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What Matters Most On Monday, December 30, 2019

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Revelers celebrate a new Torah scroll in Monsey, New York, December 29, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'God gave me the energy to fight back. I'm not a brave man'

In Monsey after Hanukkah terror stabbing, fear and then an insistent celebration

Residents describe confusion, foreboding in wake of assault in New York rabbi’s home, but come together to welcome a new Torah scroll in a festive show of unity

Ramapo police officers escort Grafton Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle, December 29, 2019, in Ramapo, New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)

Monsey stabbing suspect has history of mental illness, family says

By AP

Community members celebrate the arrival of a new Torah at Chaim Rottenberg's residence, Sunday, December 29, 2019, in Monsey, New York. A day earlier, a knife-wielding man stormed into the home and stabbed multiple people as they celebrated Hanukkah in the Orthodox Jewish community. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

US Jewish leaders urge concrete action after another ‘senseless’ attack

By GARY FIELDS, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and KIMBER LEE KRUESI

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Trump condemns ‘horrific’ Monsey attack, assails ‘evil scourge of anti-Semitism’

Canada’s Trudeau calls incident a ‘sad reminder of the rising numbers of such heinous acts’; Bahrain denounces ‘terrorist’ knife assault, without mentioning Jewish victims

Suspect in Monsey machete attack charged with 5 counts of attempted murder

New York governor calls Monsey attack terrorism, as police arrest suspect

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Police said looking at link between Monsey machete attack and previous stabbing

Shulamit S. Magnus

There is a name for this and it’s not anti-Semitism

The pseudo-scientific term, coined by a German racist, obscures the rising tide of hatred. We need to use the J word

Ashley Rindsberg

Time’s up for American Jews

At this time, Jews need to stand tall with the expectation that racially and religiously-motivated violence is now a part of life

A Jew is a Jew is a Jew

Neither Ashkenazi, nor Mizrachi, we all came from the Land of Israel thousands of years ago, and one day we will all return there

Michael J. Salamon

Israel’s Malka Leifer problem

Shockingly, many childhood sexual abusers who come to Israel make no attempt to hide or even desist in their perverse behaviors

Cyprus court convicts UK woman of making false rape claim against Israeli teens

19-year-old could face a year in prison, insists police forced her to sign confession during 8-hour interrogation without an attorney

A 19-year old British woman, center, covers her face as she leaves the Famagusta court after her trial, in Paralimni, Cyprus, December 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Philippos Christou)

ILLUSTRATIVE- A woman in prison. (iStock)

Woman jailed after retracting rape claim against husband – report

Shimon Hayut, the so-called 'Tinder Swindler,' is expelled from the city of Athens, Greece, on July 1, 2019. (Tore KRISTIANSEN/various sources/AFP)

Israeli ‘Tinder swindler’ sentenced to 15 months in prison

Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Iran-backed Hezbollah brigades march during a military parade in Baghdad on May 31, 2019. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iran condemns US strikes against Iraqi proxy group as ‘terrorism’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Army commanders tour the operations sectors of the Iraqi army Seventh Brigade, at the start of the eighth phase of the operation, in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

US strikes Iranian-backed militia in Iraq; 19 reported killed

By AFP

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during their talks in Moscow, Russia, December 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia warns Iran nuclear deal in danger of ‘falling apart’

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an event marking the eighth night of Hanukkah, on December 29, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Netanyahu tells Supreme Court AG should not be able to disqualify him

PM rejects justices’ authority to rule on whether an MK facing indictment can form coalition; court to discuss issue on Tuesday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an event marking the eighth night of Hanukkah, on December 29, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu says immunity from prosecution is a ‘cornerstone of democracy’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks at a Hanukkah candle-lighting event at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 29, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Poll finds narrow majority oppose Knesset immunity for Netanyahu in graft cases

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial service at Mount Herzl on October 29, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media review

To err is human, to request immunity is divine: 8 things to know for December 30

By Joshua Davidovich

Netanyahu is looking to get Israeli voters to buy him a pass from prosecution, though it’s not a great look, and anti-Semitism in New York sparks fear and finger-pointing

Josef Gluck talks to the press as he describes the machete attack that took place earlier outside a rabbi's home during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Monsey, New York, on December 29, 2019. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

‘I threw a coffee table’: Witness describes fighting machete-wielding assailant

By Peter HUTCHISON

In this still frame from livestreamed video provided by law enforcement, churchgoers take cover while a congregant armed with a handgun, top left, engages a man who opened fire, near top center just right of windows, during a service at West Freeway Church of Christ, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in White Settlement, Texas. (West Freeway Church of Christ/Courtesy of Law Enforcement via AP)

Gunman kills 2 in Texas church before being shot dead by parishioners

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an event marking the eighth night of Hanukkah, on December 29, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu said to argue he deserves immunity because of prosecutors’ ‘bad faith’

In purported letter to Knesset, PM claims prosecuting him for corruption would hamper the Knesset’s work and amounted to selective enforcement motivated by politics, not justice

7:36 pm

Israeli, American, German envoys to Poland weigh in on Russia's WWII claims
7:30 pm

Hillary Clinton gets ‘tears in her eyes’ after watching Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
6:54 pm

‘Fauda’ a hit again: 1 million Israelis watch 3rd season debut

A man carries tires to be burnt as Palestinians prepare to demonstrate along the Gaza-Israel border, May 14, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED_

Amid talk of truce, Israel said to allow tires into Gaza in first since 2018

Report says Israel will permit buses and boats to enter the coastal enclave, more strawberries to come out; Hamas denies it is holding discussions about truce

Illustrative: Hamas security forces in Gaza City, April 4, 2013. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90/File)

Hamas accuses PA of helping Israel kill Islamic Jihad leader

Illustrative: Palestinian members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah movement, raise their weapons during a rally to support Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his government on March 1, 2016, in the West Bank Balata refugee camp near Nablus (AFP / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)

PA minister denounces Israel’s withholding of tax revenues as an ‘escalation’

Hussein al-Sheikh says Ramallah will continue making payments to ‘martyrs,’ whatever the cost; Shin Bet chief warns ministers that move could lead to West Bank unrest

Relatives of Palestinians held in Israeli jails hold their portraits during a protest to mark "Prisoners Day" in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel to withhold millions in tax revenues from PA over terrorist financing

Illustrative image of the new year, end of the decade (Andrii Yalanskyi)

Celebrating innovation: Startup Nation’s 10 biggest tech deals of the decade

By Shoshanna Solomon

From self-driving vehicles to chips that deliver information faster to spine surgery robots, The Times of Israel takes a look at the mega-bucks acquisitions of the past 10 years

Italy's ambassador to Israel, Gianluigi Benedetti (Courtesy)

Italy to launch accelerator program for Italian startups in Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: An Amazon fulfillment center processes orders in Aurora, Colorado, May 3, 2018. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Launch of Amazon’s Hebrew storefront offers American expats a taste of home

Poland's ambassador to Israel, Marek Magierowski. (Poland Embassy photo)

Israeli man who spat at Polish ambassador convicted of assault

Arik Lederman didn’t know Magierowski was the man he harassed; plea bargain sees charge that he threatened the envoy dropped

In this photo from September 6, 2018, Georgette Mosbacher stands next to an American flag after receiving her credentials as new United States ambassador to Poland in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

US envoy defends Poland from false Russian claims that it started WWII

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks with the media at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, on December 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about outbreak of WWII

By Vanessa Gera

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ILLUSTRATIVE- A victim of child sexual abuse. (Sam Thomas/iStock)

2018 saw 8% rise in instances of child abuse, Welfare Ministry says

Five ancient gold coins from the Earlier Islamic Period 7th-9th centuries CE, found at a dig in Yavne, central Israel, December 2019. (Liat Nadav-Ziv/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Ancient ‘piggy bank’ of gold coins uncovered at dig in central Israel

By Stuart Winer

Businessman Avraham Nanikashvili seen at the Tel Aviv District Court on January 10, 2017 (Flash90)

Businessman sentenced to 14 months for bribing minister

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

NYT cuts dubious study from op-ed seemingly arguing Jewish genetic superiority

Then-US president Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Putin thanks Trump for helping foil terrorist acts in Russia

By AP

Illustrative: Israeli police stand near an excavator as it demolishes a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher on April 7, 2009. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Knesset weighs freeze on controversial measure targeting Arab illegal building

Illustrative image of a handshake (iStock by Getty Images)

Israel’s M&A deals surge to 166, clocking value of $20.4 billion in 2019

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Saudi woman holds a national flag with picture of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, marking National Day to commemorate the unification of the country as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia arrests dozens for ‘indecency,’ harassment

By AFP

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