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What Matters Most On Friday, April 7, 2017

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Illustrative photo of a Tomahawk cruise missile fired from aboard a US destroyer. (Wikimedia Commons)

Analysis

With 59 cruise missiles, US sends message to the world: We’re back

By Judah Ari Gross

While Israel, Saudis, Syrian rebels delight at the attack on Assad’s Shayrat air base, one airstrike does not make for a new foreign policy

US launches surprise missile strike on Syrian regime airfield

By AFP and ToI Staff

US strike on Syria widely hailed as ‘appropriate,’ but angers Russia

By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb

US strike kills 9 civilians, 4 children — Syria state media

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this image provided by the US Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/US Navy via AP)

Analysis

In Israeli eyes, Trump’s Tomahawks correct the course of history

By Raphael Ahren

Surprise attack on Syrian base is welcomed in Jerusalem, which saw Obama’s failure to respond to Assad as emboldening Iran. But it also attests to US president’s unpredictability

Illustrative. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the Golan Heights near the Syrian border, April 11, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Israeli leaders offer wall-to-wall praise for US strike on Syria

By ToI Staff and Agencies

IDF updated by Washington before raid on regime targets overnight; Netanyahu hails ‘message of resolve’; Rivlin lauds ‘fitting response to such unthinkable brutality’

Syrian rebels applaud US strike, but say it’s ‘not enough’

By AFP

AnalysisFor Trump, an overnight evolution on Syria

Russia and Iran blast US strike on their ally Assad’s airbase

By Agencies and ToI Staff

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Air Force One while in flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Palm Beach International Airport, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Analysis

Trump’s strike signals to Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad: The party’s over

By Avi Issacharoff

After years of inaction under Obama, the new president delivered the overdue message: There will be a price to be paid for massacres, for terror attacks, for the use of chemical weapons

A truck has crashed into the Ahlens department store Ahlens at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017. (AFP/ TT News Agency / Andreas Schyman)

At least 3 killed in Stockholm after vehicle drives into crowd

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Van slams into pedestrians outside busy department store on main street in Swedish capital

The family of slain soldier Sgt. Elchai Taharlev at Mt Herzl, in Jerusalem on April 06, 2017. (FLASH90)

Hundreds gather to bury Israeli soldier killed in car-ramming attack

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

PM, Rivlin send condolences to family of Sgt. Elhai Teharlev, 20; ‘he was an angel,’ his father says

Army to seal off West Bank, Gaza for Passover holiday

By Judah Ari Gross

In overnight raids, IDF measures car-rammer’s home for demolition

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian man arrested in West Bank with gun in car

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Illustrative: David Schwimmer in a video called 'That's Harassment - The Boss' highlighting sexual abuse March 30, 2017. (Screen capture: Facebook)

Foes

‘Friends’ star takes on sex harassment in new campaign

By John Carucci

David Schwimmer and other celebs appear in awareness-raising series by American-Israeli director Sigal Avin

Pakistani citizens Fischel (Faisal) Benkhald and older brother Mohammad Iqbal at a rare in-person meeting in Jeddah, August 2012. (courtesy)

Denounced by his brothers, Pakistani Jew says he’s being thrown to an ‘apostate lynch mob’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

As Faisel Benkhald awaits his new Pakistani ID card officially recognizing him as a Jew, his siblings call his claims their mother was Jewish ‘insane’

When terror disturbs Passover prep

She’s paused her cleaning to scream and write and question and mourn Elhai Teharlev, and offer support to his family

Michelle Citrin

The Women’s Seder, A Passover Prequel

Yes, the good guys win and freedom prevails — so she celebrates the heroines who saved the day with a sisterly bond

Why civilizations die

Empires have collapsed, while the Jews continue — prioritizing kindness, and rational thought over sacrifices (Tzav)

President-elect Donald Trumps chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, left, and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, listen to the President-elect's speech at the USA Thank You Tour 2016 at the Giant Center, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, December 15, 2016. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Bannon said to call Kushner a ‘cuck’ and ‘globalist’ as tensions between them escalate

Top aides, who lead rival White House camps, reportedly fighting and clashing ‘non-stop,’ the Daily Beast reports

Stephen Bannon, left, and Jared Kushner attending a White House swearing-in ceremony of senior staff, January 22, 2017. (Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

AnalysisWhy some Jews are uneasy that Bannon called Kushner a ‘globalist’

The Kingsa Blues Band performs at Impact Hub, a space for social entrepreneurs and startups, in Kigali, Rwanda, on February 13, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rwanda hopes high-tech can replace genocide as its defining feature

By Melanie Lidman

Fireworks from the Mount Herzl ceremony seen over the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of celebrations of Israel's 68th Independence Day, May 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In curious first, Russia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Raphael Ahren

Taken aback, Foreign Ministry says it is studying Moscow’s statement, which also calls for Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem

File: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Meeting Jewish leaders, Sissi is optimistic on Israeli-Arab peace

Days after talks with Trump, Egyptian president urges united front but not open war against Iran

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, and Israel's UN ambassador, Danny Danon, at a conference aimed at combating BDS efforts against Israel at the UN General Assembly in New York on March 29, 2017. (Israel Mission to the UN)

Analysis

What does Jerusalem expect from the ‘new sheriff’ at the UN?

By Raphael Ahren

The US vows to fight anti-Israel bias, but has yet to check any boxes on Israel’s unofficial wish list, which includes reforms at UNRWA and the Human Rights Council

Illustrative: Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak. (CC-BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia/Nanking2012)

From the web

Hungary, Iran to cooperate in joint mini nuclear plant project

Reactor will be for scientific-educational purposes, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban’s chief of staff tells reporters, according to Reuters

Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during a security tour in the Golan Heights, near Israel's northern border with Syria, on April 11, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

PM wants buffer zones on Syria border as part of deal to end war — report

In bid to keep Iran, Hezbollah away, Netanyahu reportedly lobbying for secured areas between Israel, Jordan and war-torn country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow on March 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin slams Netanyahu over ‘unfounded accusations’ on Syria

By AFP, AP and ToI Staff

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, Meir Heller, the Jerusalem lawyer, whose client insists on maintaining his anonymity, holds the Max Liebermann's 'Basket Weavers' painting in a law office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli Holocaust survivor to return Nazi-looted artwork to US Jewish heir

After emotional negotiation that pitted two victims of Nazi persecution against each other, Max Liebermann’s ‘Basket Weavers’ to be returned to Peter Toren, 91

A sheep that is due to be slaughtered as part of a demonstration about the Passover sacrifice in Jerusalem's Old City on April 6, 2017. (Alexander Fulbright/Times of Israel)

In first, sheep slaughtered in Jerusalem Old City in reenactment of Passover sacrifice

White-robed priests blow silver trumpets with hundreds on hand for reenactment of ritual performed inside the walls of ancient city

Dr. Anna Shternshis says that the Russian language has a Jewish cultural connection for many from former Soviet countries, though not necessarily religious. (Jaclyn Shapiro)

Is Russian the new Yiddish?

By Cathryn J. Prince

More Headlines

South Africa's Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein in a Passover YouTube message on April 4, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)

South Africa’s chief rabbi joins calls to protest against President Zuma

By JTA

IAI's MRSAM missile during the test June 2016. (Israel Aerospace Industries)

Israel signs air defense contracts with India worth almost $2 billion

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New ADL poll: 33% of Americans think Trump’s an anti-Semite

By Eric Cortellessa

'Unavoo' founder Yuval Maimon, right, during lab testing of the sweetener, April 2017. (Screenshot/Channel 2)

Israeli company touts sweeter, healthier sugar substitute

Prince Charles seen during the funeral late former president Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on September 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)

From our partnerMeeting Shoah survivors, Prince Charles recalls his grandmother sheltering Jews

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre performs during concert to publicize the plight of the shrinking Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, at the foot of the ancient clifftop fortress of Masada in Israel on April 6, 2017. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Above the saltElectro music pioneer braves winds for Dead Sea show

By AFP

Local and foreign participants attend the first international Tehran marathon at Azadi Square in the Iranian capital on April 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)

For men onlyNo women allowed to run in Iran’s first marathon

By AFP

From top left: 'The (unofficial) Hogwarts Haggadah' (Moshe Rosenberg); 'Sammy Spider’s Passover Shapes' (Kar-Ben); 'Passover Cowboy' (Apples and Honey Press); 'How It’s Made: Matzah' (Apples and Honey Press) (All photos via JTA)

Come and read7 new kids’ books for Passover

By Penny Schwartz

Don Rickles is honored for best individual performance in a variety or music program for "Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project," at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Legendary Jewish comedian Don Rickles dies at 90

Elhai Tehralev, an IDF soldier who was killed in car-ramming attack outside Ofra on April 6, 2017, in a photo dated from 2014. (Facebook)

Hebrew media reviewAn ‘angel’ felled by terror

By Adiv Sterman

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