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What Matters Most On Sunday, March 12, 2017

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Ahmed Daqamseh on trial in Jordan in 1997. (YouTube screenshot)

Jordan releases soldier who killed 7 Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 massacre

By AP and ToI Staff

Ahmed Daqamseh, who served 20 years in prison, received at family home in northern town of Irbid with celebration and song

Israeli third baseman Ty Kelly (L) arrives at the home plate next to Cuban catcher Yosvani Alarcon after a single hit by right fielder Zach Borenstein at the top of the sixth inning during the World Baseball Classic Pool E second round match between Cuba and Israel at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 12, 2017 (AFP /TORU YAMANAKA)

Underdog Israel crushes Cuba as Cinderella squad stuns baseball tourney again

Team notches 4-1 win over heavily favored opponents to open second round, staying undefeated in World Baseball Classic; will face Japan, Netherlands later this week

Israel baseball success causes excitement, bafflement

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas greets his supporters following a trip to Washington DC, on March 20, 2014, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Analysis

Ever unpredictable, Trump throws Mahmoud Abbas a lifeline

By Avi Issacharoff

Friday’s first presidential phone call, in which the PA chief was invited to the White House, has the Palestinians extremely upbeat

Mahmoud Abbas hosts Jordan's King Abdullah (left) in Ramallah, November 2011. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas tells Abdullah of Trump’s commitment to peace process

Israelis take part in an annual Zombie Walk ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 11, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Tel Aviv’s walking dead hit the streets in annual Zombie Walk

Offbeat Purim event draws dozens of revelers who stagger through the White City, mobbing buses and demanding brains

9 things you didn’t know about Purim

By Julie Wiener

A demonstrator makes the nationalist 'grey wolves' sign during a gathering outside the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, on March 11, 2017 after Netherlands refused Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu permission to land for a rally to gather support for a referendum on boosting Turkish president Erdogan's powers. (AFP PHOTO / ANP / Bas Czerwinski)

Turkey vows ‘strong reprisal’ after Dutch expel minister

The Netherlands says visit by Family Minister Kaya was ‘irresponsible,’ as diplomatic row spirals

Far-right leader Wilders, the ‘Dutch Trump,’ set to upset elections

Dutch expel Turkish minister as police break up protests

By Jan Hennop, Sophie Mignon and Fulya Ozerkan

Dutch diplomatic missions in Turkey sealed off as tensions escalate

Illustrative: A Border Police officer arrests a Palestinian man in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber on September 18, 2015. (Israel Police)

Live updates (closed)

Ya’alon quits Likud party, says it has ‘changed its face’

By Ilan Ben Zion

Israel busts 2 Palestinians ‘plotting shooting’ for Hamas; sandstorm forces Tel Aviv-bound flight to return to Vienna; Erdogan levels ‘Nazism and fascism’ charge against Netherlands

8 Purim facts from the Gaza border

Including: If missiles start flying during their costume party, the Iron Dome defense system is useless

Choose your own megillah

Kids imagine new twists and turns to the Purim story when a day school teacher prompts them to enter the adventure

Richard Gere attends opening night of the Miami Film Festival on March 3, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images/AFP)

Richard Gere: Cigar gifts ‘no big deal‘ if Netanyahu makes peace

In Israel, Hollywood star says disgraced ex-PM Olmert was ‘a friend of mine’; compares current PM, US president: ‘It’s all deals to them’

Illustrative: Israelis dress up in costumes in central Jerusalem ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim on March 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

PM tells children celebrating Purim: Persians still want to kill us

A jovial Benjamin Netanyahu shares his grim message during a visit to a synagogue for Purim festivities

Illustrative: San Francisco-based Yiddish singer Jeanette Lewicki (center) is key to the revival of 1920s drag-performer Pepi Littman. (YouTube screenshot)

This turn-of-the-century crossdressing feminist proves that Yiddish theater ain’t no drag

By Rich Tenorio

A cartoon published by the center-right French Les Republicains party on March 10, 2017, that seems to employ well-known anti-Semitic tropes in its depiction of rival presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. (Twitter)

France’s Fillon slams own party for ‘anti-Semitic’ election cartoon

By AFP and ToI Staff

Tweeted caricature of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron depicted the former banker with a hooked nose and top hat, slicing a cigar with a red sickle

Arab Israelis march in the northern Arab town of Kabul, near Acre, during a demonstration against planned Israeli legislation to silence mosque loudspeakers, on March 11, 2017. The writing in Arabic reads: 'Our mosques won't be silenced.' (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Thousands of Arab Israelis protest mosque loudspeaker bills

By AFP and ToI Staff

Demonstrators say proposal to muffle muezzins is a provocation to all Muslims

Illustrative: IDF soldiers man a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, on July 2, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Knife-carrying Palestinian arrested outside Hebron’s Jewish enclave

IDF detains West Bank man after uncovering weapon; suspect believed to intend a terror attack

In this April 17, 2016 file photo, people visit the south lawn during the annual White House Spring Garden tours in Washington. The US Secret Service says a person is under arrest after climbing a fence and getting onto the south grounds of the White House. (AP Photo/Estelle Doro)

Trump praises arrest of ‘troubled’ White House intruder

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

President says Secret Service did a ‘phenomenal job’ in first known security breach of executive mansion since he took office

Karl Katz (Courtesy)

Unabashed ‘Exhibitionist’s new memoir unveils his days and nights in the museum

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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Meretz leader Zehava Galon on December 25, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Meretz leader Galon seeks early re-election

Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaking during a press conference announcing corruption charges against members the New York City Police Department, at the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York in New York City, June 20, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

Trump fires prominent US prosecutor who refused order to quit

By Larry Neumeister

Israelis walk across the lightrail tracks on Jerusalem's Jaffa Road on September 8, 2015 during a sandstorm. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sandstorms, dense haze to cloud Israel’s skies Sunday

Illustrative: A carer helping an elderly Israeli to cross the street in Tel Aviv. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Eritrean indicted for attempted rape of 80-year-old woman

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned anti-Semitic acts that took place in Canada following Donald Trump's election in the US. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

Canada shoots for tech boost as Trump shuts doors

By Shoshanna Solomon

Financial fraud (Illustrative: iStock)

Israeli said set to be extradited to US over massive online scam

This picture taken on November 22, 2016 shows employees producing rubber masks of US President-elect Donald Trump at the Ogawa Studios mask factory in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA)

Hebrew media reviewA not topsy-turvy day

By Joshua Davidovich

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