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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Trump unveils plan for ‘realistic 2-state’ deal, ‘undivided’ Israeli Jerusalem

Proposal sets conditions for Palestinian state that won’t threaten Israel, with capital ‘in eastern Jerusalem,’ president says; Netanyahu, Gantz okayed plan as basis for talks

US envoy: Israel ‘does not have to wait’ to annex settlements

By Eric Cortellessa

SpeechFull text of Netanyahu’s speech: Today recalls historic day of Israel’s founding

SpeechFull text of Trump speech: This could be the Palestinians’ last opportunity

Palestinian demonstrators burn tires during a demonstration against a US brokered Middle East peace plan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 29, 2020. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Mortar fired out of Gaza as region heats up following Trump plan roll-out

By Joshua Davidovich

No reports of damage or injuries in attack, which comes after army says it will bolster troops presence in West Bank amid fears of violence

7:34 pm

Army confirms mortar fired from Gaza
7:32 pm

Abu Dis rejects 'Jerusalem' rebranding
7:24 pm

Report: Rocket fired from Gaza, lands in open area

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (L) speaks with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin before US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announce Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

US envoy: We won’t impose change to status quo to let Jews pray at Temple Mount

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Responding to apparent contradiction in US plan, Friedman hopes for more openness to ‘religious observance everywhere, including Temple Mount,’ but only if agreed by all

Trump plan includes apparent contradiction over prayer rights at Temple Mount

After Trump deal unveiled, Jordan warns of ‘new reality’ on Temple Mount

Read full text: US unveils 50-page Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

By ToI Staff and Agencies

An Israeli man watches the televised press conference of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an electronics shop in the Israeli city of Modiin on January 28, 2020. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Israel media review

Plan be with you: 8 things to know for January 29

By Joshua Davidovich

There’s no peace, but there is a proposal and a plan to push ahead with annexation, which is either the end of Zionism or the dawn of a new day; just don’t mentions indictments

Cheering Trump plan, Netanyahu says he will start annexation process Sunday

By Raphael Ahren

Trump and Netanyahu tout ‘win-win’ peace plan as public gets first glimpse

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Netanyahu in Dec. 2018: ‘You can’t bring a diplomatic plan on eve of election’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaking to Palestinian officials in Ramallah on January 28, 2020. (Credit: Wafa)

Abbas on US plan: ‘We say 1,000 times: No, no and no to the deal of the century’

PA leader rejects Trump peace outline in speech to Palestinian leaders, saying ‘Jerusalem is not for sale’; reaffirms commitment to opposing terrorism

Iran, Turkey slam Trump peace plan as UAE, Saudi Arabia urge negotiations

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Qatar welcomes US Mideast peace plan, but urges changes

By AFP

Hamas slams Trump plan as Israeli ‘conspiracy’; Palestinians riot in West Bank

Screen capture from video of US presidential adviser Jared Kushner during an interview with the Al-Jazeera network, January 27, 2020. (Al Jazeera news)

Kushner slams Palestinian leadership, urges giving up ‘fairy tales’ for peace

By Stuart Winer

Trump adviser says Palestinians have been lied to, chiefs ‘screwed up every opportunity in the past’; rejecting Trump plan shows they aren’t ready for a state

Liberal Jewish groups denounce US plan; mainstream applauds Trump, urges talks

By JTA and ToI Staff

Israel headed for clash with International Court over West Bank settlements

By Josef Federman

West Bank settlements report rapid growth in 2019

By AP and ToI Staff

Op-ed

Trump plan won’t bring peace, helps Netanyahu, raises risk of binational state

US president’s vision meets many of Israel’s demands, and all of the prime minister’s

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press event in the East Room of the White House, at which Trump released details of his administration's plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on January 28, 2020. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea area, in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Nearly half of Jewish Israelis oppose unilateral West Bank annexation – poll

By Judah Ari Gross

Joint List chair MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Top Arab MK: Trump plan an ‘assassination’ of two-state solution

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an event with US President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, January 28, 2020, to announce the Trump administration's much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Analysis

Despite Trump deal’s nod to 2-state solution, there’s no Palestine on horizon

30 years after James Baker angrily told Israelis to ‘call us when you’re serious about peace,’ president’s plan marks 180 degree shift of US policy — but peace will remain elusive

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Borders, security, Jerusalem, settlements, refugees: Key elements of Trump plan

A view of the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ariel, January 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Settlement leaders welcome Trump plan, but vow to oppose Palestinian state

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

The security barrier that has cut Kafr Aqab off from the rest of Jerusalem on February 20, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

A tale of two cities: How the US made ‘undivided Jerusalem’ into twin capitals

By Michael Bachner

Trump confused many by making seemingly contradictory comments, but the plan makes clear that the Palestinian capital will only be in areas beyond the security barrier

Vision for Peace Conceptual Map published by the Trump Administration on January 28, 2020.

Trump’s ‘Conceptual Maps’ show Israel, ‘enclave communities,’ ‘Future Palestine’

A new housing project sign stands in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Ariel, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Right-wingers push annexation before elections, as Arab MKs warn of apartheid

By Raoul Wootliff

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the III Hemispheric Ministerial Conference of Fight Against Terrorism in Bogota, on January 20, 2020. (Raul ARBOLEDA/AFP)

Pompeo says peace plan will move forward no matter who wins Israeli elections

US secretary of state highlights Gantz’s enthusiasm for Trump proposal, says he’s ‘not concerned’ about potential difficulties following March vote

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers his sermon in the Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s Khamenei vows ‘satanic’ US peace plan will not be realized

By ToI Staff and AFP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference after his talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Algiers, January 26, 2020. (Fateh Guidoum/AP)

Erdogan says Trump’s Mideast peace plan ‘absolutely unacceptable’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Institute for National Security Studies think tank's annual conference in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense minister announces formation of ‘special team’ to assess annexation

By Judah Ari Gross

Naftali Bennett calls for interim government to move quickly to declare sovereignty over West Bank settlements, Jordan Valley before elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Likud MK Yariv Levin during a faction meeting at the Knesset on December 9, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Likud minister says cabinet won’t discuss annexation on Sunday after all

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

As peace plan rolls out, Netanyahu says he will annex Jordan Valley, settlements

Live ToI/Tel Aviv Salon debate on January 26, 2020, under the banner of, 'Securing the Future of the US-Israel Relationship.' From left: J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami versus conservative think tank JCPA's Dan Diker. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)

Live ToI Podcast

LISTEN: Are Trump, Bibi securing or ruining the US-Israel relationship?

J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami takes on his old high school friend, conservative think tank JCPA’s Dan Diker, in a heated debate that cuts to the core values of both men

Democratic US presidential candidate, former vice president Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Independence, Iowa, January 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic candidates censure Trump peace plan, warn against annexation

(L) US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina on July 17, 2019. (AP/Gerry Broome) (R) From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib,, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley speak at a press conference in Washington on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Progressive lawmakers savage Trump peace plan

Trump’s plan is a farce, but it just might be good for Israel

It pushes Palestinians and Israelis to ask themselves difficult questions, beginning with whether what’s on offer for the Palestinians would be better than what they have today

Avi Issacharoff

The Trump plan could indeed prove historic – for all the wrong reasons

The ‘Deal of the Century’ has united the Palestinian in opposition, and if Israel annexes West Bank territory, it could be remembered as the trigger for a third intifada

Nechama Eisenman

No one scrambles an egg for me the way you did

The memories of my grandmother capture me at unexpected times — images so tangible I can almost touch them

How does Trump’s partition plan compare?

The ’Deal of the Century’ emerges from the political needs of Trump and Netanyahu; no one else is desperately awaiting such a plan, so few will make sacrifices for its success

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to deliver a statement regarding his intention to file a request to the Knesset for immunity from prosecution, in Jerusalem on January 1, 2020. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Analysis

Michael Bachner

What’s next? Questions and answers about Netanyahu’s upcoming trial

Who will be the judges? How long will the court proceedings take? Will the premier be forced to resign? A guide to Israel’s first criminal case against a sitting prime minister

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)

Blue and White claims Netanyahu trial will ‘break’ right-wing bloc’s backing

By Raoul Wootliff

Joint List MK Heba Yazbak during the Central Elections Committee discussion on a petition to disqualify her from running in the March 2020 Knesset Elections, January 29, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Elections committee votes to bar Arab MK Yazbak; Supreme Court to have final say

By Raoul Wootliff

Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar acknowledges applause after speaking during a Holocaust memorial event at U.N. headquarters, Monday, January 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Holocaust Remembrance Day

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By Amanda Borschel-Dan

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From right: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hold a banner at the march against anti-Semitism in New York City, January 5, 2020. (John Lamparski/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via JTA)

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The entrance to the Paz Refinery in Israel's southern port city of Ashdod, January 26, 2013. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Paz Ashdod Oil Refinery slapped with NIS 906,000 fine over black smoke emissions

Illustrative. A payments system hacker. (Welcomia; iStock by Getty Images)

Researchers showcase all-optical encryption tech to keep data hidden and safe

By Shoshanna Solomon

Visitors and exhibitors wear masks at the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

UAE confirms 4 cases of new Chinese virus, the first in Middle East

By Jon Gambrell

Former National security adviser John Bolton waves as he leaves his home in Bethesda, Maryland, January 28, 2020. (Luis M. Alvarez/AP)

In impeachment trial setback, Republicans lack votes to block Bolton grilling

By RIC TUCKER, Zeke Miller and LISA MASCARO

Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority. (Courtesy)

Israel Innovation Authority halts startup grant approvals due to lack of budget

By Shoshanna Solomon

Harvey Weinstein leaves for the day, during his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, January 28, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Two more accusers set to testify against Harvey Weinstein

By Tom Hays and Michael R. Sisak

The members of the Reginald Golden Singers, who will be in Israel for the First Gospel Festival in February 2020. (Courtesy Reginald Golden Singers)

Hallelujah!DC choir headlines first-ever American gospel festival in TLV

By Jessica Steinberg

Historican Martin Cueppers points at a man, presumably former security guard John Demjanjuk, at the Nazi death camp Sobibor during a news conference of newly discovered photos from the Sobibor camp in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Berlin museum unveils photos possibly featuring Demjanjuk at Sobibor death camp

By Kerstin Sopke and Geir Moulson

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