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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 21, 2017

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) hosts his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)

Live updates (closed)

Ministers okay economic package for Palestinians ahead of Trump visit

Netanyahu: Trump a ‘true friend of the State of Israel’; Trump: Israeli-Palestinian peace possible if three major faiths can cooperate; dozens of Palestinian hunger strikers taken to hospital

US President Donald Trump (C) attends a meeting with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

Trump to urge leaders to confront ‘Islamist extremism’ in Saudi speech

By Jerome Cartillier

In key address to Muslim leaders, president to call for end to ‘slaughter of Christians, persecution of Jews,’ but also to declare that world is not facing a battle between faiths

Trump meets with Arab leaders ahead of major Islam speech

By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace

Trump scandals no issue for Saudis, minister says

By AFP

Escaping troubles in DC, Trump basks in lavish Saudi welcome

By Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire

US President Barack Obama, center, is greeted by President Shimon Peres, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in March (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fuming that some planned to stay away, PM orders all ministers to greet Trump at airport

By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff

When 3 ministers reportedly indicate intention to skip Ben-Gurion ceremony, angry Netanyahu says all must come, and cuts short coalition meeting

Netanyahu: I will discuss ‘ways to advance peace’ with Trump

Ahead of Trump visit, cabinet to vote on Palestinian economic benefits

Israel said to be bolstering Trump’s welcome ceremony

By ToI Staff and AP

US President Donald Trump, left, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud take part in a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

After Saudi arms deal, ministers fret about Israel’s military edge

By Tamar Pileggi and AFP

Yuval Steinitz warns Riyadh is a ‘hostile country,’ says Washington should have consulted with Jerusalem before inking agreement

Trump inks huge $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Trump announces plans to visit Egypt ‘very soon’

By AFP

Erekat warns Trump embassy move would end peace process

By AFP and ToI Staff

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hold a press conference following a bilateral meeting in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

Saudi FM: Trump can broker Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, and we’ll help

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Speaking on behalf of Saudi monarch, Adel al-Jubeir hails US president’s ‘vision’ and ‘decisiveness’; says kingdom prepared to work with US toward accord

Marc Zell, co-chair of Republicans Overseas Israel, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on November 9, 2016, a day after Donald Trump won the 2016 US election. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

GOP Israel chief: Trump unlikely to announce embassy move during visit

By Tamar Pileggi

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure on his first overseas trip. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Where Trump walked: Holy Land sites loom large on itinerary

By AFP

US President Donald Trump, left and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud gesture during a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

Warmth and scale of Trump-Saudi embrace could spell trouble for Netanyahu

By David Horovitz

Analysis: Full of flattery, the Saudis say they believe the visionary, strong, decisive US president can cut a peace deal, and they’re ready to help. But their formula is anathema to the Israeli government

AnalysisIn Israel, Trump’s success will hinge on the news back home

By Eric Cortellessa

Donald DancingTrump sways to the beat of Saudi sword dance

By AP and ToI Staff

Tillerson: US talks with Iran will come when timing is right

By Eric Cortellessa

US President Donald Trump (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Analysis

Damning with deafening praise: Why Netanyahu is unimpressed by Trump

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Israel’s PM and PA chief Abbas will both lavish accolades on the new US president during his visit – but do they trust him enough to take the political risks he will be asking, just to keep him happy?

Emily B. Landau and Shimon Stein

The Gulf’s last best offer to Israel

Op-Ed: The Netanyahu government must not miss its golden chance to be part of a regional security dialogue

David Breakstone

Dr. Seuss’s guide to Trump diplomacy

A rhyming prognosis, disclosed tongue in cheek, as to what to expect from Trump’s visit this week

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Eternal Jerusalem

“It is only the Jews who mourn for two thousand years for its destruction and no other nation.”

Israeli and American F-15 and F-16 fighter jets fly alongside one another over southern Israel in May 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Photo essay

Israeli-American coalition takes on ‘enemy’ aircraft in the south

By Judah Ari Gross

IAI's LRSAM defense system in action (Courtesy)

Israel Aerospace gets $630m missile defense deal for Indian Navy

By Shoshanna Solomon

Contract for LRSAM missile defense systems to be carried out with Indian government firm Bharat Electronics

Illustrative: A South Korean army soldier walks by a TV news program showing a file image of missiles being test-launched by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 14, 2017. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires medium-range ballistic missile in fresh test

By AFP

Pyongyang promises additional launches in ‘answer to the Trump administration’

A view of construction in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on January 26, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

70% of new settlement construction is outside blocs, group claims

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Peace Now says building up 34% in 2016 from year before; Yesha Council slams data as misleading

MK Masud Ghnaim of the Joint List meets Arab volunteers on the Temple Mount on May 20, 2017 as part of an annual event preparing the site for the Muslim holy moth of Ramadan that starts Friday. (Courtesy)

Arab MK visits Temple Mount despite lawmaker ban

Masud Ghnaim says he was participating in pre-Ramadan event, denies provocation ahead of Trump visit

An audio slideshow is projected on the ancient walls of Jerusalem's Old City on May 20, 2017, on the beginning of the week marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

Old City bathed in blue and white ahead of Jerusalem Day

It’s the start of a busy week for the holy city, which is also bedecked in US flags as the country gears up to host President Trump

Illustrative. The car that was driven into a bus stop in an apparent terror attack in the Etzion Junction in the West Bank on March 15, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Palestinian teen shot during alleged car-ramming dies of wounds

Fatima Jibrin Taqatqa, 16, was hit by IDF gunfire when she plowed into a bus stop at the Etzion Junction in March

Newly re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures after delivering a televised speech in the capital Tehran on May 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)

Victorious Rouhani: Iran has chosen ‘path of engagement’ with the world

Re-elected Iranian president says Tehran wants peace, friendship but will not submit to ‘threat, humiliation’

An Iranian man checks the list of municipal council elections ahead of voting at a polling station in Tehran on May 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Behrouz MEHRI

Iran reformists sweep Tehran council elections

By AFP

This May 18, 2017 photo shows one of 40 homes in a community run by the German American Settlement League in Yaphank, N.Y. The organization has settled a case with New York's attorney general, who claimed the GASL was not complying with state and federal fair housing laws because it had restricted ownership of homes to people of German descent. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman).

New York enclave with Nazi roots agrees to change policies

By Frank Eltman

The German American Settlement League, which owns the land in Yaphank, is being forced to end policies that limit ownership to people of German descent

Protesters in Paris demonstrating against a new Israeli settlement in the West Bank, April 1, 2017. (Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)

In Western Europe, Israel went from darling to divisive in 50 years

By Cnaan Liphshiz

More Headlines

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner arrive to attend the presentation of the Order of Abdulaziz al-Saud medal at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Above the rest?Ivanka’s rabbi said to deny permitting Shabbat travel

Coalition whip and Likud MK David Bitan attends a committee meeting in the Knesset, March 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Heavy meddleMinister mocks coalition whip’s weight

Illustrative: A Twitter app on an iPhone screen. (AP/Richard Drew/File)

#sorryTwitter leader laments role in Trump’s election

By AP

Jewish people take part in the priestly blessing ceremony during the Passover holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 13, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)

Cabinet said set to approve Western Wall elevator for disabled persons

Memorial at mound of victims' ashes, Sobibor (photo: public domain)

Museum to be built at Nazi death camp in Poland

By AFP

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the press at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on December 29, 2015. (Amit Shabi/Pool)

Olmert loses prison privileges after classified info discovery

Holocaust survivor Esther Begam (screen capture: Kare 11)

Holocaust survivor gets high school diploma in Minnesota

By AP

US President Donald Trump, left and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud gesture during a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

Hebrew media reviewThe $380 billion clue

By Joshua Davidovich

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