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What Matters Most On Sunday, January 5, 2020

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside 10 Downing Street in London on December 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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UK, with troops in Iraq, won’t lament Soleimani’s death, but PM urges restraint

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Britain will not lament death of Soleimani, PM Johnson says
7:17 pm

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Iranians burn an Israeli and a US flag during an anti-US protest in the capital Tehran on January 4, 2020, over the killings during a US airstrike of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

After general killed, Iran says it will take larger step back from nuclear deal

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Tehran spokesman doesn’t specify what measure will be, as Tehran continues to retreat from 2015 accord despite pleas from remaining parties

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Pompeo, Netanyahu discuss Iran’s ‘malign influence’ after Soleimani strike

Iranians march in the streets of the northwestern city of Ahvaz to pay homage to top general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US strike in Baghdad, on January 5, 2020. (HOSSEIN MERSADI/Fars News/AFP)

Crowds throng Iran city to mourn Soleimani, vow revenge, as body is flown back

Tens of thousands attend ceremony in Ahvaz; remains to be taken to Tehran, other cities before burial in Kerman on Tuesday; Trump: US will respond to any attack without hesitation

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Hundreds of Gazans rally to mourn Soleimani, burn US, Israeli flags

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian sites if Tehran attempts reprisal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US president cautions Iran against taking revenge for Soleimani killing, saying targets will be hit ‘very fast and very hard,’ as tensions soar amid fears of all-out war

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

Iran pushes back after US threatens to target dozens of sites

Top Iran official says revenge will be against military site, not seeking war

By ToI Staff and Agencies

World War III trends on social media following Soleimani killing

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the 66th annual National Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pence’s linkage of Soleimani to 9/11 hijackers is challenged

By AFP

While commission that probed 2001 attacks found evidence Iran ‘facilitated transit of al-Qaeda members into and out of Afghanistan,’ NYT notes it didn’t mention Quds Force chief

Hezbollah deputy: Killing Soleimani was ‘a very stupid act’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran

By AFP

Missiles hit near US embassy in Iraq, base housing troops after generals slain

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Orthodox Jewish women mourn during the funeral service of Mindel Ferencz, who was killed in a shooting at a kosher market in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

In wake of anti-Semitic attacks, Jewish groups to hold solidarity march in NY

Rally on Sunday called over violence in Jersey City, Monsey, and Brooklyn; will begin in Lower Manhattan and cross the Brooklyn Bridge

Illustrative: German federal police in Berlin, Germany, on April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German police get revised guidance on protecting American, Jewish facilities

By AP and ToI Staff

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Now-executive director of the Community Security Initiative Mitchell Silber, left, meets with Jewish community leaders in Brussels, Belgium, in 2018. (Courtesy)

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Tel Aviv residents blame city as answers sought over deaths in flooded elevator

Locals in southern neighborhoods say city hall ignored warnings about poor infrastructure, blocked drains; mayor claims ‘no drains in the world’ could have contained deluge

Dean Yaakov Shoshani, left, and Stav Harari, right, drowned in a Tel Aviv elevator on January 4, 2020. (Facebook/Instagram)

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Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz (R) and Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman speak to reporters after meeting in Ramat Gan on November 14, 2019. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset lawyer, 65 MKs back swift immunity deliberations

By Raoul Wootliff

Blue and White representative says he has support from party leaders representing majority of lawmakers after legal adviser says no impediment to debating request immediately

Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein attends the first election committee meeting at the Knesset on December 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Blue and White warns Knesset speaker not to obstruct PM’s immunity proceedings

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Democratic Camp party leaders MK Nitzan Horowitz, left, and Stav Shaffir at a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 25, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

MK Shaffir offers to give up second spot on left-wing slate to save alliance

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jokingly looks at his watch while speaking about peace in the Middle East at the National Building Museum November 9, 2015, in Washington, DC. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

Budgets, 3rd election, immunity, 4th election? Political dates to watch in 2020

By Raoul Wootliff and Jacob Magid

A British teenager, center, accused of falsely claiming she was raped by Israeli tourists, covers her face as she arrives for her trial at the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni in eastern Cyprus, on December 30, 2019. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP)

British woman in Cyprus rape claim case appeals to Boris Johnson for help

By AFP and ToI Staff

‘All I want to do is clear my name and come home,’ says 19-year-old, who denies falsely claiming she was raped by group of Israelis; linguist claims her confession was ‘dictated’

A female soldier operates a tank in the Negev desert, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

Reversing course, IDF relaunches all-female tank crew trial program

By Judah Ari Gross

Facing petitions to the High Court, military announces it will recruit female soldiers to Armored Corps, allow them to deploy along Egyptian, Jordanian borders

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US Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar's mother Yaffa Issachar, left, and sister Liad Goldberg wait for Issachar's appeal hearing in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, December 19, 2019. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr./AP)

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

Ahead of trial, disgraced Hollywood mogul Weinstein is dreaming about a comeback

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