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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont, speaks during a campaign event at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 18, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

'We can't be just pro-Israel, ignore the Palestinian people'

Sanders: You can support Israelis without backing their ‘racist’ government

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Democratic candidate says US should work to bring Israel and Palestinians together; as a Jew he ‘feels strongly’ on issue

Former US vice president Joe Biden, left, embraces Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Democratic presidential primary debate, February 7, 2020, hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Sanders soars to double-digit lead in new poll of Democrats; Biden slumps

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Michael Milken leads a discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference, April 30, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Trump pardons 1980s junk bond king Michael Milken

By Marc Brodsky

The Qalandiya checkpoint near the Atarot industrial zone, between East Jerusalem and the West Bank, seen on April 7, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel advances housing plan in Jerusalem area Trump plan marks for Palestinians

Project for 9,000 homes at inoperative Atarot airport would take over last open area in East Jerusalem neighborhood that US envisions will house tourism center for Muslims

A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Jordan condemns Israel’s plan to bring high-speed train to Western Wall

Itzhak Gerberg, Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand casts his vote on February 19, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand (Israel Foreign Ministry)

2020 Elections

Israeli diplomats and emissaries worldwide kick off March elections

By Raoul Wootliff

Some 5,200 Israelis stationed abroad begin casting ballots; first to vote in country’s third election in a year is Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand

A composite photo showing 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/Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media reviewThis isn’t up for debate: 8 things to know for February 19

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at a memorial ceremony marking 24 years since the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in the Knesset on November 10, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu challenges Gantz to televised debate, after avoiding gambit for decade

A passenger (L) disembarks from the Diamond Princess cruise ship - in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus - at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on February 19, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

First 2 Israelis get off coronavirus ship, others to remain until Thursday

By ToI Staff and AP

Edna and Henry Ben Shabbat are among the first to leave Diamond Princess, say they’re feeling well but will be worried for remaining 10 Israelis

Passengers begin to disembark from coronavirus ship as quarantine ends

By AP and ToI Staff

Israeli device could help treat coronavirus patients in China

Iran reports its first 2 cases of the new coronavirus

Illustrative: A picture taken from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip shows Israeli soldiers inspecting the area around their observation post next to the border fence with the coastal enclave on August 1, 2019, following a firefight with a Palestinian gunman. (Said Khatib/AFP)

IDF: Islamic Jihad snipers fire at troops on Gaza border; none injured

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says it fired back ‘to remove the threat’; incident comes as Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Strip negotiate ceasefire

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a tree planting event for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat in the West Bank settlement of Mevo'ot Yericho, in the Jordan Valley, February 10, 2020. (Flash90)

PM warns Hamas of ‘big surprise’ amid reports Israel planned to kill its leaders

Palestinian fishing boats moored in the Gaza seaport in Gaza City, June 13, 2019. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

After 3 days without rockets, Israel ends ‘sanctions’ on Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

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

Palestinian teenager killed in clashes between PA forces and locals near Jenin

Palestinian governor says security forces were confronted by rocks and gunfire after arriving in village; Hamas accuses PA of killing the teen

Illustrative: Border police in Jerusalem at the scene of an attempted stabbing, September 26, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Jordanian woman, nabbed with knife in Jerusalem 18 days ago, refuses to ID self

Illustrative: An Amazon fulfillment center processes orders in Aurora, Colorado, May 3, 2018. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

PA to protest to Amazon over its shipping policies to settlements

A composite photo showing 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/Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Poll shows continued deadlock 12 days before election

Blue and White takes 35, Likud 33, with neither able to cobble together a majority — and a possible fourth election looking increasingly likely

7:37 pm

Large blue swastika painted on Jewish-owned business in New Jersey
7:17 pm

Former Polish priest indicted for hate speech and Holocaust denial
7:04 pm

Scientists announce 'breakthrough' atomic map of coronavirus in race for vaccine

Wildflowers at the Dead Sea. (Avner Rinot, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

Photo essay

Rains bring stunning floral displays to parched Dead Sea area

Shores between Kalya and Ovnat are alive with wildflowers

Long-legged buzzard seen via livecam set up by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Society for the Protection of Nature. (Screenshot)

Live tweetCameras allow peeping from afar at private lives of predatory birds

Yohanan Plesner

Israel’s third election needs a game-changer. Will it get one?

The future of Israel’s slowly eroding democracy doesn’t just depend on whom you vote for – but on who votes!

Ein Bokek: Going after the polluters

Is this a tragic tale of unchecked industrial pollution or an inspiring story of one angry citizen’s gutsy tenacity? Yes.

Illustrative: IDF troops near the Israel-Syria border, in the Golan Heights on January 3, 2020. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

In shakeup, IDF to create new general position to counter Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

Chief of Staff Kohavi to restructure Planning Directorate into department focused on developing and rolling out new combat doctrines

People and rescue teams amid bodies and debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran, killing everyone on board, January 8, 2020. (Rouhollah Vahdati/ISNA/AFP)

Iran: Flight recorder of downed Ukrainian jetliner ‘considerably damaged’

Rotem Amfert factories in the Negev. (Screenshot)

In win for environment, Israel won’t issue new oil shale exploration permits

Energy Ministry says it will not renew ICL Rotem Amfert license and will require 2 other oil shale projects to comply with environmental criteria

The platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, pictured from Israel's northern beach of Dor on December 31, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Government body wants taxpayers to subsidize half of new gas pipeline

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on July 9, 2019. (Flash90)

Likud ministers slam police for arresting, searching home of former MK Glick

By Michael Bachner

Public security and justice ministers lambaste police’s ‘invasive,’ ’embarrassing’ conduct in case of ex-lawmaker and Temple Mount activist questioned 3 times

Former Likud MK Yehudah Glick is arrested on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on February 18, 2020. (Courtesy)

Former Likud MK Glick arrested for 2nd time following incident on Temple Mount

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Brinish Zehava Beck, the school teacher and social activist who threw an apple at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

Teacher who threw apple at Netanyahu to face disciplinary hearing

One of two small plane that crashed February 19, 2020, in Mangalore, north of Melbourne, Australia. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Israeli man killed in mid-air plane collision in Australia

By ToI Staff and AFP

Michigan State University, February 13, 2001. (Branislav Ondrasik/Wikipedia)

Michigan State student sprays swastika on his own fraternity house

Manny Waks in front of Melbourne's Yeshivah College (News Corp. courtesy of Manny Waks)

Australian court awards AUS $800,000 to victim of Orthodox pedophile

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit holds a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, announcing his decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three corruption cases, November 21, 2019. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Mandelblit said set to tell court Netanyahu can form government despite trial

An aerial view of Tel Aviv's beachfront. (Courtesy Tel Aviv Yafo Municipality, Barak Brinker)

After Eurovision, Tel Aviv aims to sustain ‘tourism miracle’ with 10-year plan

A Cellcom service station in Jerusalem, November 5, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Cellcom said set to buy Golan Telecom for NIS 600 million

Illustrative: Elbit's Hermes 900 UAV . (Courtesy/Elbit)

Israeli defense firm Elbit wins $670 million contract with Asia-Pacific country

Ethiopian Falash Mura arrive at Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv on August 28, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PM says first of 400 new immigrants from Ethiopia set to arrive next week

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tel Aviv court tells Facebook to unblock account belonging to NSO Group employee

In this August 28, 2019 file photo, opera star Placido Domingo salutes spectators at the end of a concert in Szeged, Hungary (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite sexual harassment claims

By AP

Visitors at the synagogue in Halle the day after a gunman targeted the house of worship in eastern Germany, October 10, 2019. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images/via JTA)

Germany to tighten screws on online hate speech

By Mathieu FOULKES

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