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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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Illustrative: Israeli tourists look at a BDS stand with photos and Palestinian flags, calling to 'Free Palestine,' at Dam Square in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on June 24, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Knesset passes law barring boycott supporters from Israel

Foreign nationals who support boycott of Jewish state or West Bank settlement to be banned; critics charge move will isolate state

Lifting ban, Israel lets Human Rights Watch staffer in

Israel law banning entry to boycott supporters draws fire

By Stephen WEIZMAN

Arab MK defends Arafat street sign after PM orders it removed

By AFP and ToI Staff

Sunset on the the Sea of Galilee (Doron Horowitz/Flash 90)

Sea of Galilee at lowest level in century after driest February

By Sue Surkes and AFP

Northern farmers warn they will have to stop watering huge swaths of cultivated land unless government steps in

Illustrative: The Albany JCC closed briefly due to a bomb scare, January 18, 2017. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)

Sixth wave of threats hits Jewish centers across North America

By ToI Staff and JTA

ADL receives multiple threats; eight JCCs in the US and two in Canadian province of Ontario receive warnings, with one, in Syracuse, New York, under lockdown

Groups rally in support of Jewish communities across US

Jewish politicians dispute NYPD finding cemetery damage not vandalism

By JTA

Swastika carved on door frame of Ohio synagogue

By JTA

White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Live updates (closed)

White House condemns bomb threats against Jewish centers

By Judah Ari Gross

ADL says it ‘will not be deterred’; WikiLeaks publishes thousands of alleged CIA documents; Israeli man stabbed in the arm in possible terror attack

Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks at Hebrew University, on January 18, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Anti-Trump sentiment may turn against Israel, Ya’alon warns

By Eric Cortellessa

Days after announcing intention to run for PM, ex-defense minister says he fears Israel becoming a GOP issue in Trump age

US Jewish groups excoriate new travel ban as ‘more of the same’

By Eric Cortellessa

Trump hotel in Baku tied to ‘corrupt’ oligarchs, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards — report

By Alexander Fulbright and ToI Staff

Israel-Germany ‘special relationship’ at a nadir, report says

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Trump calls Netanyahu to discuss Iranian ‘aggression’

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Talk between PM and US president comes after reported Iranian missile test over weekend; Netanyahu thanks Trump for stand on anti-Semitism

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

By Tamar Pileggi and ToI Staff

Film mogul Milchan gives ‘important’ testimony in grilling over Netanyahu ties

Trump unsure of whether to scrap Iran nuke deal, UN watchdog says

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan outside the Court of Appeal. (Mark Thomas)

UK Jewish heterosexual couple seeks same legal rights as LGBTs

By Jenni Frazer

Civil partnership has been possible for gay spouses in Britain since 2004, and marriage since 2013 — but mixed-sex pairs may only wed. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld are pushing for change

Mr. Erbil members, Iraqi Kurdistan, March 2016 (Mustafa Khayat Photography)

In Iraq, members of hipster Mr. Erbil club not only look good, they also do good

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Through projects to help local society and economy, young Iraqi Kurds give their beleaguered homeland a hyper-fashionable image makeover

Hamas’s iron grip is the real threat

The terror group has grown stronger and bolder, threatening Israel’s security and any chance of achieving peace

Israel commits its own BDS fail

A law banning boycott supporters lumps all critics of Israel together, including advocates for a 2-state solution

Deborah Klapper

That ain’t no beauty pageant

When you ‘correct’ the megillah’s story for young children, you risk them remembering your fiction forever

Barukh Hyman Hidvegi

Wonder bugs and balaganists

On the vital difference aliyah has made in this father’s perception of his maverick children

People lay flowers in the street of Nice to pay tribute to the victims the day after a gunman smashed a truck into a crowd of revellers celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people, on July 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)

US warns its citizens worldwide against ‘less sophisticated’ terrorism

Terror groups are ‘intent on attacking Americans wherever they are,’ says State Department, highlighting danger of car-rammings, stabbings and shootings at ‘soft’ targets

IDF soldier Elor Azaria, center, who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant, arrives at the military court in Tel Aviv on January 31, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

Prosecution appeals to add time to Hebron shooter’s sentence

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Army lawyers call for Elor Azaria to be jailed for up to five years, days after defense appealed conviction and 18-month jail sentence

One of two improvised explosive devices found and disarmed by the IDF near the northern Gaza security fence on March 7, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Army disarms bombs near Gaza fence; cross-border fire reported

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF says IEDs were meant to attack soldiers working near border; Palestinians say Gazan man injured by tank fire nearby

Palestinians receive their monthly food aid at a United Nations distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2015 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Top UN staffer in Gaza said elected to Hamas leadership

Muhammad al-Jamassi, UNRWA’s infrastructure chief, reportedly sits on terror group’s political bureau; UNRWA last week suspended teacher accused of senior Hamas role

Basel al-A'araj, who was killed in a gunfire exchange with Israeli troops on March 6, 2017, speaks in front of a group at a cemetery in Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, on December 19, 2014. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Arabs mourn ‘hipster terrorist’ killed in shootout

By Avi Issacharoff

Israel says Basel al-A’araj was a hardened terrorist, but his reputation was of an educated protester who made a lot of enemies

Former US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. (Andrew Tobin/JTA)

Why former US envoy Dan Shapiro isn’t ready to leave Israel

By Andrew Tobin

IAA archaeologist Irina Zilberbod, at a Roman road near Beit Shemesh excavated in February 2017. (The Griffin Aerial Photography Company, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Ancient Roman roadway turns up near Beit Shemesh

By Ilan Ben Zion

150 meters of 2,000-year-old highway to be preserved on site for hikers on Israel National Trail

The USNS Invincible tracking ship (Public domain, US Navy, Wikipedia)

Iranian fast boats force US navy ship to alter course

By AP and ToI Staff

IRGC naval vessels come within 600 yards of American tracking craft sailing through strategic Strait of Hormuz

In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Iranian armed forces members march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

2,100 Iranian fighters said killed in Iraq, Syria

By AFP

Figure doubles earlier death count from November, which only included Syria fighting

Students from the Eastern Mediterranean International Boarding School (EMIS) in Kfar Hayarok, on March 2, 2017, participate in mock peace negotiations. (Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)

Israeli, Palestinian students negotiate the ‘ultimate deal’

'Norman' director Joseph Cedar and The Times of Israel's Ops&Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss Jewish identity following a preview screening in Jerusalem on March 6, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Director Joseph Cedar discusses his ‘court Jew’ with a twist at ToI preview of ‘Norman’

In Jerusalem debut, acclaimed filmmaker describes his new movie as a love story between American and Israeli Jewry

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Israel pitcher Dean Kremer, right, celebrates his team's victory with catcher Nick Rickles against Taiwan after the first round game of the World Baseball Classic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Israel stuns Taiwan to stay unbeaten in world baseball tourney

Alejandro Eskenazi has endeared himself to baseball officials in Israel with his personality and love of coaching — not to mention his talent as a pitcher. (Hillel Kuttler/via JTA)

A Jewish Cuban pitcher gets a firm grip on life in Israel

By Hillel Kuttler

Photo illustration comparing Staff Sgt. Jack Weiner’s previous headstone and his corrected headstone from Feb. 28, 2017 (U.S. Air Force/Sgt. Heather Redman)

Grave error75 years on, WWII airman gets Star of David on headstone

By JTA

Sofa Landver, Minister of Immigration, and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh with Lone Soldiers, February 2017. (Shahar Azran/Nefesh B'Nefesh)

Am Yisrael flyParents of lone soldiers to get cheap airfare to Israel

A mock-up of the project shows cable cars running over the Hinnom Valley to the Old City (photo credit: Channel 10)

Cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City expected to be operational in 3 years

A painting displayed at AACI's young artists show currently on display through April 26 (Courtesy AACI)

Kvell kvell kvellNo more room on the fridge: Young artists show their work

By Jessica Steinberg

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Eating his wordsIn jest, Liberman ‘weighs’ joining Amona hunger strike

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leaves the weekly meeting of the cabinet at 10 Downing Street in central London, January 31, 2017. (AFP/Glyn KIRK)

From our partnerUK foreign secretary to meet anti-settlement group on Israel trip

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laughs during a conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2016. (AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)

Hebrew media reviewA funny thing happened when police grilled Netanyahu

By Ilan Ben Zion

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