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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 16, 2016

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Israeli troops simulate an operation to overcome terrorists with hostages, in a drill at the dining hall at Kibbutz Erez, near Gaza, April 14, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)

Amid soaring tension, Israel drills for Hamas attack on Gaza border kibbutz

Extensive exercise by IDF and emergency services, the largest of its kind since 2014 war, involves troops overpowering terrorists and rescuing hostages held in community dining hall

Liberman: Israel, Hamas holding negotiations via Egypt

Hamas leader pledges to stick by ‘the rifle and the tunnel’

Fatah glorifies female terrorists on Facebook page

Iranian Defense Minister Hassan Dehghan, right, and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu attend a press conference in Tehran in January 2015. (screen capture: AFP)

Iran aims to buy fighter jets, advanced tanks from Russia

Defense minister reportedly taking arms shopping list to his meet with Moscow counterpart later this month

Islamic summit raps Iran over ‘terror support’

By AFP

Iran official accuses US, EU of not honoring nuclear deal

By AP

Amid rumors, White House rules out giving Iran access to US dollar

Former 'The Apprentice' participants Kwame Jackson and Tara Dowdell look on as former participant Dr. Randel Pinkett speaks at the 'Former Apprentices Speak Out: Donald Trump, You're Fired!' press conference at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, April 15, 2016. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump, you’re fired! TV contestants turn on mentor

By AFP

Former ‘The Apprentice’ participants accuse Republican front-runner of being xenophobic, sexist and racist, call on voters to ditch him

Daggers drawn as Trump, Cruz wage warfare

By Michael Mathes

UN rights chief to Trump: ‘Bigotry is not strong leadership’

By AFP

Sanders releases 2014 tax return, gave 4% of income to charity

Jews and Muslims participating in a seder at the Islamic Society of Mid Manhattan, organized by the NYC Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee, April 14, 2016. (Facebook)

One love

NY mosque hosts interfaith Passover seder

By JTA

Manhattan house of worship hosts Jews and Muslims for one-of-a-kind pre-Pesach celebration

Strauss Street (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

From Crusaders to Nazis in a historical stroll on Jerusalem’s Straus Street

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Centuries of war and peace, foreign rulers, religious diversity, shopping, bathing and basketball unfold on a short walk along a single street downtown

Israel, will I ever be enough for you?

She’s in love with Israelis, learning Hebrew, and fighting BDS — but does she have a place in the Jewish state?

How much will you spend on Passover?

Those who go the luxury Pesach route should give in kind to those for whom the holiday is too much of a luxury

Egyptians shout slogans against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest against the decision to hand over control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in front of the Press Syndicate, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2016. Arabic reads, "Awad sold his land" and "Red Sea islands Sanafir and Tiran are Egyptian." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Thousands in Egypt protest transfer of islands, dozens held

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Hamza Hendawi

‘Anti-regime’ demonstrators take to the streets of Cairo against deal with Saudi Arabia in first significant protest against government since Sissi’s takeover

Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a security and defense tour in the Golan Heights, near the Northern Israeli border with Syria. April 11, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Israeli cabinet to meet on Golan, to underline land won’t be relinquished

Ministers to convene on Sunday in first ever session on the strategic ridge, amid reports that world deal for Syria will demand Israel return the territory

Jonathan Pollard, the American convicted of spying for Israel, leaves a New York courthouse following his release from prison after 30 years, on November 20, 2015 in New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Pollard still holds ‘top secret’ info, may never be allowed to leave US

US director of national intelligence stresses sensitivity of material held by spy, and parole board says he must remain in America for life, Channel 10 reports

Uri Ariel (Flash90)

Hard-right minister: Conditions at West Bank checkpoints ‘disgraceful’

Uri Ariel says Israel must improve Palestinian economy, build Gaza port: ‘We are responsible for the region’

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

Israel accidentally returns body of ax-wielding assailant to family

Despite reports of PM’s decision against practice, authorities transfer attacker’s corpse to relatives; IDF: It was a mistake

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and French President Francois Hollande (right), hold a press conference after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on April 15, 2016. (AFP/Dominique Faget)

Abbas in Paris: ‘Suffocating’ Palestinians back France peace push

In first stop of foreign tour, PA president tells French leader that his people are suffering under occupation, settlement expansion

Illustrative: Participants in activities at the Szarvas summer camp in Hungary, August 2014. (Courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)

In Hungary, a summer camp creates Jewish leaders — and couples

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A group of Syrian refugees board a plane with Pope Francis on April 16, 2016 at the airport of Mytilene, in the Greek island of Lesbos. (AFP PHOTO POOL / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)

Pope brings 12 Syrian refugees to Italy in lesson for Europe

By Derek Gatopoulos, Nicole Winfield and Elena Becatoros

Pontiff makes ‘gesture of welcome’ during brief visit with migrants and asylum seekers at Greek detention center

US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders meets reporters outside the Perugino gate of the Vatican, Friday, April 15, 2016. (Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP)

Sanders says he was ‘honored’ to meet Pope at Vatican

A man clears away debris of a broken wall in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 16, 2016, after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, the second in two days. (AFP PHOTO/KAZUHIRO NOGI)

Japan quakes kill at least 29; rescuers rush to free trapped

By EMILY WANG and Mari Yamaguchi

2 temblors in as many days leave up to 1,500 hurt; heavy rain threatens to complicate relief operation, set off more mudslides

Rapper Action Bronson, left, chowing down on some Frankel's fare with the Frankel brothers, Zach, right, and Alex in front of their New York deli. (Screenshot from Instagram/via JTA)

At Frankel’s NY deli, a gritty, rock-star vibe meets old-school nostalgia

By Gabe Friedman

More Headlines

Iranian MPs attend a parliament session in Tehran, March 1, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

So touchy New female Iranian MP ‘barred over handshake with man’

The building of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. (Public domain/Wikipedia)

No 'biyush' in brave new wordNow there are Hebrew words for hashtag, shaming

Danny Cohen, former director of BBC Television (photo credit: Courtesy)

Ex-BBC chief: Jews voting for Corbyn is like Muslims voting for Trump

In this April 14, 2016 image, a Syrian boy waits as his family loads their belongings onto a bus in the town of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Heartbreak as Syrians briefly return home to IS-free Palmyra

Yuval Steinitz. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Minister close to PM: Most of Turkey reconciliation deal is done

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic lays a wreath of flowers at a memorial in Jasenovac, Croatia, on April 15, 2016. (AFP photo/Stringer)

Jews commemorate ‘Croatian Auschwitz,’ fearing far-right surge

By AFP

Rotterdam after the German blitz (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)

Rotterdam’s WWII letter of surrender found 70 years on

By AFP

David Gest seen with his then-wife Liza Minelli. (Screen capture YouTube)

Liza Minnelli’s ex-husband found dead in London

By JTA

Ahmed Ferhani appears in a New York City courtroom on state level terrorism charges in March 2012. (AP/Seth Wenig)

Inmate who plotted NY synagogue bombings in coma after suicide attempt

By Jennifer Peltz

Flags of member nations flying in front of United Nations headquarters in New York, September 25, 2015. (JTA/Michael Gottschalk/Photothek via Getty Images)

UN seeks increased transparency in selecting leader

By Edith M. Lederer

Illustrative: Night view of the Castle and Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic (CC BY-SA 3.0 Jorge Royan/Wikipedia)

Spell CzechCzech Republic says call us ‘Czechia’

By AFP

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