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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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Israeli Ambassador to Egypt David Govrin at his home in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, on June 5, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel pulls Cairo ambassador over security fears

By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren

Shin Bet confirms David Govrin is back in Jerusalem; Egyptian analyst claims he left because of political tensions over Gaza

From left to right: Acting Security Advisor Yaakov Nagel, Military Attache to the Prime Minister Eliezer Toledano, PM Netanyahu's chief of staff Yoav Horowitz, Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer and Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Blair House in Washington, February 13 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)

Analysis

2 states or not 2 states, that is the question when Netanyahu meets Trump

By Raphael Ahren

In Washington, the PM will try to steer clear of terminology that could anger the White House or his right-wing base at home

Netanyahu lands in US ahead of meeting with Trump

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Trump yet to speak to UN nuclear watchdog about Iran deal

By AP and ToI Staff

When Netanyahu slept at the Kushners — and other media tales of Trump’s Jewish confidantes

Israelis attend a demonstration in support of then US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Jerusalem on November 7, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Analysis

With Trump, on Israel (and lots of other stuff), you just don’t know

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: The new president, the great hope of the Israeli right, has already bashed settlements, paused the embassy relocation, and urged Israel to be reasonable in its dealings with the Palestinians. He may say the opposite to Netanyahu. Or not. And whatever he says may not translate into policy afterwards. Good luck to us all

Israel's new Ambassador to Egypt David Govrin presents his credentials to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at his palace in Cairo, August 31, 2016 (Egyptian Presidential Palace)

Live updates (closed)

Ethics office recommends Conway investigation over Ivanka plug

White House says Trump expects Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine; none hurt as stray projectile from Syria strikes Golan; Israel pulls Cairo envoy due to security concerns

A family walking in the Adei Ad outpost on November 27, 2003. (Flash90 )

State invokes controversial new law to defend illegal West Bank outpost

By Stuart Winer

In response to High Court petition against Adei Ad settlement, government points to legislation that expropriates private Palestinian land if settlers are already living on it

Germany said to scrap summit with Israel over outpost law

By Alexander Fulbright

Expanding settlements ‘absolute provocation‘ — Erdogan

Spanish courts reverse two pro-BDS municipal rulings

By JTA

Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during the 14th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 12, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reporter's notebookEven the president returned to his one-state roots

Buoyed by Trump-Netanyahu summit, ministers openly scratch annexation itch

By Marissa Newman

Undampened by warning signals from the White House and disputes over details, excitement for declaring the West Bank part of Israel reaches fever pitch at a Jerusalem conference

Don’t push Trump ‘into corner’ on Palestinians, Lapid warns

By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren

Minister claims Netanyahu, Trump will push for Palestinian state in Sinai

By Raoul Wootliff

Senior PA official asks EU to boycott settlement products

By Alexander Fulbright

It's a snail's life at the Haclinica veterinary surgery in Tel Aviv, where vets have developed an expertise in shell repair. (YouTube screenshot)

Shell shock

Tel Aviv vets forge a trail in snail care, slowly

Clinic that developed expertise in putting crushed shells back together is now teaching the public

YouTube star PewDiePie reacts to two Indian men fulfilling his $5 request to hold up a sign that read "Death to the Jews" in a January 11, 2017, video.

Disney dumps YouTube star PewDiePie over anti-Semitic videos

By AFP

Popular video blogger criticized for paying Indian men $5 to hold a banner reading ‘Death to all Jews,’ posting other clips with anti-Semitic messages

Members of the “Bnei Menashe” Jewish community in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, India, on their way to the airport, February 12, 2017. (Shavei Israel)

Photo essay

‘After 27 centuries of exile,’ 102 Indian Bnei Menashe head to Israel

By Josefin Dolsten

Members of ‘lost tribe,’ to arrive Tuesday and Thursday, will join community in Nazareth Illit

Gilead Sher and Jonathan Heuberger

Trump-Netanyahu: How to avoid previous setbacks

Among the ways the US can help bring peace: offer a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Palestinian economic development

What will Netanyahu discuss with Trump?

The Israeli PM’s 4 main agenda items include asking the US to tighten — not scrap — the Iran nuclear deal

David-Seth Kirshner

Bibi, tell Trump of Israel’s courage and kindness

A call for Netanyahu to connect Jews who prioritize security with those who focus on morality — two truly Jewish approaches

Yoram Schweitzer

The rocket attack on Eilat: Why now?

The Islamic State’s Sinai Province faction has the will, if not the means, to ratchet up attacks on Israel

Malynnda Littky-Porath

A year of Facebook failures

The social platform keeps reminding her about her painful breakups and suggesting she ‘friend’ dates from hell

Donald Trump and attorney David Friedman exit the Federal Building, following an appearance in US Bankruptcy Court on February 25, 2010, in Camden, New Jersey. (Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images/JTA)

600 rabbis and cantors sign letter opposing Trump’s Israel envoy Friedman

By Eric Cortellessa

Liberal Jewish groups say ‘extreme’ nominee, who called J Street backers ‘worse than kapos,’ would hurt Israel

Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn arrives on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

In instead of Flynn? White House names replacement shortlist

By Jonathan Lemire

Candidates for national security adviser include disgraced former CIA head David Petreaus, Lockheed Martin chief in UAE Robert Harward

Rabbis Ari Edelkopf, center, and Berel Lazar, right, listen to a speech at a reception of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia in Sochi, Russia, February 9, 2017. (Courtesy of Federation of Jewish Communities)

Rabbi’s expulsion rattles Russian Jews fearful of Kremlin crackdown

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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

Netanyahu reportedly to give up Communications Ministry

By Stuart Winer

Hebrew daily says prime minister’s move brought about by High Court petition that alleges conflict of interest

Gideon Saar, former interior minister, speaks during a meeting with parliamentarians from various countries, at the Mamila Hotel in Jerusalem, on October 20, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Previewing political comeback, Sa’ar says he’ll return to Likud

By Marissa Newman

Former interior minister, seen as a challenger to Netanyahu, declines to say when he plans to end his early retirement

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks at the "Likudiada", a gathering of Likud party members and supporters in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on January 27, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Minister sees fresh Gaza conflict after Hamas anoints ‘unpredictable’ leader

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Yuval Steinitz warns Yahya Sinwar’s impulsiveness and jihadist fantasies could lead to a new military confrontation

The European Gaza Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. (YouTube screenshot)

Top employee at EU-, UN-funded Gaza hospital quotes ‘Protocols of Zion‘

Simon Weisenthal Center demands fund freeze until Palestinian institution fires worker, apologizes for his Facebook post

North Koreans gather to watch a New Year's fireworks display at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, January 1, 2017. (AP/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Foreign Ministry tells Israelis to avoid North Korea

Warning follows news that Israeli company has won exclusive right to issue North Korean visas to Israelis

This photo taken on December 18, 2014 shows Dutch far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders standing at the Parliament building in The Hague. (AFP PHOTO / ANP / Evert-Jan Daniels)

Dutch MP vows to ‘de-Islamize’ nation, calls mosques ‘Nazi temples’

By ToI Staff and AP

Ahead of election in which his party is projected to gain significantly, Geert Wilders says other politicians will have to work with him or face backlash

Syria Supper Club gathering with chef Maryam Al Radi in Maplewood, NJ, September 2016. (Courtesy)

NJ Jews and refugees break bread and barriers at Syria Supper Club

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Demonstrators protest agaist President Trump's executive immigration ban at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on January 28, 2017. (AFP/ Joshua LOTT)

Breaking Bread

Muslim, Jewish families share Sabbath meal after protest

By JTA

Turkish Yildirims join Jewish Bendat-Appells after meeting during anti-Trump travel ban protest in Chicago

About 700 people attended a New York City rally in support of refugees organized by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, February 12, 2017. (JTA/Josefin Dolsten)

‘We were once strangers too’: Jews rally across US in support of refugees

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Illustrative: A supernova explosion. (YouTube screenshot)

Death starIsraeli astronomers catch first hours of supernova

By Mariëtte Le Roux

Boxes moving along a conveyor belt at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, California, January 19, 2015. (File: AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JUSTIN SULLIVAN)

On its US, UK sites, Amazon sells books that deny Holocaust

By JTA

EMTs treat the injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site in the central Israel city of Bat Yam on February 13, 2017. (Magen David Adom spokeswoman)

Crane collapses near Tel Aviv, wounding 4 and crushing cars

Imri Ziv, who will represent Israel in Eurovision 2017 after winning the reality show "The Next Star," reacts during the final at Neve Ilan studio near Jerusalem. February 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Star-up nationEx-backup Imri Ziv belts way to Eurovision contest

US President Donald Trump, center, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd left), his wife Akie Abe (right), US First Lady Melania Trump (Left) and Robert Kraft (foreground), sit down for dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on February 10, 2017. (AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM)

Mar-a-Lago ‘situation room’ raises questions over Trump security

By Julie Bykowicz

Reproduction of Adolf Hitler from Israel Nazi hunter Tovia Fridman archive (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Hitler doppelganger arrested in Austria

By AFP

Igor Sadikov (McGill Arts Undergraduate Society)

McGill student leader doubles down on ‘punch a Zionist today’ message

By JTA

Yuli Novak of Breaking the Silence. (Channel 2 screenshot)

Breaking the Silence director announces her resignation

Ultra-Orthodox men stand under a sign stating that the entrance of groups and of people in clothes that are not modest offend the feeling of the citizens in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, on March 7, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

3 arrested for planting drugs on ultra-Orthodox couple

A crane that collapsed at a construction site in the central Israel city of Bat Yam on February 13, 2017. (Magen David Adom)

Hebrew media reviewTrump card, wildcard, crushed car

By Joshua Davidovich

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