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What Matters Most On Monday, February 3, 2020

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Aerial photo of the temple at Motza at the end of the 2013 excavation. (P. Partouche, SkyView)

ArchaeologyMotza temple was about 2/3 the size of Solomon's Temple

Revealed: In First Temple era, another massive temple was in use near Jerusalem

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Large 10th century BCE worship complex being excavated at Motza in ancient Judah; 4 miles from Temple Mount, site was ‘sanctioned’ by Jerusalem administration, say archaeologists

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's special adviser and son-in-law, leaves 10 Downing Street in London on June 4, 2019, on the second day of Trump's three-day State Visit to the UK. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Liveblog (closed)

UN Security Council to meet with Kushner on Mideast plan, diplomats say

Trump’s son-in-law and adviser will present the administration’s proposal to member states on Thursday and listen to their positions, officials report

7:17 pm

Report: Netanyahu sought deal with US, Morocco to allow normalization of ties
6:43 pm

Report: Police suspect improper ties between Kahlon, judge he helped appoint
6:30 pm

Likud said pointing to faults in PM's indictment to allow new immunity bid

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 28, 2020, to announce the Trump administration's plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Analysis

Shalom Yerushalmi

A month to election day, Netanyahu falls into an annexation trap

How did the prime minister’s moment of ‘historic’ triumph in Washington descend into a bitter farce, turn Jared Kushner into a nemesis, and infuriate his right-wing base?

Liberman helped hundreds of ultra-Orthodox obtain military exemptions — report

Lapid blasts education minister, accuses him of backing 1994 Hebron massacre

Panel to reconsider its ban on Netanyahu receiving funding for legal defense

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

View of the border area between Israel and Egypt as it seen from Route 10, southern Israel, on December 5, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

3 chunks of Israeli land for Palestine, and 5 more overlooked parts of US plan

Among less touted elements of Trump deal are proposals to free Palestinian prisoners, give ‘Palestine’ a strip of land along Egypt border, and, maybe, let Jews pray on Temple Mount

Arab Israelis take part in a rally to express their opposition to the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict, in the Arab-Israeli town of Baqa al-Gharbiya in northern Israel on February 1, 2020. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Israel rejects Trump’s idea of redrawing borders, moving Arab towns to Palestine

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference in Tel Aviv, September 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Where next for Israeli annexation plans and Palestinian threats?

By AFP

Palestinian policemen participate in a training session at their headquarters in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 30, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

After Abbas says cutting Israel relations, official states security ties intact

Palestinian official adds, however, that ‘there will be major consequences’ if Israel annexes parts of the West Bank; adds that relations between two sides are ‘extremely tense’

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minster Riyad al-Maliki (C) delivers a speech during an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on February 3, 2020, to address US President Donald Trump's Middle East plan. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP)

Pan-Islamic Organisation of Islamic Cooperation rejects Trump’s peace plan

By AFP and ToI Staff

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Sochi, Russia, December 4, 2019. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia doubts viability of Trump peace plan, EU stresses commitment to 2 states

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)

China apologizes after envoy says Israel’s travel ban reminiscent of Holocaust

Embassy expresses regret after ambassador recalls Jews who escaped to China during WWII, urges Jerusalem not to slam its doors to his countrymen amid fears over coronavirus

In this January 23, 2020, photo, a staff member wearing a hazardous materials suit hauls a bin at a hospital that reported a coronavirus death in Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. (Chinatopix via AP)

In Israel, coronavirus likely to affect tourism and construction first – analyst

By Shoshanna Solomon

Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province of China, January 30, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

Virus death toll in mainland China spikes, overtakes SARS

By Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow

Sheldon Kirshner

Trump’s White House grants access to a hate group

A media outlet that spreads anti-Semitism and outlandish conspiracy theories got press passes to cover Trump’s trip to Davos

The Palestinians will demand Israeli citizenship

The Trump plan drags Israel toward becoming a binational entity that initially will be undemocratic and eventually will be un-Jewish

This virile Israeli archetype fantasy was going to take care of me — until it didn’t and I had to forge my own path.

Election-eve peace deals never work

The Deal of the Century claims to meet both Israeli security interests and the Palestinians’ goal of an independent state, but, in fact, does neither

Taken from a perimeter guard tower in 1943, part of the Nazi death camp Sobibor is seen, including the buildings of the officers' camp and 'Camp I' for Jewish prisoners (USHMM Sobibor Perpetrator Collection)

Sobibor photo album remaps Nazi death camp famous for 1943 prisoner revolt

By Matt Lebovic

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in the Gulf state on October 26, 2018. (Courtesy)

TV report: Oman sought to broker Israel-Iran talks in 2013; Netanyahu said no

Muscat felt Israel would benefit from dialogue, as US was already in secret talks that led to 2015 nuke deal, Channel 13 reports; Mossad chief Pardo thought idea worth considering

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife, Sara (L) speak with reporters at Ben Gurion Airport, February 3, 2020 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Heading to Uganda for 1-day trip, PM hopes to bring back ‘very good news’

By Raphael Ahren

The Egyptian marquee. (2015 Sundance Institute | Photo by Jemal Countess)

Film review

Films Jews will love from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

By Jordan Hoffman

Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company found guilty of damaging coral reefs

More than 2,600 corals harmed during work at Eilat oil port, 665 of which are said to be aged around 50, and whose rehabilitation will take years

Israelis enjoy the Palmachim beach in southern Israel, October 21, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Victory for environmentalists as court quashes bid to build on Palmachim beach

Sudesh Amman, named by police as the suspect in a terror attack in Streatham, London on February 2, 2020 (Met Police)

London attacker who stabbed 2 was recently freed from jail for terror offenses

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Suspect named as Sudesh Amman; reportedly released week ago after serving half sentence for distributing terror materials; said to disparage Jews, Yazidi women in online chats

Police attend the scene after what they said was a 'terrorism-related incident' in Streatham, London, February 2, 2020. (Isobel Frodsham/PA via AP)

Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London in terror incident, is shot dead

Police officers look under a bus as they work at the scene the day after a terror stabbing attack in the Streatham area of south London, February 3, 2020. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

Islamic State claims responsibility for London stabbing attack

By AFP

Deborah Lauter, the new director of the New York City Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, attends a news conference in Brooklyn to denounce the deadly hate crime shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 12, 2019. (Andrew Lichtenstein/ Getty Images/ via JTA)

With 6 employees and under $2 million, her mission is to stop NYC anti-Semitism

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Illustrative: A gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula sabotaged by a jihadist group in 2012. (AP/File)

Sinai gunmen said to attack Egypt-Israel pipe; Israel says gas flow unhindered

Then-Britain's Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow at the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, June 4, 2014. (Matt Dunham/AP)

UK’s ex-parliament speaker says he suffered ‘subtle’ anti-Semitism in House

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

Heron TP (Eitan) is designed to fly at high altitude on missions spanning several days developed by the Israel Aerospace Industry. (Tsahi Ben-Ami / Flash 90)

Morocco’s military said to receive 3 Israeli reconnaissance drones

Harvey Weinstein arrives at court for his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, January 31, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Weinstein rape accuser to face cross-examination at trial

By AP and ToI Staff

Vera Diglov tells of moment she fell with newborn baby while running for shelter during Sderot rocket attack, February 2, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 13)

Mom tells of moment she fell with baby when rushing for shelter in rocket attack

In this January 8, 2020, file photo, rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Ukraine: Recordings show Iran immediately knew plane was hit by a missile

By YURAS KARMANAU and Jon Gambrell

Chief Marketing Officer Ed Razek and Victoria's Secret models Candice Swanepoel and Adriana Lima during a press conference at the Victoria's Secret New Bond Street store in central London, April 15, 2014 (John Phillips/Invision/AP)

Victoria’s Secret executive sexually harassed, bullied models and staff – report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit (L) and then-justice minister Amir Ohana attend an annual Justice Ministry conference in Airport City outside Tel Aviv on September 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Again defying AG, justice minister taps top prosecutor as acting state attorney

Attendees cheer as they listen to Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden during a campaign event at Hiatt Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, on February 2, 2020. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images/AFP)

Democratic race opens in Iowa amid worry over beating Trump

By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and Alexandra Jaffe

The four members of Red Hot Chili Peppers set a new concert date in Israel for 2023 (Courtesy Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Around the worldRed Hot Chili Peppers announce June show in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative image of Israeli soldiers take part in a training drill in Baf Lachish army base in southern Israel, December 20, 2016. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)

4 soldiers injured during drill as bonfire sets off unexploded mortar shell

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Adel Khatib (Israel Police)

Gaza man, 44, indicted for brutal murder of Galilee teenager

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