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Monday, May 18, 2015
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Reporter's notebook
In ‘reunified’ Jerusalem, Jewish-Arab rift as deep as ever
By
Elhanan Miller
Massive Jerusalem Day march through the Old City marked by clashes and strife, with police unable to contain the tensions
Netanyahu: Jerusalem ‘only ever the capital of the Jewish people’
By
ToI Staff
Live updates (closed)
Yemen strikes resumed ‘because rebels violated truce’
By
Jonathan Beck
Coalition general says rebels moved missiles closer to border with Saudi Arabia, ‘hijacked’ food and fuel aid
Did the pope call Abbas an ‘angel of peace’? Depends who you ask
By
Raphael Ahren
Chief Vatican spokesman says he ‘did not hear the exact words spoken’ at Saturday’s meeting but believes Francis was encouraging a commitment to peace
Top Ops
Zev Levi
Jerusalem Day: The kids aren’t alright
The flag marchers were not just this-will-make-a-great-story insane, they were this-will-end-terribly insane
Marik Shtern
Jerusalem, the already binational city
Moves to shore up the Jewish majority backfire, boosting the Arab populace and increasing integration
Haviv Rettig Gur
Jerusalem is a port city
Words of love, praise and awe for the city Yehuda Amichai called ‘Venice of God’
Aviela Deitch
Straight thinking from Settler tweens
A Lag B’Omer lesson at the ruins of Migron about the power of a few committed girls in ‘skirts and stuff’
Lyn Julius
When Friday was Arab Movie Night
A new film tells of an era when Israelis watched bootlegged Egyptian melodramas on the country’s single channel
Doctor yes
102-year-old gets PhD denied by Nazis
By
JTA
77 years after completing thesis on diphtheria, Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport passes doctoral exam at University of Hamburg
Hamas tunnel may reach into Israel, MK warns
By
ToI Staff
Omer Bar-Lev pans Netanyahu and Ya’alon for failing to act as Hamas rebuilds underground infrastructure for fresh attacks
Fearing naval attack, Israel bars scuba suit shipment to Gaza
By
Adiv Sterman
Security officials suspect equipment seized at Nitzana border crossing was to be used by Hamas commandos in sea-based attack, in repeat of 2014 attempt
Fires break out across Israel as area heats up
By
Adiv Sterman
Planes dispatched to fight large blaze in Wadi Ara; fire near Jerusalem closes main highway
Dozens nabbed as police target underworld crime syndicates
By
Avi Lewis
Long-term probe into suspects accused of murder, extortion, trafficking in drugs among most significant in recent memory, top cop says
Analysis
With jobs in short supply, will Bethlehem slouch toward bedlam?
By
Avi Issacharoff
PM appoints panel to review south’s employment woes
By
ToI Staff
Aryeh Deri to chair ministerial committee after three cities strike in solidarity with factory workers facing layoffs
New Israeli ministers take up office
By
ToI Staff
Drinks and toasts as outgoing ministers host incoming ones at changing-of-the-guard ceremonies
Greek mayor relents in controversy over Holocaust monument
By
AP
and
ToI Staff
Jewish groups had blasted authorities for objecting to placement of a Star of David on commemorative stone
Shiite militias converge on Iraq’s Ramadi after jihadist takeover
By
AFP
Loss of provincial capital to Islamic State group marks worst military setback since US-backed offensive to retake territory
Middling success in Israel on employing its people, report shows
By
David Shamah
The country could be better at utilizing its workforce’s potential, the World Economic Forum’s Human Capital Report says
Past, Present and Future achievers feted at Tel Aviv event
By
David Shamah
Six winners split $3 million as Dan David Prizes are awarded
Burning down the house at a desert festival
By
Jessica Steinberg
More Headlines
Texas biker gang battle kills nine
By
AFP
Natural childbirth pioneer Elisabeth Bing dies at 100
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
Over the moon
Jokers skewer space minister Danon
By
Gedalyah Reback
Forever young
Louis C.K. ribs Israelis, Palestinians
By
Stuart Winer
Jewish teen creates sports leagues for disabled kids in a SNAP
By
Suzanne Kurtz Sloan
Hebrew media review
Jerusalem Day dust-up, communications breakdown
By
Ilan Ben Zion
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![Palestinians protest as Jewish teens celebrate Jerusalem Day at Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City, May 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90]](https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2015/05/f150517ns11-e1431890821164-640x400.jpg "Palestinians protest as Jewish teens celebrate Jerusalem Day at Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City, May 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90]")
