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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 2, 2020

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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is interviewed on the El-Hakaya Egyptian news show on February 1, 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)

'I believe Abbas wants peace, has devoted his life to peace'

Kushner: Palestinians welcome to propose alternative to borders set out in plan

In apparent contradiction, White House adviser also says US moving to recognize annexation of settlements within months, but adds plan aims to ultimately stop settlement expansion

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat (C) look on as Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) reads a statement during an Arab League emergency meeting discussing the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict, at the league headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo on February 1, 2020. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

Abbas believes Trump ‘knows nothing’ about US plan he unveiled to solve conflict

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement unveiling the US peace plan in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images/AFP)

Arab envoys at White House peace event lacked full details, diplomat tells paper

A press conference held at the Chinese embassy in Tel Aviv with diplomat Dai Yuming on the deadly coronavirus, which originated in China, and has spread worldwide. February 2, 2020. (Flash90)

Liveblog (closed)

Chinese diplomat says Israel’s barring of travelers reminiscent of Holocaust

Embassy later apologizes for likening restrictions to prevent spread of coronavirus to World War II-era bans on Jewish immigration

7:03 pm

Kushner says there'll be no Palestinian recognition if peace plan goals unmet
6:59 pm

Netanyahu turned down Omani offer in 2013 for direct Iran talks -- report
6:48 pm

China virus death toll climbs to 259

US President Donald Trump (L) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas leave following a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Op-ed

What if Trump’s pro-Israel, anti-Palestinian plan turns out to be the opposite?

Are the Palestinians being punished for their refusal to compromise, or does the ‘Deal of the Century’ actually play into their rejectionist hands?

Left-wing activists demonstrate against the US peace plan in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands march in Tel Aviv against Trump plan

Then-Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (L) speaks with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (R) and Brig. Gen. Avi Gil, head of Northern Command's 36th Division, in the Golan Heights on December 18, 2019. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Security officials warn Bennett’s halt on PA imports risks violence — report

Jared Kushner (R) joins US President Donald Trump as he holds a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)

After peace plan rejected, US laments Arab League’s approach as outdated

Senior official says Palestinian fate won’t change if group of 22 countries doesn’t alter methods; CIA chief said to visit Ramallah, assure PA of opposition to snap annexation

Joint List MKs lead a protest against US President Donald Trump's peace plan in Baqa al-Gharbiya on February 1, 2020. (Courtesy)

Hundreds of Arab Israelis protest US plan, blast bid to transfer villages

Palestinians protest against the White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp, southern Lebanon, on January 29, 2020. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)

Protesters outside US Embassy in Lebanon decry Trump plan

Composite photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Blue and White party chief, Benny Gantz, right, speaking separately at a media conference in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Hadash Parush/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Gantz slam Abbas for rejecting Trump plan, deriding ‘non-Jewish’ olim

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Blue and White head says PA president never misses ‘opportunity for rejectionism’; PM hits back at Palestinian leader over his claims Russian and Ethiopian immigrants aren’t Jewish

President Reuven Rivlin pictured at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on January 6, 2020. (Flash90)

Rivlin chides Abbas for claiming Russian, Ethiopian immigrants aren’t Jews

By Michael Bachner

Officers in the IDF Northern Command give a briefing to IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, center, and other top officers during a surprise exercise in northern Israel in November 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF launches drill simulating multi-front war

By Judah Ari Gross

A field of anemone flowers blossoming in Shokeda Forest, southern Israel, January 30, 2019 (Dudi Modan/Flash90)

Israel media review

Red scares, Israel style: 6 things to know for February 2

By Joshua Davidovich

Gazan rockets are flying again, with red alerts and red flowers causing problems as well, a Red Square rescue rethought and questions over a Chinese health panic

Members of the Hamas terror group's armed wing rest on a sidewalk during a patrol in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 26, 2020. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Hamas says Israeli ‘aggression’ won’t deter it from further attacks

A resident inspects a crater following overnight Israeli missile strikes, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP/Adel Hana)

Israel strikes Gaza, suspends cement imports after rocket fire

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Woodcut depicting 'Simon of Trent' alleged ritual murder, 1475 (public domain)

Author interview

Myth of Jews killing Christian children persists, says new book on blood libel

By Matt Lebovic

Illustrative: Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (2L) and Health Ministry officials during a meeting on the threat of the Chinese coronavirus, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, February 2, 2020. (Health Ministry/courtesy)

Israel to toughen border inspections in effort to block entry of coronavirus

Health minister says Israelis returning from China must quarantine themselves for 2 weeks, as tourists who were recently in China are banned from arriving

People buying protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila, Philippines on January 31, 2020. (Ted Aljibe/AFP)

Philippines reports first virus death outside China

By Helen ROXBURGH and Beiyi Seow

A woman wears a face mask as she pushes a bicycle along a street in Beijing, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Virus death toll shoots past 300 as countries close off borders

By AFP

The rainforest interior of the renovated Tropical Conservatory at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

With rainforest and rare species, little-known Jerusalem garden aims to flourish

By Jessica Steinberg

The man who incited now rejoices

Those who called Rabin a traitor for his peace initiative now cheer one that’s similar – except that this one is doomed to failure

Birthright’s measurable impact: More American Jews

Two decades after it launched, it’s clear the free trip to Israel helped bring about a 25% rise in the US Jewish population

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A 19 year-old British woman, center, who was found guilty of making up claims she was raped by up to 12 Israelis, arrives at Famagusta District Court in Cyprus for sentencing on January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

‘It’s late. Sign this or be locked up’: Woman says Cyprus forced rape retraction

After conviction for false rape claim, UK tourist insists Israelis assaulted her; says she believes attack was premeditated, details events she says began with ‘holiday fling’

Illustrative: The launching of the Safir, or Ambassador, satellite carrier, which carries Iran's Rasad, or Observation, satellite into earth orbit, in an undisclosed location in 2011. (photo credit: AP/Iranian Defense Ministry, Vahid Reza Alaei)

Iran says it will launch observation satellite in ‘coming days’

By AFP

Tehran says device is intended to collect imagery for civilian ‘peaceful’ needs, will be operational for 18 months

Rouhani says Iran must have right to choose amid mass rejection of candidates

By AFP

New EU foreign policy chief to make his first visit to Iran

By AP and ToI Staff

Japanese destroyer heads to Middle East as Iran-US tension lingers

Gil Landau, left, and Yael Cohen makeup Lola Marsh. (Michael Topyol via JTA)

Their romance ended, then duo Lola Marsh became Israel’s biggest indie band

By Gabe Friedman

More Headlines

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, on his arrival in at Entebbe airport in Uganda on Monday, July 4, 2016 (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

Netanyahu to make whirlwind trip to Uganda

Meir Kalmanson, also known as Meir Kay, in New York on August 8, 2017. (Aksnahar/Wikipedia CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Super soulRabbi hosts 20 Super Bowl watch parties for the homeless

Former Chairman of IDB Group Nochi Dankner is released from Maasiyahu Prison in Lod, February 2, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

With sentence commuted, tycoon Nochi Dankner released from prison

Israel Team Start-Up Nation racing in the 2020 Men's Tour Down Under, a road cycling stage race that took place between 21 and 26 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia (Bettini Photo)

Israel cycling team to pilot tech of 8 startups in race for better results

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustration of SodaStream ad that will run in the Super Bowl 2020 game on February 2 (YouTube screenshot)

Fizzy water maker SodaStream returns to Super Bowl with ‘water on Mars’ ad

By Shoshanna Solomon

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greets rally attendees after speaking at a campaign rally at the U.S. Bank Arena on February 1, 2020 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images/AFP)

Trendy at 78: Bernie Sanders wins backing of young stars

By Lucie AUBOURG

A vegan burger presented to a consumer at a Meatless Monday event in Tel Aviv in 2019 (Revital Topiol)

Vegan roastbeef, nuggets to be showcased at Tel Aviv confab

By Shoshanna Solomon

Graffiti reading 'German money kills Jews' and 'EU get out' is seen on the entrance to the European Union's diplomatic mission in Ramat Gan, on September 15, 2019. (Twitter)

Far-right activists charged with vandalizing EU diplomatic mission

Leah Goldin (r), mother of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, and Zehava Shaul, mother of late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul, whose bodies are held by Hamas in Gaza, seen at a press conference ahead of the cabinet meeting outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, August 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mother of slain soldier held in Gaza charges PM doing more for pardoned convict

Iraqi President Barham Salih, right, instructs newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed Allawi in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. (Iraqi Presidency Media Office, via AP)

Iraq blocs settle on prime minister candidate after weeks of jockeying

By AP

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