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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assails an International Criminal Court decision paving the way for an investigation of possible Israeli war crimes, February 6, 2021. (video screenshot)

'We'll fight this perversion of justice with all our might'

Netanyahu: An ICC investigation of Israel would be ‘pure anti-Semitism’

After court says it has jurisdiction for war crimes probe, PM fumes: ‘Court set up to prevent atrocities like Nazi Holocaust against the Jews now targets the one state of the Jews’

US opposes ICC ruling it has jurisdiction to probe Israel, Hamas for war crimes

ICC has jurisdiction to probe Israel, Hamas for war crimes, pretrial judges rule

Hamas lauds ICC jurisdiction ruling: ‘Use all means to stop Zionist crimes’

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, speaks during a press conference during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters of the UN in Vienna, Austria, November 18, 2020. (Christian Bruna/Pool Photo via AP)

IAEA inspectors in Iran said to find evidence of possible nuclear weapons work

Diplomats tell Wall Street Journal UN agency seeking explanations for radioactive materials found in locations where Tehran blocked access last year

File: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, center, welcomes the Foreign Minister of Great Britain, Dominic Raab, right, and the Foreign Minister of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, for a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 19, 2020. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/DPA via AP, Pool)

Holding Iran talks, US, UK, France, Germany agree to ‘revive transatlantic ties’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) holds a joint press conference with then-US vice president Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Pool)

AnalysisReframing Mideast, Biden seems to signal new distance from allies Israel, Saudis

By Shaun Tandon

Otzma Yehudit party member Itamar Ben Gvir (R) speaks with then-National Union faction leader Betzalel Smotrich, during a campaign event in Bat Yam, April 6, 2019. (Flash90)

First polls since lists closed show far-right at 4-5 seats, Yamina in key role

Initial surveys after closing of official slates for March elections see both Netanyahu and his opponents short of majority; several parties in danger of falling below threshold

MK Yair Lapid attends a Knesset plenary session at the Knesset in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Lapid: Police should use water cannons to disperse illegal Haredi gatherings

This image released by Shout! Studios shows Billy Crystal, left, and Ben Schwartz in the film 'Standing Up, Falling Down' (Shout! Studios via AP)

Interview

Billy Crystal enjoys other side of Oscars chatter with ‘little powerhouse’ film

Veteran comedian and actor discusses his low-budget indie movie ‘Standing Up, Falling Down,’ his childhood beginnings, and movie awards during a pandemic

COVID-19 funerals: The front-row seat I don’t want

Back then, my community sustained me through losses; now, I can’t be present to hug a friend or pass a tissue to someone sobbing behind me

Ilyse Muser Shainbrown

So long, farewell Captain Von Trapp

For me, Christopher Plummer will always be the man who stood against evil when most of his countrymen embraced it

Andrew Barth Feldman performs in the titular role in 'Dear Evan Hansen' with, from left, Michael Park, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Mallory Bechtel. (Matthew Murphy/via JTA)

Interview

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ star stirs TikTok fans to donate $2m in ‘Ratatouille’ musical

By Jordan Hoffman

Illustrative: A man walks through the almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport on January 24, 2021 (Flash90)

Cabinet extends near total shutdown of Ben Gurion Airport for two more weeks

Committee will make exceptions for Israelis with special circumstances; those who left country before January 25 will be allowed to return

An Israeli receives a vaccine injection at a Clalit COVID-19 vaccination center in Holon on February 4, 2021. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Police start probing anti-vaxxers encouraging public to fake appointments

A group of Myanmar activists residing in Israel wave (L to R) the historical flag of Burma (until 1974), the flag of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, and the flag of Israel, during a protest outside the country's embassy in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Myanmar’s tiny Jewish community is rattled after military coup

Only a few dozen Jewish families remain in Southeast Asian nation, formerly known as Burma, that has been hit by years of political turmoil, military rule

In this Sept. 21, 2019 file photo, Shiite Houthi tribesmen hold their weapons as they chant slogans during a tribal gathering showing support for the Houthi movement, in Sanaa, Yemen (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Biden moves to revoke terrorist designation for Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud speaks during his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at the State Department, October 14, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce CENETA / POOL / AFP)

Blinken and Saudi counterpart discuss common challenges in first phone call

By AFP

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Unrepentant Greene slams ‘morons’ who voted to boot her from US House committees

By Alan Fram and BRIAN SLODYSKO

Georgia Republican lashes out after she loses positions on Education and Labor Committee and Budget Committee for spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories

ExplainerJews as US minority: The controversy over California’s ethnic studies curriculum

US President Joe Biden speaks about the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden says Trump shouldn’t get intelligence briefings due to ‘erratic behavior’

Sergio Berrenstein stands next to the statue of Elieser at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, the Netherlands, November 20, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)

Slave’s 400-year-old grave in Dutch Jewish cemetery now a Black pilgrimage site

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative: A man wearing a yellow vest holds a placard reading 'I [too] am a
Jew,' during a gathering at the Republique square to protest against anti-Semitism, in Paris, France, February 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus

Paris becomes 1st capital outside Israel to adopt IHRA anti-Semitism definition

By Cnaan Liphshiz

City officially adopts definition that is source of debate, with some activists saying it stifles free speech

In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 a woman is seen next to a gas chamber at the museum of the former Nazi Death Camp Stutthof, in Sztutowo, July 21, 2020. (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

In rare case against a woman, Berlin charges Nazi camp aide with role in murders

Illustrative: People protest against rising violence in Arab communities, in Umm al-Fahm, February 5, 2021 (courtesy/ Kumi Yisrael)

Hundreds protest in Umm al-Fahm over police response to crime in Arab community

Protesters call for resignation of local police chief; 7 arrested for violence in overnight demonstrations in Taybeh

AnalysisAs the Arab Joint List falls apart, the biggest winner is Netanyahu

By Aaron Boxerman

Illustrative image: a robot surveys mathematical calculations (PhonlamaiPhoto via iStock by Getty Images)

World’s hottest new math mind-teasers set by Israeli AI formula-finder

By Nathan Jeffay

Work by ‘Ramanujan Machine’ in Haifa published in influential journal Nature; development team notes that it’s breaking new ground by studying constants, particularly pi

Former congressman Denver Riggleman in his barrel barn, where he ages spirits from the Virginia distillery that he co-owns with his wife, Nov. 20, 2020. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images /JTA)

Ousted by far-right, US lawmaker now works with Jewish groups against extremists

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Diana Raz, a relationship mentor who was murdered on February 5, 2021, allegedly by her husband (Courtesy)

Cop confesses to killing wife, a relationship mentor; 4 kids ‘saw everything’

Health care workers wait to administer nose-swab tests at the mobile COVID-19 testing site in Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

At Antwerp Haredi school, non-Jewish staff strike on failure to virus-test kids

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Christopher Plummer arrives at the Oscars on March 4, 2018, in Los Angeles. Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died. He was 91. Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died. He was 91. Plummer died Friday morning, Feb. 5, 2021, at his home in Connecticut.. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

ObituaryChristopher Plummer, actor who defied the Nazis in ‘Sound of Music,’ dies at 91

By Mark Kennedy

Alana Haim, from left, Danielle Haim and Este Haim arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 24, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Drawing conclusionsHaim to soundtrack animated Netflix film

By Curt Schleier

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