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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 14, 2016

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An undated photo of Major Ahmad-Reza Khosravi (right), a former pilot in the helicopter unit of the Iranian Security Services (Courtesy)

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Iranian pilot defects, threatens regime he’ll seek asylum in Israel

By Neda Amin and Mohsen Rostambakhsh

Opposed to Iran’s ruling ethos, Ahmad-Reza Khosravi fled to Turkey last year. Now he says he’ll work to harm the Islamic Republic if it doesn’t stop harassing his wife and son

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani welcomes Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during an official arrival ceremony at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2016. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran and Italy ink $20 billion in trade deals

By Nasser Karimi

The ax a Palestinian used to attack an IDF soldier in the West Bank on April 14, 2016 (IDF spokesperson's office)

Ax-wielding Palestinian attacks soldier in West Bank, is shot dead

In separate incident, two 12-year-old Palestinian kids arrested with knives in Jerusalem, are suspected of planning an attack

IDF soldiers try to open safe in Ramallah, start a fire

By Judah Ari Gross

Rivlin meets religious leaders, urges calm ahead of Passover

US accuses Israel of using excessive force against Palestinians

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hamas security forces next to an Egyptian watch tower on the border between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, September 21, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Hamas beefs up Egypt border force in bid to ease tensions

By Adiv Sterman

IDF bulldozers operating along Gaza fence, Palestinians report; Netanyahu warns of attempts to ignite violence ahead of Passover

The Red Sea islands of Tiran, in the foreground, and Sanafir, in the background, sit at the the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images, via JTA)

Analysis

With island deal, Saudis signal they’re warming up to Israel

By Raphael Ahren

In the most tangible sign yet of a detente with Riyadh, Jerusalem shows it is untroubled by prospect of strategically crucial Tiran and Sanafir changing hands

Egypt’s president defends giving Red Sea islands to Saudis

By Hamza Hendawi

Dispelling rumors, Egypt says stars at ancient temple not new, not Jewish

By Ilan Ben Zion

Saudi religious police ordered to show ‘gentle’ side

By AP

Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini, seen left in an image released by Belgian police, is believed to be the 'third man' caught on CCTV at Brussels airport with the two men who blew themselves up there on March 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/Belgian Federal Police/STR and Twitter)

Brussels suspect: Check-in area for Tel Aviv flight was targeted

By ToI Staff and AFP

Mohamed Abrini, the ‘man in the hat,’ says suicide bombers also aimed to blow up waiting areas for US, Russia flights

Belgian official: Terrorists hide ‘like Jews during WWII’

Nuke research center papers found in Paris attacker’s home

Brussels bombers had experience from battle, Paris plots

By Lori Hinnant

Simone Zimmerman. (Facebook)

Sanders’ Jewish outreach director: Netanyahu a ‘manipulative asshole’

By ToI Staff and JTA

In 2015 post, Simone Zimmerman wrote, ‘Fuck you, Bibi… you sanctioned the murder of over 2,000 people this summer’

Israeli Jews see Sanders as least ‘pro-Israel’ candidate

By ToI Staff and JTA

Trump’s son-in-law may buy Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ

By JTA

Muslims ‘annoyed’ by support for Trump, says top Islamic scholar

By AFP

The Sefwi tribe believes that their ancestors were Jewish, possibly descended from Jews forced to flee the Iberian peninsula during the Inquisition. (Dana Wachter)

Ghana’s deep spirituality points some, joyfully, back to Judaism

By Melanie Lidman

Many Ghanaians from the Sefwi tribe believe their ancestors were Jewish based on their unique traditions. But that doesn’t mean their religious journey is smooth

Olga Chernov-Gitin

I eat matzah because my parents couldn’t

Jewish freedom comes with the luxury and responsibility of teaching the next generation what it means to be Jewish

Donniel Hartman

Values and ‘The Israel Problem’

On the growing US Jewry-Israel divide: Judaism must compete in today’s open marketplace of identities

‘I didn’t want to kill anyone, so I ran’

The story of one asylum-seeker who arrived in Israel only to discover that he had no rights and no legal status

Volodymir Groysman. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)

In first, Ukraine appoints Jewish prime minister

By JTA and AFP

Vlodymir Groysman, 38, tapped by coalition to lead country out of economic, civil hardship; is youngest person to hold post

Students in Kiryat Sharet high school in Holon take their matriculation exams in mathematics, May 21, 2013. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Half of Jewish high schoolers say Arabs shouldn’t vote – poll

New survey finds 59% of high school students consider themselves right-wing, only 13% identify as left-wing

Leader of the Jewish Home political party, Naftali Bennett, seen with students at the Bleich high school in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan on February 12 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

AnalysisWhy Israeli kids are so right-wing – a historical explanation

Illustrative: Israeli schoolchildren, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)

Inequality among Israel’s children worst in developed world — study

Jewish state ranks poorly in poverty, literacy and health gaps between its least well-off kids and the average, says UN research

Illustrative photo of a construction site in Tekoa, a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, on September 7, 2014 (Flash90)

Israel denies report on accelerated settlement construction

By Sue Surkes and AFP

Peace Now group says 229 new West Bank homes okayed, but Netanyahu and Ya’alon insist most approvals are ‘upgrades only’

Amos Gilad, director of the Defense Ministry's Political-Military Affairs Bureau, addresses a conference on Gaza's economy at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on April 13, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Hamas, not economy, the source of Gaza’s woes, Amos Gilad says

By Judah Ari Gross

No solution in sight, but military deterrence should prevent conflict in the Strip this summer, Defense Ministry official asserts

Shlomo Deri, the brother of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, in Jerusalem on December 23, 2015 (Flash90)

Aryeh Deri’s brother grilled as suspect in graft probe

Building contractor Shlomo Deri revealed as interior minister’s ‘very close’ associate questioned over shady property deals

Extra police deploy in Belgium after a May 2014 attack at the Jewish museum in Brussels. (Joods Actueel/Flash90)

This year, Elijah to face armed guards outside Brussels Seders

By Judah Ari Gross

In light of terror attacks, already heightened security will be increased at Jewish institutions in the Belgian capital for the upcoming holiday

People gather to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Bataclan concert hall on November 29, 2015, Paris. (AFP/MIGUEL MEDINA)

Paris concert hall targeted in attacks to reopen in November

By AFP

The Eurovision contenders visiting Israel planted trees on Tuesday, April 12 in a JNF-KKL forest as part of their three-day tour sponsored by Israel's Tourism Ministry (Courtesy Avi Hayun)

Eurovision divas strut their songs on a Tel Aviv stage

By Jessica Steinberg

Israel hosts a preview of the beloved (by some) European song contest, with 20 visiting singers and some golden oldies

Speaking during a town hall-style gathering outside Boston on April 13, 2016, MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) addresses the audience at Temple Emanuel in Newton (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)

On US tour, Israeli politicians debate Diaspora Zionism

By Matt Lebovic

More Headlines

Migrants and refugees wait in the rain as they wait to enter Slovenia, at the Croatian-Slovenian border in Trnovec, on October 19, 2015. (AFP)

Europe’s new iron curtains

By Yonah Alexander and Patrick Murphy

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog (R) and Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi (composite image: AFP, Flash90)

Own goalHerzog likens himself to Messi, drawing mockery

By Marissa Newman

Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit April 18, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images via JTA)

'Have you studied Joseph?'Kasich tries to school yeshiva students on Bible

By JTA

Louis C.K. performs at the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, in New York (Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Funny businessLouis C.K. is coming to Israel for some quick cash

By Jessica Steinberg

Polish author Jan Tomasz Gross, author of the 2001 book, 'Neighbors,' about the murder of Jedwabne's Jewish community by Polish neighbors. (East News)

Holocaust scholar who said Poles killed Jews grilled by police

By AP

People gather to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Bataclan concert hall on November 29, 2015, Paris. (AFP/MIGUEL MEDINA)

Paris concert hall targeted in attacks to reopen in November

By AFP

Jerusalem Post taps top adviser to education minister as editor-in-chief

By JTA

Members of the Zombie Rat team, winners of the Hack the Walls event (Courtesy)

Jerusalem could emerge as virtual reality capital, say experts

By David Shamah

Honey bee workers collecting artificial pollen diets from a feeding dish. (Credit: Harmen, P Hendriksma)

Study shows bees prefer healthy eats over fast food

By David Shamah

File: Interior Minister Aryeh Deri's vacation home in northern Israel (screen capture: Channel 2)

Hebrew media reviewFamily business

By Adiv Sterman

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