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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 16, 2020

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A fictitious Facebook account that the IDF says was created by Hamas to 'catfish' Israeli soldiers in an operation revealed on February 16, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Troops lured to download spyware with promise of nude pics

IDF: Hamas again tries to ‘catfish’ soldiers with fake women on social media

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says it thwarted terror group’s effort — at least its third — to collect intelligence by installing spyware on troops’ phones; IDF says couldn’t contact women in images

Balloons carrying an incendiary device floats after being released near Gaza's Bureij refugee camp, along the Israel-Gaza border fence, on February 10, 2020. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Girl finds explosive device in yard of Gaza-border home

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

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

IDF strikes Gaza after two rockets fired at Israel

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

A Joint List campaign poster put up February 16, 2020, in Bnei Brak, saying in Yiddish: "Your vote against the enlistment decree." (Joint List)

Seeking ties, Arab-majority party launches Yiddish, Amharic, Russian campaigns

Joint List tries to build solidarity with Jewish ‘marginalized communities,’ with multi-language posters appealing to ultra-Orthodox, Ethiopian-origin and Russian-speaking Israelis

Left-wing activist said assaulted by Likud supporters outside Netanyahu rally

In media blitz, Gantz vows that Joint List won’t be part of future coalition

Odeh: Gantz needs us for coalition, I’d be a better culture minister than Regev

By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff

A bus carrying US citizens leaves the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port, next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with people quarantined on board due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, February 17, 2020. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Third Israeli on quarantined cruise ship tests positive for coronavirus

Passenger taken off Diamond Princess, which is anchored off Japan, following diagnosis; Foreign Ministry officials reportedly critical of new self-quarantine guidelines

7:10 pm

Gantz says loyalty pledge to Netanyahu 'not worth the paper it's written on'
6:46 pm

Some EU states said pushing for recognition of Palestinian state
6:33 pm

Third Israeli on quarantined cruise ship tests positive for coronavirus

Hamdallah Hamdallah, mayor of the Palestinian town of Anabta in the West Bank. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Palestinian mayor forced to quit for joining anti-Trump plan meet with Israelis

Hamdallah Hamdallah, mayor of Anabta in West Bank, accused of ‘normalization’ with Jewish state for attending Tel Aviv gathering opposing US’s new Mideast proposal

US-Israeli mapping committee for Trump peace plan said finalized

Court extends remand of suspected Jerusalem car-rammer

East Jerusalem boy seriously hurt in protest, apparently by police sponge bullet

Illustrative: The Conference of Presidents' Malcolm Hoenlein (L), Arthur Stark (C) and William Daroff at a press conference in Jerusalem, February 16, 2020 (Avi Hayoun)

Conference of Presidents: Our Saudi trip is a ‘big step forward’ for Israel ties

By ToI Staff and JTA

After first visit to kingdom, heads of US Jewish umbrella group says it’s the beginning of a ‘long and productive relationship’

A passenger is seen on a balcony of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 14, 2020. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Israel media review

Sick of this ship: 6 things to know for February 16

By Joshua Davidovich

Israelis found to have coronavirus on a cruise leads to amplified calls for the freedom of the quarantined; and Gantz is seen getting creative (and racist) in his bid for a win

In first, 2 Israelis test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship

Rabbis call for mass Western Wall prayer for coronavirus patients

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Son of Israeli on cruise ship: Release of Americans shows quarantine ineffective

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont., arrives to speak to supporters at a primary night election rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 11, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP)

J Street calls for Democratic group to take down Sanders attack ad

By Eric Cortellessa

Liberal Mideast advocacy organization slams Democratic Majority for Israel for prioritizing ‘targeting progressives over Israel policy’ over trying to beat Trump

Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden speaks at the Clark County Democratic Party 'Kick-Off to Caucus 2020' event on Februay 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Biden attacks Sanders’ gun votes in fiery speech near scene of mass shooting

By Michelle L. Price and Steve Peoples

Author Michael Rosen holds his new book, 'The Missing,' in a video explaining its premise to children. (YouTube screenshot)

Interview

Kids learn Holocaust from author’s real-life quest for missing relatives

By Robert Philpot

’The day I realized that I was the Messiah’

After 50 years, the Black Hebrews still really only want Israel to understand that they love the land and want to be friends of all people (PHOTO ESSAY)

Hotels: Don’t flush water down the drain at your buffets

We’re all worried about the water needed to wash extra towels, but we don’t care about the thousands of liters used to grow the food we throw away

Over the years, there has been a drastic decline in the number of status applications approved for women who arrived in Israel illegally (Illustration: iStock/via Zman Yisrael)

In the battle against sex trafficking, Israel’s ‘invisible’ women find new voice

By Ira Tolchin Immergluck

An illustrative image of robot hackers; the use of artificial intellicence in cyber security (Iaremenko; iStock by Getty Images)

AI a new and ‘frightening’ battlefield in cyber war, experts warn

By Shoshanna Solomon

From fuzzing to spear-phishing, hackers have smarter tools at their disposal; Israel’s cyber directorate setting out protection guidelines

Model Lady Kitty Spencer poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Truth' and the opening gala at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy on August 28, 2019. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

Jewish princess

Engaged to Jewish tycoon, Princess Diana’s niece set to convert

By ToI Staff and JTA

Lady Kitty Spencer, a 29-year-old fashion model, is reportedly already taking preparatory classes on Judaism ahead of wedding to businessman more than twice her age

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Raquel Montoya-Lewis answers questions from the press after Gov. Jay Inslee announced her appointment to the Washington State Supreme Court. (Office of the Governor/ via JTA)

Interview

Native American Jewish justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis explains how to make history

By Emily Burack

One of the Cherbourg boats arrives in Haifa, December 31, 1969. (Wikimeda commons/Israel Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum)

Book excerpt

In 1st missile battle at sea in 1973, Israeli craft evaded Soviet-made missiles

By Abraham Rabinovich

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A statue of slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, unveiled February 15, 2020 in the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Giant Soleimani statue unveiled by Hezbollah in Lebanon near Israel border

North Macedonian Labor and Social Policy Minister Rasela Mizrahi speaking at a conference in December 2019. (Facebook/Rasela Mizrahi via JTA)

North Macedonia’s 1st Jewish minister ousted for standing by country’s old name

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES

Rapper Machine Gun Kelly will perform in Israel in July 2020 (Courtesy Stefan Brending/CPB project Festival Summer)

OnstageItalian crooners and US rapper book performances in Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

The founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020 (Christof STACHE / AFP)

Zuckerberg: Israel’s NSO can defend itself in court over legality of its work

Cellphones and SIM cards found inside a security prisoner's abdomen. (Israel Prisons Service)

Security prisoner caught with 11 contraband cellphones inside his abdomen

Nelson Gibson says that Fresenius Kidney Care in Port St. Lucie, Florida, will not allow him to bring a life-size cardboard cutout of US President Donald Trump with him when he comes in for dialysis treatments. (YouTube Screen-grab)

Bigly supportiveUS man told not allowed life-sized Trump cutout in dialysis

By AP

Likud MK David Bitan at the Knesset on January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)

Mandelblit okays delay in providing probe materials in case against PM loyalist

Illustrative. Handcuffs in a courthouse. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

US seeks extradition of Israeli over multimillion-dollar prostitution ring

By AP

In this November 18, 2013 file photo, Lynn Cohen arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" at Nokia Theatre LA Live. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Lynn Cohen, who played Magda in ‘Sex and the City,’ dies aged 86

By AP

The Paran Overlook (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Military helmet found by hiker may have belonged to pilot killed in 1984

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