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What Matters Most On Monday, January 30, 2017

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives to chair the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 29, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / ABIR SULTAN)

All Israeli ministers keep silent on Trump’s Muslim entry curbs

By Raoul Wootliff

Meretz and Joint List party chairs are the only political leaders to comment on order closing US to citizens of 7 countries

Ex-deputy PM slams Netanyahu for silence on US’s Muslim ban

By Raphael Ahren

After Trump ban, Chicago-area shul turns from welcoming refugees to protesting

‘This is not a Muslim ban,’ Trump says of bar on 7 countries

By AFP

Canadian police officers patrol after a shooting in a mosque at the Québec City Islamic cultural center on Sainte-Foy Street in Quebec city on January 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Alice Chiche)

Trudeau ‏condemns ‘terrorist’ mosque attack as toll raised to 6

By ToI Staff and Agencies

8 injured in shooting at Quebec City Islamic center; 2 suspected gunmen arrested; President Rivlin decries ‘horrific attack’

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking during a press conference on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, November 20, 2016. (AFP/RAFAEL ZARAUZ)

Canada offers temporary home to those stranded by Trump order

By AFP

Booker Prize winning author and columnist Howard Jacobson in 2017. (Photo credit: Jenny Jacobson)

Interview

Parliament, Palestinians and pornography: An interview with Howard Jacobson

By JP O’ Malley

The renowned writer has a host of polarizing opinions, and, as illustrated by his new anti-Trump novella, he is not reticent about sharing them

US President Donald Trump seen through an Oval Office window gives a thumbs up as he speaks on the phone to King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House on January 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

In call with Riyadh, Trump vows to ‘rigorously enforce’ Iran deal

By Eric Cortellessa

President and Saudi king vow to ‘address Iran’s destabilizing regional activities,’ fight ‘radical Islamic terrorism’

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi celebrating on stage after being awarded with the Best Screenplay prize for the film "The Salesman (Forushande) during the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 22, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Valery HACHE)

Iranian director to skip awards over US travel ban

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meeting at the Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

White House says Trump to host Netanyahu on February 15

By Raoul Wootliff

PM says he will ask US president to renew sanctions on Iran in response to ballistic missile test; ‘We cannot allow Iranian aggression to go unanswered,’ he says

Forty protesters outside the American Embassy in Tel Aviv protested President Donald Trump‘s policies towards Muslims and refugees on January 29, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

At Tel Aviv protest, activists hear echoes of Israeli policy in Trump’s refugee ban

By Melanie Lidman

Small crowd of mostly left-wing activists and US immigrants gathers with a handful of asylum seekers to voice indignation

History in mind, Jews across US join airport protests of refugee ban

Israel fears citizens who fled Muslim lands may be banned by US

By AFP

Several Jewish families affected by Trump’s refugee ban

By JTA

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order as then chief of ftaff Reince Priebus looks on in the Oval Office of the White House, on January 23, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

White House: ‘No regret’ over omitting Jews from Holocaust Day statement

By Eric Cortellessa

Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus defends administration, says ‘there was no harm or ill-will or offense intended’

Kaine says Trump statement’s Jewish omission is ‘Holocaust denial’

By Eric Cortellessa

RJC, ZOA criticize Trump’s Holocaust remembrance statement

By JTA and ToI Staff

Pope calls for Holocaust remembrance to prevent repeat

By JTA

Ultra Orthodox women protest against the Women of the Wall movement hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, December 1, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox MKs tell Netanyahu to cancel Western Wall compromise

A year after historic government decision, top state rabbis insist lawmakers must undo deal facilitating pluralistic prayer at holy site

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a meeting with Likud party members at the Knesset on January 30, 2017. AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)

As tensions flare, Netanyahu says Trump wall tweet wasn’t about Mexico

By Marissa Newman and ToI Staff

PM accuses ‘left-wing, Bolshevik’ media of manufacturing crisis with ‘fake news,’ ‘character assassination’; Mexican foreign minister says Twitter post ‘felt like aggressive act’

Israel’s ambassador to Mexico faces rebuke after PM’s wall comments

From the webIsrael’s Magal pushes for Mexico wall deal as Trump buoys shares

Trump travel ban sows chaos at airports, sparks protests

By Deepti Hajela and Michael Tarm

Religious Zionism embraces capitalism

The National-Religious camp has jettisoned social justice in favor of a hard-hearted — and unsustainable — worldview

The Jews of la-la-France

Two pieces of advice for French Jewry: 1. Don’t expect the Israeli government to help, and 2. Get out anyway

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Why Trump’s universalizing of the Holocaust matters to the Jews

Omission of Jews from president’s statement sets off alarm bells for those who understand how Holocaust deniers and European nationalists seek to downplay the Jewish genocide

Israel’s collision course

The recent UN Security Council vote helps enable worldwide punishment of Israel for its settlement policies

Post-truth and post-history

Israel’s silence in the face of Trump’s order ignores the country’s historical identity and distorts its basic values

Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian protesters supporting the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel on September 21, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa (Michelly Rall/Getty Images via JTA)

Amid US travel ban, Israel set to bar entry to boycott activists

By Marissa Newman

Final votes on law scheduled for Monday; legislation extends to those who back boycott of settlement goods; Israeli politicians mum on new Trump travel restrictions

Dor Crasanti-Sela was killed by her husband alongside her sons, Yosef and Binyamin on January 28, 2017. (Facebook)

Mother and boys killed by husband, father laid to rest

Hundreds attend Migdal funerals of murdered Dor Crasanti-Sela, 23, Yosef, 2, and 8-month-old Binyamin

Muhammad Shinawi, Khaled bin Atef Abu Kleib and Ihab bin Ayoub Yusef‬ enter a Haifa court on January 30, 2017. Shinawi is accused of murder and attempted murder for shooting attacks in the northern port city earlier this month. Abu Kleib and Yusef are charged with assisting him. (Screen capture)

Arab Israeli man charged with terrorist shootings in Haifa

By Judah Ari Gross

Catalyst behind Muhammad Shinawi’s attacks was girlfriend calling him ‘Jew lover,’ Shin Bet says; 2 indicted as accessories

Bedouin women in Rahat waiting for a bus, February 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ministers back welfare, education plan to ‘eradicate’ polygamy

By Marissa Newman

Cabinet okays proposal to integrate Bedouin women in workforce, offer boosted health services, and advocate against ‘enlarged families’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with members of the Israeli Navy at a ceremony welcoming the INS Tanin submarine, built by the German firm ThyssenKrupp, in the Port of Haifa on September 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office )

Rebuffing criticism, PMO issues timeline of submarine purchase

Netanyahu’s office says itinerary shows acquisition of vessels ‘was made according to recommendations of Navy, Defense Ministry’

A Bedouin woman reacts after seeing her demolished home in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev Desert, in southern Israel, January 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

At Bedouin village, a breakdown in talks led to demolitions and deaths

As the state and residents tried to negotiate an exit at Umm al-Hiran in the Negev, the devil was in the details and the details cost the lives of 2 men

Jerusalem Municipality workers protest against the delay in transfer of the annual budget from the Finance Ministry in downtown Jerusalem on January 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem roads blocked, trash piles up as strike continues

Uncollected garbage disrupts train service; officials from city and Finance Ministry blame one another for budget shortfall

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog calls on Ehud Barak to rejoin the Labor Party, on January 29, 2017. (courtesy)

Barak says no plans to reenter politics, run for PM

By Marissa Newman

Labor leader Herzog urges former PM to come back, announces former National Security Council chair has joined party

An IDF soldier welds shut a workshop suspected of being used to manufacture illegal guns in Hebron on January 30, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

In West Bank raids, IDF shutters gun workshop, ‘inciting’ printer

By Judah Ari Gross

Troops arrest 19 Palestinian suspects, mostly for rock throwing, amid uptick in attacks on Israeli civilians, soldiers

Participants at Israel's CyberTech 2016 conference (Courtesy: Gilad Kavalerchik)

Speed, agility seen as Israel’s edge in cyber-war

By Shoshanna Solomon

65 new cyber startups were set up in Israel in 2016, and nation maintains spot as a global player in cybersecurity, report says

Palestinians chant slogans during a protest against the ongoing electricity crisis in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on January 12, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

Gaza’s infrastructure on the verge of collapse, report warns

Israeli group finds PA, Hamas partly responsible for crisis, but puts lion’s share of blame on Israel

Lady Jenny Tonge in a J-TV interview with Dr. Alan Mendoza. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Baroness claims she was ‘caught in a trap’ in interview on Israel

By Jenni Frazer

More Headlines

Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks about women's prayer rights at the Western Wall, January 22, 2017. (Dennis Zinn/ILTV)

Amanda Borschel-Dan on women’s prayer at the Western Wall

By ToI Staff and dennis zinn

Times of Israel analyst Haviv Rettig Gur speaks about the legality of West Bank settlements, January 29, 2017. (Dennis Zinn/ILTV)

Haviv Rettig Gur on the legality of settlements

By ToI Staff and dennis zinn

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner dance at the Freedom Ball, in Washington, January 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Thank God it's FridayTrump bigwigs attend Shabbat meal at Kushners

By JTA

The IDF has developed a phone that supports both 4G and military networks and enables soldiers to securely send classified visuals and footage from the field. (YouTube screenshot)

IDF launches new smartphone to keep communication secure

By Shoshanna Solomon

Former Israel chief rabbi Yona Metzger at the Jerusalem District Court on Monday, January 30, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prison-bound former chief rabbi pleads guilty to taking bribes

A guest room at the Herods Vitalis Spa Hotel Eilat. (Herods Vitalis Spa Hotel Eilat, courtesy)

First resortEilat hotel named best in Mideast by TripAdvisor

This file photo taken on January 27, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump attending the ceremonial swearing-in of James Mattis as secretary of defense at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (AFP/ Mandel Ngan)

Hebrew media reviewThe Trumperfly effect

By Joshua Davidovich

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