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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 11, 2016

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony in memory of terror victims, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 11, 2016 (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Netanyahu heckled at memorial for being too soft on terrorists

Rahamim Cohen, PM’s detractor, was stabbed over a dozen times in 2000; his brother was seriously wounded in February ax attack

Army’s morals take center stage as Israel salutes fallen soldiers

IDF chief: Families suffer ‘unimaginable longing’ for lost loved ones

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

With silence and song, Israelis commemorate 23,447 fallen

By Raoul Wootliff

"A pathological liar" Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarifa (Courtesy Nikahang Kowsar)

Javad Zarif, Holocaust cartoons, and lies

By Nikahang Kowsar

Here’s why claims by Iran’s foreign minister that a Tehran hate fest isn’t government-sanctioned are ludicrous

Emergency services at the scene of an explosion next to a West Bank checkpoint outside of the Palestinian village of Hizme, May 10, 2016. (Screencapture)

IDF officer seriously hurt by bombs at West Bank checkpoint

By Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross

Nine pipe bombs were apparently planted along road outside Palestinian village of Hizme; four exploded as troops neared

Teen shot as troops clash with Palestinians outside Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross and Dov Lieber

Israel seals off West Bank for memorial, independence days

By Judah Ari Gross

French PM to visit Israel in bid to relaunch peace process

By ToI Staff and AFP

Political and military leaders observing a moment of silence at the official Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on May 11, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 2)

Live updates (closed)

PM: Today, we the Jewish people control our own destiny

By Marissa Newman and Sara Miller

Netanyahu joins the rest of the country in celebrating Israel’s 68th birthday

Ezra Schwartz, far left, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist south of Jerusalem on November 19, 2015. At the time, Schwartz was spending a gap year at a Beit Shemesh yeshiva. Here he poses with his four younger siblings in Sharon, Massachusetts. (Facebook)

Teen US terror victim memorialized in musical tribute

By Cathryn J. Prince

As Israel remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terror, musician Rebecca Teplow releases song dedicated to 18-year-old Ezra Schwartz, who was murdered in November

Soldier who battled terrorists in supermarket gets posthumous citation for bravery

By Judah Ari Gross

Donald Trump attends a press conference with members of the Veteran Police Association in Staten Island, New York, on April 17, 2016. (AFP Photo/Kena Betancur)

Trump says he’ll visit Israel, where he thinks everyone likes him

Despite polls showing most Israelis view him disfavorably, presumptive GOP nominee tells newspaper he hasn’t heard of any who are averse to him, says he’ll make trip before election

Trump faults computer ‘error’ for listing white supremacist as delegate

By AP and ToI Staff

Jewish author of Melania Trump profile files complaint over deluge of anti-Semitic abuse

By JTA and ToI Staff

9 Jewish groups support bill banning prevention of US entry based on religion

By JTA

The first to fall in the 2nd Lebanon War

Gentle, friendly, impressively humane Eyal was killed on his last day of annual reserve duty

Joining Israelis in a sad circle of grief

A special tribute to bereaved parents who, despite burying their children, somehow vow to go on with their lives

My heart is broken, my heart is torn

Israel goes into battle not hungry for war, but with the desire for peace, with a lust for life, and a hatred of death

Did Ben Rhodes really dupe us on Obama’s Iran deal?

Rebuttal to NYTimes profile: White House wasn’t bamboozling the press, it was figuring out how best to pitch their product

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

Iranian military chief says US is sole enemy, getting weaker

Revolutionary Guards navy chief derides America, neglects to castigate Israel

Fiamma Nirenstein attends a meeting between Israeli MKs and European delegates to discuss the relations between the European Union and the Israeli parliament in 2009 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s controversial pick for Italy envoy withdraws her candidacy

By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren

Fiamma Nirenstein cites ‘personal reasons’ for pulling out as Israeli ambassador-designate to Rome

The Haifa District Court building. (Avishag Shaar Yeshuv/Flash90)

Arab Israelis accused of planning stabbing, shooting attacks

3 men allegedly plotted assaults on Israeli civilians, soldiers in Jerusalem, Acre and on a major Galilee highway

Maya Rahimi, Natan Meir and Ofer Cohen share personal stories of grief and endurance at IFCJ's Yom Hazikaron event in Jerusalem to honor terror victims, May 9, 2016. (Courtesy)

Recent terror victims share grief, and strategies for moving forward

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Foreign Ministry ceremony for Israel's Memorial Day, May 10, 2016. (Chaim Tzach/GPO)

PM says he threatened raid on besieged Cairo embassy in 2011

By Raoul Wootliff

Former Foreign Ministry officials dismiss claims that imminent rescue operation pushed Egypt to evacuate staff from angry mob

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard as civilians look at the damage following a car bomb attack in Sadr City, a Shiite area north of the capital Baghdad, on May 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Baghdad market bombing claimed by IS kills 52

By AFP

Suicide bombing targeting Shiite area of Iraqi capital comes amid political crisis paralyzing the government

An image taken from security camera footage shows young men setting a bus on fire in the Beis Rivkah elementary school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York on April 8, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

NYC police seek 5 black youths after Jewish school bus blaze

By AP

An 11-year-old has already been charged with arson, criminal mischief in incident being treated as possible hate crime

Israel's Consul-General in Istanbul Shai Cohen (left) meets with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General Dore Gold and Bureau Chief Gilad Cohen on March 21, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. (MFA)

Israel said to reprimand envoy over Turkey reconciliation comments

By Raoul Wootliff and Agencies

Israeli consul-general told reporters that more work was needed for Jerusalem and Ankara to resume ties

Jewish worshipers pray in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, during Passover, April 6, 2015. The Western Wall is a retaining wall of the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

French minister pans own government for UNESCO vote on Jerusalem

By JTA

Bernard Cazeneuve says resolution referring to Temple Mount, Western Wall plaza by Arabic names ‘should not have been adopted’

Film producer Gene Gutowski at his home in Warsaw, Poland, October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter and Polanski producer Gene Gutowski dies

By Vanessa Gera

Polish-American artist who also spent time as a consultant to a Saudi arms dealer dies of pneumonia at 90

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An online invitation asking Twitter users to ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questions using the #AskNetanyahu hashtag. (Screenshot from Twitter)

Prime targetTrolls go to town on #AskNetanyahu Twitter campaign

By Raoul Wootliff

(L to R) Igor Kantor, Koby Kohai and Eli Zalianski hold their robot xylophone player (Shitzu Photographers, Technion Spokesperson’s Office)

Xylophone independenceTechnion’s Zionist robot plays Hatikva

Activists of right-wing Hindu Sena or Hindu Army conduct Hindu rituals to ensure a win for U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Divine interTrumptionIndian Hindus ask gods to help Trump

By AP

Kathryn Hahn arrives at the FYC special screening for Amazon's "Transparent" held at DGA Theater on May 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic)

Hahn soloThe nice Catholic girl playing a rabbi on ‘Transparent’

By JTA

US director Woody Allen poses on May 11, 2016, during a photocall for the film 'Cafe Society' ahead of the opening of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, southern France. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)

Cannes of wormsWoody Allen faces biggest fears: Terrorists, reporters

By AFP

Screenshot from video footage showing a UK anti-terror police drill in Manchester on May 10, 2016 which used a Muslim "terrorist" who shouted "Allahu Akbar." (UK Police)

UK police apologize for using ‘Allahu Akbar’ phrase in anti-terror drill

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli soldiers march during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 10, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewUnity, disunity, and opportunity

By Marissa Newman

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