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What Matters Most On Monday, April 3, 2017

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A subway train hit by a explosion stays at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/www.vk.com/spb_today via AP)

10 killed as blast rocks Saint Petersburg subway, dozens hurt

Putin says terror, other causes being investigated after explosion at metro station in Russian city; possible culprit said caught on camera; second device reportedly found

Emergency services personnel are seen at the entrance to the Technological Institute metro station in Saint Petersburg on April 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Olga Maltseva)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu sends condolences to Russian bomb victims

By Raoul Wootliff

Russia probing ‘act of terror’ after metro blast kills 10 people, injures 50; Trump welcomes Egypt’s Sissi to the White House

Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman on March 28, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)

Egypt’s Sissi said set to present Trump with Mideast peace plan

By Tamar Pileggi

Reported Cairo-Amman initiative, aiming to jumpstart talks between Israel and PA, includes prisoner releases and settlement freeze

Trump welcomes Egypt’s ‘fantastic guy’ Sissi amid questions on rights record

By Jerome Cartillier

PM said preparing package of gestures for Palestinians at Trump’s behest

Bennett says Israel missed chance offered by Trump election

A Rolls Royce car parked at the Tel Aviv-Jaffo port, on November 15, 2014. (Nati SHohat/FLASH90)

Israel’s 400 richest: Middle-aged, living in Tel Aviv, and 89% men

By Alexander Fulbright

Finance Ministry publishes study on the country’s 400 wealthiest citizens, who earn an annual average of NIS 36.8 million ($10.1 million)

The Temple Mount Sifting Project in Emek Tzurim, located on Mt Olives, near Jerusalem's Old City on March 10, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Sifting for Temple Mount artifacts halts as funding dries up

By Ilan Ben Zion

Temple Mount Sifting Project announces it’s ‘on the verge of closure’ after 13 years of operations; seeks state, public assistance after City of David pulls support

A sheep is carried for the Passover sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at Beit Orot in East Jerusalem, on April 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90 )

Activists barred from sacrificing sheep near Temple Mount

By Tamar Pileggi and ToI Staff

Author David Grossman signs copies of 'A Horse Walked into a Bar' at a April 2, 2017, Times of Israel event in Jerusalem. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Is David Grossman’s pen mightier than Israel’s sword?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

At Times of Israel event, acclaimed author hails the homecoming of the Jews and state-building as one of mankind’s greatest stories, but decries Israel ‘tragic’ political trajectory since 1967 war

Illustrative: A child receives the polio vaccine at the Health Ministry office in Beersheba on August 5, 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Israeli scientists find way to detect polio outbreaks earlier

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University say quicker discovery of wild virus will prevent spread of disease, save lives

Erez Safar at Scope, a New York showcase for artists. (Madison Margolin/Times of Israel)

Interview'I love art in all its manifestations'

The Orthodox mastermind behind ‘Jewish cool’

By Madison Margolin

Shemspeed founder Erez Safar helped popularize Matisyahu and promotes Kosha Dillz. But his own music might be his biggest passion

To live in Israel is to defeat inertia

One year since moving to a country that drives him insane, he still loves the smell of audacity in the morning

Olga I. Deutsch

Fight lies with facts, not muzzles

Restrictive policies that target anti-Israel individuals and groups are unacceptable as well ineffective

Listen to the Wicked Child

That person at the table who asks the questions nobody wants to hear? That person is indispensable

The best medicine for Arab-Jewish ties

A recent report exploring coexistence in the health care system concludes that it’s a remarkable model of cooperation

Illustrative: Palestinians celebrate at the welcome reception for released Palestinian prisoners, at the Muqata'a in Ramallah, in the early hours of Tuesday, December 31, 2013. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)

New law would deduct ‘martyr’ payments from Palestinian tax revenues

By Tamar Pileggi

Proposed legislation calls for withholding a billion shekels in payments to PA, equivalent to the sum paid by Ramallah to terrorists and their families

Illustrative photo of a Palestinian man looking at an anti-Israel Facebook page. April 07, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

2 East Jerusalem residents arrested for incitement

Mayor of Acre Shimon Lankri, Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi (2L), Shlomo Dovrat, former IDF Chief of staff Benny Gantz (standing) and former education minister Shai Piron at a press conference for the new social movement "Pnima", in Lod, on April 03, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Launching social movement, former IDF chiefs deny political ambition

By Marissa Newman

Goal of ‘Pnima’ is to mend Israel’s social fabric, bring ‘an end to the divisions, an end to the incitement, an end to the baseless hatred’

The body of Hamas terrorist Mazen Faqha is carried by members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, during his funeral in Gaza City on March 25, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas rejects Israeli insinuation it took out own terror commander

After Liberman surmises assassination of Mazen Faqha was inside job, spokesman for Gaza group says ‘the Zionist enemy’ is responsible

A Defense Ministry worker displays a wet suit found hidden in a shipment of sporting gear that was bound for the Gaza Strip on April 3, 2017. (Defense Ministry)

Israel foils attempt to allegedly smuggle scuba gear to Hamas frogmen

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense Ministry finds dozens of wet suits it says were going to terror group’s naval command unit in Gaza Strip

Police rescuing an ultra-Orthodox IDF soldier who was trapped in a bookstore by an angry mob of ultra-Orthodox protesters in Jerusalem on April 2, 2017. (Screen capture: Kikar Hashabat)

Police rescue IDF soldier from ultra-Orthodox mob

Protesters hurl insults against religious troops and women during incident in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and IAF commander Major General, Amir Eshel at the unveiling of the David's Sling missile defense system at the Hatzor Air Force base on April 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

With a storm on the horizon, Israel turns on its latest missile defense system

By Judah Ari Gross

2 David’s Sling batteries go operational in Hatzor Air Base, heralding a new era, as multi-tiered anti-missile array is completed; light rain cuts power near end of ceremony

Professor Justus Rosenberg receiving the French Legion of Honor from the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud on Thursday, March 30, 2017. (Emily Stern)

Still teaching at 96, a WWII hero professor receives the French Legion of Honor

By Cathryn J. Prince

Evicted residents from the Israeli settlement of Amona protest in front of the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem on February 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After new restrictions, settlers lower hopes for Trump era

By Andrew Tobin

Pro-settlement supporters voice mixture of frustration and cautious optimism following new construction guidelines

Jared Kushner listens as US President Donald Trump participates in a congressional listening session with GOP members in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, February 16, 2017. (Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

Trump senior adviser and son-in-law Kushner travels to Iraq

By Jonathan Lemire

Top aide on trip to see country for himself with chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford

Lucas Grabeel as Toby Kennish and Rachel Shenton as Lily Summers in 'Switched at Birth.' (Adam Taylor/Freeform via Getty Images/via JTA)

‘Switched at Birth’ gets an interfaith marriage dilemma just right

By Linda Buchwald

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Ambassadors and diplomats gather for a model Passover seder in Tel Aviv, April 2, 2017 (The Israel Project)

Breaking MatzahAt model seder, diplomats sample Israeli tradition

Possible still of elusive English graffiti artist Banksy filmed in Herzliya, April 2, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Banksy may have been caught on film in Israel

Raoul Wallenberg (Wikimedia Commons)

Wallenberg-signed document fetches over $13,000 at auction

By JTA

Former Peruvian President (2001-2006) Alejandro Toledo speaking during a discussion on Venezuela and the OAS at The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, June 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan)

Israeli businessman arrested in Peru over massive graft scandal

Israel Secondary Fund management team from left to right: Shmuel Shilo, Founding Partner; Dana Ben Yosef, CFO; Dror Glass, Founding Managing Partner; Nir Linchevski, Managing Partner; Josh Scher, Associate (Courtesy)

Israel Secondary Fund raises $100m for new investments

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rasmea Yousef Odeh, November 10, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio, File)

At Jewish group event, Palestinian ex-terrorist vows to fight on for Palestine

By ToI Staff and JTA

Newborns rest inside the nursery at Baby Lis. (Courtesy of Baby Lis via JTA)

Study of Israeli baby formula tragedy highlights vital vitamin B1 role

Paris HIlton introduces the NanoDrop water product in a mock ad released by SodaStream on March 29, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)

That's hotParis Hilton gets in on SodaStream gag

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and IAF commander Major General, Amir Eshel at the unveiling of the David's Sling missile defense system at the Hatzor Air Force base on April 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

Hebrew media reviewDefensive yield

By Joshua Davidovich

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