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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 25, 2017

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A screenshot of US President Donald Trump, Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah al-Sissi touching a glowing globe to launch the opening of an anti-extremism center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (Screenshot)

Abbas’s top diplomatic adviser: There is no regional peace plan

By Dov Lieber and Stuart Winer

Majdi al-Khalidi’s denial follows report Trump seeking Arab ‘normalization’ with Israel to kick-start peace talks with Palestinians

Israeli minister meets publicly with Arab officials in Ecuador

By ToI Staff and AFP

US said pushing Israel to transfer parts of West Bank to PA administrative rule

By Alexander Fulbright

Tillerson says Trump ‘pressured’ Netanyahu, Abbas to revive peace talks

By Eric Cortellessa

US President Donald Trump at residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, May 22, 2017 (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

For now, Trump’s peacemaking approach is all unfounded optimism

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: Pundits have spent the week trying to discern the strategy behind the nuances of the president’s thoroughly well-intentioned visit. But thus far, there is no strategy

Pope Francis (L) meets with US President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican on May 24, 2017. (Alessandra Tarantino / POOL / AFP)

Star-struck Trump promises peace push after ‘fantastic’ pope meet

By Angus Mackinnon and Ella Ide

A group of paratroopers marvels at the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967, during the Six Day War. (Micha Bar-Am/ Defense Ministry's IDF Archive)

Photo essay

50 years on, just-released photos show horror, then joy, in Battle for Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross

Trove gives rare glimpse of victory against previously unbeatable Jordanian military in 1967 Six Day War

Tens of thousands march around Old City to celebrate Jerusalem Day

By ToI Staff and AFP

An American in war-torn Jerusalem witnesses the battle for the Temple Mount

By Abraham Rabinovich

Surveys reveal a hawkish Israel immediately after Six Day War

Pope Francis prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 26, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Thomas Coex)

Live updates (closed)

Pope Francis may visit Israel to advance Trump peace push

By Tamar Pileggi

PM to undergo kidney stone procedure under sedation; Gaza news agency live-streams Hamas executions on Facebook; May to raise Manchester attack leaks with Trump at NATO

US President Donald Trump (L) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas leave following a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Analysis

Dating conflict at 50 years old, Trump appears to quietly adopt Arab stance

By Raphael Ahren

While US president added in ‘or more’ to delivered speech, White House’s use of Six Day War as starting point of strife may indicate it sees pullback toward 1967 lines as key to reaching peace

A ballistic missile is seen in what Iran says is an underground base, in an undisclosed location in the country. The base is said to be buried 500 meters below ground. (Screen capture PressTV)

Iran builds third underground missile plant – report

By Judah Ari Gross

Revolutionary Guard officer also tells semi-official Fars news that Saudi Arabia will use American weapons against Israel

US looking into upping sanctions on Iran, Treasury head says

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Liberman expresses unease over massive Saudi arms deal

By AFP

PM says US agreed to boost Israel military aid amid concern over Saudi deal

By Raphael Ahren, Judah Ari Gross and AFP

Sir Paul McCartney and wife Nancy Shevell attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2014, in West Hollywood, California. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

50 years after ‘Sgt. Pepper’s,’ how Jews helped fill a Beatle’s lonely heart

By Robert Philpot

From ‘Fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein to two of his wives, Paul McCartney reached fame and fortune with a little help from his (Jewish) friends

Police activity at an address in Elsmore Road, in connection with the concert blast at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, England, May 24, 2017. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

After intel leak, UK freezes out US on Manchester bombing

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Details released by American sources to media — including attacker’s identity — ‘undermine’ attack probe, police say

Multiethnic Manchester bands together in defiance of terror

London ‘furious’ at US for Manchester bomb probe leaks

By AFP

Netanyahu calls May to offer condolences, support after attack

By ToI Staff and AFP

Gary Rosenblatt

How Trump divides us

Do American Jews have to choose between opposing Trump and championing Israel? (Jewish Week)

Fulfilling a 2,000-year-old dream

On Jerusalem at 50: ‘I have seen the city grow and prosper’

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

In Jerusalem, this is true and this too

A city full of sharp edges and soft spaces that somehow all fit together

Yosef I. Abramowitz

To save the climate, decarbonize Shabbat

Several ways world Jewry can take global environmental responsibility — it’s literally tikkun olam!

What’ll we do with the next 50 years?

Willful neglect in east Jerusalem has divided the city, but it has also increased Jewish-Arab contact

Heddy Breuer Abramowitz

A little miracle in Jerusalem

For a couple who waited 11 years to expand their family, ‘next year in Jerusalem’ came this year

Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn, Research Fellow at the Center for Antisemitism Research at the ADL, and author of 'City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement.' (courtesy)

Interview

How to square a circle: When liberal American Jews become Israeli settlers

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

MK Oren Hazan takes a selfie with US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion Airport on May 22, 2017 (Screenshot)

Snap judgment

After stolen selfie, handshaking ceremonies banned

Senior official said to lament Trump’s smooth Italy reception compared to the drawn-out ceremony at Ben Gurion

President Reuven Rivlin hosts the 'Singing for Jerusalem' event at the President's Residence for Jerusalem Day, marking the 50th anniversary since the reunification of Jerusalem, on May 23, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Rivlin: We must take urgent care of capital’s Arab residents

In Jerusalem Day speech, president says united city cannot tolerate 40% of its inhabitants living in poverty in ‘the poorest urban area in Israel’

Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, center, attends the final speeches of US president Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sheldon Adelson gives testimony in Netanyahu corruption case

By Stuart Winer

Billionaire owner of Israel Hayom newspaper quizzed over alleged talks for quid pro quo deal between PM and rival daily

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification and the 1967 War, in the Israeli parliament on May 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu thanks Czechs for pro-Israel resolutions

By Raphael Ahren

PM hopes others will follow Prague in recognizing Jerusalem as capital, sanctioning UNESCO for bias

This file photo taken on November 21, 2016, shows Facebook logos pictured on the screens of a smartphone (R), and a laptop computer, in central London. (AFP)

Facebook only removes Holocaust denial if facing legal action – report

By Stuart Winer

The Guardian obtains training manuals for moderators at social media giant highlighting instances when employees are taught to ignore hate speech

Illustrative image of the neurological process causing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. (Screen capture: Moovly via YouTube)

Israeli scientists announce new treatment for ALS

Drug developed at Ben-Gurion University said to improve brain function and life expectancy, may help Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s sufferers too

Participants at the MIXiii BIOMED conference in Tel Aviv in May 2017 (Courtesy: Shoshanna Solomon)

Futuristic health tech on display at biomed conference in Tel Aviv

By Shoshanna Solomon

From brain-monitoring electrodes to the mind-internet interface, the MIXiii BIOMED gathering provides a glimpse of what’s coming in healthcare

This file photo taken on March 31, 2016 shows the remains of the destroyed Arc du Triomphe in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

New database charts 20,000 at-risk archaeological sites in the Middle East

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Islamic extremism and other destructive factors create a perfect storm of endangered culture in the bedrock of civilization

Staffers at IBA's English news department departing the authority's offices in 2017 (Courtesy IBA English news)

With abrupt closure of IBA, English news staff never even got to say goodbye

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

An architect‘s image of the planned swimming pool in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem. (Galpaz Architecture/Jerusalem Municipality)

East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods to get first swimming pool

Crime family boss Asi Abutbul brought to court on May 25, 2017, on suspicion of murdering lawyer Yoram Hacham. (Flash90)

Jailed mob boss suspected of murdering his attorney in 2008

Carl Reiner in the HBO documentary 'If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.' (Courtesy of HBO/via JTA)

Carl Reiner, 95, dishes his secrets to longevity

By Curt Schleier

Illustrative image of a businesswoman threatening her colleague. (iStock by Getty Images)

Speak-up nationEmployee guide warns of overbearing Israelis

Jonathan Pollard, second from left, leaves federal court Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Judges reject Pollard appeal to ease parole restrictions

By JTA

US President Donald Trump visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

Hebrew media reviewTrump (still) trumps (almost) all

By Tamar Pileggi

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