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What Matters Most On Sunday, January 26, 2020

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters at Ben Gurion Airport before boarding a flight to Washington, Janaury 26, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Netanyahu en route to Trump meeting: ‘Together we’ll make history’

By Raphael Ahren

Taking off for Washington, PM contrasts the Iran nuclear deal championed by Barack Obama with the Deal of the Century to be released by ‘huge friend’ of Israel, Donald Trump

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Netanyahu: White House peace plan an ‘opportunity that cannot be missed’

In this Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 photo, Blue and White party leader and former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz throws the ball during a photoshoot at his garden in his home in Rosh Haayin, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel media reviewBrotherhood of the traveling Gantz: 6 things to know for January 26

By Joshua Davidovich

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro attends a farewell session at the Knesset ahead of his departure from the role on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

'Trump won't be president forever'

No future Democratic president will accept Trump plan, says former US envoy

Dan Shapiro denounces timing of peace deal’s unveiling as political, warns West Bank annexation would ‘guarantee’ future clash with Washington

AnalysisThe week Israel says yes to annexing the West Bank, consequences be damned

By Raphael Ahren

Labor party leader Amir Peretz speaks in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2020. (Flash90)

Peace plan release now ‘interference’ in election, Amir Peretz writes to Trump

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan on January 25, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Analysis

Securing a small, sweet victory, Mr. Gantz goes to Washington

He didn’t want to snub the president. But neither did he want to be an extra at the Trump-Netanyahu show. With the administration’s aid, the Blue and White leader found a third way

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz addressing press in Ramat Gan, on January 25, 2020. (Elad Malka/Blue and White)

Gantz accepts White House invite for separate meeting with Trump on peace deal

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz addressing press in Ramat Gan, on January 25, 2020. (Elad Malka/Blue and White)

Gantz heads to Washington for lightning peace plan talks with Trump

Illustrative photo of the Riyadh skyline in Saudi Arabia. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Government formally okays travel of Israelis to Saudi Arabia for business, hajj

Interior minister signs order allowing citizens to visit kingdom for business, Muslim pilgrimages; however, for move to take effect Riyadh must ease entry restrictions in response

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett gives a statement to the media in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, January 26, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Bennett conditions support for Trump peace plan on immediate annexation

Defense minister says his Yamina party won’t support establishment or recognition of Palestinian state, calls for government to apply sovereignty over settlements next week

7:26 pm

Jordan's king on Trump peace plan: The word 'no' is clear to all
7:23 pm

Netanyahu facing calls in Likud to drop immunity request -- reports
7:13 pm

France reports 27% increase last year in anti-Semitic acts

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany warns of ‘mass exit’ of Jews if anti-Semitism persists

By AFP

Insults and attacks against Jews — both physical and online — have become ‘a daily occurrence,’ says Berlin’s foreign minister, calling for tougher action across Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, address the media during a joint press conference as part of a government meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on October 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Dutch PM apologizes for his country failing its Jews during the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Austrian troops marching into Hero’s Square in Vienna, Austria, March 14, 1938. (AP)

Rothschild heir reportedly accuses Vienna of ‘perpetuating’ Nazi laws

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with right-wing and Haredi faction leaders at his office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2019. (Courtesy Likud)

Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc to boycott Knesset vote on immunity panel

Blue and White says PM showing ‘disrespect’ to Knesset by having ‘his people’ skip session to approve panel that will weigh his request to be shielded from graft charges

Tatiana (L) and Valerii, who fled Donetsk after Ukrainian forces started shelling the rebel city in the summer of 2014, January 14, 2020. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)

Displaced by a brutal war, Ukraine’s Jews start life anew

Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan smiles during a news conference at the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministry in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on July 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Emirati, Bahraini FMs speak out against racism ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

In separate tweets, Arab officials say such crimes against humanity should never be repeated

Holocaust survivor Bronia Brandman talks at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP/Jessie Wardarski)

For Auschwitz survivor, telling her story is reason to live

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO

Greek Holocaust survivor Nina Camhi, 80, holds a book on the 'Holocaust of the Greek Jews' featuring her grandfather's bookstore in Thessaloniki, at her home in Athens, January 20, 2020. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP)

Greeks who survived Holocaust as children speak out after decades of silence

By Marina RAFENBERG

(From L) A father and his daughter stand next to Muchtar Ismail Awad during a solidarity visit to a mosque in Sharafat that was torched in an apparent hate crime on January 25, 2020. (Tag Meir)

Hundreds of Jews pay solidarity visit to Jerusalem mosque hit by arson attack

Tag Meir organization leads group of 200 to Muslim house of worship in the Sharafat neighborhood that was targeted in apparent hate crime over the weekend

In this file photo taken on July 15, 2019 US Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) looks on during an interview at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Tlaib deletes retweet blaming Israelis for death of boy who apparently drowned

By JTA and ToI Staff

Qais Abu Ramila (Israel Police)

Parents mourn boy found dead in rain-filled pit: ‘The flower of the family’

Here’s what Israel’s next government must do

The country’s present strong position is a chance to shore up defenses against Iran and finally deal a meaningful blow to Hamas

Remembering the Muslims murdered at Auschwitz

When the world acknowledges the Nazis’ Muslim victims, it makes it harder for Muslims to deny the Holocaust — and it corrects a critical historical narrative

An explosives-laden balloon was found hanging from a tree in Sderot on January 26, 2020. (screenshot)

Explosive balloon found hanging from Sderot tree

Recent days have seen several instances of balloons carrying incendiary devices landing in south, drawing Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

Bennett okays IDF’s multi-year plan, but funding unclear

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF jets strike Gaza targets in response to launch of incendiary devices

Palestinian cell arrested for alleged hit attempt on PA’s intel chief — sources

By Avi Issacharoff

Lev Parnas arrives at court in New York on December 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Lev Parnas gives US House a tape of Trump calling to oust ambassador to Ukraine

By Jonathan Lemire and ALISON KODJAK

Recording appears to contradict president’s claims of not knowing the Giuliani associate, a key figure in impeachment proceedings

Lev Parnas arrives at a US federal court for an arraignment hearing on October 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

In video, Trump asks how long Ukraine can resist Russia without US aid

By AP

In this image from video, White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump defense argues Democrats using impeachment to overturn election

By AP

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Health surveillance officers use a temperature scanner to monitor passengers arriving at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, Jan. 25, 2020. (AP/Vincent Yu)

El Al allowing fliers to change tickets to China as virus scare widens — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Gen. Frank McKenzie, center front, the top US commander for the Middle East, walks as he visits a military outpost in Syria on January 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Despite Trump’s reservations, US commander asserts commitment to Syria fight

By Lolita C. Baldor

US President Donald Trump speaks to a bipartisan group of mayors in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump rejects Iran talks opening as enriched uranium stockpile swells

By AP and ToI Staff

Britain's Prince Charles visits the compound of the Church of the Nativity on January 24, 2020 during a visit to Bethlehem in the West Bank. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Prince Charles says he wants to visit Iran, be ‘peacemaker’ in Middle East

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the J Street National Conference on October 28, 2019, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bernie Sanders rolls out video casting Trump as threat to Jews

Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Suicide probe ongoing, but warden in Epstein case moving up prison ladder

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and Michael R. Sisak

A cropped composite of images posted by the IDF's Twitter page as part of a meme launched by US singer Dolly Parton. (Photo: IDF on Twitter)

Challenge AcceptedIDF joins in viral online meme launched by Dolly Parton

By AFP and ToI Staff

Left to right: Amnon Shashua and Marius Nacht get a letter from Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron and Supervisor of Banks Hedva Ber, saying they will get a license to set up a digital bank in Israel (Courtesy)

Israel’s digital bank sees start in mid-2021, signs deal with India’s TATA group

By Shoshanna Solomon

This undadted image provided by Swissmint shows a miniscule gold coin with the face of Albert Einstein on the image side. (Handout Swissmint/Benjamin Zurbriggen via AP)

Funny moneySwitzerland puts Einstein’s face on world’s smallest gold coin

By AP

Illustrative: A kangaroo jumping in a field amidst smoke from a bushfire in Snowy Valley Australia (SAEED KHAN / AFP, January 4, 2020)

Hacks that helpIsrael techies to brainstorm ideas for tackling Australia bush fire challenges

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: An ambulance outside the Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)

Doctor’s suicide at Beersheba hospital is fourth since 2018

Anti-government protesters run as security forces fire tear gas to disperse them during a clash in Baghdad, Iraq on January 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi protesters keep up rallies despite pressure from riot police

By AFP

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