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What Matters Most On Monday, February 13, 2017

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Benjamin Netanyahu, with his wife Sara Netanyahu behind him, speaking to the press before boarding a plane to the US, at Ben-Gurion Airport, on February 13, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu, leaving for DC, says he and Trump ‘see eye-to-eye’

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

PM fends off pressure from his right flank to use his first summit with the US president to reject Palestinian statehood

Trump intended to move embassy to Jerusalem at 12:01 on Day 1, top Republican says

By Stuart Winer

‘We mustn’t get into confrontation with Trump,’ Netanyahu said to warn ministers

Erdan: No minister, including Netanyahu, wants a Palestinian state soon

Senior Hamas leader Yahya Sanwar talks during a rally in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, October 21, 2011(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas elects convicted murderer Yahya Sinwar as Gaza chief

Jailed by Israel for killing collaborators, released in Shalit exchange, and included on US terrorism blacklist, Islamic terror group’s new strongman is seen as violent, unpredictable extremist

AnalysisYahya Sinwar can ignite Israel’s south — and may want to

By Avi Issacharoff

Hamas member dies in tunnel collapse

Islamophobia is fuelling terrorism, says UN chief

By AFP

NFL player Cameron Jordan at the Rolling Stone Live: Houston presented by Budweiser and Mercedes-Benz on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Rolling Stone/AFP)

After PR fumbles, Israel to welcome smaller squad of NFL players

By Jessica Steinberg

7 remaining members of junket to touch down in Israel on Monday night, after at least 3 pull out for political reasons

Hezbollah militants attend a ceremony at the Martyr's cemetery in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on February 12, 2017. (AFP/ ANWAR AMRO)

Live updates (closed)

Top Hamas official: New Gaza leader won’t bring ‘radical change’

UN hits back after Lebanon president backs arms for Hezbollah; as PM heads to DC, Lapid warns against backing Trump into corner, settler leader says president is ‘not the messiah’

A salt flat on the shores of the Dead Sea on January 11, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Part I in a series of three articles

As the Dead Sea dries, its collapsing shores force a return to nature

By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress

The rapid appearance of more than 6,000 sinkholes is compelling locals, who rely heavily on tourism, to come up with creative solutions to stay afloat

President Reuven Rivlin holds up a Palestinian deed to land he purchased in the West Bank during a speech in Jerusalem on Monday, February 13, 2017 (Israel Bardugo)

Rivlin backs annexation with full rights for Palestinians

By Marissa Newman

President says outpost legalization law should not be applied unless Israel extends sovereignty to entire West Bank

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends a press conference in Tel Aviv, January 26, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Build in settlements to punish Palestinians, top minister urges

By Marissa Newman

Israeli satire program Gav HaUmah (Back of the Nation) presents its Trump parody video, February 12, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

Israel-seconders

Israel joins Trump-mocking campaign with parody video

Satire show’s clip, from the land ‘where God had sex with Miriam,’ pushes bid for Jewish state to be ‘second’ to America’s ‘first’

At the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, activists gather in support of refugees on February 12, 2017 (Kaila Fleisig)

Protesters invoke Holocaust at Boston rally against Trump immigration ban

By Matt Lebovic

In the shadow of New England’s towering Holocaust memorial, community leaders compare situation of Syrian refugees to that of Jews fleeing Nazi Europe

Rap artists savage ‘Agent Orange’ Trump at Grammys

Trudeau visits Trump in crucial meeting for Canada

Sales of Ivanka’s fashion line at Nordstrom fell sharply before election

By JTA

Bringing Tu Bishvat color to prison

Female inmates got a taste of the fruity holiday, and with it, a taste of freedom

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Israel’s valentines

A native Israeli finds the promise, challenge, and love of her homeland in olim kissing the tarmac when they arrive

Paul Shrell-Fox

Survival of the nicest

Scientific proof that altruism is an evolutionary trait is deeply relevant to Jewish moral teachings

How (not) to make friends

BIbi has foolishly alienated allies and American Jews, for Israel’s future rests on lasting alliances and common values

Mothers in Tel Aviv meet for an Ayeka 'Soulful Parenting' workshop, February 2016. (Courtesy)

Is there such a thing as ‘soulful’ parenting?

By Simona Weinglass

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during a meeting with the new president of Germany's Upper House of Parliament and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer (not pictured) in Berlin on February 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Odd Andersen)

Germany said to scrap summit with Israel over outpost law

By Alexander Fulbright

Cancellation reportedly due to Merkel’s displeasure with recent legislation and announcements of new settlement homes

Indian UN peacekeepers with their armored personnel carrier, right, stand guard next to a giant poster that shows Hezbollah fighters and the Al Aqsa Mosque with Arabic and Hebrew words reading: "We are coming," near the barbed wire that separates Lebanon from the Shebaa Farms. April 16, 2014. AP/Hussein Malla)

Analysis

All is not quiet on Israel’s northern frontier

By Avi Issacharoff

Increased cooperation between Hezbollah and the Lebanese army grew from common efforts against Islamic State. The Golan may be next

A Hezbollah supporter waves his group's flag, as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, center, speaks via a video link, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, June 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah chief hails ‘fool’ Trump for revealing US ‘racism’

By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (l) meets Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, February 11, 2017, (Screen capture: YouTube)

Sweden seeks closer economic cooperation with Iran

Stockholm inks five deals with Tehran during PM’s two-day visit; Khamenei praises country for its ‘long relationship’ with the regime

Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich and ZIonist Camp MK Tzipi Livni attend a committee meeting regarding the so-called Regulation Bill in the Knesset on November 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Right-wing lawmakers back Livni for possible UN appointment

Jewish Home’s Shaked and Smotrich praise opposition MK as a ‘patriotic Zionist with experience’ who would do a great job

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo. (CC BY-SA, World Economic Forum, Wikipedia)

Peru urges Trump to extradite ex-president said to have sought refuge in Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Lima thanks Netanyahu for refusing entry to Alejandro Toledo, whose wife is Jewish and who is on lam to avoid facing bribery charges

Race against time to fly blood to stricken Israeli in Peru

By Stuart Winer

Emergency service seeking permits to bring units to save the life of critically ill Zohar Katz, 21

Illustrative photo of Border Policemen on May 2, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90 )

Police officer lightly hurt in tussle with Palestinian youths in Jerusalem

Two minors attack cop as he is checking their identification cards in Old City

Screen capture from Russian military drone footage showing damage at the ancient site of Palmyra, Syria, February 2017. (screen capture: Sputnik/YouTube)

Russia releases drone footage of fresh Palmyra destruction

By AFP

After recapturing ancient historical site, Islamic State appears to have demolished Roman amphitheater, other structures

The Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod, November 8, 2013 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

14 held in major Kfar Saba corruption investigation

Suspects include at least one senior official, as well as individuals described as having ‘financial interests’ in the city

Rabbi James Proops, affixing a Mezuzah at the base of the Gabriel Project's base of operations in Ashte. (Courtesy)

Trading bubble for slum, Jewish students learn how to fix a suffering world

By Jenni Frazer

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Times of Israel deputy editor Joshua Davidovich speaks at the Times of Israel office in Jerusalem. (Dennis Zinn)

Joshua Davidovich on upcoming Trump-Netanyahu meeting

By ToI Staff and dennis zinn

Israel Aircraft Industries' nanosatellite BGUSAT. (Courtesy IAI)

First Israeli research nanosatellite set to launch

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli Air Force officers next to a destroyed Egyptian MiG-21 at Bir Gifgafa. (Yehezkel Rahamim, Wikimedia)

Soundtrack to a legendary victory: Israel releases 1967 war recordings

The portrait of late North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung is held aloft during a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, October 10, 2015 (KRT via AP Video)

At your own riskNorth Korea to grant visas to Israeli tourists

By Stuart Winer

MK Oren Hazan (holding mic) gets married to Rinat Kotkovsky, February 12, 2017 (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Putting a ring on itScandal-dogged Likud MK Hazan gets hitched

Shia LaBeouf attending the “American Honey” photocall during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival, May 15, 2016. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

AxedShia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump performance art shut down

By JTA

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attends a discussion at the Health committee regarding a reform to ease access to medical cannabis on January 09, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Health minister: Cigarette warning pictures ‘unaesthetic’

By Alexander Fulbright

The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

From the web Teva 4Q results provide badly needed boost

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, on February 12, 2017. (Emil Salman/POOL)

Hebrew media reviewAhead of US trip, Netanyahu sweats the agenda

By Joshua Davidovich

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