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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 5, 2015

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AnalysisNo politician or party can actually win an Israeli election

Stepping down, Liberman exposes frailty of coalition-building

By Haviv Rettig Gur

The new government may be collapsing before even being born, and the most likely culprit is built into the system

Bennett looking to squeeze 11th-hour coalition concession from Netanyahu

By Haviv Rettig Gur and ToI Staff

Exit of blunt-talking Liberman opens horse race for new top diplomat

By Raphael Ahren

Ultra-Orthodox Shas inks deal to join coalition

By Marissa Newman

A woman sits with the salvaged items from her home in the village of Topani, Nepal. The villages had had electricity from a hydroelectric dam in the river, but it will likely be months before electricity can be restored to this area. May 2015. (photo credit: Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Dispatch from Nepal

In Nepal, missing the earthquake for the rubble

By Melanie Lidman

A walk through a demolished village under the moonlight finally reveals the scope of destruction

Body of Israeli hiker Asraf retrieved in Nepal

Dispatch from NepalDisorganization plagues relief efforts, frustrating even trained volunteers

By Melanie Lidman

Tourists warned away from Nepal as trekkers’ bodies pulled from rubble

By ToI Staff and AFP

FBI crime scene investigators document the area around two deceased gunmen and their vehicle outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, Monday, May 4, 2015. (Photo credit: AP/Brandon Wade)

Live updates (closed)

White House says ‘too early’ to link IS to Texas attack

By Jonathan Beck

Spokesman says Islamic State claim of responsibility may be attempt ‘to communicate with individuals around the world, including inside the US’

Nepalese aid workers carrying supplies they received from Israel (photo credit: Tevel b’Tzedek)

The rabbi of Nepal

By Yossi Klein Halevi

Why an Orthodox Jew from LA has spent eight years galvanizing hundreds of volunteers to help Nepalese villagers out of poverty, and now must redouble his efforts

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

I’m between wars

Nine months later, the buzz of a vacuum cleaner sends her running pell-mell to the bomb shelter

No place for an awesome NGO

A successful Jerusalem-based program to promote inclusiveness for children with disabilities remains homeless

To be or not to be Jewish

She may not exactly be a Jew, but has decided never to collude in antisemitism by denying she is one

Lauryn Hill performs during the Bringing Human Rights Home concert on February 5, 2014 in Brooklyn, New York. Lauryn Hill image via
JStone / Shutterstock.com)

Lauryn Hill cancels Israel show

By ToI Staff and Jessica Steinberg

R&B singer cites difficulty setting up Ramallah performance, didn’t want her presence to be ‘source of alienation’ for Israeli or Palestinian fans

Demonstrators protest outside the National Police Headquarters in Jerusalem against violence and racism directed at Israelis of Ethiopian descent (photo credit: April 30, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/ FLASH90)

Separate, but not equal treatment plagues Israel’s Ethiopian Jews

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Special programs targeting immigrant community have led to segregation, not integration, say academics and activists

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Damas Pakada, the Israeli Ethiopian soldier who was assaulted by police officers last week, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 4, 2015. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO)

After protests, Netanyahu pledges to eliminate ‘deep problem’ of racism

By Tamar Pileggi

PM meets with Ethiopian Israeli community leaders and assaulted soldier, says police brutality and discrimination must be uprooted

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen at the Jerusalem District Court for a sentencing hearing, a month after the court found Olmert guilty of fraud and breach of trust in the Talansky affair. May 05, 2015. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)

Olmert pleads for leniency in Talansky sentence

Prosecution urges up to 18 months in prison, to be added to six-year term in Holyland case; Blair and Dagan write letters of support for ex-PM

Yehudah Glick (Photo credit: Flash90)

Activist Glick allowed monthly visits to Temple Mount

By Adiv Sterman

Prominent advocate for Jewish prayer at contested holy site had been banned after accusations he pushed a Muslim woman

Britain's Labour Party leader Ed Miliband leaves at the end of an election campaign press conference on their theme of the threat to family finances from Britain's Conservative Party in London, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

British Jewry shares roller coaster ride with Jewish potential PM

By Jenni Frazer

Last-minute efforts to woo the community make sense given new study saying Jewish vote could influence close race in 20 constituencies

A reporter broadcasts a live TV interview 'in the field' using LiveU equipment (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli firm to bring election results direct to UK living rooms

By David Shamah

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, center, with Chief Rabbi David Lau in Jerusalem, June 23, 2014 (photo credit: Itsik Nisim)

Mike Huckabee poised to launch second White House bid

Aiming to attract working-class conservatives, ex-governor who makes frequent trips to Israel casts himself as economic populist, foreign policy hawk

An FBI agent views the area where debris of a car was blown up by police as a precaution, near the Curtis Culwell Center on May 4, 2015 in Garland,Texas after a shooting occurred during the "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest." (Photo credit: AFP /JARED L.CHRISTOPHER)

Islamic State claims Texas attack, its first on US soil

By AFP

Jihadist group says ‘soldiers of caliphate’ carried out shooting at event showcasing cartoons mocking Prophet Mohammed

Chris Gunness, the UNRWA spokesman in Gaza, shortly before breaking into tears during a television interview during the 50-day summer conflict, July 30, 2014. (photo credit: screen capture YouTube/Kaya Bouma)

UNRWA: Mortar that killed 4-year-old not fired from UN installation

By Mitch Ginsburg

Spokesperson Chris Gunness says former IDF commander’s claim, made Monday, was officially retracted by the army in August

A NaanDanJain irrigation project (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Entrepreneur boasts drip system could end world hunger

By David Shamah

NaanDanJain’s new rice watering system, says the company’s agronomist, can help farmers save water, take more crop to market

Guy Trichter, 27, at Habonim Beach, lives in Tel Aviv:
"The 'country'... It's just some lines they drew on a map 80 years ago." (Photo credit: Judith Hertog)

A visitor from Vermont blogs the faces of Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

A present for the new princess from President Reuven Rivlin (photo credit: President’s Residence)

Princess in pinkPresident sends dress for royal baby

By ToI Staff and AFP

Israel-born chef wins America’s top foodie prize

David Goldberg, husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, died May 1, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)

Obama mourns top US tech executive David Goldberg

By AFP and ToI Staff

Ethiopian-born Israeli model Israela Avtau left Israel when she couldn't get any modeling jobs because of the color of her skin (Courtesy Israela Avtau Facebook page)

Minority report‘Israelis don’t see black as beautiful’

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A Turkish Airlines flight on the runway at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 3, 2013. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Cocktail in the cockpit?Pilot seen ‘drinking’ causes kerfuffle

By Rahel Jaskow

Illustrative photo of a spiky haircut (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Hell to payIran bans ‘devil worshipping’ haircuts

By AFP

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks to the press in Jerusalem on March 23, 2015. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASh90)

Hebrew media reviewTearing down a coalition

By Ilan Ben Zion

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