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What Matters Most On Friday, March 20, 2015

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US President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office, July 25, 2014. (photo credit: Pete Souza/ White House)

Obama finally calls Netanyahu, says US rethinking Palestinian policy

By ToI Staff, AFP and AP

Congratulating PM on election victory, president also reportedly protests Likud leader’s anti-Arab and anti-two-state comments

Netanyahu backs away from rejection of two-state solution

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Obama administration rejects Netanyahu backtrack on two-states

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

AIPAC urges Obama to strengthen ties with Netanyahu

By ToI Staff, AFP and AP

A blood moon lunar eclipse. (courtesy Bob O'Dell)

Solar eclipse Friday has some looking for signs from God

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Rare celestial event at the North Pole, ahead of the 3rd of 4 ‘blood moons,’ to be marked in Jerusalem with 2 minutes of interfaith prayer near the Temple Mount

Andrew Silow-Carroll

The triumph of triumphalism

After the victory parties and lamentations are over, American Jews will need Israel’s help mending fences

Bibi is more consistent than you think

The Prime Minister has not backtracked on the two-state issue, though he did finesse the wording

Edmon J. Rodman

My childhood lessons of Passover

At seder he learned what wine tastes like, how to battle boredom and that answers come in books

Innovating for peace and inclusion

Israel should focus on developing extremely affordable products to serve the world’s most vulnerable people

A victorious Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters at Likud party election headquarters In Tel Aviv. early on March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Post-election, a widening US Jewish split over Israel

Netanyahu’s actions, particularly his disavowal of two-state solution and attitude towards Israeli Arabs, are proving increasingly divisive

Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in 2011 (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Boehner said to visit Israel at end of March

US House speaker reportedly to arrive during world powers, Iran deadline on nuclear deal; sides said hung up on sanctions relief

The Hillel student board at Swarthmore College in 2013-14, when Swarthmore became the site of the nation's first Open Hillel. (Courtesy Sarah Revesz/JTA)

Is Hillel serving donors, or students, with its Israel stance?

By Anthony Weiss

Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 18, 2015. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Final vote tally seals Likud win, leaves Yachad out

With over 72% voter turnout, Likud takes just shy of a million votes, enough for 30 seats; Meretz takes 5 after absentees tallied

A ballot being counted for the pro-marijuana Green Leaf party, which did not cross the electoral threshold, on March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Over 235,000 votes thrown in trash

By Judah Ari Gross

Between disqualified ballots and votes for parties that did not make the threshhold, most notably Yachad, some 5.5 percent of voters won’t have their voices count

A Palestinian looks for human remains in a classroom inside a UN school in Gaza City after the area was hit by shelling, July 30, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Marco Longari)

IDF to probe bombing of Gaza UN school

Military announces launch of six new criminal investigations into incidents during 2014 conflict

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Analysis

Palestinians wait to see which PM Netanyahu got reelected

By Avi Issacharoff

Will they find the Likud leader who rejected a two-state solution, or the election victor who quickly reversed that position?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, January 4, 2015 (Flash90)

Abbas says two-state solution impossible with Netanyahu

Yair Shamir in 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli minister blames Iran at Argentina bombing ceremony

By AP

In Buenos Aires, Yair Shamir accuses world of indifference as Tehran ‘continues to sow destruction and horror’

US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) walks back into a negotiation session with Iran's foreign minister over Iran's nuclear program, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 19, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Brian Snyder, Pool)

Nuclear talks pick up pace after fresh appeal from Obama

By Nicolas Revise, Simon Sturdee and Andrew BEATTY

Fifth day of negotiations underway in Switzerland; Iranian foreign minister says ball in US, allies’ court

US Secretary of State John Kerry takes a break during Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 16, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

Russian official: Iran talks close to deal but not yet there

By AP

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left), during a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (seated opposite), over Iran's nuclear program, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 19, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Brian Snyder, Pool)

US says deal would bar Iran nuclear bomb in ‘perpetuity’

By AFP and AP

Deputy secretary of state rejects the claim that Tehran could restart nuke program after 10 years, as lawmakers push back over involvement in deal

Yemeni armed men inspect the damage following a bomb explosion at the Badr mosque in southern Sanaa on March 20, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

IS claims responsibility for Yemen suicide bombings

By AP and AFP

Over 140 killed, 350 wounded, as attackers target Shiite rebel-controlled mosques packed with worshippers in Sanaa

The DeepOptics Omnifocal solution (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli tech focuses on a sharper pair of glasses

By David Shamah

Multifocal-busting technology and more will be on display at this year’s Israel Machine Vision Conference

The SkyStar 180 balloon by RT Technologies (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli smart balloon floats to victory in US Army competition

By David Shamah

RT’s surveillance balloon will provide protection in the US, like it does in Jerusalem

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IDF soldiers take part in early voting two days before the Knesset elections, March 15, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson)

Yes, we cannabisVoting troops say Green Leaf is dope

By Daniel Bernstein

An eager Hapoel Katamon fan (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Jerusalem soccer school seeks Jewish-Arab coexistence

By Daniel Bernstein

French comedian Dieudonne gesturing as he leaves his trial at the courthouse in Paris, France, February 4, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Miguel Medina, File)

Dieudonne fined for anti-Semitic remark about journalist

By JTA

A member of the archaeological team holds the bronze mask of the god Pan, uncovered at the University of Haifa’s excavation at Hippos-Sussita. (photo credit: JTA via University of Haifa)

Archaeologists find rare bronze mask near Sea of Galilee

By JTA

Sarah Palin speaks during the 41st annual Conservative Political Action Conference held in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 8, 2014. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images/AFP)

Hush now, BibiPalin: US sleeps well with Netanyahu

Jon Stewart pokes fun at the Israeli elections during his show on Mar. 18,2015. (Photo credit: screen capture/Comedy Central)

Call me maybeJon Stewart mocks ‘Bibi vs. Obama’ race

By Judah Ari Gross

A police officer stands in front of the cultural center in Copenhagen, Denmark, on February 16, 2015, after a shooter killed one person. (photo credit: AP/Michael Probst)

Police arrest fifth suspect in Copenhagen shooting

By AFP

US President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office, July 25, 2014. (photo credit: Pete Souza/White House)

Hebrew Media ReviewNo love in the air as Obama finally calls Bibi

By Adiv Sterman

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