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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 11, 2020

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Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020 (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Was seen as hostile when it 'turned toward military center'

‘Disastrous mistake’: Iran admits it mistakenly downed Ukraine plane, killed 176

By Agencies and ToI Staff

After denying responsibility, Tehran says its military targeted the plane, blames ‘human error’; crash came hours after Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq

AnalysisIran’s belated admission it downed plane raises new questions on its conduct

By Jon Gambrell

Revolutionary Guards commander: Ukrainian jet was mistaken for cruise missile

Ukraine’s president demands punishment, compensation for plane downed by Iran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said sits during a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman, January 14, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman and welcomed Israel ties, dies at 79

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This image made from video shows Oman's new sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, makes his first speech in front of the Royal Family Council in Muscat, Oman, January 11, 2020. (Oman TV via AP)

Oman’s culture minister named as successor to Qaboos, promises peaceful approach

View of the seafront in Muscat, Oman, Feb. 12, 2010.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Oman: The discreet Gulf mediator

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, escorted by his bodyguards, waves to a crowd of tens of thousands of supporters during a rally in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2012. AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Iran said to warn Hezbollah chief he could be next in US crosshairs

Unsourced Israeli TV report says Nasrallah advised by Tehran to boost security following US airstrike on Iranian general

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin brief reporters about additional sanctions placed on Iran, at the White House, Friday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Netanyahu praises Trump as US announces new Iran sanctions after missile strikes

By ToI Staff and AP

Al Jazeera presenter Faisal al-Qassem interviews former Iranian diplomat Amir Mousawi, January 7, 2019. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Al Jazeera host mocks Iranian vow to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at in Toledo, Ohio, on January 9, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Trump says Soleimani was likely planning attacks on 4 US embassies

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president says Iranian general was probably targeting Americans in Baghdad, dismisses call to pull troops out of Iraq, in Fox News interview

Iranians march with a banner bearing an illustration of Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani during a demonstration in Tehran on January 3, 2020, against the killing of the top commander in a US strike in Baghdad. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian commander on day of Soleimani strike

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns

Anti government protesters chant anti-Iran and anti-US slogans under a big Iraqi flag that they carry during the ongoing protests in Tahrir square, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

US rejects Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan

By SAMYA KULLAB and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters following an escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, January 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

J Street, JDCA the only Jewish groups to back House vote on Iran war powers

By Eric Cortellessa

AIPAC, AJC and other leading Jewish organizations stay silent on non-binding measure in wake of Trump-ordered strike on Iranian general

Max Rose, left, and Elissa Slotkin cheer on fellow House freshman in an office lottery on Capitol Hill, November 30, 2018. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)

House resolution on Iran splits tight-knit group of Jewish Democrats

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, January 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: House moving to send impeachment to Senate next week

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

People attend the opening of Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, three years after the Egyptian government started the renovations of the synagogue originally built in 1354. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

'Recognition of Egypt's Jews, neglected for over 60 years'

Egypt unveils historic Alexandria synagogue after three-year renovation

By AFP and ToI Staff

The city’s few remaining Jews praise Egyptian leader Sissi for funding project, part of a push to draw tourists by marketing country’s rich cultural heritage

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (L) and Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon at the Knesset on May 7, 2013. (Flash)

In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset legal adviser said set to okay immunity debate

Unsourced TV report says Eyal Yinon will permit formation of key House Committee, Knesset Speaker will reluctantly accept decision, and PM’s immunity bid will thus be doomed

Then-Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry office in Jerusalem, September 23, 2019. (Flash90)

Kahlon not on Likud slate for upcoming elections — report

Education Minister Rafi Peretz attends a Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, December 23, 2019. (Flash90)

Education minister slammed for suggesting gay marriage is unnatural

Hold your tweets: Politicizing the Soleimani killing

Social media pronouncements like those from the UN’s Agnes Callamard show a stunning lack of integrity and impartiality

Bestriding Israel’s stages like a — what, exactly?

With tiny budgets and no financial incentives, local theater makers let their genre-defying, shape-shifting creativity run wild

Druze men carry Sidqi al-Maqt, left, and Amal Abu Saleh as they wave Syrian flags upon their release from Israeli prison, in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams on the border with Syria, January 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Golan man who spied for Syria says prison release a ‘day of victory’ over Israel

Sidqi al-Maqt and Amal Abu Salah, who was jailed for attacking a Syrian rebel receiving Israeli care, celebrate in Majdal Shams after being let go in Russian-brokered deal

Amanda Friedeman takes a question from a student directed to Holocaust survivor Adina Sella, as she is displayed as a three-dimensional hologram at the Take A Stand Center in the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center on October 26, 2017, in Skokie, Illinois. (Joshua Lott/AFP)

The ‘virtual’ future of Holocaust education is already here

By Matt Lebovic

Jeffrey Epstein in New York City in 2005. (Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/via JTA)

Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds

By Collin Binkley

Investigators say university made ‘significant errors of judgment’ by taking gifts from disgraced financier as he sought to rehabilitate image following 2008 sex crimes conviction

Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)

Video of apparent Epstein suicide attempt has been lost, US prosecutors say

By Jim Mustian and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Harvey Weinstein leaves court after attending jury selection for his sexual assault trial, January 10, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Challenges, distractions stymie Weinstein jury selection

Analysis

Ksenia Svetlova

A turbulent decade sees Moscow’s star shine brightly in the Middle East

Russia is increasingly asserting its place as the dominant superpower in the region; the proverbial Russian bear hug could prove dangerous

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad light candles while visiting a cathedral for Christmas, in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

This photo provided by the US 5th Fleet, shows a Russian Navy ship approaching an American warship in the North Arabian Sea, on January 9, 2020. (US 5th Fleet via AP)

US Navy: Russian ship’s ‘aggression’ nearly caused collision in Arabian Sea

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JB Brager (Screen capture: YouTube)

Elite NYC prep school fires Jewish teacher who posted anti-Zionist tweets

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex during a visit to Canada House in London, January 7, 2020. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool Photo via AP)

Prince Harry’s wife Meghan returns to Canada amid royal storm

By Alice Ritchie

Illustrative: A New York City police officer watches as rabbis gather for a group photo at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, in New York, November 4, 2018. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Jewish areas in NYC to get 100 new security cameras

By AP

Podemos party leader Pablo Iglesias arrives at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spanish PM taps politician who called Israel an ‘illegal country’ as his deputy

By Cnaan Liphshiz

This 1995 file photo shows Moshen Rabbani, former cultural attache in the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/La Nacion, File)

Iranian accused in AMIA attack floats conspiracy theories on prosecutor’s murder

By Almudena Calatrava

US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (L), Al Roker (C) and Larry David on NBC's "Today" show, January 10, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Seeing doubleLarry David, Bernie Sanders make joint TV appearance

By Emily Burack

Marianne Williamson speaks at a the Faith, Politics and the Common Good Forum at Franklin Jr. High School, January 9, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jewish self-help guru Marianne Williamson ends 2020 US presidential bid

By Josefin Dolsten

Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg speaks during the opening of a campaign office at Eastern Market in Detroit, Michigan, December 21, 2019 2020. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP)

Bloomberg to provide campaign staff to whoever is the Democratic nominee

By Josefin Dolsten

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