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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 7, 2020

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Iranian mourners gather during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qassem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Over 50 killed, 212 hurt in Soleimani funeral stampede; general’s burial delayed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Incident in general’s hometown of Kerman causes mourners to flee for surrounding hills; a Monday procession for the slain general in Tehran drew over 1 million people

Soleimani reportedly penned note asking God to ‘accept’ him shortly before death

Khamenei said to insist on direct Iranian revenge against US – not by proxy

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israel media reviewFear not, little Satan: 7 things to know for January 7

By Joshua Davidovich

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a pro-government rally in the capital Tehran's central Enghelab Square on November 25, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran vows to ‘set ablaze place America loves’; crowds shout: ‘Death to Israel’

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

Revolutionary Guard leader Salami issues threat as burial ceremony for Qassem Soleimani gets underway in slain general’s hometown of Kerman

Security chiefs reassure ministers Iran unlikely to strike Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Top Israeli think tank warns: Potential for war with Iran is growing

By Judah Ari Gross

Tel Aviv residents ‘not afraid’ of Iran threat to turn city to ‘dust’

52 F-35 jets line up for a launch exercise at Utah's Hill Air Force Base in show of force and combat readiness amid US-Iran tensions, January 6, 2020. (US Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw/Twitter screen capture)

US prepares for possible Iranian reprisal after Soleimani drone strike

By AP and ToI Staff

Official says Washington anticipating ‘major’ attack by Iran, possibly targeting an American commander; US air force seen readying forces for possible war

Trump vows Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons, in ongoing Twitter barrage

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Top US general says letter to Iraq on military pullout sent by ‘mistake’

By Maya Gebeily

Iran’s Zarif confirms US won’t grant him visa for UN visit

Senior Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP/Screenshot of The Times of Israel Podcast)

Times of Israel Podcast

LISTEN: Security expert — Iran and Hezbollah may ‘shut Israel down’ in next war

In a ToI podcast, former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council Chuck Freilich says Israeli civilian infrastructure could be targeted when Iran and Hezbollah

Illustrative: Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, November 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

US embassy in Israel warns of rocket attacks after Soleimani slaying

By ToI Staff and Agencies

An F-15I fighter jets flies over the air force's Hatzerim base. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

AnalysisFor Israel, Iran strike could be back on the table

By Josef Federman

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a ceremony in Jerusalem, October 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Chief rabbi: Immigrants from former Soviet Union are ‘religion-hating gentiles’

Yitzhak Yosef questions state conversions, drawing rebuke from Netanyahu; other politicians call for his resignation, urge AG to open incitement probe

Jewish immigrants from Ukraine arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

PM chides chief rabbi for maligning Soviet immigrants, MKs call for his ouster

A bartender prepares a cocktail at Kosher Bar in Odessa, Ukraine, Sept. 25, 2019. (Courtesy of Kosher Bar via JTA)

First kosher bar in former Soviet Union serves up cocktails and Torah lessons

By Cnaan Liphshiz

L to R: Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, Labor chief Amir Peretz and Gesher head Orly Levy-Abekasis in a meeting, November 14, 2019 (Facebook photo)

Live updates (closed)

Labor chief calls on all center-left parties to merge ahead of elections

By Michael Bachner

‘We will make a move that has never been made in Israel,’ Amir Peretz says in TV interview, urging united anti-Netanyahu front by Blue and White, Labor-Gesher and Democratic Camp

7:19 pm

Police arrest 6 Muslims at Temple Mount in Jerusalem
7:11 pm

Netanyahu's office said blocking construction of 2,000 East Jerusalem homes
6:52 pm

UK woman convicted over rape claim against Israelis leaves Cyprus

Co-authors David Makovsky (far left) and Ambassador Dennis Ross, with Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz at the National Library of Israel, January 6, 2020. (Udi Alfassi/Tranquilo Productions)

ToI event

Israel is on precipice of losing option of two-state solution, say US advisers

Authors ambassador Dennis Ross and David Makovsky warn that Israel is nearing the point of no return with Palestinians, in a live interview with ToI editor David Horovitz

AnalysisProsecuting Israel could get ICC off the hook for claims of anti-Africa bias

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A woman votes at a polling station in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, on April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Annual poll: Most Israelis distrust leadership, say democracy ‘in grave danger’

But 2019 Democracy Index also shows plurality believes country is in good shape (men more so than women); 60% say nation should not weigh views of Diaspora on important decisions

Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman attends a Tel Aviv conference, December 31, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Lapid, Liberman warn Knesset speaker not to block Netanyahu immunity panel

Yair Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, June 5, 2018. (Flash90)

State witness Hefetz sues Yair Netanyahu for NIS 500,000 for breach of privacy

A 19 year-old British woman, center, who was found guilty of making up claims she was raped by up to 12 Israelis, arrives at Famagusta District Court in Cyprus for sentencing on January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

British PM welcomes Cyprus court’s release of woman in rape-claim case

By ToI Staff and Agencies

19-year-old had asked Boris Johnson for help amid claims in UK of an unfair trial; she was handed four months’ suspended sentence on Tuesday

Cyprus: UK woman gets 4-month suspended sentence for rape claim against Israelis

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Harvey Weinstein, alleged victims converge on New York court ahead of trial

By Tom Hays and Michael R. Sisak

Police nab American who fled to Israel amid child sex abuse allegations in 2010

Tamar Sternthal

Beyond levity: The New York Times’s 2019 ethical failures

If only goofing the caption of an Israeli political poster was the most egregious anti-Israel error by the paper of record

Shmuly Yanklowitz

Spiritual resistance: Purge your own prejudices

When we are targeted with hate, we must fight it, but we must also ensure that hatred and bigotry do not exist among ourselves

Today we fast for a Jerusalem of peace and justice

On Tevet 10, the Babylonians invaded. They were able to conquer the city because the Jewish people had — and still has — lost its way

Israeli natural gas: The other event that rocked the Middle East

Israel’s emergence as a regional natural gas power forces its neighbors to choose between rejectionism and prosperity

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks at the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 6, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Egypt reportedly simmers over Hamas chief’s trip to Iran

Cairo said to have allowed Ismail Haniyeh to travel beyond Gaza and Egypt on condition that he not visit the Islamic Republic; sources predict move will cause a ‘major crisis’

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meeting in Tehran with Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh. (AP)

Hamas chief meets slain Iranian general’s successor in Tehran

Polish President Andrzej Duda during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2019, at the United Nations in New York City. (Don Emmert/AFP)

Not invited to speak, Poland president may skip major Jerusalem Holocaust forum

By Raphael Ahren

Against backdrop of argument with Russia over World War II, Andrzej Duda says he won’t attend Auschwitz commemoration if Putin is allowed to address the event but he isn’t

A view of the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the central West Bank, with the Palestinian town of Ein Yabrud on the range behind it, on November 17, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Court gives nod to settlement largely built on private Palestinian land

While legal hurdles still remain, residents of Ofra hope dismissal of petition against master plan will pave way for retroactive regulation of entire town

Blue and White reportedly moving rightward ahead of March election

Israel advances plans for nearly 2,000 new settlement homes

US criticizes UN panel for hearing Palestinian race case against Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative. Hackers/cybersecurity (iStock by Getty Images)

In largest Israeli cybersecurity deal, Insight buys Armis at $1.1b valuation

By Shoshanna Solomon

Founded in 2015, Armis has a platform that protects firms from risks as they connect all manner of devices into their systems

Illustrative image of a cherry blossom tree near Mount Fuji in Japan (Phattana; iStock by Getty Images)

Japanese investments in Israel surge in 2019

By Shoshanna Solomon

Sarah Muchtar's youngest son's Yoel's bimba, or tricycle, photographed by her in their backyard and shown at the exhibit 'By A Thread' (Courtesy Sarah Muchtar)

A photographer captures the details of her family’s tragedy, in intimate images

By Jessica Steinberg

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Soldier jailed for placing snake inside Palestinian’s car at checkpoint

Researcher Emily Landau at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Nov. 9, 2016. (Andrew Tobin/JTA)

Top Israeli arms control researcher Emily Landau dies at 59

By Judah Ari Gross

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CliffhangerYet-to-open Israeli desert hotel makes CNN to-visit list

By Stuart Winer

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Driver charged with reckless homicide for killing boy, 8, on Yom Kippur

Illustrative: Amazon Prime boxes are loaded on a cart for delivery, October 10, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Israel Post sued for prioritizing Amazon packages

People ski at the Hermon resort, on the Golan Heights, on January 6, 2020 (JALAA MAREY/AFP)

Photo essaySnow-blanketed Mount Hermon draws winter tourists

Illustrative image of a doctor in a hospital ward (sudok1; iStock by Getty Images)

After hospital stay, disadvantaged patients show benefit from med student visits

By Shoshanna Solomon

Screenshot from Australian TV's "60 Minutes" broadcast about live shipments, "Sheep, Ships and Videotape," shown April 8, 2018.

Record number of live lambs and calves imported to Israel for meat in 2019

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill area of London, January 17, 2015. (Rob Stothard/ Getty Images via JTA/ File)

Jewish boy punched on London bus; attacker shouts ‘Jews think they own world’

Illustrative: Passengers wait at the departure terminal at Ben Gurion International airport on December 17, 2017. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Record 4.9 million people visited Israel in 2019, 12% more than 2018

By Stuart Winer

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