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What Matters Most On Friday, May 19, 2017

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President Donald Trump arrives at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, aboard Air Force One, Friday April 28, 2017, for a speech to the National Rifle Association's convention and a fundraiser for 6th District candidate Karen Handel. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Whirlwind tour: Donald Trump’s 28-hour Israel itinerary

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

From meetings with top dignitaries to visits at resonant religious sites, a look at the president’s Monday-Tuesday Holy Land schedule

Flight unto the nationsIvanka and Jared ‘get rabbinic permission to fly on Shabbat’

Ivanka Trump to join president on 6 out of 9 days of trip

By Catherine Lucey

Worldwide effort aims to keep Trump happy on 1st trip abroad

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Colombia's President President Juan Manuel Santos in the East Room of the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Trump says he hasn’t ruled out Netanyahu joining him at Western Wall

In interview ahead of visit, president confident he will be able to reach a deal quickly between Israelis and Palestinians: ‘We have the right people’

US officials said to slam Bennett for pressure over embassy move

Trump said to nix Masada speech after ban on helicopter landing

PM meets with Trump envoys to fine-tune presidential visit

By Sue Surkes and Raphael Ahren

US President Bill Clinton atop Masada, as Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sara look on, December 1998 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Photo Essay: Pictures of POTUSes past

Museums, missiles and motorcades: Israel’s previous US presidential visitors

By Raphael Ahren

With Donald Trump set to become the sixth leader of the free world to touch down at Ben-Gurion, a look at the 10 trips taken by his predecessors, from Nixon in 1974 to Obama in 2016

Trump heads overseas, turmoil in his wake

By Erica Werner and DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Young or old, Saudi women live under male relatives’ control

Sudan’s Bashir to skip Trump-Muslim summit

By AFP

US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

Trump told Abbas he’ll be able to reach a deal within a year, says Palestinian minister

By AFP

PA is taking the US president’s peace efforts seriously, says foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki

White House video shows Israel without Golan and West Bank

By Raphael Ahren

NY court drops suit against Facebook over Palestinian incitement

Tillerson: America is back and world is waiting for Trump

By AFP

Michael Oren attends a political debate held at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Interview

Michael Oren’s advice for Trump: Connect with Israelis and reassure them

By Raphael Ahren

Ex-envoy to the US predicts president may have ‘holy cow’ moment, fully appreciate Israel’s security fears when he sees tiny country from the sky

Pro-Israel US right starting to feel unease with Trump

IDF arrests an ambulance driver, impounds his vehicle in the northern West Bank on May 19, 2017. The ambulance blocked the escape of an Israeli man who came under attack by a mob during a protest in the village of Hawara, outside Nablus. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Army nabs ambulance driver who allegedly blocked Israeli’s escape from riot

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF, Shin Bet seize ambulance, bus that brought in protesters, arrest another Palestinian suspected of attacking settler’s car near Hawara

A burned out tractor in the Palestinian village of Burin after a suspected arson attack on May 19, 2017. (Police spokesperson)

Arson, graffiti in suspected ‘price tag’ attack in Palestinian village

This handout photo released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shows President Donald Trump meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Like Israeli counterparts, US spymasters ‘frustrated’ by Trump leak

By AP

Former US intelligence official concerned Jewish state may start ‘fuzzing’ sensitive information shared with Washington

Trump says Joe Lieberman is front-runner for FBI chief

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Kushner urged Trump to challenge Russia probe head – report

By JTA

Congressman probing Comey firing, alleged Russian meddling quits

By Michelle L. Price and BRADY McCOMBS

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

Hot air

$149 flights to Israel? Don’t believe the hype

Extra costs on no-frills WOW Air flights, including for baggage, drive prices up considerably

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit seen talking with Arabs as he gets his car washed at the Hussan Junction Palestinian-owned car wash in the West Bank, on November 11, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Half of Israel to be Arab, ultra-Orthodox by 2059 – projections

Figures show Israeli population will grow to 18 million in just over four decades, up from 8.6 million today

Peace 101: Absence of conflict

Can those who crave a stable Mideast convince Palestinians and their supporters that asymmetric warfare will fail?

Mideast marriage therapy

Couples counseling brokers peace between arguing entities; why not treat Israelis and Palestinians as a couple?

Minority rights

The best test of how moral a society is lies in how it treats its weak (Behar/Bechukotai)

Yonah Alexander and Sharon Layani

President Trump’s ecumenical diplomacy

Op-Ed: 6 ways interfaith relations can help end the spilling of blood in God’s name

Iranian clerics queue to vote for the presidential and municipal councils elections, in the city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Polls open in first Iran presidential vote since atomic deal

By Adam Schreck and Amir Vahdat

Proponent of nuclear pact Rouhani faces stiff challenge from conservative cleric Raisi in tightly controlled race

MK David Bitan rebukes bereaved parents during a Knesset State Control Committee discussion about Israel‘s 2014 Gaza war against Hamas, April 19, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ethics panel won’t sanction Likud MKs for yelling at bereaved parents

Citing apologies by David Bitan and Miki Zohar, committee says ‘no room’ to seek penalties

An Israeli woman works at the Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm. (photo credit: AP)

Cannabis could treat traumatic brain injury, Israeli researchers say

Hebrew University team finds that cannabinoid compounds help recovery in rats, possibly opening door for clinical trials

Undated photo of United Hatzalah volunteer Efraim (Effi) Gadassi who was killed in a vehicle accident on May 19, 2017 (Courtesy)

Volunteer medic, a father of three, dies in crash en route to emergency

Rescuers contend with string of deaths Friday, including a man who collapsed while exercising and another stabbed to death in northern town

Illustrative: Members of the EU Parliament take part in a voting session, on December 17, 2014, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. (AFP/Frederick Florin)

In first, EU lawmakers cite Palestinian terror in resolution on 2 states

By JTA

Statement, which also condemns Israeli policies, wins praise for more balanced approach, despite omitting mention of Hamas as terror group

An IDF submarine spots another vessel during a surprise exercise in May 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Photo essay

Navy looks to upgrade sub standard with surprise undersea war drill

By Judah Ari Gross

Anders Samuelsen, second from right, Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs , meets with representatives of Israeli high tech industry in Jerusalem (Courtesy: Yossi Zwecker)

Interview

Denmark says world needs TechPlomacy alongside diplomacy

By Shoshanna Solomon

Anders Samuelsen, the Danish foreign minister who appointed the first tech ambassador to Silicon Valley, looks for inspiration in Israel and other tech hubs

Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Israel mandates more humane slaughter methods for beef imports

By JTA

Agriculture Ministry’s new guidelines on kosher meat shipments ban shackle-and-hoist method

Seven-year-old transgender boy Jacob Lemay poses for photos in the yard of his home in Melrose, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2017. (JEWEL SAMAD / AFP)

Growing up transgender: US family confronts stigma

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

In this Sunday May 7, 2017 photo, French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen leaves after speaking at her election day headquarters in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Officials had secret plan to ‘protect the Republic’ after Le Pen victory

By ToI Staff and AP

Far-right leader announces her candidacy for parliamentary elections, hoping National Front will become main opposition party

French President Emmanuel Macron (4-L) and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (3-L) pose for a family photo after the first cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 18, 2017.
/ AFP PHOTO / POOL / PHILIPPE WOJAZER

Macron unveils diverse cabinet featuring critics, advocates of Israel

By JTA

The body of Hamas terrorist Mazen Faqha is carried by members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, during his funeral in Gaza City on March 25, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas holds quick-fire trial for suspects in terror chief assassination

By AFP

Verdict on three men suspected of killing Mazen Faqha to be delivered over weekend, but source says they will be given the death penalty

Manhattanville Coffee, opened two years ago, merges two of Crown Heights' communities: It's a chic artisanal cafe with strict kosher certification. (Ben Sales/JTA)

A Jewish hipster haven in the heart of Chabad’s Brooklyn territory

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets (r-l) Brad Whitford, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton of the rock band Aerosmith at the Prime Minister's Office on May 18, 2017. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)

BibitoursYou ‘don’t want to miss a thing,’ PM tells Aerosmith

By David Sedley

A Tel Aviv street empty of traffic as disabled protesters closed main thoroughfares to demand the minimum wage, May 18, 2017. (Stuart Davidovich)

Disabled protesters block main roads in Tel Aviv

Poor visibility caused by a sandstorm in Eilat, May 18, 2017. (Youtube screenshot)

Huge sandstorm blankets Eilat, shuts airport

A Danish and an Israeli flag seen among flowers and candles honoring the victims of a shooting attack outside the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 15, 2015. (AFP/Odd Andersen)

Danish teen gets six years in jail for plot to bomb Jewish school

By AFP

Illustrative image of members of the House of Representative's Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism on Capitol Hill on March 2, 2017. (Eric Cortellessa/Times of Israel)

House passes bill to enhance reporting on European anti-Semitism

By JTA

Illustrative: A truck with the words 'fuck off' and another with swastika graffiti on it were found outside a Jewish school in a Hasidic neighborhood in London, November 14, 2016. (Shomrim N.E. London/Twitter)

ADL survey: Anti-Semitism down in France, UK, Germany

By JTA

Barracks at Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum after a recent restoration, July 2016. (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum via AP)

Collection of Holocaust papers donated to Auschwitz museum

By JTA

Illustrative: In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 photograph, crew direct an F-18 on the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels through the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

US-led coalition aircraft strike pro-Assad convoy

By AFP

Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer who also was involved in Jewish outreach, was killed near his Washington, DC, home on July 10, 2016. (Facebook via JTA)

Seth Rich’s family calls on Fox to retract WikiLeaks allegations

By JTA

Illustrative image of a displaced child, who fled from the Islamic State (IS) group bastion of Raqqa, standing outside as she eats a loaf of bread in a camp for displaced near the town of al-Karamah on May 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN)

IS kills more than 50 people in Syria assault — monitor

By Rouba El Husseini

MK Michael Oren. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

At ToI event, Michael Oren to talk about Israel-US relations in the Trump era

By Matthew Kalman

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a mask of himself which he picked up from supporter during a rally in the Robarts Arena of the Sarasota Fairgrounds in Florida on November 7, 2016.(AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN)

Hebrew media reviewFidgeting and spinning over Trump

By Joshua Davidovich

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