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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 9, 2020

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US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addressing a briefing hosted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 9, 2020 (Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)

Envoy warns US could pull support for annexation if Israel ‘ignores’ Trump terms

By Raphael Ahren

David Friedman denies threatening Israel, says he only wants to ‘let people know where we stand’; also acknowledges ‘differences of views’ within White House on annexation timing

Netanyahu says Israel has started mapping West Bank areas to annex

TV: Starting at UN, Abbas plans ‘diplomatic intifada’ against US peace plan

Clarifying, US envoy Friedman cautions Israel against ‘unilateral’ annexation

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Heba Yazbak at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing on whether to disqualify the Ra'am-Balad party from running in the general elections, March 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)

Live updates (closed)

Supreme Court okays candidacy of Arab MK Heba Yazbak

Ruling overturns elections committee decision to bar the Joint List lawmaker from running because of her alleged support of terror

7:14 pm

Italy calls on Egypt to release young researcher who was allegedly tortured
6:52 pm

IDF says warning sirens set off by Gaza rocket
6:33 pm

Rocket warning sirens blare in Gaza border communities

Rabbi Eliezer Berland shrouds himself with his talit (prayer shawl) at the Magistrates Court in Jerusalem, as he is put on trial for sexual assault charges, November 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Prominent sex offender rabbi Berland arrested in Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Marissa Newman

Israeli soldiers and artillery at a staging area in southern Israel, near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu threatens ‘crushing action’ if Gaza attacks continue

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Amid wave of rocket, balloon attacks, defense minister warns of ‘lethal action’ against Hamas leaders: ‘No one will be immune’

Illustrative: Palestinians fire rockets from Gaza City toward Israel on November 12, 2019. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Gaza rocket strikes field in south; IDF tanks respond, hitting 2 Hamas posts

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a protest against the US Middle East peace plan, in Hebron in the West Bank, February 7, 2020. (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

IDF nabs Palestinian suspect for hurling firebomb at border cop in Hebron

Illustrative: A test of the new Iranian Raad-500 Ballistic missile, unveiled on February 9, 2020. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Iran unveils ballistic missile, ‘new generation’ engines

By AFP

Revolutionary Guards commander hails ‘leap in modern missile technology’ with short-range Raad-500 missile that is ‘cheaper, lighter, faster and more precise’

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during the Makor Rishon conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett urges ‘cold war’ with Iran, directly threatens Hamas leaders

This picture, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran starts countdown for satellite launch ‘within hours’

By AFP

Jeremy Issacharoff

Ambassador’s notebook: Entering Auschwitz with the German president

Through the tears, the joint journey into the past showed how far we have come in building better ties between both peoples

Lt. Col. Vindman, the IDF needs you!

The Trump impeachment witness — eligible to become Israeli — could teach our army a thing or two about speaking truth to power

Screenshot of an AIPAC Facebook targeting what the lobby calls "radical" Democrats, taken February 7, 2020. (JTA)

AIPAC apologizes for ads branding Democrats as ‘radicals’

Pro-Israel group pulls four Facebook ads, including one which claimed that some US lawmakers could pose a greater threat than the Islamic State

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, February 8, 2020, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Flashing signs, cheering fans as Dems make New Hampshire closing pitch

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and Hunter Woodall

Police officers seen during a raid on offices in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on December 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media review

Israel, heal thyself: 7 things to know for February 9

By Joshua Davidovich and Marissa Newman

The arrest of a high-profile sex offender religious leader, accused of extorting money from the sick, floods the press, as coronavirus fears linger

Soldiers from an East Asian country hit by coronavirus are in Israel for a drill

China virus death toll tops 800, surpassing SARS outbreak

By AFP

Coronavirus to ‘inflict a large, temporary blow’ to China’s economy, S&P warns

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustration (above and top) by Avi Katz

Necessary stories

On the Fast Train

By Haim Watzman

Lior Schleien, shown here in a 2018 segment, is the host of the Israeli satirical show "Gav HaUma." (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)

Israeli Jon Stewart uneasy over political climate, but finds fodder for ridicule

African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat addresses the media during a press conference at the EU Africa Forum in Vienna, Austria, December 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

African leaders reject Trump’s Mideast peace plan

By AFP

African Union chairman says White House proposal violates multiple UN resolutions, was prepared without international coordination and ‘tramples on rights of Palestinians’

Illustrative: A Palestinian youth in Jerusalem displays his produce during Ramadan, July 24, 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Israel blocks Palestinian agricultural exports in escalating trade crisis

By AP

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In this May 30, 2019 file photo, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan's ruling military council, attends an emergency summit of Gulf Arab leaders in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Sudanese leader says he ‘felt comfortable’ with Netanyahu during meeting

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hodaya Monsonego, 24, is currently in jail in Lima, Peru for her alleged involvement in a suspected drug smuggling operation. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Rivlin requests pardon for Israeli jailed in Peru over suspected drug smuggling

A tractor clears snow from a road as snow falls in the Old Katamon neighborhood in Jerusalem, on January 16, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel braces for cold front, possible snow in Jerusalem

People hug each other after being rescued by Thai commandos from the Terminal 21 shopping mall, where a mass shooting took place on February 9, 2020 in the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA/AFP)

Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest shooting spree in Thailand

By SAKCHAI LALIT and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA

The new "Eitan" APC in a handout photo published Fenruary 9, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Israel announces serial production of new advanced ‘Eitan’ APC

Illustrative image of robots in the manufacturing process (PhonlamaiPhoto; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli ‘smart-industry’ startups nabbed $650 million from investors in 2019

By Shoshanna Solomon

Former National Security Council Director for European Affairs Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman returns to the Capitol to review transcripts of his testimony in the impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump, in Washington, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawyer for officer who testified against Trump decries ‘intimidation campaign’

'The Rape of Tamar,' by 17th century French artist Eustache Le Sueur. Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.

From the webThe mystery of the painting in Gallery 634

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