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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 4, 2020

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Shiite Muslims demonstrate over the US airstrike that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, pictured in the posters, in Karbala, Iraq, January 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

'35 US targets in region, as well as Tel Aviv, in our reach'

Iran threatens Tel Aviv, US bases in Middle East after killing of Soleimani

IRGC commander also warns of the importance of shipping channels in region, says Tehran has identified vital American targets

This undated photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader shows Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Soleimani’s successor promises ‘bodies of Americans’ across the Middle East

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (Stringer/AFP)

Iran Guards threaten US, ‘fake Zionist regime’ over Soleimani killing

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Surveillance footage aired by Iraqi television that is said to show the moment a convoy carrying Iranian Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani was hit in a US airstrike at Baghdad international airport, January 3, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Four Hellfire missiles and a severed hand: The killing of Qassem Soleimani

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ripped to pieces, Soleimani was identified by his ring; strike was planned days ago, with Trump telling Sen. Graham on Monday, apparently while they played golf in Florida

US Marines load a C-130 plane to reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Dec. 31, 2019. (US Marine Corps/Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot)

US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements

By Zeke Miller, Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor

Protesters burn a US flag during a demonstration against the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

AnalysisCycle of revenge: What’s next after killing of Qassem Soleimani?

By Joseph Krauss

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Lisbon, Portugal, December 4, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

TV: Israel was likely warned of US plans to kill Soleimani

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Secretary of State Pompeo spoke late Wednesday with PM Netanyahu, who tweeted Thursday about ‘very, very dramatic things’ happening in region; Sen. Lindsey Graham was told Monday

Israeli troops in the Golan Heights on the border with Syria, January 3, 2020. (Jalaa Marey/ AFP)

Israeli embassies, IDF raise alert levels as Iran threatens to avenge Soleimani

By ToI Staff and AFP

Illustrative: IDF troops near the Israel-Syria border, in the Golan Heights on January 3, 2020. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Security officials doubt Iran will strike Israel following Soleimani killing

Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani (left) with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (Wikipedia)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Super-confident Soleimani misjudged US will to kill him; heirs will seek revenge

The terror-orchestrating general was a protegé of Iran’s leader Khamenei, who will be determined to strike back against America

Iranian ambassador to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi, January 3, 2020 (YouTUbe screenshot/MSNBC)

Iranian ambassador to UN says Soleimani killing an ‘act of war’

By AFP and ToI Staff

A billboard bearing a portrait of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards, hangs on a main road in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 4, 2020, one day after Soleimani and other members of the pro-Iranian Iraqi paramilitary group Al-Hashed Al-Shaabi were killed in a US air strike near Baghdad international airport (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran says US has asked for ‘proportionate response’ to Soleimani’s killing

By AFP

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Iran, at his Mar-a-Lago property, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump: We killed Soleimani to stop a war, not to start one

President says Soleimani ‘made the death of innocent people his sick passion,’ but now his ‘reign of terror is over; insists US not seeking regime change

In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, 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, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Soleimani was ‘plotting to kill Americans,’ should have been hit long ago

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iraqi Shiite fighters of the Popular Mobilization Forces secure the border area with Syria in al-Qaim in Iraq's Anbar province, opposite Al-Bukamal in Syria's Deir Ezzor region, on November 12, 2018. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

US denies carrying out airstrike on Iran-backed militia convoy near Baghdad

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A billboard bearing a portrait of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards, hangs on a main road in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 4, 2020, one day after Soleimani and other members of the pro-Iranian Iraqi paramilitary group Al-Hashed Al-Shaabi were killed in a US air strike near Baghdad international airport (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Given many options, aides were reportedly surprised Trump ordered Soleimani hit

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US president was reportedly angered by killing of US contractor and TV images of Baghdad embassy attack; Trump told Mar-a-Lago guests there would be ‘big’ response

Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)

Iranian cyberattacks on US feared after Soleimani killing

An oil tanker on fire in the Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2019 near the strategic Strait of Hormuz where two ships were reportedly attacked. (AP Photo/ISNA)

Iran and the US: Months of escalating tensions ahead of Soleimani killing

By AFP

Palestinians in Gaza City burn a US and an Israeli flag during a mourning ceremony organized in honor of slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani (portrait on banner) killed in a US airstrike a day earlier, on January 4, 2020. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

‘A loss for Palestine’: Gaza terror groups set up mourning tent for Soleimani

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hundreds gather to trample, burn American and Israeli flags; senior Hamas official says killing of Iranian general is blow to ‘the resistance’

A spokesman for the armed wing of Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group talks to the press in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 11, 2019. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa)

Israel said to warn Gaza terror groups against responding to Soleimani killing

Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, attends a meeting of Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2013. (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

AnalysisUS long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

By Zeke Miller and Julie Pace

US President Donald Trump (R) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak before a working breakfast at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, on August 25, 2019. (Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP)

Allied leaders alarmed by killing of Soleimani; UK reportedly wasn’t tipped off

By ToI Staff and Agencies

British officials urge de-escalation, said to have been taken by surprise by US air strike; Labour’s Corbyn calls for London to oppose Washington’s ‘belligerent actions’

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: Europe not being as ‘helpful’ as it could be over Soleimani killing

By AFP

US Marines secure the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, January 3, 2020. (US Marine Corps/Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot)

Gulf allies of US fear reprisals after Soleimani killing

By Aziz El Massassi

Mourners surround a car carrying the coffin of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed alongside Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US air strike, during a funeral procession in Kadhimiya, a Shiite pilgrimage district of Baghdad, on January 4, 2020 (SABAH ARAR / AFP)

Chanting ‘Death to America, Israel,’ thousands join Soleimani funeral procession

Top dignitaries attend mourning ceremony in Baghdad’s Green Zone; Iranian general to be buried Tuesday in his hometown of Kerman; Iranian newspapers warn of coming revenge

Mourners surround a car carrying the coffin of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed alongside Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US air strike, during a funeral procession in Kadhimiya, a Shiite pilgrimage district of Baghdad, on January 4, 2020 (SABAH ARAR / AFP)

Soleimani to be buried Tuesday in Iranian hometown

By AFP

Iranians burn a US flag during a demonstration in Tehran on January 3, 2020, following the killing of Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani in a US strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Tens of thousands rally in Tehran against US ‘crimes’ after Soleimani killed

By AFP

Australian PM calls up 3,000 reservists as fire threats escalate

By SHONAL GANGULY and STEVE McMORRAN

Morrison says 23 deaths confirmed so far this summer; danger increases as temperatures rise to record levels, surpassing 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) in Canberra

Divers seen inside a Tel Aviv building where a man and woman died Saturday due to the flooding of a basement level (Channel 13 screenshot)

Two die in flooded elevator as downpours hit central Israel, streets inundated

Videos on social media show submerged cars in Tel Aviv and surrounding suburbs; man in north electrocuted to death by heater; 2 treated for hypothermia in other cases

Members of the Jewish community gather outside the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg in Monsey, in New York on December 29, 2019, after a machete attack that took place the night before inside the rabbi's home during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. (Kena Betancur/AFP)

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Gabriel Pais outside the Israeli mission to Belgium, the UN, and NATO in his hometown of Brussels. (Courtesy)

Interview

Belgian 13-year-old takes European media to task, starts Israel advocacy group

By Yaakov Schwartz

Wear your Jewish pride

Time for us to strut our Jewish stuff: On Monday, every American Jew should rock a kippah, flash a magen david or don a Hebrew T-shirt

To Monsey, with love, from Alon Shvut

Our community has experienced the tragedy of a murderous attack on Jews and we know the value of a consoling gesture

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 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

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

Dozens of Jewish figures had enormous impacts on the 2010s. (Getty Images/Photo illustration by Grace Yagel/via JTA)

Decade in review

After a tumultuous decade, these are the Jews who defined the 2010s

By JTA

Susan Choi attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony and benefit dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on November 20, 2019, in New York. (Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

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By Josefin Dolsten

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One killed in Paris stabbing, assailant shot dead in suspected terror attack

Mourners attend a symbolic 'March of the Living' at the Paneriai memorial, in memory of Lithuanian Jews killed by Nazis during World War II, in Vilnius, Lithuania, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanian ruling party drafts bill exonerating nation from Holocaust crimes

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A haredi Orthodox man crosses the street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Gil Shefler via JTA)

Woman charged in alleged anti-Semitic attack on ultra-Orthodox man in Brooklyn

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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)

Suspect in Monsey Hannukah attack faces 6th attempted murder charge

By AFP

Joel Rubin (Courtesy via JTA)

Bernie Sanders taps ex-Obama official as Jewish community liaison

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