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What Matters Most On Friday, January 3, 2020

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In this photo provided by U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, prepare to deploy from Kuwait in support of a crisis response mission, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Robert G. Gavaldon via AP)

Live updates (closed)

US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Israeli embassies, IDF raise alert levels as Iran threatens revenge attacks; Trump says Qassem Soleimani should ‘have been taken out years ago’

7:10 pm

Iran leader makes condolence call to Soleimani widow
6:19 pm

US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements
5:24 pm

Saudi Arabia calls for Iran 'self-restraint'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq and Syria, at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property, December 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Pompeo: Strike on Soleimani disrupted ‘imminent’ attack, saved hundreds

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

US kills powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad airstrike

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Kellogg Arena, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Washington confirms Trump ordered deadly strike on Iran’s Soleimani

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran supreme leader vows ‘severe revenge’ after US kills top general Soleimani

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Khamenei calls slain Quds Force chief ‘international face of resistance;’ state TV says deadly Baghdad strike is Washington’s ‘greatest miscalculation’ since World War II

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Nasrallah vows to avenge Soleimani, Hamas hails his support for ‘resistance’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Iraqi security forces stand guard at the entrance of US embassy in the capital Baghdad after supporters and members of the Popular Mobilization Force militia breached the outer wall of the compound during a rally to vent anger over weekend air strikes that killed pro-Iran fighters in western Iraq, on December 31, 2019. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)

US citizens told to ‘depart Iraq immediately’ after strike on Iranian general

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the tarmac in Athens backs US assassination of Qassem Soleimani, January 3, 2020 (YouTube screenshot)

Netanyahu lauds Trump for killing of Iran’s Soleimani, says Israel stands by US

By ToI Staff and Agencies

As Tehran vows revenge for hit on top general, PM says US president ‘worthy of full appreciation’ for actions; Gantz: Killing tells global terrorists — on your own heads be it

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (C) and security chiefs during a situational assessment at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 3, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense)

PM cuts short Greece trip, defense chiefs convene after Soleimani killing

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at his office in Jerusalem, December 1, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Israeli lawmakers praise US for killing Iranian ‘arch-terrorist’ Soleimani

Iraqi anti-government protesters flash the V-sign of victory outside their protest tents in Baghdad's Tahrir Square following news of the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards top commander Qasem Soleimani in a US strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport on January 3, 2020 (AFP)

Iraq anti-government protesters sing, dance after Soleimani death

By AFP

Pompeo shares video on Twitter of Iraqis celebrating Iranian Quds Force commander’s death, ‘thankful that General Soleimani is no more’

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a gathering during a campaign stop in Exeter, New Hampshire, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Democrats call US killing of Soleimani ‘reckless,’ say Congress wasn’t notified

File: French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin arrive at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, as they meet for talks on May 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Francois Mori)

France, Russia and China condemn slaying of Soleimani as a destabilizing act

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian demonstrators hold a portrait of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and a central figure in the violent spread of Iran's revolution. Photo taken in Tehran's Azadi Square, February 11, 2015. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

Analysis

Soleimani’s killing proves Trump remains as unpredictable, mercurial as ever

Many analysts thought the US president wouldn’t dare risk a new Mideast war heading into an election year amid impeachment woes. They were wrong

Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (YouTube screenshot)

Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s shadowy general who wielded influence like a sword

In this March 27, 2015, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, commander of Iran's Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani prays in a religious ceremony at a mosque in the residence of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Israel media reviewQuds grief: 6 things to know for January 3

By Joshua Davidovich

The wreckage of an American airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on January 3, 2020. (Social media)

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

By killing Soleimani, the US takes a dramatic step with unknown consequences

Airstrike on Quds Force commander, a ‘truly irreplaceable’ figure who directed Iranian proxies throughout Mideast, strikes a serious blow to Tehran’s expansionism, experts say

Iraqis walk in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on January 3, 2020. (AFP)

Analysts say Iraq could ‘pay price’ for US strike on Iranian commander

By Sarah Benhaida

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces march in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (Khalid Mohammed/AP)

AnalysisIf conflict erupts, Iran can call on the allies Soleimani himself cultivated

By Joseph Krauss

Esmail Ghaani, the deputy commander of Iran's Quds Force named as the force's commander on January 3, 2020 after the previous chief Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike, in a photo taken on 19 May 2019. (Erfan Kouchari/Wikipedia CC-BY-4.0)

Iran names Quds Force number 2, Esmail Ghaani, to replace slain Soleimani

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Ghaani will lead powerful Quds Force after US killing of his superior; tens of thousands march through Tehran, chant ‘Death to America’ after strike

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the number two of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, in a press conference during a visit to Basra, January 23, 2018. (HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP)

Iraq paramilitary chief slain alongside Soleimani was Tehran’s man in Baghdad

By AFP

Illustrative: Stock market (iStock)

Oil price jumps, stocks fall on fear of Iranian retaliation against US

By AFP

Analysis

Palestinian nurses from West Bank and Gaza hone their skills at Israeli hospital

Health care professionals train on high-tech mannequins; nurse from Nablus says medicine transcends national divisions

A group of Palestinian nurses from the West Bank and Gaza Strip taking part in a special four-day medical simulation course at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on January 1, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Azzam al-Ahmad gives a press conference at a hotel in Cairo, August 13, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Top PLO official: Despite Israeli cuts, PA should keep accepting tax transfers

Surrounded primarily by family, Nicky Cohen, the daughter of Josef Neumann, who was critically injured in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration, speaks to reporters in front of her home in New City, New York, January 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Family of Hanukkah attack victim calls for end to anti-Semitism, hatred

‘We want to go to synagogues and feel safe,’ says daughter of Josef Neumann, who suffered serious brain damage in Monsey stabbing

Suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings Grafton Thomas, 37, from Greenwood Lake, leaves the Ramapo Town Hall in Airmont, New York after being arrested on December 29, 2019. (Kena Betancur/AFP)

Hanukkah stabbing suspect was questioned in previous Monsey attack

By AP

Democratic Representative Yvette Clarke of New York speaks at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, January 2, 2020, in New York. Behind her, from left, are fellow Democratic Rep.s Grace Meng, Eliot Engel, Gregory Meeks, Carolyn Maloney, Max Rose, and Hakeem Jeffries. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NY Democrats condemn anti-Semitic attacks, but say unclear what’s fueling them

By Josefin Dolsten

Illustrative: A group of ultra-Orthodox Jewish children cross the street in Monsey, New York, December 30, 2019. (Seth Wenig/AP)

Analysis

Mary Esch and RYAN TARINELLI

Anti-Semitism grows in Jewish communities in New York City suburbs

As ultra-Orthodox population is priced out of Brooklyn and moves to city’s outskirts, clashes intensify with those who see the influx as a threat to their way of life

People hold signs of support near the house of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg on December 29, 2019 in Monsey, New York. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

NYT calls for mass participation in solidarity march against anti-Semitism

Illustrative: Supreme Court President Esther Hayut (C) arrives for a High Court preliminary hearing on whether a lawmaker facing criminal indictment can be tapped to form a coalition, December 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court rejects petition seeking to bar Netanyahu from forming government

By Raoul Wootliff

With election still two months away, justices say it is too early to rule on the matter of a PM under indictment forming coalition, calling matter ‘premature’

Netanyahu and Gantz praise High Court rejection of petition on PM’s eligibility

Blue and White may try to oust speaker if he stalls on PM immunity – report

Polls indicate no drop in support for Netanyahu after immunity request

By Alexander Fulbright

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Analysis

Why doesn’t the US try to repeal the UN’s anti-settlements resolution?

Washington no longer considers settlements illegal and vows to fight anti-Israel bias in international fora, but 3 years on, Security Council Resolution 2334 stands unchallenged

US ambassador Samantha Power signals her country’s abstention in the Security Council vote on Resolution 2334, December 23, 2016 (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)

The keys to understanding American anti-Semitism — and fighting back

Tighten security, build alliances, and, whatever the threats, heed Hanukkah’s lesson to always take pride in being Jewish

A decade of anti-democratic legislation

On loyalty declarations, sanctioned Jews-only communities, and the Nation-State law that undermined the Declaration of Independence

The terror of the asymptote

A reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers — but how close can they really get? (Vayigash)

My plan to fight anti-Semitism

Gun control laws, anti-terror legislation, and a US Department of Justice that prosecutes hate crimes, for there is no place for such vitriol in this country

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Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis (C) and Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis shake hands in Athens on January 2, 2020, ahead of the signing of an agreement for the EastMed pipeline project designed to ship gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe. (Aris Messins/AFP)

Israel inks mega gas pipeline deal with Greece, Cyprus

By AFP and ToI Staff

Activists of various nationalist parties carry torches during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

In row over Holocaust history, Israel and Poland issue joint critique of Ukraine

Presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez addresses supporters at the "Frente de Todos" party headquarters after primary elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. The "Frente de Todos" presidential ticket with former President Cristina Fernández emerged as the strongest vote-getter in Argentina’s primary elections Sunday, indicating conservative President Mauricio Macri will face an uphill battle going into general elections in October. (AP Photo/Sebastian Pani)

Argentine president says ‘no proof’ AMIA prosecutor Nisman was murdered

By AFP

Rescue workers retrieve the body of a 70-year old hiker who died after falling off a cliff at a nature reserve near the Dead Sea on Thursday. (Screenshot)

70-year-old man falls to his death while hiking near Dead Sea

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves a press conference in Jerusalem after announcing his intention to file a request with the Knesset for immunity from prosecution, January 1, 2020. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Netanyahu again asks to receive outside funding for his legal defense

This photo from July 25, 2019, shows Jenji Kohan at the final season premiere of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Son of ‘Orange is the New Black’ producer dies in Utah ski accident

By AP

Carlos Ghosn (R) and then Israeli president Shimon Peres at a meeting at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, January 21, 2008. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)

Lebanese lawyers want ex-chief of Nissan prosecuted over 2008 Israel trip

By AFP

US Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro waves during a presidential forum at the California Democratic Party's convention on November 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 US presidential race

By Paul J. Weber

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