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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 5, 2017

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 5, 2017. (AFP/AP and pool/Dan Balilty)

Netanyahu heads to UK seeking a ‘united front’ against Iran

By Raphael Ahren

PM says alliance needed ‘in light of Iran’s defiance against international order’; set to talk security, economic and tech cooperation with May, Johnson

Western navies hold major drill off coast of Iran

Top Iran officer: If enemies do wrong, ‘roaring missiles’ will come down on them

By ToI Staff and AP

Ryan: Enforce the Iran nuclear deal, don’t dismantle it

By JTA

Cannabis plant. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Jewish Home: Settlers ‘deserve normal lives just like Tel Aviv’

Ministers endorse bill to export medicinal cannabis; multiple El Al flights to and from Europe canceled amid wage dispute

Parents and children lining up in central London to audition for the leading role in Steven Spielberg's latest feature, 'The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.' (Jenni Frazer/Times of Israel)

From London to Miami, kids line up to audition for historical Spielberg role

By Jenni Frazer

Director is on the lookout for perfect youth to play Edgardo Mortara, an Italian-Jewish boy who was taken from his family in the mid-19th century and raised as a Catholic

New York commuters scrub anti-Semitic graffiti from a subway car (YouTube screenshot)

Strangers on a train

NY passengers band together, scrub swastikas off subway car

With sanitizer and tissues, ‘stubborn’ New York commuters erase traces of anti-Semitic grafitti

The nine homes in Ofra slated to be evacuated. (Google Maps illustration)

Court delays evacuation of Ofra houses by a month

By Judah Ari Gross

Majority decision denies request for three-month extension to clear nine settlement buildings constructed on private Palestinian land

Facing backlash over Amona, Jewish Home leaders vow to pass legalization bill

Livni: Outpost legalization bill will land IDF troops in ICC

Illinois warns European Union on boycotting settlements

By JTA

Soldiers at the Cybertech Israel Conference and Exhibition, in Tel Aviv, on January 31, 2017 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Israeli spooks step out of the shadows in battle for cyber edge

By Shoshanna Solomon

At a Tel Aviv exhibition, the Mossad and Shin Bet look for the next generation of officers to combat computer threats

Following a ruling by a federal judge in Seattle that grants a nationwide temporary restraining order against the presidential order to ban travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, demonstrators march in support of the decision inside at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, February 4, 2017. (David McNew/Getty Images/AFP)

Court denies Trump request to immediately restore travel ban

US Circuit court of appeals gives a day for responses to government petition, and time for Justice Department counter-response

Jihadi DonMag cover shows Trump beheading Lady Liberty

By AFP

Israeli intelligence chiefs said to meet with Trump officials

By Alexander Fulbright

New documents show Trump retains direct tie to businesses

By Julie Bykowicz and CHAD DAY

Arabs and Jews demonstrate against the government's demolition of illegally-built homes in the Arab community, in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Thousands march in Tel Aviv over demolition of Arab homes

By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff

Jewish, Arab protesters accuse officials of racism, incitement against minorities, say treatment vastly different to that of settlers during Amona evacuation

Illustrative photo of the northern Israeli village of Musheirifa. (CC BY-SA, Wikipedia)

Israeli Arabs receive notice of impending home demolitions

By Alexander Fulbright

Joshua Hammerman

My Jewish prediction for a Patriots win

The New England team has already beat the non-kosher birds the Eagles and the Seahawks; clearly, the Falcons are next

Why Jerusalem will go back on strike

Everything you ever want to know about that garbage that’s going to pile up in the streets of the capital again

Missing the boat on Jewish continuity

Excluding those with disabilities not only leaves them out, it alienates a whole generation raised to value inclusion

Aerial view of Masada (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA)

Archaeologists get set to dig at Masada, after 11-year hiatus

By Ilan Ben Zion

Tel Aviv University team will excavate rebel dwellings, Herod’s gardens in month-long expedition at UNESCO heritage site

Palestinian protesters hold placards during a demonstration east of Jerusalem against US President-elect Donald Trump, on January 20, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)

Analysis

Trump sidelines Palestinians, as aide said to rule out building ties for now

By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff

Palestinian sources say Jason Greenblatt told them administration will engage with PA only after Trump meets Netanyahu on Feb. 15; White House denies claim

Avraham Avera Mengistu, undated. (Courtesy of the Mengistu family via AP)

Hamas refuses to swap Israeli civilian for imprisoned operative — report

By Stuart Winer

Official says Palestinian terror group will only negotiate for a single, all-encompassing exchange

Fire burning in the West Bank settlement of Halamish on November 26, 2016 (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

3 Palestinians accused of arson in November West Bank fire

Men indicted for blaze that destroyed homes at Halamish settlement; indictment doesn’t allege terror or ‘nationalistic motives’

Israeli natural gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea, September 2, 2015. (Flash90)

In further sign of warming ties, Turkish energy officials headed to Jerusalem

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Delegation to discuss building underwater gas pipeline from Israel to Turkey, will head to Gaza to study ways to ease electricity shortage

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (right) with Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug, June 3, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel chief says don’t cut taxes, raise services

By Shoshanna Solomon

Karnit Flug laments low rate of social spending, significantly under OECD average

Thousands attend a rally in support of legalizing marijuana, held in Rabin square, Tel Aviv, February 4, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Thousands call for full weed legalization at Tel Aviv rally

By Stuart Winer

Knesset members join others urging public security minister to go beyond decriminalizing cannabis use

The Boas-Pais family, who perished in the Holocaust, in front of their home in the Frisian city of Harlingen, the Netherlands, before World War II. (Courtesy of the Annehuis ter Harlingen/via JTA)

Dutch Jewish wedding film from 1939 shines light on doomed community

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A mother with her newborn at Baby Lis. (Courtesy of Baby Lis via JTA)

These upscale Israeli hotels are designed for new moms and babies

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A tank believed to be from before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 found in the sand dunes at the Nitzanim Nature Reserve in southern Israel. (Israel Police Spokesperson)

Underground resistanceTank predating state found buried in sand dunes

President Donald Trump's White House Senior Advisor Steve Bannon arrives at a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jewish Dems front letter to Trump urging Bannon’s removal from NSC

By JTA

Radiohead playing at the Coachella music festival in 2004. (CC BY SA, Wikipedia)

All I needRadiohead to play Tel Aviv in July

Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on December 26, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Herzog released from hospital after suspected mild stroke

Firefighters attend the scene of a fire in the Carmelit underground train Haifa, Northern Israel. February 04, 2017. (Photo by Basel Awidat/FLASH90)

Haifa subway fire likely caused by technical malfunction

El Al airplanes on the tarmac at the Ben Gurion International Airport on August 14, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Three El Al flights canceled amid anger over aging pilots’ wages

Meir Kay's online videos generate millions of hits -- and smiles. (Courtesy)

Viral rabbi captures hearts of online ‘congregation’ via social media

Mexicans set fire to an effigy of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on March 26, 2016 in Mexico City during Holy Week celebrations (AFP/Yuri Cortez)

Hebrew media reviewPlaying with ire

By Joshua Davidovich

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