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What Matters Most On Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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Fatah terror chief Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, is escorted by Israeli police into Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against Palestinian leaders, in January 2012. (Flash90)

NYT public editor: Failure to detail Barghouti’s crimes discredits us

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

There was no justification to ‘skimp’ on Palestinian terrorist’s background when publishing an op-ed by him, says in-house watchdog

Senior minister: Barghouti should have been executed

By Raoul Wootliff

Barghouti put in solitary, moved to new prison over hunger strike

By ToI Staff and AFP

Netanyahu rips New York Times for Barghouti op-ed

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street in central London, April 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

British PM calls early elections for June 8

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Theresa May says national ballot needed ‘to make a success of Brexit’; recent poll shows Conservatives trouncing Labor by 46% to 25%

A man holds a photo of Marwan Barghouti calling for his release during a rally supporting Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 17, 2017. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Live updates (closed)

UN says watching Palestinian prisoner hunger strike closely

By Tamar Pileggi

Body of 3rd drowned man pulled from Sea of Galilee; PM slams New York Times for failing to identify Marwan Barghouti as a murderer; Court said to find Hannah Bladon’s killer fit to stand trial

A May 1944 'selection' of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Birkenau, where one million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust (Wikimedia Commons)

Allies knew of Holocaust in 1942, 2 years before previously assumed, UN documents prove

UK, US, Russia were aware of millions killed by Nazis, new book says, shedding damning light on refusal to take in refugees or try to halt slaughter

Derby County soccer players bow their heads during a minute's silence April 17, 2017, held in memory of Hannah Bladon, who was murdered in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017. Bladon was a Derby County supporter (Sky screenshot)

UK soccer club holds minute of silence for student murdered in Jerusalem

‘Keen Derby County supporter’ Hannah Bladon, who was stabbed to death Friday on light rail, honored before Monday’s game

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a rally of supporters a day after the referendum, outside the Presidential Palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

White House confirms Trump congratulated Erdogan on referendum win

By AFP

US president praises the controversial victory, thanks Turkish leader for backing missile strike against Assad regime

EU urges ‘transparent investigations’ into Turkey referendum results

By AFP

Turkey’s premier calls on opposition to respect referendum

By AP and AFP

Erdogan slams criticism of disputed Turkey poll

By Raziye AKKOC, Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan

This file photo taken on June 06, 2016 shows an airplane of the German airline Lufthansa landing at Barcelona's airport in El Prat de Llobregat. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEP LAGO)

Whiskey tango foxtrot

Plane detours due to Israeli – drunk, scared in the lavatory

Tel Aviv man gets 3-month suspended sentence for causing trans-Atlantic flight to make an emergency landing

The Suskind family accepting their prize at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. From left, Walter, Cornelia, Ron and Owen. (Vimeo/screenshot)

Documentary animates autistic boy who found his voice through Disney

By Rich Tenorio

Based on Ron Suskind’s book, ‘Life, Animated’ interweaves family footage with animation as cartoons help Owen to speak — and even become a bar mitzvah

The reason the Israelites were in the desert for 40 years was that they, like all of us, learn very slowly

No room in my tent

Not all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic, but anti-Zionist Jews should not become a shield for anti-Jewish malice

Pastor Dumisani and Mizrahi Jews

How a Christian outsider managed to insert the modern Jewish exodus from Arab lands into the larger Jewish narrative

Lillian and Harold Michelson (Zeitgeist Films)

The ordinary Jewish couple that made 60 years of movie magic

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In this April 11, 2017 file photo, US Defense Secretary James Mattis attends a news conference at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

By Robert Burns

On Mideast tour this week, James Mattis looking for new ideas in US bid to ‘defeat extremist terror organizations,’ Pentagon says

A man holds a photo of convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti calling for his release during a rally supporting those detained in Israeli jails after hundreds of prisoners launched a hunger strike, in the West Bank town of Hebron on April 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader)

Analysis

Marwan Barghouti’s great gamble

By Avi Issacharoff

Sentenced by an Israeli civilian court to five life terms for murder, the sidelined Fatah leader’s dramatic mass hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners is a risky bid for political relevance

The Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb. (GFDL/Wikimedia)

Dutch city allows pro-Hamas event, bans counter protest

By JTA

Israel’s embassy ‘greatly concerned’ by Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb’s decision

Syrian protesters take part in a demonstration outside the United Nations office in the capital Damascus, on April 11, 2017, in support of the country's strongman Bashar Assad, depicted in the portrait. (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)

Analysis

After US strikes, Trump’s Syria plan starts coming into view

By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee

As with Obama’s policy, the US looks to focus on the fight against IS, then seek stability ahead of a peaceful transition that removes Assad from power

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, on March 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

28 ultra-Orthodox journalists arrested on suspicion of extortion

Police nab senior staff and editors of Hapeles newspaper for alleged harassment of potential advertisers

Monica Piper celebrates Hanukkah. (Courtesy)

This one woman show is ‘Not That Jewish,’ but it is that funny

By Cathryn J. Prince

More Headlines

Rescue forces search for three young men went missing at the Sea of Galilee, April 16, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

Rescue workers locate bodies of two missing men in Sea of Galilee

A screen shot from a video of dogs being burned alive in an abandoned car near the Israeli-Arab city of Umm al-Fahm. (Screenshot: Facebook)

Police investigate shocking video of dogs being burned alive

This file photo taken on March 21, 2017 shows Britain's Prince Harry after a meeting with representatives of the Yes You Can personal development project at Hamilton Community College in Leicester, England, on March 21, 2017. (Joe Giddens/Pool/AFP)

Prince Harry suffered ‘total chaos’ over Diana’s death

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau and his wife Sara attend a Mimouna celebration in Hadera on April 17, 2017. (Ido Erez/Pool/Flash90)

With end of Passover, Israelis celebrate Mimouna

'The Promise' movie poster. (Open Road Films)

Battling Turkish intimidation, Armenian genocide epic set for big screen

President Donald Trump's grandchildren Arabella Kushner (back to camera) and her brother Joseph perform in Mandarin in honor of President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan's official visit to the US, April 8, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

Ivanka’s biz prospers as politics mixes with business

By Erika Kinetz and Anne D'Innocenzio

Overhead shot of Flex's Migdal Ha'emek Innovation Center (Courtesy)

Flex expands Israel activity with new design center

By Shoshanna Solomon

Fatah terror chief Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, is escorted by Israeli police into Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against Palestinian leaders, in January 2012. (Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewPalestinian prisoners fast, Israeli politicians feast

By Judah Ari Gross

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