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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 9, 2016

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Vanderbilt graduate student Taylor Force was killed Tuesday March 9, 2016 in a terror attack in Jaffa. (Facebook)

Jaffa terror victim was US Army vet, Vanderbilt student

By Raoul Wootliff, Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Taylor Force, 29, who had served in Iraq, Afghanistan, was on school program in Israel; his wife was severely injured in stabbing spree — the day’s third terror attack

Israeli civilians spring to action to stop 2 of Tuesday’s terrorists

By Tamar Pileggi

Palestinian terrorist kills US tourist, wounds 10 in Jaffa stabbing spree

By Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross

Stabbing victim pulls knife out of own neck, kills terrorist

By Raoul Wootliff

A Palestine TV news anchor calls the Jaffa terrorist a martyr during a March 9, 2016 report. (screen capture: MEMRI)

Official Palestinian TV calls Jaffa terrorist a ‘martyr,’ victims ‘settlers’

Biden, Netanyahu protest Abbas’s failure to condemn Wednesday attack; fatality was a visiting American army vet; among the injured were Israeli Arabs

Police at the scene of a terror attack next to the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday March 9, 2015 (Israel Police)

Israeli man critically wounded in Jerusalem shooting attack

By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross

Two terrorists open fire on civilians and police outside Old City, apparently after failed shooting attack on a bus; are shot dead

Israel to crack down on Palestinian illegals after attacks

By Stuart Winer

Palestinian woman with a knife caught inside settlement

By Judah Ari Gross

2 cops seriously hurt in East Jerusalem drive-by shooting

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with then-US vice president Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2016, during Biden's official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

In apparent swipe at Abbas, Biden slams failure to condemn terror

By Raphael Ahren

‘There can be no justification for this hateful violence,’ visiting vice president tells Netanyahu, day after American was murdered in Jaffa terror attack

Biden says US will ‘act’ if Iran missile tests confirmed

By AFP

White House denies it will publish outline for Israeli-Palestinian talks

By JTA

White House downplays latest Netanyahu spat as ‘scheduling challenge’

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Illustrative: A missile launched from the Alborz mountains in Iran on March 9, 2016, reportedly inscribed in Hebrew, 'Israel must be wiped out.' (Fars News)

Iran test-fires 2 missiles marked with ‘Israel must be wiped out’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Senior officer says missiles with 2,000-kilometer range, capable of reaching Israel, are geared ‘to confront the Zionist regime’

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi (YouTube screenshot)

Iranian admiral says US ships ’cause of absolute evil’

By Stuart Winer

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Concord, North Carolina, March 7, 2016. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/via JTA)

Why in the world would American Jews support Trump?

By Uriel Heilman

Despite his brash ‘bigot’ image, some Jews feel the Republican candidate is actually the most moderate and liberal of the bunch. Here’s why

Trump keeps winning; Sanders the surprise victor in Michigan

By Julie Pace and DAVID EGGERT

Trump shrugs off criticism of his new pledge-of-support ritual

By Eric Cortellessa and ToI Staff

In Texas county, GOP disavows sexist, Israel-bashing leader

US Vice President Joe Biden (right) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 9, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Live updates (closed)

White House: ‘We expect Palestinian leaders to condemn acts of terror’

By Raoul Wootliff

Abbas and Biden meet in Ramallah; PA official says he expects ‘nothing’ from VP’s visit; family of US victim in Jaffa stabbing to get benefits from Israel National Insurance

Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center on July 27, 2015. The call center is located in a mosque, in the Arab town of Hura. The women have been employed through the Rayan employment center in Rahat. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

International Women's Day

Why barely 1 in 5 Israeli Arab women works, and how high-tech can fix that

By Melanie Lidman

In Arab cities, more girls than boys study technology, but then they drop away. Bringing in tech companies is one path toward reversing that trend

Artists place huge vagina on major Tel Aviv street

On women’s day, PM draws inspiration from ancient Jerusalem

By Tamar Pileggi

As world honors women, Knesset moves to mark Men’s Day

Nancy Chayn Fogelman

Apartheid: Israel’s dismal failure

The Jewish state is simply not living down to its reputation

Going gender neutral at summer camp

Jewish camping organizations are taking strides to meet the needs of LGBTQ campers in 2016

My friend Taylor Force is dead

His former West Point classmate died on the altar of what he sees as a misguided commitment to peace via a 2-state solution

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Carpe diem in Jerusalem

With sirens blaring and armed men running in her street, she still gets to choose how to live each moment of her life

David Fremd, center, was stabbed to death in a suspected anti-Semitic attack in Paysandu, Uruguay, on March 8, 2016. (Facebook)

Uruguayan Jew stabbed to death in suspected anti-Semitic attack

By Ilan Ben Zion

Local businessman David Fremd, 54, attacked by knife-wielding man who reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’

FSU immigrant David (in blue sweatshirt) gives testimony at the Knesset's Aliya Committee on March 8, 2016. Also pictured, from left: Giyur KaHalacha's Rabbi Seth Farber, Eli Cohen, director, and lawyer Elad Caplan. (Michael Shapochnic, Giyur KaHalacha)

MKs call for government recognition of independent conversions

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

A charged committee meeting discusses ‘ticking bomb’ of 350,000 FSU immigrants who can’t convert to Judaism through state religious authority

On 100th birthday, BMW voices ‘profound regret’ for Holocaust activities

By JTA

German car manufacturer says it is ‘facing up to this dark chapter of its past,’ when 80 of its slave laborers died each month

A German edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' at the Berlin Central and Regional Library (Zentrale Landesbibliothek, ZLB), December 7, 2015. (AFP/Tobias Schwarz)

Hitler’s copy of ‘Mein Kampf’ goes up for auction

By AP

Illustrative: Israeli forces next to the security fence on the border between Israel and southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Shin Bet officer dies outside Gaza Strip; reasons unclear

By Judah Ari Gross

Security forces investigating cause of Amir Maimoni’s death, reported to have been friendly fire

Hamas fighters attend a funeral procession in Gaza City on January 29, 2016, for seven members of the terror group killed when an attack tunnel into Israel collapsed. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Hamas frogman dies in training accident

Gaza-ruling terror group hails dead man as a martyr

Tuvia Yanai Weissman with his wife Yael and four-month-old daughter. Weissman was stabbed to death by Palestinian terrorists at a West Bank supermarket on February 18, 2016. (Facebook)

Off-duty soldier slain in supermarket to be recognized as combat casualty

Defense Ministry accepts request by widow of Tuvia Yanai Weissman to memorialize her husband, who rushed unarmed to thwart stabbing attack, as having ‘fallen in battle’

President Reuven Rivlin receives a Pew Research Center report on the 'Israeli Mosaic: Identity, Society, and Religion,' on March 8, 2016, in Jerusalem (Mark Neyman/GPO)

President urges ‘soul-searching’ over poll showing support for Arab transfer

By Marissa Newman

Rivlin: It’s ‘unconscionable’ for Jewish citizens to think democracy only applies to them; Arab MK: Findings should keep Israelis up at night

Security forces at the scene of a stabbing attack in which one person was killed and nine others were injured at the Jaffa Port on March 8, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

US Jewish groups condemn killing of student in Jaffa attack

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

After Taylor Force’s death, Hillel reaffirms committment to Israel trips; Jewish leaders call on Palestinians to take action against violence

US Vice President Joe Biden meets with former president Shimon Peres in Jaffa on March 8, 2016. (Peres Peace Center)

Peres: Biden wanted to know every detail of attacks, victims

By Raoul Wootliff

British actor Ray Winstone plays a battle-weary King Saul in 'Of Kings and Prophets' (ABC/Trevor Adeline)

Interview

The Bible goes primetime with sexy ‘sacred’ soap opera

Israeli-American businessman Moti Kahana, the founder of the Amaliah humanitarian organisation, gives an interview to AFP in Jerusalem on February 18, 2016. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Maverick stirs controversy with efforts to ‘rescue’ Mideast Jews

Detractors say US-based businessman Moti Kahana’s ‘reckless’ intervention puts people’s lives in jeopardy

Egyptian television host and parliament member Tawfiq Okasha (YouTube screen capture)

Egyptian MP suspended for hurling shoe at colleague who met Israel envoy

By Raoul Wootliff

Move comes after lawmaker Tawfik Okasha was permanently banned for inviting ambassador Haim Koren to his home for dinner

Tasting and spitting at Wine Jerusalem 2015; this year's expo opens Wednesday night at Binyanei Hauma, the International Convention Center (Courtesy Wine Jerusalem)

It’s all kosher at Jerusalem’s annual wine fest

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Illustrative image of a car stuck in mud. (screen capture: YouTube)

Deep undercoverGermany rescues ‘Mossad’ men from mud, bills Israel

By AP

March 9, 2016 Google Doodle honoring 105th birthday of theremin virtuosa Clara Rockmore. (Google screenshot)

Good vibrationsThe woman who conjured music from thin air

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the 2016 Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Candidates Forum in Washington, DC, December 3, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

DC Republicans extend Shabbat voting hours for Jews

Barkan Industrial Park. (Flash90)

Israeli man stabs, lightly wounds Palestinian during altercation

By Stuart Winer

An escaped pet tiger caught by his owner in Doha, March 8, 2016 (Twitter)

Paws in trafficEscaped tiger entertains drivers on Doha road

Cybereason team (Photo credit: Courtesy)

US giant Lockheed-Martin releases Israeli-based cyber-security system

By David Shamah

Alice Cooper, the beloved heavy metal rocker, will finally get to Israel (Courtesy Man Alive!/CC BY 2.0)

Welcome to his nightmareShock rocker Alice Cooper books Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Female employees of Intel Israel at a hackathon that took place in Tel Aviv last September (Courtesy)

International Women's DayExecutive: Lack of women at top of tech due to lack of confidence

By David Shamah

Yishai Montgomery (left) and the guitar with which he tried to thwart a Palestinian terrorist in Jaffa on March 8, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)

Hebrew media reviewBloody Tuesday and the guitar hero

By Ilan Ben Zion

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