis vaccine could help prevent Alzheimer’s, Israeli study shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jacob Gross at the yeshiva and synagogue on Canvey Island, UK on December 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA)

London-area yeshiva burns down on first night of Hanukkah

By JTA and ToI Staff

President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, December 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Evangelical tussling over anti-Trump editorial escalates

Iran's Arak heavy water reactor (photo credit: Hamid Foroutan/ISNA/AFP)

Second circuit of Iran’s Arak reactor to be completed Monday – reports

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this January 30, 2018 photo, taken with a long exposure, employees walk into offices of the cybersecurity firm DarkMatter, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. DarkMatter, a growing cybersecurity company that’s recruited Western intelligence analysts, is slowly stepping out of the shadows amid activist concerns about its power. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Former IDF intelligence personnel likely tied to UAE spy app, report says

Israelis enjoy the Tel Aviv beach on Election Day, September 17, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Tel Aviv leads ranking of Israel’s ‘freest’ cities, Bnei Brak is last

WiSpear CEO Tal Dilian is wanted for questioning by police in Cyprus in connection with the operations of a $9 million 'spy van' owned by his company. (Screen capture: Forbes)

Israeli spy-tech CEO wanted for questioning by Cypriot police

By ToI Staff and AFP

Businesspeople at the ARISE 2019 event in Rishon Lezion, where Israeli startup ProMarketing Wizard's B2B Wizard software was launched in December 2019 (Yosef Zamir)

Startup launches B2B matchmaking tool to turn events into ‘community’

By Shoshanna Solomon

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