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What Matters Most On Friday, April 28, 2017

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, DC, March 27, 2017. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

All 100 US senators to UN: End ‘unacceptable’ anti-Israel bias

Letter to António Guterres, with unanimous Senate support, demands wide-ranging reforms of international body

Trump: Ask me in month about moving embassy to Jerusalem

By Eric Cortellessa and ToI Staff

Israel said pushing for massive East Jerusalem expansion as Trump visits

Congressman: In Israel, Trump will announce embassy move

By Eric Cortellessa

G and S, the parents of alleged bomb hoaxer M, at their home in Ashkelon, April 26, 2017 (Times of Israel staff)

Forgive us, we did not know. Forgive him, he does not understand

By David Horovitz

The parents of the JCC bomb hoaxer accused of a vast, relentless two-year campaign of vicious threats and internet crime do their best to explain the inexplicable

An illustrative photo of a firefighter extinguishing a fire in a field near the Gaza Strip that was sparked by a flaming object flown from the Palestinian enclave, on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli missile downs Syrian drone over Golan Heights

By Judah Ari Gross

Unmanned aircraft penetrates Israeli airspace; IDF says it was under surveillance the whole time

Suspicious Iranian flights spotted in Syria ahead of missile strike

By AP and ToI Staff

Russia condemns alleged Israeli missile strike in Syria

By AFP and ToI Staff

InterviewIsrael’s intelligence minister urges US to team up with Russia against Iran

By Eric Cortellessa

Hugh Bonneville in the Tower of David Museum garden during his two-week visit in Israel to film a show about Jesus, April, 2017 (Courtesy Tower of David Museum)

With earl’s charm, Downton Abbey star visits to probe final days of Jesus

By Jessica Steinberg

Hugh Bonneville puts his theology degree to good use while walking Old City and other Jerusalem sites for documentary on lead-up to crucifixion

This combination of pictures created on April 25, 2017 shows German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (L) on April 25, 2017 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 5, 2017. (GALI TIBBON, ABIR SULTAN / EPA POOL / AFP)

PM: ‘Insensitive’ of German FM to meet leftist NGOs near Holocaust Remembrance Day

By AFP and Raphael Ahren

In interview with German paper, Netanyahu slams Sigmar Gabriel for refusing to cancel meetings with ‘fringe radical groups that undermine Israeli security’

Snubbed German FM wanted ‘to better understand what really happens’

By AFP

Israel scrambles to prevent EU-Arab consensus resolution at UNESCO

By Raphael Ahren

Swedish deputy PM equates Israeli and Palestinian incitement

By Raphael Ahren

Close-up of holding seniors hands. (iStock via JTA)

Chicago Jewish couple married 69 years die moments apart holding hands

By JTA

Isaac Vatkin’s daughter says he stopped breathing when his fingers separated from those of his wife, Teresa

A child’s alphabet and doodles, circa 1000 years old, from the Cairo Geniza, part of the Discarded History: The Genizah of Medieval Cairo exhibit on display from April 27, 2017 (Cambridge University)

Sex and business among medieval Cairo’s Jews go on display at Cambridge

By Ilan Ben Zion

New exhibit showcases dozens of fragments, some newly translated, that tell the story of ordinary folks living under Islam in the Middle Ages

Israeli Minister of Science Ofir Akunis arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2017. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

Antisocial media

Minister fined thousands for calling a woman ‘ugly’

Responding to a comment she left on his Facebook page, Ofir Akunis also said Batya Shefi Gottlieb had a ‘sick opinion’

Alex Ozerov and Sasha K. Gordon in 'Natasha' by David Bezmozgis (Menemsha Films)

Author David Bezmozgis brings his steamy ‘Natasha’ off the page and onto the screen

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Mainly Russian-language film updates award-winning short story, spotlights lives of former Soviet Union Jewish immigrants to Canada

Heroes are everywhere

On how one teacher harnessed National Superhero Day to inspire kids with the heroism in each of them

Parenting a lone soldier

When orphans marry, it’s small wonder that their child finds a large clan in the Jewish people

Is there ‘good speech’?

Great teachers target their praise of their students well, turning their compliments into motivation (Tazria-Metzora)

The crisis of democracy in Turkey

Erdogan’s latest power grab was achieved through (more or less) democratic means — and there’s the rub

Jean-Francois Jalkh at a news conference in Nanterre, France, Jan. 20, 2011. (Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

New French National Front leader, who doubted Nazis gassed Jews, quits

By JTA and AP

Le Pen’s temporary replacement said in 2000 interview it’s ‘impossible’ Zyklon B could have been used on an industrial scale

The gas chambers at the Sobibor death camp in Poland (Photo by Yoram Haimi)

France’s new National Front leader doubted Nazis gassed Jews

By JTA

A woman wearing a burka during a demonstration against the German Bundeswehr army's deployment in Afghanistan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on February 20, 2010. (AFP/David Gannon)

German lawmakers okay burqa ban for public servants

By AFP

Lower house also approves package of security measures in response to Berlin Christmas market truck attack

Nir Barkat (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem mayor: Arabs live better in this city than anywhere else in Mideast

Nir Barkat says all of the capital’s diverse residents are ‘his children’; rejects allegations of inequality in municipal services

Illustrative image of Israelis grocery shopping at a supermarket in Talpiot, Jerusalem, on April 20, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jewish man held for attacking Arabs in Jerusalem supermarket

Suspect sent for psychiatric evaluation after assaulting workers and cops who came to arrest him in Talpiot store

Palestinian protesters throw stones in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 27, 2017, during clashes with Israeli soldiers as a trade strike in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails takes place. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

6 Palestinians said injured in violent clashes with IDF

By Dov Lieber and Agencies

Red Crescent says live fire used against West Bank rioters demonstrating in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners

Paul Simon, left, with partner Art Garfunkel in 1964. (Don Hunstein)

Here’s to you, Mr. Simon — homage to Jewish pop legend opens in LA

By Alex Suskind

View of Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border near Rosh Hanikra, in northwestern Israel, November 10, 2016 (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

Lebanese man arrested after crossing into northern Israel

By Alexander Fulbright

Security forces questioning suspect, who reportedly says he wants to live in the Jewish state

A billboard with a picture of Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II, left, welcomes Pope Francis, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Amr Nabil/AP)

Pope Francis lands in Egypt for historic 2-day visit

Pontiff to meet with Egyptian president, Coptic Pope Tawadros II and grand imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb

Korean People's Army (KPA) tanks are displayed during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. (AFP/Ed Jones)

‘Major, major conflict’ with North Korea possible, Trump says

By ToI Staff and AP

Top US Navy official warns crisis worst he’s ever seen; president says he’d like to see diplomatic solution as China ratchets up pressure on Pyongyang

Firearms officiers from the British police detain a man on Whitehall near the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 27, 2017 before being taken away by police. (AFP/Niklas Halle'n)

UK on heightened alert after overnight terror arrests

By Alice Ritchie

British police warn of ‘increased level of terrorist activity’ after knifeman arrested near Parliament, 6 detained in raids

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett (R) and his wife, Gilat seen cast their vote during the party's preliminary elections, in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett wins sweeping victory in Jewish Home leadership race

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Incumbent leader of right-wing nationalist party takes over 80% of votes cast in three-way race

Labor Party Chairman Isaac Herzog (R) an MK Hilik Bar visit at the Labor primary elections headquarters in Holon on January 11, 2015. (Flash90)

Labor finalizes list of candidates for July leadership primary

By Alexander Fulbright

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Israel's Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev, interviewed by the BBC on May 1, 2016 (BBC screenshot)

From our partnerIsrael envoy speaks at London university, over pro-Palestinian protests

The new Shalva National Center building in Jerusalem, dedicated to assisting children with disabilities. (Courtesy)

‘World’s largest’ facility for people with disabilities opens in Jerusalem

Holocaust survivors light six torches representing the six million victims of the Nazi genocide during the opening ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli teens teach Holocaust survivors to surf the internet

By JTA

Bobbi Jene Smith (C) accpets the Best Documentary Cinematography Award on behalf of Elvira Lind from Jurors David Wilson (L) and Barbara Kopple (R) during Awards Night during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 27, 2017 in New York City. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival/AFP)

Step above the restFilm on US dancer in Israeli company wins at Tribeca

By AP and ToI Staff

Japan's Gamba Osaka midfielder Ritsu Doan (L) celebrates his goal against Australia's Adelaide United during the AFC Champions League soccer match at Suita Stadium in Osaka prefecture on April 25, 2017. (AFP/Jiji Press/STR)

Japanese soccer fans banned over ‘Nazi’ flag

By AFP

Yaniv Kakun and Liat Blau on the television show 'Dancing with the Stars.' (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Ex-‘Dancing with the Stars’ contestant arrested for rape

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset during a vote on two-week delay in opening the new public broadcaster, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cops question another US businessman in Netanyahu probe — report

Members of the Women of the Wall movement hold a monthly prayer service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, February 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Women of the Wall smuggle Torah scroll for monthly Kotel service

By JTA

An illustrative photo of a firefighter extinguishing a fire in a field near the Gaza Strip that was sparked by a flaming object flown from the Palestinian enclave, on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media review Striking Syria: Out in the open

By Adiv Sterman

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