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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 17, 2017

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Former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, attends a press conference organized by 'Commanders for Israel's Security' in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing

By Judah Ari Gross

Ex-Mossad head Shavit: US president is like a ‘bull in a china shop… If tomorrow I were asked to pass information to the CIA, I would do everything I could to not pass it to them’

Israeli spy’s life ‘at risk’ after Trump’s ‘careless’ intel leak – ABC report

Israel said to be the source of intel Trump gave to Russians

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Defense minister: Israel-US security ties strong as ever

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

Trump, Netanyahu speak by phone, but reportedly don’t discuss leaks

By AFP and Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister’s Office confirms conversation, says leaders spoke only about US president’s upcoming visit to Israel

Israeli intelligence source: We must reassess what info we share with US – report

Trump talk with Russians ‘wholly appropriate,’ adviser says

By Vivian Salama and Deb Riechmann

Contradictions by Trump create credibility gap for aides

By Ken Thomas and Catherine Lucey

Israelis waiting for US visas line up at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: AP/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi/File)

US official said to promise: ‘We’ll move the embassy, just give us time’

By Alexander Fulbright and Raphael Ahren

Americans reportedly assure Israel that if the mission not moved now, it will happen before the end of Trump’s first term

US Consulate’s political counselor named as official who told Israelis: Western Wall is not yours

By Raphael Ahren and Eric Cortellessa

White House: Trump will visit Western Wall, without Netanyahu

By Eric Cortellessa

Spicer confirms Western Wall ‘clearly in Jerusalem’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

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)

Nikki Haley: Western Wall part of Israel, US embassy should be moved to Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ahead of Trump’s visit, US ambassador to UN wades into recent spat between Israeli, US officials on sovereignty over holy site

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman seen at a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 16, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Pool/Flash90)

New US envoy to Israel: Trump will not push for settlement freeze

By Alexander Fulbright

Despite president’s stated determination to secure a deal, David Friedman says he won’t be bringing ‘any particular plan or road map’ on his trip next week

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi addresses his supporters during a campaign rally at Imam Khomeini Mosque in the capital Tehran on May 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Live updates (closed)

US extends Iran nuke sanctions relief, adds other sanctions

By Gavin Rabinowitz

Ex-Mossad chief says Israel should punish US over intel leak; Putin denies any classified information given, willing to show Congress transcripts of meetings; Chelsea Manning walks free

A satellite image of what the US State Department described as a building in a prison complex in Syria that was modified to support a crematorium, January 15, 2015. (State Department/DigitalGlobe via AP)

Lawmakers urge Israel to bomb alleged Syria crematorium

By Tamar Pileggi

Opposition MKs, interior minister, Jewish groups recall inaction during the Holocaust in demanding military action to stop Assad atrocities

Sidqi al-Maqt, arrested for spying for Syria, raises his arms as he speaks to reporters, March 27, 2015 (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Druze man gets 14 years in prison for spying on behalf of Syria

A displaced Syrian child, who fled the countryside surrounding the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa, sitting outside a tent at a temporary camp in the village of Ain Issa, Syria, May 1, 2017. (AFP/DELIL SOULEIMAN)

Syrians brave mines, execution to flee Islamic State in Raqqa

By Ayham al-Mohammad

A simulation of cars using Autotalks’ vehicle-to-vehicle communication system. (screen capture, YouTube via JTA)

How Israeli startups are driving the car technology revolution

By Andrew Tobin

Upcoming conference hopes to attract industry leaders looking for self-driving, electric powered, smart-thinking vehicles that talk to each other

Karamba founders, left to right, David Barzilai, Tal Ben-David, Ami Dotan, Assaf Harel (Courtesy: Orly Landau)

Karamba nabs $12m from investors including former NSA director

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israel's ambassador to Nigeria Guy Feldman (L) addresses the media at the Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission Rev. Tor Ujah May 14, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)

#squadgoals

Israeli envoy cancels bash, funds Nigeria refugee kids soccer

By JTA

In lieu of embassy’s Independence Day reception, Guy Feldman sets up league for 225 children who escaped Boko Haram jihadists

Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Norwegian paper’s cartoon suggests circumcision akin to pedophilia

By JTA

Caricature depicts two men, one Jewish, one Muslim, speaking to a 3rd man who says he ‘too gets told by invisible men to mess around with boys’ penises’

Illustrative: A WOW passenger plane (courtesy: WOW Air)

Icelandic airline announces Tel Aviv-New York flights for $149

WOW Air to offer some of the most competitive flights in the industry with one-way tickets to California priced at $199

One of the suspects in the murder of Jerusalem resident Shlomo Sami Marciano is seen being led into court. (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Jerusalem couple suspected of murdering neighbor, cutting up his body

By Alexander Fulbright

After long-running feud, suspects alleged to have brutally killed Shlomo Sami Marciano, buried his body parts in a communal garden

Children at Tikva's kindergarten preparing materials for the Jewish festival of Lag B‘Omer, Odessa, Ukraine, May 12, 2017. (Photo Sue Surkes)

Ukraine’s Jews walk narrow line between murderous past and uncertain future

As Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Groysman winds up a three-day visit to Israel, Jews back home try to cope with economic difficulties and the effects of war

Michael Weingarten

The dignity of the hunger striker

In the tension between honoring a patient’s wishes and saving his life lies a path toward conciliation

Kenneth Jacobson

Trump can make his Israel trip a success

The US president played up his respect for both sides of the conflict to create trust that will bring all to the table

Destroy the Gaza Strip sub-city

A massive IDF offensive should turn the maze of tunnels into a death trap for Hamas operatives

Israel as a progressive cause

The Jewish state permits, nay promotes, governmental critique, which is as freedom- and democracy-loving as you can get

Ronald Lauder, left, and Sheldon Adelson support different methods of pursuing peace for Israel. (Getty Images)

Lauder vs. Adelson: Which Jewish billionaire has Trump’s ear on Israel?

The cosmetics heir and the casino magnate differ on the best way to bring peace, presenting a conundrum to the president

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel seen in Jerusalem Old City on March 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition MKs urge criminal probe into Jewish Home minister

By Marissa Newman

Lawmakers call on PM to fire ‘thief’ Uri Ariel over state comptroller report he funneled millions in state funds to benefit cronies

Palestinians demonstrating in support of hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli prisons clash with Israeli soldiers, in the West Bank town of Silwad on April 28, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

Israeli settler shoots, moderately wounds stone-throwing Palestinian

By Stuart Winer

Police arrest both shooter and stone-thrower after incident on Route 60 in West Bank; Israeli says he acted in self-defense

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkott, then defense minister Moshe Ya'alon, President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony for the new submarine 'Rahav' at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Ya’alon warns: If Netanyahu isn’t indicted for graft, I’ll tell all

By Raoul Wootliff

Former defense minister says he has ‘no doubt’ PM is guilty of corruption, and doesn’t plan on staying quiet

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)

Soldier who shot disarmed Palestinian stabber is ‘a liar,‘ court hears

In bid to increase 18-month sentence given to Elor Azaria, military prosecutor tells appeals court soldier‘s testimony changed 5 times

Then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (L) and US President Donald Trump (R) upon arrival at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, February 06, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

Trump asked Comey to shut down Flynn investigation — report

By AP and ToI Staff

President told FBI director to end probe into ex-national security adviser’s contacts with Russia, NY Times reports, citing a Comey memo; White House denies it

President Donald Trump listens as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (AP /Evan Vucci)

McCain: Latest Trump revelations are of ‘Watergate size and scale’

By AP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

FBI chief’s unceremonious ouster boomerangs on president

Firing of James Comey has focused attention on communications between agency director and Trump

Illustrative photo of a laptop being used on a plane. (Chris Ison/PA, File via AP)

US, European officials to discuss extending airline laptop ban

By AP

Ban could affect 65 million people a year on over 400 flights per day

US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/SAUL LOEB)

Families of Israeli terror victims ask to meet Trump during Israel visit

By JTA and ToI Staff

100 relatives sign letter expressing concern with president’s plan to facilitate talks with Palestinians, citing payments to terrorists

Illustrative: French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia (right) with an Orthodox French woman who waited 29 years before receiving her write of divorce on May 16, 2017. (Courtesy)

Paris rabbinical court dissolves marriage of woman waiting 29 years for religious divorce

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The Times of Israel’s French edition reports the conclusion of what has become a symbolic case

Rabi Aaron Leibowitz (C), the founder of Hashgach Pratit - Hebrew for private supervision -, which checks if restaurants abide by kosher practices, signs a certificate for the new bar Eitan Steinberg in the center of Jerusalem on June 8, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Comptroller slams corrupt kosher supervision process

By Jessica Steinberg

Annual report finds widespread mismanagement, blames local religious councils and Chief Rabbinate for lack of reforms

From left, Fares al-Umari, Muhammad Masri and Mahmoud Luisi, who are charged with planning to carry out shooting attacks against IDF soldiers in the Negev desert on behalf of the Islamic Movement. (Shin Bet)

Shin Bet busts Islamic Movement cell suspected of planning shooting attack

By Judah Ari Gross

Arab Israeli suspects allegedly plotted to shoot IDF soldiers in response to government’s outlawing of their group’s Northern Branch

Agriculture and art merge for a two-day fair at the Tel Aviv Port, showcasing products from the Modiin area. (Courtesy Eldad Maestro)

Spring time is festival time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after speaking to the press in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16, 2017. (AFP/ Saul Loeb/ File)

Trump and Erdogan hail ties despite US arming of Kurds

By Vivian Salama

American president pledges commitment to assist Turkey in combating Islamic State, Kurdish PKK insurgency

Guests listen to a speaker at Limmud FSU in Westchester, New York. The conference ran from May 14-16, 2017. (Limmud FSU)

In New York, Russian-speaking Jews say ‘da’ to Limmud FSU

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The rabbi in charge of keeping the Sheraton Crown Plaza kosher uses a gas torch to burn away any traces of leavening in the hotel's kitchen, prior to the Passover holiday, Jerusalem, April 2, 2006. ( The Sheraton was not featured in Channel 10‘s probe). Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Israeli hotels ‘preventing non-Orthodox guests from prayer’ – TV probe

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a group of teachers in Tehran, Iran, on May 2, 2016. (Official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP/File)

Iran’s leader urges high turnout in vote to send message to US, Israel

By AP

A man handles a snake in Modi'in. (photo credt: Anat Zakai/Flash90)

In serpante delictoMating dance casts romantic light on dreaded snake

George Soros at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 20, 2016. (Peter Foley/Pool/Getty Images/via JTA)

A government campaign against George Soros splits Hungarian Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man participating in a kapparot ritual, in which a chicken is swung over one's head in the belief that one transfers the sins from the past year into the chicken. (Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)

Lawsuit over synagogue’s chicken slaughter dismissed

By AP

Melanie Steinhardt comforts Becca Richman at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery, February 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)

Police probe suspected vandalism at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia

Italian cyclist Gino Bartali (screen capture: YouTube)

Cyclists pay tribute to champ who saved Jews during Holocaust

By JTA

(L to R) Nefesh B'Nefesh 2015 Bonei Zion Prize recipients: Professor Charles Sprung; Chana Reifman Zweiter; Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber; Tal Brody; Staff Sgt. Asaf Stein, PhD; Asher Weill; and Jon Medved (Photo credit: Sasson Tiram)

7 immigrants to receive awards for contributing to Israel

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from left) meets with Intel Corp. CEO Brian Krzanich (to his left) and Mobileye founders Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram , respectively first left and first right; (Courtesy: Haim Zach, GPO)

Intel to pay taxes from Mobileye deal in US dollars

By Shoshanna Solomon

An image of the The Daily Stormer's Spanish edition website on April 16, 2017. (screen capture: El Daily Stormer)

Leading neo-Nazi website courts new readers… in Spanish

By Michael Kunzelman

A paddle used for punishment. (CC BY-SA Wesley Fryer, Flickr)

Hebrew media reviewThank you Trump, may we have another

By Joshua Davidovich

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