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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 9, 2020

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Images of user-generated far-right playlists on Spotify (screen capture: Spotify)

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On Spotify, hate streams unchecked as playlists praise Hitler, call to gas Jews

By Marissa Newman

US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism Elan Carr speaks to the Conference of Presidents in Jerusalem, February 21, 2019. (Matty Stern|/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)

Trump envoy calls on social media companies to target anti-Semitism

By Eric Cortellessa

Photograph from the League of Nations of prayers at the Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, 1929 (UK National Archives)

Inside story

Steven E. Zipperstein

Revealed: An Arab prince’s secret proposal to sell the Western Wall to the Jews

A quixotic overture by a courageous prince lay hidden in files at the UK Colonial Office for 90 years, where this author discovered it. Now it can proudly take its place in history

A woman places flowers at a memorial for the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash in the Iranian capital Tehran, at the Boryspil airport outside Kiev on January 8, 2020 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Ukraine wants to search Iran plane crash site for possible Russia missile debris

By Agencies and ToI Staff

National security council official says additional possible causes under consideration include drone or other flying object crashing into plane, terror attack, engine malfunction

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lays flowers at a memorial of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, at Borispil international airport outside in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 9, 2020. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine in national mourning after airliner crash kills 176

By AFP

Illustrative: Two Qantas planes taxi on the runway at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, August 20, 2015. (Rick Rycroft/AP)

Airlines scramble as Iranian airspace becomes no-go zone

By Emily Schmall

US President Donald Trump speaks about the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, DC, January 8, 2020. (Eric Baradat/AFP)

Stepping back from brink, Trump says Iran appears to be standing down

US president says immediate sanctions to be imposed on Islamic Republic, vows Tehran will never be allowed nuclear weapons, claims IRGC missiles ‘paid for’ by Obama administration

TranscriptTrump, full text: The days of tolerating Iran’s destructive behavior are over

71% of Israelis approve of Trump, but his global ratings are mostly negative

By AFP

US House to vote on preventing Trump from starting war with Iran

By Matthew Daly and Alan Fram

A military truck evacuates residents through a flooded road in the northern city of Nahariya, on a stormy winter day, on January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Israel media review

Rain of terror: 9 things to know for January 9

By Joshua Davidovich

A wet winter storm is the latest national plight, leading to hand-wringing over the lack of response and praise for a hero killed after jumping right in to save others

Nahariya municipality workers work in the streets of the northern Israeli city which was suffered severe flooding due to heavy rain storms, January 9, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

1,000 at funeral for Israeli lauded as hero, who died rescuing others from flood

A military truck evacuates Israeli citizens through a flooded road in the northern city of Nahariya on a stormy winter day, January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Front-loader rescues and raging rapids: Videos of rain havoc flood internet

A protester holds a poster with an image of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration against the United States following a US airstrike in Iraq that killed top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, in the Kashmiri town of Magam on January 3, 2020. (Tauseef MUSTAFA/AFP)

Iran sends mixed signals as tensions with US seem to ease

By Amir Vahdat and Joseph Krauss

Rouhani warns of ‘very dangerous response’ if US makes another ‘mistake,’ while senior military leaders strike more defiant tone, say further ‘revenge’ will come

Top US general says Iranian missiles were intended to ‘kill personnel’

Two rockets hit Iraqi capital’s Green Zone — security sources

By AFP

Iran army chief threatens more severe revenge on US soon

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A computer-generated mockup of a proposed laser-based air defense system being developed by Israel's Defense Ministry, on January 8, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Defense Ministry announces ‘breakthrough’ in anti-missile laser development

By Judah Ari Gross

New laser system to be tested over coming year, is meant to complement the Iron Dome air defense system to shoot down incoming rockets, drones

Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Panel finds accused sex abuser Leifer fit to stand trial, feigned mental illness

Court-ordered medical board will present findings at hearing next week, ahead of judge’s decision on whether to move forward with extraditing alleged serial pedophile to Australia

Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani 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)

Live updates (closed)

Network of Syrian, Iraqi spies helped US kill Soleimani — report

By Michael Bachner

Informants — employees at Baghdad airport and private Syrian airline — said to have provided intelligence about Iranian commander’s flight from Damascus to Baghdad

7:00 pm

Ukraine calls for 'evidence' in Iran plane crash probe
6:59 pm

Rocket falls in Iraq, near base housing US troops -- report
6:44 pm

Network of Syrian, Iraqi spies helped US kill Soleimani -- report

Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry speaks on stage during the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

From our partner

UK Labour’s Thornberry reveals battle with Corbyn team for fair stance on Israel

In Jewish News op-ed, would-be leader details row over manifesto’s handling of Palestinian attacks, says Labour should ‘get down on hands and knees’ to apologize over anti-Semitism

BlogWe need to get on our hands and knees and ask for forgiveness

By Emily Thornberry

In this photo from January 1, 2019, men work on a new housing project in the West Bank settlement of Modin Illit. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

EU hastily removes reference to ‘disputed lands’ from settlement condemnation

By Raphael Ahren

After Monsey, Jew-hate online has gotten worse

Commenters and news reports have been using language that practically justifies the attacks on defenseless Jews

Democrats’ discouraging knee-jerk reaction to Soleimani

Dems can and should slam Trump, but they must also show a willingness to take action to prevent evil people from doing evil things

China might take Iran’s side in a war with US

Beijing’s ties with Tehran are crucial to its geopolitical strategies. With Moscow also in the mix, a broader conflagration is a real possibility

The United States must stand with Israel

Support for the beacon of democracy and individual liberty in a region controlled by aggressive dictators is in America’s own best interests

A Mobileye car getting ready to drive on the streets of Jerusalem (YouTube screenshot)

Watch: Mobileye’s self-driving car on streets of Jerusalem

By Shoshanna Solomon

At CES in Las Vegas, Intel Corp. releases video of autonomous car navigating streets of the capital using cameras, but no other sensors

Illustrative: Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)

Interview

Eric Cortellessa

The scholar who wrote the definition of anti-Semitism says it’s been subverted

Kenneth Stern claims the executive order on campus anti-Semitism will do more to stifle pro-Palestinian speech than protect Jewish students

Two violent anti-Semitic assaults under investigation in Berlin

By Toby Axelrod

Monsey rabbi whose home was attacked gives invocation at NY State of State event

Man who threw table at Monsey attacker honored by NY State Senate

The Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue on December 20, 2019. (Egyptian Antiquities Ministry)

Egypt set to reopen Alexandria synagogue Friday after extensive renovation

Jewish community leaders, Egyptian antiquities minister and diplomats are slated to attend Eliyahu Hanavi’s reopening following multi-million-dollar rehab

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Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon at a meeting of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, February 23, 2016.
(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset lawyer spurns Likud demand he recuse himself from immunity deliberations

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting at the Knesset with parties in his right-wing bloc on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)

Netanyahu said exploring uniting Likud with other factions on right

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK David Bitan at a Likud party rally in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Graft suspicions reportedly delay approval of Netanyahu’s cabinet picks

Israel Bar Association former chairman Efi Nave is seen at a Tel Aviv court on January 16, 2019. (Koko/Pool/Flash90)

Senior judge linked to scandal-plagued ex-Bar chief named

Environmental Protection Minister Ze'ev Elkin arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Environment minister slams green groups as ‘charlatans’ over gas rig fight

Screen grab from 'The First Temptation of Christ,' produced by Rio-based film company Porta dos Fundos (Netflix)

Brazilian judge orders Netflix to remove comedy film with gay Jesus

By AP

Then prime minister Ehud Olmert, center, shakes hands with Israeli investor Shai Agassi, left, and Carlos Ghosn at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Fugitive ex-Nissan boss summoned by Lebanese prosecutor over Israel visit

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Watergen's products make water from air (Courtesy)

Water-from-air startup awarded Smart Home Mark of Excellence at CES Las Vegas

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of a woman smoking a cigarette outside an Israeli cafe. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

New Israeli study says smoking is bad for mental health, too

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives to the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial on suspicion of four counts of indecent assault and three offenses of sexual harassment, January 9, 2020 (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Prominent Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy convicted of indecent assault

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