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What Matters Most On Friday, March 31, 2017

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New prefabricated homes are seen under construction in the West Bank between the Israeli outpost of Amona and the settlement of Ofra (background), north of Ramallah, on January 31, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Israel okays first new settlement in decades to replace Amona

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Top ministers unanimously approve settlement near Shiloh for evacuees from razed outpost; White House indicates move was outside purview of talks on limiting West Bank construction, but expects building to be reined in

Israel will curb settlement expansion to satisfy Trump

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

US expresses understanding for new settlement, as it was promised months ago

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinians, UN chief rap new settlement for Amona evacuees

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Analysis

Though politically challenging, new settlement curb likely a win-win for Netanyahu

By Raphael Ahren

Publicly committing to restrain West Bank construction seems like a major concession. But the new framework prevents clashes with both Trump and the settlers, and is actually in line with the PM’s strategic outlook

Settler group unfazed by West Bank building curbs

Dozens of Palestinians said injured in Land Day clashes with IDF

By Judah Ari Gross and Dov Lieber

UK comedian, performing in Tel Aviv, banned from Palestine Marathon

By AFP

Once Faisel Benkhald, now Fishel, this Pakistani's Jewishness is unrecognized by his country. (courtesy Fishel Benkhald)

Pakistan allows man to register as country’s first Jew in decades

By JTA and ToI Staff

Fischel Benkhald, born to Jewish mother in Karachi, allowed to record faith on national ID card, after telling Times of Israel in 2014 he would attempt dangerous move

Once Faisel Benkhald, now Fishel, this Pakistani's Jewishness is unrecognized by his country. (courtesy Fishel Benkhald)

A Pakistani Jew steps cautiously out of the shadows

By Marc Goldberg

Indian Bnei Menashe Jews baking matzah in Churachandpur, India, March 30, 2017. (Courtesy of Shavei Israel)

Great Jewish Bake Off

Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ bakes matzah

By Josefin Dolsten

Members of Bnei Menashe community connect to the past, and to each other, in preparations for Passover

Fliers accusing Jews of creating anti-Semitic hoaxes found in neighborhoods of Scottsdale, Arizona, March, 2017. (ADL, via Twitter)

Fliers accusing Jews of anti-Semitic hoaxes dropped near Arizona JCC

By JTA

Leaflets feature cartoon of stereotypically Jewish man spray-painting a swastika on the side of a building

From our partnerIn Georgia, anti-Semitism spurs hundreds to act

Boy, 13, charged in Philadelphia synagogue vandalism

By JTA

Jeff Sessions meets with JCC leaders to discuss bomb threats

By JTA

Detail from Repair the World and the Jewish Multiracial Network's haggadah supplement (illustration by Louisa Bertman)

'This resource is meant to fortify the Jewish community'

Passover guides serve up a side of social justice for the seder table

By Renee Ghert-Zand

From a fifth cup of wine to 11 spilled drops — and a call to action for dessert — Jewish organizations publish readings on refugees, immigration, converts and the settlements

For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis

By Leanne Italie

Harry Potter haggadah casts a spell

The sin offering

‘I didn’t mean to do it’ is a poor excuse for in Judaism, where people own their deeds, good, bad, and unintentional (Vayikra)

Bad journalism or something else?

Whether Gaza aid worker Mohammad El-Halabi funneled millions to Hamas will be determined by an Israeli court, not Australian media

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

The trouble with sacrifices

Is the aversion to animal offerings because modernity has moved past the physical, or due to poor understanding of how great it is?

Clockwise from top left: Shneur Odze, left, and UKIP Parliament member Jonathan Arnot (Courtesy), David Lasar (Courtesy of the Freedom Party), Gidi Markuszower (Robin van Lonkhuijsen), Kent Ekeroth (Courtesy of Sweden Democrats), Michel Thooris (Courtesy of the National Front), all photos via JTA.

'The ones on the left are no better'

Why these 5 European Jews are promoting far-right parties

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during the "Or Yarok" conference at the Avenue Conference Center on March 28, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Minister ‘ashamed’ US Jewish group to host convicted terrorist

Rasmea Odeh, who confessed to planting a bomb that killed 2 students in 1969, to speak at Jewish Voice for Peace conference on Sunday

Jordan's King Abdullah II, right, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony for the latter at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, on March 28, 2017, ahead of talks on the eve of the Arab League summit. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)

Analysis

Arab leaders send a message to Trump: Palestine first

By Avi Issacharoff

The Arab League summit concluded with a clear call: to prioritize creating a Palestinian state. And the president might just be listening

On the sidelines of the 28th Arab League Summit on March 29, 2017, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan (C) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (Wafa/Thaer Ghnaim)

Egypt, Jordan, PA look to coordinate stances ahead of White House visits

By Dov Lieber and AP

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shake hands during a joint news conference in Ankara, March 30, 2017. (AFP/Adem Altan)

In shift, Tillerson says Assad’s status up to Syrian people

By AFP

US secretary of state highlights cooperation with Turkey, but his Turkish counterpart notes deep divide over Kurdish fighters

In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, Israeli soldiers train with paintball guns during a drill at an Army base near Elyakim, Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

In mock Lebanese village, Israel prepares for next war with Hezbollah

With rising tensions in the region, IDF gears up for battle at base in northern Israel a decade after fighting a month-long war with Iran-backed group

US Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Top US general calls for use of ‘military means’ to disrupt Iran

Joseph Votel tells Congress Tehran’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East are chief long-term threat to region

Palestinian children hold posters of Mohammed el-Halabi, the Gaza director of World Vision, a major US-based Christian NGO, during a protest to support him at Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip August 29, 2016. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Judge to Gaza World Vision worker: Take plea deal, conviction likely

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israel has accused Mohammed el-Halabi, head of Gaza operations for the global Christian charity, of siphoning millions to the Hamas terror group

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 31, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Pool)

Kahlon defends deal with PM on new public broadcaster

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Finance minister says agreement stripping corporation of news division ensures freedom of press, speech; dozens protest in Tel Aviv

Ziv Naveh, director of the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund (Courtesy Shahar Tamir)

Gesher film fund denies minister’s queries mark a new political crackdown

By Jessica Steinberg

Ziv Naveh says Miri Regev’s demand for detailed information could pose a problem but is not a ‘disaster,’ as public funding has always come with oversight

Jewish mental health professionals say there has been an unprecedented rise in anxiety, stress and sadness since Donald Trump was elected president. (Lior Zaltzman/JTA)

Feeling sad is ‘new normal’ in Trump’s America, therapists say

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Julia Hahn, special assistant to President Donald Trump (YouTube screenshot)

Racing to the topBannon’s 25-year-old protege has a liberal bubbe

Former London mayor and senior Labour Party official Ken Livingstone on March 30, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)

Ken Livingstone sparks fresh row with SS, Zionist collaboration claim

By Alexander Fulbright

Ukrainian immigrants with Immigration Minister Sofa Landver on March 28, 2017 (Olivier Fitoussi/Courtesy)

230 new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ukraine

By JTA

Police rescue a protester during clashes between demonstrators against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its supporters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Andrew Biraj)

Two charged with hate crime for attack on Arab teacher outside AIPAC conference

By JTA

Illustrative: Iranian women in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Bad breakIranian women pool players banned for ‘un-Islamic’ acts

By AFP

A circumcision performed at home. (photo credit: courtesy)

From our partnerNYC takes harder line on controversial circumcision practice

Dara Fineman, left, gets involved in some Gotham Girls Roller Derby League action in a match in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 19, 2017. (Sean Hale/JTA)

Whipping itThe ‘Hebrew-Ham Lincoln,’ a Jewish roller derby player

By Josefin Dolsten

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, right, and Israeli Minister of Education Minister Naftali Bennett attend a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 19, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewBuckling and building

By Ilan Ben Zion

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