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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 18, 2014

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Israeli discovery could reverse Alzheimer’s damage

By David Shamah

TAU professor has uncovered a protein that may protect brain cells from harm by dementia-based diseases

Illustrative photo of a rally in North Korea (Shutterstock)

How to escape from North Korea

The heavily-fortified DMZ can’t be breached, so those wishing to flee use a massive underground railroad across Asia. Defying the risks, thousands make it out

North Korea issues rare apology after construction accident

Yechiel Eckstein

Ending the plague of fear in Ukraine

At Lag B’omer, terrified Jews in Kiev and Donetsk find hope in a Jewish-Christian aid group

Meeting The Green Prince

The thrill of a close encounter with a Palestinian spy and his handler, heroes who did the right thing

Nicholas Saidel

NATO – Turkey out, Israel in

Ankara’s dalliance with Iran and clampdown on civil freedoms should disqualify the Turks from the Treaty

Supporters shower flower petals on opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi as he arrives at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (Photo credit: AP)

Israel anticipates warm ties with new Indian PM

By ToI Staff and AP

Netanyahu calls to congratulate Narendra Modi on his win; big business delegation due here next week

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90/File)

PA incitement behind soaring anti-Semitism, Netanyahu says

By Aron Dónzis

Prime minister says distortion of Israel is why West Bank and Gaza have highest rates of anti-Semitism in the world

Pope Francis at the Vatican (photo credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino)

Top cop guarantees quiet during pope’s Israel visit

By AFP and ToI Staff

‘Price tag’ extremists will not spoil pontiff’s trip to region, says Danino; Vatican envoy says Francis not worried about security

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in May. (photo credit: Flash90)

Liberman: US ‘mistaken’ in blaming settlements for failed peace talks

FM says he’s presented PM with ‘alternative plan’ which goes beyond conflict with Palestinians, deals with regional developments

Former US special envoy Martin Indyk. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

US denies Indyk ‘bashed’ Israel in ‘nasty tirade’ at DC hotel bar

Washington Free Beacon cites source who claimed to overhear Kerry’s envoy slamming Israel, and only Israel, for failure of peace effort

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh (photo credit: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Palestinian bomber could be deported from US

By AP

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, who killed two in Jerusalem in 1969, failed to disclose her past when applying for citizenship

Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around the bonfire during celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, outside of Tel Aviv, on May 17, 2014. (photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

300 treated at Mount Meron during Lag B’Omer celebrations

100,000 people converge on site for Jewish holiday marking kabbalist sage’s death

Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden in Russia, October 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

‘New NSA document highlights Israeli espionage in US’

Newsweek, in 3rd article on issue, says Israel’s is third most aggressive intelligence service after Russia, China

Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Margaret Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif attend the so called EU 5+1 talks with Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna, on May 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Dieter Nagl)

Iran’s Zarif says nuclear deal still ‘possible’

By AFP

Latest round of talks break up Friday with little signs of progress; huge gaps between Tehran and the West

In this photo taken Thursday, May 15, 2014, the green sea turtle, named "Hofesh," the Hebrew word for "freedom," receives a new prosthetic fin at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Michmoret, Israel. (Photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli team’s prosthetic fin saves ‘Freedom’ the turtle

By Alon Bernstein

Design modeled after wings of a US fighter jet; reptile had two flippers amputated due to fishing net damage

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Former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson (screen capture: YouTube)

NYT publisher defends removal of top editor

By AP

Hezbollah fighters attending a rally in Beirut, Lebanon, November 2011. (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese president urges Hezbollah to leave Syria

By Bassam Mroue

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv's Head Coach David Blatt, 3rd from right, hugs an unidentified team member as players celebrate after the Euroleague playoffs basketball match, group D, round 4, between Emporio Armani Milan and Maccabi Tel Aviv on April 23, 2014 at the Nokia stadium in Tel Aviv (photo credit: AFP/Jack Guez)

Hebrew media reviewHoops and dreams

By Ilan Ben Zion

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