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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 3, 2017

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a reception for foreign diplomats in Israel marking Israel's 69th Independence Day, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After UNESCO vote, Israel cuts another $1m from UN budget

By Raphael Ahren

Jerusalem now to pay only $2.7m out of a required $11.7m, but officials unconcerned Israel could lose right to vote at UN bodies

Israel reprimands Swedish envoy over ‘nasty propaganda’ at UNESCO

By Raphael Ahren

Israeli minister calls to shut UNESCO’s Jerusalem office after contentious vote

By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren

US official raps ‘biased’ UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem

By Eric Cortellessa

Vice President Mike Pence, right, is introduced to speak by US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, during a ceremony commemorating Israeli Independence Day. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Pence: Trump giving ‘serious consideration‘ to embassy move

By ToI Staff and AP

US vice president tells White House-hosted Israel Independence Day event that relocation of US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem still on the table

Trump, Abbas gear up for Washington meet Wednesday

By Andrew BEATTY

AnalysisAbbas’s Trump meeting may be his chance to shine, but can he deliver?

3 GOP senators to Trump: Press Abbas on rewarding terrorists

By Eric Cortellessa

A general view taken on January 13, 2017 shows the Dome of the Rock at the Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

Palestinians applaud UNESCO vote denying Israeli claims to Jerusalem

By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren

Ramallah thanks UN body for reaffirming ‘need to confront the dangers posed by the illegal practices of Israel’

US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on May 3, 2017 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Live updates (closed)

Abbas to Trump: ‘It’s about time for Israel to end its occupation’

By Tamar Pileggi

Palestinian leader says US president brings ‘hope’ for peace as Trump commits to do ‘whatever necessary’; Trump urges end to incitement, says he wants Abbas to sign final agreement with Israel

Beachgoers in Tel Aviv watch the military airshow on Israel's 69th Independence Day, May 2, 2017. (Flash90)

Photo essay

Nation marks Israel’s 69th birthday by celebrating in the sun

Israelis take to parks, beaches on Independence Day to barbecue, watch the air force flyover, Bible Quiz

New Zealand reaches out to Israel to restore ties

By JTA

President urges world to recognize Jerusalem, move embassies

By Raphael Ahren

Tillerson congratulates Israel for Independence Day

Israeli C-130 Hercules transport planes fly over Jerusalem during celebrations marking Israel's 69th Independence Day on May 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)

IAF planes graze each other during Independence Day flyover

By Judah Ari Gross

Army investigates scratches found on wings of two transport aircraft after they landed, indicating they touched in the air

Illustrative photo of an Iberia airline plane touching down in Miami, Florida, 1985. (CC-BY-SA: Aero Icarus/Wikimedia)

Honeymooning Israeli dies on flight from Europe to Miami

By Stuart Winer

Man said to suffer allergic reaction after eating kosher meal

Did I just climb aboard the Titanic?

He’s a Jew who became an EU citizen at a time when tolerance is going out of style

In Africa we felt proud of Israel

She went to Kenya and saw the Jewish State’s best self

Would listening to the other be so bad?

Refusing to engage may just be the least productive of all the ways to express disagreement

Ruthie Braffman Shulman

Look beyond the women rabbis issue

While the OU nixed ordination, it broke ground in embracing women’s Torah leadership

The wisdom of my inner anti-Zionist

He gained a new understanding of young progressive Jews who turn away from Israel

IDF soldier Elor Azaria sits between his parents in a courtroom at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv for an appeal hearing on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Judges block Hebron shooter’s bid to consider other soldiers who killed attackers

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense team for Elor Azaria bidding to overturn conviction; state wants a longer sentence of up to 5 years in prison

The parents of Avraham Avera Mengistu protest outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, September 11, 2016. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Rights group blasts Hamas for holding 2 ‘mentally ill’ Israelis

By AFP and ToI Staff

Human Rights Watch calls on the terror group to treat Mengistu and Sayed humanely and ‘provide them with contact with their families’

Israeli security forces seen at the scene where an Israeli soldier was severely wounded when she was stabbed by a Palestinian near the Adam junction, near the Hizme checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The stabber was shot and killed by security forces at the scene, the IDF said. October 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Jewish man shot dead rushing checkpoint left suicide note

19-year-old from Jerusalem who ran at a soldier brandishing a knife reportedly suffered from mental distress

Palestinians march in the Western Galilee to mark the 'Nakba' ('catastrophe'), the day when the State of Israel was created in 1948. The annual event coincides with Israel's Independence Day. May 2, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)

Israeli Arabs march to mark ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s independence

Event goes ahead after police reverse ban, reach compromise; thousands wave Palestinian flags, hold photos of prisoners

Eight of the nine winners of the 2017 Israel Prize pose at Jerusalem‘s International Convention Center on May 2, 20107. From left: Yosef Yarden, Arie Vardi, David Beeri, Nili Cohen (behind), Agnes Keleti, Naftali Bennett, Zvika Levy (in wheelchair), and Uri Shaked. Not shown: Yehuda Liebes and Malka Margalit. (Shlomi Amsalem)

Nine outstanding Israelis awarded Israel Prize

Among recipients are father of lone soldiers, the man behind the renovated City of David and a former Olympic athlete

Sebastian Gorka, center, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

55 Democratic lawmakers urge Trump to fire aide Gorka over alleged far-right ties

By JTA

Legislators sign letter calling on president to dismiss White House adviser for reported links to anti-Semitic groups in Hungary

A tourist visits El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Israelis warned to avoid Tunisia due to danger of attacks

By Stuart Winer

Ahead of annual Jewish pilgrimage festival, security officials call on visitors to leave the country immediately

A GetTaxi vehicle in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)

Israeli ridesharing startups face tough drive on streets of New York

By Shoshanna Solomon

Gett-Juno deal aims to give on-demand mobility rivals Uber and Lyft a run for their money

File: Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem speaks in the Ghobeiry neighborhood of southern Beirut on May 13, 2016. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Hezbollah slams Hamas for accepting Palestinian state in ’67 lines

Lebanese terror group condemns revised charter, says Gaza rulers must ‘liberate’ all territory from Mediterranean Sea to Jordan River

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (C), Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (L) and United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni attend a Shas party conference at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on February 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM meets ultra-Orthodox over bid to bypass court Shabbat ruling

By Marissa Newman

Haredi parties seek legislation to shutter stores on day of rest, but finance minister opposes move, paving way for coalition showdown

Illustrative: Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid (left), at the Holot Institute of Technology for the Holocaust Survivors Conference on December 29, 2014. (Flash90)

Yesh Atid fined for using ‘sensitive’ Holocaust survivors’ info

By Marissa Newman

Opposition party takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘one-time mishap,’ will pay out NIS 40,000 over illegal privacy breach for campaign

Japanese performance group Miss Revolutionary Ido Berserker brings the zaniness of 'Crazy Girls Save the World,' bringing Japanese animation to life for the Israel Festival (Courtesy Cyclone A)

In timeless Jerusalem, Israel Festival celebrates the contemporary and avant-garde

By Jessica Steinberg

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Rabbi Yigal Levinstein teaching a lesson in 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Pre-army yeshiva head who denigrated women goes on leave

Ultra-orthodox Jews in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim burn an Israeli flag at the end of the country‘s 69th Independence Day, May 2, 2017. (Channel 10 screenshot.)

Group of ultra-Orthodox Jews marks Independence Day by burning Israeli flag

Chef Michael Solomonov. (courtesy Michael Persico)

Hot cuisineMichael Solomonov named best chef for his Israeli cooking

By Jessica Steinberg

German former rapper Deso Dogg, aka Abu Talha al-Almani, in Syria. (screen capture: Youtube/josef islam. com)

Runaway brideFBI translator married IS fighter she spied on

By AFP

Philanthropist Tad Taube speaks at the groundbreaking of the Taube Family Campus on June 29, 2016 at the Jerusalem-based HUC-JIR rabbinical school. (Avi Hayun)

Taube to fund $3m Huntington’s disease research in US

By Shoshanna Solomon

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber performs during a concert in Tel Aviv, April 14, 2011. (photo credit Gili Yaari/Flash 90)

This JustinBieber’s back in Israel for one night only

By Stuart Winer

Customers sit at the Carousela restaurant, which was supervised by Hashgaha Pratit - Hebrew for private supervision - to check it abides by kosher practices, on June 8, 2016, in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.(AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Rabbinate heavyweight defects to private kashrut initiative

By Jessica Steinberg

Israelis play with snow spray as they barbecue during Israel's 69th Independence Day celebrations in Sacher Park in Jerusalem, May 2, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

Hebrew media reviewWhite and blue in the face

By Joshua Davidovich

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