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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 28, 2017

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From left, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon and former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz speak at a press conference at the Prime Minister Office, following Operation Protective Edge, on August 27, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Blistering Gaza war report scorches Netanyahu, Ya’alon and Gantz over tunnel failures

By Judah Ari Gross

Comptroller’s long-awaited findings about 2014 operation confirm army was unprepared for Hamas’s tunnels, prime minister failed to keep security cabinet in the loop

Netanyahu to be questioned by lawmakers on Gaza war report

By Judah Ari Gross

Politicians gird for battle ahead of contentious 2014 Gaza War report

By Raoul Wootliff

At least 15 Hamas tunnels extend into Israel, TV report says

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

A tunnel reaching from Gaza into Israel, seen in a photo released by the IDF on April 18, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Live updates (closed)

IDF looked for Hamas tunnel under Gaza-border community

By Gavin Rabinowitz and Raoul Wootliff

Police clearing final home in Ofra, several cops hurt in scuffles, some were bitten

Israeli security forces stand guard as right-wing activists take positions on the rooftop of a home slated for demolition during an operation to clear out nine houses in the Jewish settlement of Ofra, in the West Bank, on February 28, 2017. (Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)

Clearing out protesters and residents, police near end of Ofra home evictions

By Judah Ari Gross

8 of 9 buildings slated for court-ordered destruction are emptied; 8 officers lightly injured; 2 demonstrators arrested

Amona leaders launch hunger strike in front of PM’s residence

Netanyahu: Still no agreement on settlements with Trump

By Alexander Fulbright

Protesters throng Ofra homes as troops begin evacuation

By Alexander Fulbright

Children evacuating from a Jewish school in Davie, Florida, on February 27, 2017. (screen capture: Erica Rakow/Twitter)

JCCs, Jewish schools in US hit by fresh wave of bomb threats

Jewish community centers in Alabama, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Florida evacuated in latest scare; schools in Maryland and Virginia cleared out as well

Trump ‘disappointed, concerned’ by anti-Semitic crimes; Jewish groups demand action

Trump considering nixing anti-Semitism envoy as part of budget plan — report

By JTA and ToI Staff

7 more JCCs, ADL office evacuated in latest bomb scare

By ToI Staff and JTA

Eyeing move to Israel, some US Jews see Trump as solution, not problem

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

As 1,500 potential immigrants gather at unprecedentedly large fair, a mix of politics and personal factors influence their decisions to uproot to the Holy Land

Jewish Federations chairman endorses David Friedman for Israel envoy

By JTA

Amid US, France anti-Semitic attacks, Herzog says Israel must prepare for ‘waves’ of immigrants

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

Israel immigration fair attracts record crowd, organizers say

By JTA

Portraits, stock image (bowie15, IStock Getty Images)

'We become what other people expect us to become'

Does your name affect your appearance? Israeli research suggests it does

Hebrew U study shows people can guess your name based on your face at a relatively high rate, indicating that a name carries certain expectations and interactions that in turn impact your identity and appearance

We are women — hear us pray

The pinnacle of offensiveness, as she joined Women of the Wall for the most freeing and oppressive moments of her life

Abigail Pogrebin

How Purim is a call to leadership

The Esther story is a reminder to stop apologizing and get on with the epic and less epic challenges of being a Jew

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

Let there be an airport in Gaza

A dream of local UN humanitarian aviation that could alleviate untenable living conditions for 2 million Gazans

Calev Michael Myers

5 reasons for the US to defund UNRWA

The millions of US tax dollars poured into the UN relief agency have done shamefully little for Palestinians

Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a speech during J Streets 2017 National Conference at the Washington Convention Center, on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)

Bernie Sanders draws parallels between Trump, Netanyahu, calls to end ’50-year occupation’

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

In J Street address, ex-presidential hopeful says progressives can oppose US president ‘without being anti-American’ and Israeli PM ‘without being anti-Israel’; declares ‘nobody gains when Gaza is obliterated’

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at the Council On Foreign Relations on March 23, 2015 in New York City (photo credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)

Senior GOP lawmaker to reintroduce bill cutting PA funds over terrorist payouts

Sen. Lindsey Graham to bring back Taylor Force Act, named after US veteran killed in Palestinian stabbing attack last year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, February 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After foreign trips, Netanyahu says Israel is ‘rising global power’

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Returning from Australia and Singapore, PM says Jewish state enjoys growing global standing and is ‘sought after by many’

Over 200 attend the funeral of Holocaust survivor Hilde Nathan, February 27, 2017. (Jacob Israel/United with Israel)

Over 200 Israelis attend funeral of Holocaust survivor they did not know

By JTA and ToI Staff

People inspect the destroyed Mosque of the Prophet Younis, or Jonah, in Mosul, Iraq, on July 24, 2014. (AP)

Islamic State looting uncovers ancient palace beneath Jonah’s Tomb

By ToI Staff and AFP

Archaeologists in Iraq find residence of biblical kings Sennacherib and Esarhaddon in IS-dug tunnels beneath ruined shrine, according to report

Illustrative: An Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula holds Egyptian Coptic Christians hostage. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Islamic State bolsters hold on north Sinai as army pulls back

Jihadists impose taxes, set up checkpoints around Rafah and threaten Copts, causing over 100 Christian families to flee city of el-Arish, after military campaign eases

Illustration. The INS Tekuma, an Israeli Dolphin-class submarine, at sea. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Prosecutors open criminal investigation into submarines affair

By Raoul Wootliff

Justice Ministry says Netanyahu not involved but evidence warrants formal probe of PM’s lawyer, former naval officers

Rescue workers treat the victim of a shooting in Netanya on February 27, 2017 Screen capture/ YouTube)

Two killed, six hurt in suspected gangland shooting in Netanya

Shots fired at house in apparent underworld hit; all victims in their 20s

A man looks at fallen tombstones at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery, February 26, 2017, in Philadelphia, PA. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)

With few safeguards, Jewish cemeteries make easy targets for vandals

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A sample biometric 'smart card' (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash 90)

Knesset approves making biometric ID cards mandatory

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the caucus for encouraging Bible Study, at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, January 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu: I couldn’t possibly drink 3 bottles of champagne a day

Chairman of the Jewish Federations of North America Richard Sandler. Screenshot/YouTube)

Jewish Federations chairman endorses David Friedman for Israel envoy

By JTA

IDF soldiers in plain clothes take part in army's chatbot hackathon, 14 Feb. 2017 (Courtesy IDF)

Techie soldiers program chatbots for the military in IDF hackathon

By Shoshanna Solomon

"La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz, left, presenter Warren Beatty, center, and host Jimmy Kimmel right, look at an envelope announcing "Moonlight" as best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Not the best pictureTweeting accountant on hook for fudging Oscars

By AP and AFP

Times of Israel culture and lifestyle editor Jessica Steinberg speaks about upcoming movie screenings. (Dennis Zinn)

Jessica Steinberg on ‘Sand Storm,’ Joseph Cedar

By ToI Staff and dennis zinn

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira, October 29, 2014 (Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewThe storm before the storm

By Ilan Ben Zion

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