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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 6, 2020

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Medics at the scene of a suspected car-ramming attack in Jerusalem on February 6, 2020. (MDA)

12 soldiers wounded, 1 seriously, in suspected terror car-ramming in Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces seize a car in the West Bank town of Beit Jala that was used in a car-ramming attack against a group of IDF soldiers in Jerusalem earlier in the day on February 6, 2020. (Screen capture)

IDF finds car used in Jerusalem ramming that injured 12, driver still at large

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli troops search for a gunman who opened fire at an IDF soldier, lightly injuring him, near the central West Bank settlement of Dolev on February 6, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldier hurt in West Bank shooting, in third attack of day

By Judah Ari Gross

Police officers at the scene of a shooting attack near Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, February 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israel prepares for tense Friday, will send extra cops to Jerusalem Old City

After 3 attacks Thursday, thousands of officers to deploy around Temple Mount flashpoint during Al-Aqsa Mosque prayers

7:27 pm

Incendiary balloons found in Beit Shemesh
6:39 pm

Hundreds of cops to be deployed to Jerusalem Old City ahead of Friday prayers
6:19 pm

Coronavirus spread sparks anti-Semitic views and conspiracy theories, ADL says

An Arab Israeli man opens fire on police officers in Jerusalem in footage published by police, February 6, 2020. (Screenshot/Israel police)

Police officer lightly hurt in shooting attack in Jerusalem’s Old City

By Judah Ari Gross

Assailant shot dead by other officers at the scene; incident comes amid growing tensions in Jerusalem and West Bank

Palestinians throw stones at an Israeli checkpoint during clashes with Israeli forces in the center of the flashpoint city of Hebron in the West Bank on February 4, 2020. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Hamas calls for more confrontations with Israel and settlers

A screenshot from an animated recreation of a Palestinian stabbing attack posted on the popular social media app TikTok. (Screenshot)

Animated video glorifying Palestinian terror attacks posted to TikTok

Medics at the scene of a suspected car-ramming attack in Jerusalem on February 6, 2020. (MDA)

Israel media review

When it rains it pours: 6 things to know for February 6

Security forces find themselves with a car-ramming that injured 12 troops in Jerusalem, riots in West Bank and mortar fire from Gaza, all while reportedly striking targets in Syria

Blue and White party leader MK Benny Gantz speaks during a party campaign event in Netanya on February 5, 2020. (Flash90)

Gantz: Netanyahu should first ‘extend sovereignty’ to rocket-battered south

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with an IDF officer near the border with the Gaza Strip on March 28, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu said to warn a Gaza war is possible before March 2 elections

Security camera footage captures the moment after a Palestinian police officer is apparently shot by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank city of Jenin on February 6, 2020. (Screen capture)

Palestinian Authority police officer shot by IDF in Jenin dies of wounds

By Judah Ari Gross

In footage released by Palestinians, officer is seen standing inside station, not appearing to threaten Israeli troops; incident follows death of cadet

Israeli troops demolish the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank city of Jenin on February 6, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian shot dead in clashes with IDF in Jenin during home demolition

By Judah Ari Gross

Two Palestinians drag a teenager from the scene of a clash after he was shot by IDF troops in Hebron on February 5, 2020. (Courtesy)

Palestinian teen shot dead as he threw firebomb at troops — army

By Judah Ari Gross and Jacob Magid

Illustrative: Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, on November 13, 2019. (Anas Baba/AFP)

Palestinians fire 2 mortars into Israel; IDF hits targets in southern Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

Shells land in open field in southern Israel; near-daily projectile fire and balloon-borne explosive attacks persist, with limited Israeli response

Suspected explosive device found attached to balloons in the city of Ashkelon, February 5, 2020 (Israel Police)

Police sappers called in Ashkelon as suspected balloon-borne bomb found

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Iran's 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)

After Trump plan, Khamenei to fund Palestinian terror groups ‘as much as we can’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US actor Kirk Douglas prays at Jerusalem's Western Wall, July 17, 2000. (Menahem KAHANA/AFP)

Obituary

Kirk Douglas, an iconic star who reconnected to Judaism after near-fatal crash

‘I always fasted on Yom Kippur,’ he told a reporter. ‘I still worked, but I fasted. And let me tell you, it’s not easy making love to Lana Turner on an empty stomach’

This August 9, 1962 file photo shows actor Kirk Douglas in New York. Douglas died on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at age 103. (AP Photo/DAB, File)

ObituaryLegendary Jewish actor and Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas dead at 103

By Hillel Italie

Honoree Michael Douglas, left, speaks with his father Kirk Douglas before a Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony on Nov. 6, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Hollywood mourns legendary actor Kirk Douglas

By Jocelyne ZABLIT

Anti-Semitic graffiti in the Hampstead neighborhood of northwest London, photographed on December 29, 2019. (Twitter screen capture)

UK anti-Semitism soars to record high, up 7% since 2018, says watchdog

Britain’s Community Security Trust records 1,805 anti-Semitic hate incidents, including 158 violent assaults, nationwide in 2019

The Jewish cemetery in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. (Goodness Shamrock CC BY-SA/wikimedia)

Swastikas, anti-Semitic slogans painted on headstones at Dutch Jewish cemetery

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative photo of date trees near the Dead Sea, southern Israel, on September 10, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Israeli researchers grow new date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds

By Stuart Winer and Sue Surkes

Six saplings sprout from ancient kernels gathered at Judean archaeological sites; scientists hope to pollinate female plants and produce fruit

Philosopher Dr. Micah Goodman (screenshot)

ToI Podcast Interview

LISTEN: Rebrand Trump plan as Road Map ‘Phase 2,’ says ‘Catch-67’s Micah Goodman

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In this January 8, 2020, photo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien, listens as President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing US troops in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump aide: Israeli settlements will grow because of rising global anti-Semitism

By Deb Riechmann

National security adviser warns Palestinians that resurgence of anti-Jewish hatred around the world means more Jews will immigrate to Israel and West Bank

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations Security Council on February 20, 2018 in New York (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

Palestinians float UN resolution against Trump peace plan

By Raphael Ahren

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in his office in Budapest, Hungary, June 14, 2019. (Attila Kovacs/MTI via AP)

Bucking EU position, Hungary expresses support for Trump peace plan

By Raphael Ahren

My co-star, Kirk Douglas z”l

The time my company of paratroopers and I stormed Latrun, under the command of one Mr. Demsky, the blockbuster Hollywood star

Wanted: Fiscally responsible political parties

Unbridled spending on flashy videos, mass events, strategic consultants, and more, to the tune of more than NIS 300m, is simply wasteful this third election in a year

Is biblical criticism a male issue?

The questions I get about this topic all come from guys. Do men and women process theological challenge differently?

Sex and lobster are not the same

If you aren’t crying when you tell people that keeping Jewish law means they must remain a virgin until they die, then you are neither a good person, nor a good Jew

So, you think the Trump plan is pro-Israel? Think again

It’s a one-state non-starter that isolates Israel, undermines its democracy and leaves no viable roadmap for negotiations

Trump’s plan won’t work. But it could bolster Arab-Israeli ties.

Fed up with prioritizing the Palestinian cause over their domestic interests, some Arab states are more willing to engage with Israel

A scene from writer, composer, and conductor Somtow Papanian Sucharitkul's opera 'Helena Citronova,' performed by the Opera Siam. (Courtesy Bangkok Opera Foundation)

Holocaust art

In risqué Thai opera piece, an SS guard and Auschwitz inmate fall in love

By Sheldon Teitelbaum

Illustrative: Explosions are seen in the skies over Damascus as the Syrian military fires anti-aircraft weapons at incoming missiles during an attack attributed to Israel on February 6, 2020. (SANA)

12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

UK-based group says at least 3 government and Iranian positions targeted in raids around Damascus; IDF mum on the matter

Explosions are seen in the skies over Damascus as the Syrian military fires anti-aircraft weapons at incoming missiles during an attack attributed to Israel on February 6, 2020. (SANA)

Syria says Israel strikes bases near Damascus

By ToI Staff, AFP and Judah Ari Gross

In this image from video, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts arrives for the vote in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington on February 5, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump acquitted of all charges in US Senate impeachment trial

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK

US president cleared of both abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; Mitt Romney the sole Republican to break ranks and vote for conviction

Mitt Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump

6 Jewish moments during Trump’s 2020 State of the Union speech

Buttigieg, Sanders nearly tied as Iowa caucus results narrow

By Steve Peoples and Julie Pace

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Israeli startup hopes to battle Alzheimer’s with enzyme-busting drug

By Shoshanna Solomon

Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan waves to his supporters at a military-backed rally in Omdurman district west of Khartoum, Sudan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sudan says its transition government lacks mandate to normalize Israel ties

By AFP and ToI Staff

President Reuven Rivlin speaks during a climate conference in Tel Aviv on November 24, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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Betzet Beach in northern Israel. (YouTube screenshot)

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Illustrative: Passengers stand waiting at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, June 27, 2013. (Sergei Grits/AP)

Israelis detained at Moscow airport, denied entry to Russia for 2nd time in days

The industrial area of Haifa Bay (Shay Levy/Flash90)

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Los Angeles passes legislation to prevent hate crimes

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Merkel says German governor’s election with far-right help is ‘inexcusable’

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