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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 5, 2015

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. (AFP/Brian Snyder, Pool)

US, Iran publicly at odds over 6 key aspects of nuke deal, Israeli expert finds

Declared differences over what was agreed in Lausanne relate to issues such as when sanctions will be lifted and how long enrichment restrictions will apply

Israel readies lobbying strategy for tougher final deal with Iran

By Josef Federman

White House: There’s no convincing Netanyahu on Iran

By ToI Staff and AP

Zarif hails deal as victory, asserts right to R&D on advanced centrifuges

Soldiers from the Givati Brigade seen at the entrance to a Hamas attack tunnel on July 23, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge. (Israel Defense Forces/Flash90)

Analysis

Israel turns a blind eye to tunnel construction, and the next Gaza war

By Avi Issacharoff

Inch-by-inch, Hamas tunnelers are working their way towards Israel, bringing the next round of fighting with them

Palestinian terrorists from the Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, squat in a tunnel, used for ferrying rockets and mortars back and forth in preparation for the next conflict with Israel, as they take part in military training in the south of the Gaza Strip, on March 3, 2015. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Iran gives Hamas tens of millions to rebuild tunnels, UK report says

By Stuart Winer

Niv Asraf, 22, a Beersheba man who faked his own kidnapping in the West Bank on April 2, 2015 (Photo credit: Niv Asraf/Facebook)

Niv Asraf, apologize. To everyone

By Miriam Herschlag

The young man who staged his own kidnapping and sent the country into red alert has some ‘splainin to do

Emily B. Landau

But what if Iran simply exits the deal?

Why a comprehensive agreement that does not include dismantlement is a recipe for failure

Cigarettes, kosher for Passover!

It’s time rabbinic authorities finally declare these cancer sticks to be utterly treif

At Passover, we talk like an Egyptian

The Bible’s account of the splitting of the sea echoes a tribute to Ramesses II

'Ostara' by Johannes Gehrts, created in 1884 and published in 1901. (public domain)

The pagan goddess behind the holiday of ‘Easter’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Most languages use Aramaic to describe Jesus’s resurrection. Why is English different? Meet the ‘woman’ to blame

A young altar server holds a candle during a Easter service at the Catholic cathedral in Garissa on April 5, 2015, mourning the country's worst ever massacres, the killing of almost 150 people in an attack on a university by Somalia's Shabab Islamists that occurred on April 2 at Garissa's University. (photo credit: AFP/Carl De Souza)

Kenya in Easter mourning for massacre victims

By Peter Martell

3-days of national grief for 148 mostly student victims of Thursday terror attack in Garissa

Yiddish singer Bente Kahan will appear in Tel Aviv and London in April to 70th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. (courtesy)

Yiddish singer brings to life voices silenced by the Holocaust

By Jenni Frazer

Thousands attend the funeral of Rabbi Shmuel Wosner on April 4, 2015 in Bnei Brak. (photo credit: Flash90)

Mourner trampled to death at funeral of ultra-Orthodox rabbi

Victim named as Mordechai Gerber, 27; dozens injured, including four seriously, as thousands attend burial of Bnei Brak Rabbi Shmuel Wosner, 101

Former Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin speaks at an event in Jerusalem on February 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ex-intel chief: Deal could set back Iran’s nuclear program by years

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Amos Yadlin says framework can’t be called a ‘bad deal’; ex-Mossad chief Halevy says military strikes could only delay, not stop Iranian program

Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, March 10, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Seth Wenig)

High political stakes for Clinton on Iran nuclear agreement

By Ken Thomas and Julie Pace

Prospective Democratic presidential candidate calls framework deal ‘important step,’ but cautions that the devil is in the details

Iranians flash the Victory sign as they hold their country's flag while waiting for the arrival of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif from Lausanne, Switzerland, at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, on April 3, 2015. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

From the webIranian expats in Los Angeles skeptical about nuclear deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CNN on Sunday, April 5th, 2015. (Screen Capture: CNN)

Live updates (now closed)

Netanyahu rails against Iran deal in US media blitz

By Jonathan Beck

PM takes to CNN, ABC and NBC to blast Lausanne understandings, compares framework agreement to Clinton’s failed deal with N. Korea

In an April 3, 2015 interview with al-Arab media outlet, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his commitment to a two-state solution and willingness to return to negotiations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Screen shot: YouTube)

Abbas ready to resume talks with Netanyahu without preconditions

By Tamar Pileggi

PA president says Palestinians recognize state of Israel, not its Jewishness; warns Islamic extremism could reach Israel if no deal

Niv Asraf (center), a 22-year-old from Beersheba, is seen at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on April 3, 2015, a morning after he was found in Kiryat Arba after being falsely reported as missing. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Prankster says he staged disappearance to escape mafia debt

Niv Asraf, 22, who sparked a massive West Bank manhunt, says he owes hundreds of thousands of shekels in sporting bets to the mob

Aaron Epelbaum shelving books at the Eagle River Library (Courtesy of Ramah Wisconsin/JTA)

Vocational programs at summer camps promote inclusion

By Raffi Wineburg

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The 'James ossuary,' one of the pieces at the center of Golan's forgery trial, had been hailed by some scholars as the first physical proof for the existence of Jesus (photo credit: AP Photo/Biblical Archaeology Review)

From the webFindings reignite debate on claim of Jesus’ bones

Stan Lee action figure. (Courtesy of Das Toyz)

Fantastic PlasticStan Lee gets his own action figure

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama host a Passover seder dinner at the White House, April 3, 2015. (Pete Souza/The White House)

Dining with the presidentObamas host 7th White House Seder

In this June 2, 2014 photo, an Iranian woman holds an Iranian flag during a ceremony in Tehran for the national soccer team. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran partially lifts ban on women attending sports matches

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Illustrative: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a news conference during a meeting with Romania's President at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on April 1, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU)

Erdogan due in Iran despite spat over Yemen

By AFP

Pope Francis celebrates Easter mass, in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope welcomes Iran deal as ‘a definitive step’ for a safer world

By AP

Palestinians are evacuated from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on February 2, 2014. (UNRWA/AFP)

Hamas holds Gaza march for besieged Yarmouk refugees

By AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen giving a press statement regarding a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers on April 3, 2015. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Hebrew media reviewDealing with it

By Joshua Davidovich

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