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What Matters Most On Monday, April 18, 2016

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, left, and head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, center, inspect a newly discovered 'terror tunnel,' believed to have been dug by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, on April 18, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson/FLASH90)

IDF uncovers Gaza ‘terror tunnel’ dug into Israeli territory

By Judah Ari Gross

In first since 2014 war, army says Hamas burrowed in from the southern Strip in order to attack civilians near the border

Israel finds a tunnel, Egypt destroys another, but Hamas is defiant

By Judah Ari Gross and Dov Lieber

AnalysisHamas tunnel shows conflict has continued unabated since 2014 war

By Avi Issacharoff

Tunnel is proof Hamas undeterred by 2014 war, Bennett says

Weapons found inside a tunnel near Kibbutz Sufa on the Israel-Gaza border on July 17, 2014. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Office/Flash90)

Analysis

Tunnel exposure shows next Hamas war is a case of ‘when,’ not ‘if’

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: The IDF claims Gaza’s rulers won’t again drag Israel into conflict. But if Hamas fears its attack tunnels are about to be exposed, it may try to use them first

Sgt. Elor Azaria, accused of killing a disarmed Palestinian attacker in Hebron last month, arrives for a court hearing at Jaffa Military Court on April 18, 2016. (Flash90)

Army indicts soldier for killing wounded Palestinian attacker

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Elor Azaria charged with manslaughter, improper conduct; court lifts gag order on infantryman’s identity

Pop singers pull out of ‘politicized’ rally for Hebron soldier

By Tamar Pileggi

Planned Tel Aviv rally for Hebron soldier riles politicians

Top-tier singers to headline Tel Aviv rally for Hebron soldier

This February 10, 2016, file photo shows IDF soldiers keeping watch as a machine drills holes in the ground on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip as they search for tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists planning to attack Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Live updates (closed)

Investigators hunt for clues after Jerusalem bus bombing

Police probing whether bomber among the wounded; Jerusalem mayor says blast caused by small explosive device on bus; Hamas calls attack ‘natural response to Israeli crimes’

Illustrative: A family seen during the Passover Seder on the first night of the eight-day long Jewish holiday. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Will Conservative Jews bite into newly expanded Passover options?

By David Holzel

This winter, the movement’s rabbis okayed members to eat rice, beans and other foods traditionally forbidden, for ‘modern concerns over nutrition, finances and even Jewish unity’

Having trouble finding the perfect haggadah? Make your own

By Julie Wiener

Child sex abuse in….shhhhh!

The Jewish community finds it hard to discuss this very real problem — and that risks making it all the worse

A long overdue resignation in Sweden

The housing minister who compared Israel to Nazis has stepped down — now it’s the foreign minister’s turn

An Earth Day Passover

This year, pack some matzah sandwiches, leave your smartphone at home, take a hike, and truly free yourself

Hillary Clinton

The lessons I learned from Passover

The Festival has taught her about freedom, solidarity and the importance of Israel

In this March 7, 2015 photo, Stacey Konwiser smiles during the dedication of the new tiger habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Brianna Soukup/Palm Beach Post via AP)

Jewish zookeeper mourned after mauled to death by tiger

By AP and ToI Staff

Stacey Konwiser, a veteran keeper, had been working with tigers at Florida zoo for three years; husband works there too

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition MKs push bill to stop Netanyahu reelection

By Tamar Pileggi

Legislation seeks to introduce two-term limit for prime ministers, says those who stay in office too long are driven by self-interest

Iranian protesters gather outside the Saudi Embassy in Tehran during a demonstration against the execution of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities, January 2, 2016. (AFP/ISNA/ MOHAMMADREZA NADIMI)

Jordan recalls Tehran envoy over Iranian ‘meddling’

By AFP

Ambassador called back for ‘consultations’ as Amman says Iranian policies in region constitute ‘unacceptable interference’ in Arab affairs

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog on April 12, 2016 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Herzog on graft probe: I’m calm, everyone needs to calm down

After 5-hour interrogation, opposition leader says suspicions of contribution irregularities timed to emerge ahead of primaries

Ministers in the security cabinet tour the West Bank on April 6, 2016 (Courtesy)

Shin Bet said to oppose IDF withdrawal from Area A

Intelligence service’s warnings about possible damage to anti-terror efforts are being ‘kept away ‘ from security cabinet — report

Roni Alsheich prays at the Western Wall on December 3, 2015, shortly after he is sworn in as the new Israel Police commissioner. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police chief renews Temple Mount ban for lawmakers

In letter to Netanyahu, Roni Alsheich says MK visits to holy site could result in ‘real endangerment of the security of the state’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with a delegation of young leaders from Germany, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 3, 2015
(Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Analysis

Netanyahu inflates number of Israel’s diplomatic ties

By Raphael Ahren

PM, who is also foreign minister, frequently gushes over relationships with 161 nations. The real number has been slightly lower for years

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, November 22, 2015 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Singapore PM due Monday on historic visit to Israel

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to al-Mayadeen on April 17, 2016 (screenshot)

Syria vows to use ‘any means necessary’ to take back Golan

Foreign minister blasts Israeli cabinet meeting in former Syrian territory as a ‘political attack’

Members of the UN Security Council vote during a meeting on sanctions against North Korea on March 2, 2016 at the United Nations in New York. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Israeli Nobel laureate to visit N. Korea in diplomacy push

By AFP and ToI Staff

Aaron Ciechanover among three prize winners to meet students for ‘open dialog,’ amid fears of nuclear test during trip

An undated photo of Julie Pearson, 38, who died hours after an alleged beating by her boyfriend Amjab Hatib in Eilat on November 27, 2015. (Courtesy Pearson family)

Family of Briton found dead in Eilat releases grisly photo in bid to reopen case

By Tamar Pileggi

Relatives of Julie Pearson reject autopsy findings, insist she was raped and beaten to death by her Palestinian boyfriend last year

GE Healthcare's Discovery NM/CT 670 CZT system ((Courtesy)

Israeli-developed imaging system lowers radioactive dose for patients

By David Shamah

GE Healthcare’s SPECT/CT is diagnostic tool’s first reboot in decades

Author Curtis Sittenfeld takes on a modern remake of the classic 'Pride and Prejudice' in her new novel, 'Eligible.' (© Josephine Sittenfeld)

Author reimagines classic Jane Austen with reality TV spin

By Jen Maidenberg

More Headlines

Benjamin Netanyahu in his child-less "Bibi-sitter" ad uploaded to YouTube on January 31, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube/Benjamin Netanyahu)

Best Bibi-sitterNetanyahu elections ad wins international award

A still from Saturday Night Live on April 16, 2016 (YouTube: screenshot)

The Van Bern boysLarry David, as Sanders, reunites with Louis-Dreyfus

Screenshot from an Australian news report on a stabbing incident in a Melbourne synagogue in which one man stabbed another over a herring dispute, April 16, 2016. (Screenshot/7 News)

Fishy situationMan stabbed in shul over reported herring dispute

Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)

City University of NY doctoral students back boycott of Israel

By JTA

Men wave rainbow flags at the Annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, June 12, 2015 (Flash90/Gili Yaari)

Gay groups irked at Tourism Ministry spin on pride parade

By Stuart Winer

People help to clean the rubble after a 7.8-magnitude quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on April 17, 2016. (AFP/Juan Cevallos)

Israel, PA sending medical team to quake-affected areas

By ToI Staff and AP

An alleyway in Jaffa's old city (Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

Jaffa luxury apartments said offered to Jewish buyers only

By Tamar Pileggi

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737–700 seen landing at San Jose International Airport on May 15, 2008. (CC BY-SA Dylan Ashe, Wikimedia commons)

Calling uncleStudent says US airline booted him for speaking Arabic

By AP

Isaac Herzog leads a Zionist Union faction meeting in the Knesset on February 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewThe binding of Isaac

By Joshua Davidovich

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