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What Matters Most On Sunday, January 19, 2020

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German Ambassador to Israel Susanne Wasum-Rainer delivering a speech in Tel Aviv on the occasion of German National Unity Day, October 3, 2019 (Noam Moskowitz)

InterviewAhead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

German envoy ‘horrified and ashamed’ anti-Semitism still persists after Shoah

By Raphael Ahren

The Halle synagogue attack was a ‘nightmare’ for her, Susanne Wasum-Rainer recalls, acknowledging that Germany’s liberal democracy is challenged by populist, right-wing movements

Israel media reviewOut of the flames, a guttering hope: 7 things to know for January 19

By Joshua Davidovich

In WWII dispute with Russia, Poland notes ‘atrocities’ done by Soviet Union

By AP

Holocaust monument in western Ukraine defaced

By ToI Staff and JTA

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event honoring the 2019 college football national champions, the Louisiana State University Tigers, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 17, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Trump said to soon decide whether to release peace plan before Israeli election

Report says US president’s decision will be influenced by impeachment trial, Davos trip, feedback from Arab leaders and Kushner’s expected meetings this week with Netanyahu, Gantz

7:22 pm

Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine
7:02 pm

IDF jeep hit by train after getting stuck on the tracks
6:46 pm

Trump said to soon decide whether to release peace plan before Israeli election

Israeli troops search for attack tunnels dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israeli military believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, in January 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF begins installing tunnel-detecting sensors along Lebanese border

By Judah Ari Gross

Military launches effort a year after exposing Hezbollah underground cross-border passages, says it believes there are still no new tunnels into northern Israel

Young Palestinian men prepare flammable objects to be launched toward Israel, near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 18, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IDF said to strike Hamas border post after apparent balloon attack from Gaza

US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, January 14, 2020, in Milwaukee. (AP/Jeffrey Phelps)

Trump tells GOP donors Soleimani was ‘saying bad things’ about US before death

By ToI Staff and Agencies

President says Soleimani bad-mouthing led to his decision to authorize the drone strike that killed him, CNN reports

Iran to US: Don’t test us; missile attack on base in Iraq was just a ‘warning’

By ToI Staff and AP

Iran backtracks on plan to send flight recorders to Ukraine

By AP

Bodies of 11 Ukrainian plane victims repatriated from Iran

By AFP

This picture, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

After failed launch last year, Iran preparing to send satellites into space

By AP

The Zafars will monitor natural resources and the environment, state media says; Western nations fear Tehran’s space program could be used to develop long-range missiles

Brian Hook, a US special representative on Iran, takes questions from the media at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

US sanctions Iranian general for ‘massacre of 148 helpless Iranians’ in protests

By AFP

File: IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP/Kazem Ghane)

Iran warns of ‘repercussions’ for IAEA after European moves over nuclear deal

By AFP

People hold signs during the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the death of the special prosecutor in the AMIA bombing case, Alberto Nisman, on January 18, 2020, in Buenos Aires. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP)

Argentines rally to remember prosecutor killed while probing AMIA attack

By AFP and ToI Staff

Some 3,000 attend demonstration in Buenos Aires; Nisman led the investigation into presidential cover-up of 1994 bombing of Jewish community center that left 85 dead, 300 wounded

Supporters of the Hezbollah terror group drive in a convoy in support of its leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech, in the area of Fatima's Gate in Kfar Kila on the Lebanese border with Israel, October 25, 2019. (Ali Dia/AFP)

Israeli FM, US top diplomat urge more countries to blacklist Hezbollah entirely

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Famous photograph of services at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam on May 9, 1945, with Holocaust survivors in attendance (public domain)

How a volunteer Jewish fire brigade saved the Dutch Portuguese Synagogue in WWII

By Matt Lebovic

How to combat the uptick in anti-Semitic attacks

Holocaust education will eventually do the trick; in the meantime, increased visible security must protect people of faith

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel vs. the Jews

Turning 1.2 million Israelis with FSU origins into a state-sanctioned punching bag is intolerable, and calls for radical and immediate change

President Donald Trump speaks to attorney Alan Dershowitz, right, as he arrives for Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dershowitz: Trump impeachment acquittal would ‘make me unhappy as an individual’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Although he will defend US president during Senate trial for the ‘survival of the constitution,’ former Harvard professor says he won’t vote Trump in November

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican-Kentucky, leaves the Senate chamber following impeachment proceedings, at the Capitol in Washington, January 16, 2020. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Trump trial could be over in weeks, but timing will be a battle too

By Paul Handley

US President Donald Trump waves before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida January 17, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Trump team rejects ‘dangerous’ impeachment as House lays out ‘overwhelming’ case

By AP

Gil Yehoshua (right) and his spouse, Michael, with their four children (Rafi Koch)

Widowed LGBT Israelis seek standard spousal benefits, but red tape haunts them

By Ira Tolchin Immergluck

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, on November 20, 2019 (left); Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit addresses the press in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2019. (Gali Tibon; Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Mandelblit rejects PM’s attorneys’ request to receive all probe materials

AG explains that law requires full documents to only be handed over once charges are filed in court; Netanyahu responds by alleging cover-up of police wrongdoing

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) embraces Amir Ohana after the latter's appointment as justice minister, at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 12, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice minister: Knesset speaker should block vote on Netanyahu immunity panel

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Then-defense minister Naftali Bennett (R) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on November 13, 2019. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Bennett orders ‘radical’ left-wing activists banned from West Bank

Besides barring Anarchists Against the Wall members from the area, defense chief also instructs security forces ‘to take a strong hand against internal enemies’

Yamina candidate Ayelet Shaked interviewed on Channel 13 on January 18, 2020. (Channel 13 screen capture)

Shaked: There won’t be a unity government after March elections

Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz attends a party conference in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Meretz leader calls to expand Tel Aviv’s Shabbat bus service nationwide

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Photographs of Neal and Adi Erlich. (Screen capture: Channel 13 news)

Arab Israeli town steps up for widow and newborn daughter of Jewish policeman

Lebanese police walk after dispersing a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, January 18, 2020. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon to release protesters detained after night of intense riots

By Sarah El Deeb

(L-R) British Labour leadership candidates, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jess Phillips, Emily Thornberry, Lisa Nandy and Keir Starmer are seen on stage during the Leader hustings event in Liverpool, England, on January 18, 2020. (Paul Ellis/AFP)

At first debate, UK Labour leadership rivals vow to take on anti-Semitism

In this January 16, 2020 file photo, Hank Azaria speaks during the AMC Networks TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Thank you, come again‘Simpsons’ actor says he’ll no longer voice Apu after controversy

By AFP

Illustrative: A special needs child participates in a program run by Israel's Shalva organization. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Study shows how children benefit from intellectually disabled siblings

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign event, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Exeter, N.H. (AP/Elise Amendola)

Sanders looks to woo female voters after flap with Warren

By Hunter Woodall and Will Weissert

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands before a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyidaw on January 18, 2020. (Photo by Nyein CHAN NAING / POOL / AFP)

Sh*t happensFacebook sorry for vulgar mistranslation of Xi Jinping’s name

By AFP

Israeli-American Naama Issachar, jailed for drug smuggling, attends her appeal hearing at the Moscow Regional Court on December 19, 2019. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP)

Family of backpacker jailed in Russia asked to lie low ahead of Putin visit

The scene of a deadly crash near Kfar Sava on January 18, 2020. (Courtesy: MDA)

Four killed in separate traffic accidents within a day

Speaker of Britain's House of Commons John Bercow makes a statement in the House of Commons in London whether Government can hold a debate and vote on the Brexit deal with Europe, October 21, 2019. (House of Commons via AP)

From our partnerCorbyn nominates Jewish ex-Tory MP John Bercow for House of Lords

Leader of Italy's far-right League (Lega) party Matteo Salvini during a campaign rally on January 18, 2020, in Maranello, a week ahead of Emilia-Romagna's regional vote. (Andreas SOLARO/AFP)

Italian far-right leader Salvini says he’d move embassy to Jerusalem if elected

The drilling vessel Fatih deployed by Turkey to search for gas and oil in waters considered part of the EU state's exclusive economic zone on June 24, 2019 (AFP)

EU warns Turkey against ‘illegal’ Mediterranean gas exploration plans

By AFP and ToI Staff

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