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What Matters Most On Friday, February 23, 2018

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The US Consulate in Jerusalem's Talpiot neighborhood, adjoining a possible site for the US Embassy (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

US Embassy in Jerusalem to open in May — in time for Israel’s 70th anniversary

By Eric Cortellessa, AP and ToI Staff

Trump administration officials say Congress being briefed on plans; ribbon cutting could take place on May 14 — day of independence declaration

Sheldon Adelson offers to help pay for US Jerusalem embassy — report

By Josh Lederman

Trump’s Mideast peace plan nearly ready, UN envoy says

By AFP

Conservatives cheer Mike Pence when he mentions Trump’s Jerusalem move

Germany's Nicole Schott competes in the women's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 23, 2018. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

German Olympic skater sparks Twitter outrage with ‘Schindler’s List’ routine

Nicole Schott, 21, comes 18th with performance choreographed to haunting John Williams score for Holocaust movie

An undated picture of Ammar Campa-Najjar, a Democratic candidate for California's 50th congressional district. (screen capture: Facebook)

Congressional candidate distances self from Munich terrorist grandfather

By Tamar Pileggi

Ammar Campa-Najjar hopes ‘heartbreaking’ heritage won’t be politicized, urges Israelis and Palestinians to ‘put the dark past behind them’

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in the 1942 classic film 'Casablanca' (Courtesy Warner Bros. Films)

Real-life ‘Casablanca’ story is even more dramatic than the Hollywood classic

By Rich Tenorio

It didn’t have a Bogie or Bergman, but as a new book explains, the Moroccan port city had actual heroes who worked to save its predominantly Jewish refugees from the Holocaust

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks to the press after meeting with Jordan's king at the Royal Palace in Amman on October 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)

Abbas takes to Palestinian TV to downplay health concerns

By AFP

Rumors of the 82-year-old leader’s ill health surface after he undergoes medical tests in Baltimore while on a US visit

PA police rescue US delegation egged by protesters in Ramallah

By Khaled Abu Toameh and AFP

IDF: Palestinian assailant likely died from tear gas inhalation, not beating

By Judah Ari Gross

Expecting further violent protests, IDF goes on high alert on Gaza border

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech during a ceremony held by the terror group in Beirut commemorating its killed leaders on February 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Iran seen uniting Lebanon proxies against Israel, but Hezbollah turns inward

Shiite terror group, fearing rival parties, seen spending more time on domestic Lebanese issues ahead of parliamentary elections than preparing for war with Israel

Iran looking to build nuclear submarines, watchdog says

By AFP and ToI Staff

IDF simulates war in Lebanon, amid tensions with Iran, Hezbollah

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF, US troops get ready for drill to simulate massive missile attack on Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Nir Hefetz arrives for extension of his remand in case 4000 at the District Court in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2018. (Flash90)

Hebrew media review

Itsy scoops, big sobs and huge support

By Joshua Davidovich

Papers don’t break much new ground in their reporting on the latest in Netanyahu’s scandals, but they do try to figure out why the premier’s boosters back him over the police

Police set to question Netanyahu in Bezeq, submarine probes — TV report

By Michael Bachner

In fresh coalition crisis, religious party places ultimatum over army exemptions

By Michael Bachner

Court extends remand for ex-Netanyahu spokesman, Bezeq owner

Hala, 9, receives treatment at a makeshift hospital following Syrian government bombardments on rebel-held town of Saqba, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY)

Five-day assault on Syria enclave kills more than 400 civilians

By Hasan Mohamed

Merkel decries ‘massacre,’ rights groups ‘sickened’ after indiscriminate bombing in Ghouta kills 95 children, targets hospitals, denies victims first aid

With support of UN head, Syria elected to forum on protecting people from abuse

UN Security Council to vote Friday on Syria ceasefire

By Carole LANDRY

Russia tested ‘over 200 new weapons’ in Syria: MP

By AFP

Screenshots from YouTube videos related to the Holocaust history dispute between Israel and Poland. At left, a video from the Polish government's #GermanDeathCamps campaign. At right, a video produced by the Israeli group 'J-nerations,' February 2018.

Poland-Israel Holocaust dispute hits the court of viral YouTube videos

By Matt Lebovic

Amid the diplomatic feud over Poland’s new ‘anti-defamation’ law, Jewish activists push back on the Polish government for ‘white-washing’ anti-Semitism

Waldemar Bonkowski (Facebook photo)

Polish senator suspended for klezmer-themed video of Nazi violence to Jews

By JTA

Natalie Portman in 'Annihilation.' (Paramount Pictures)

Film review

Annihilation: A head-trip wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a sci-fi horror flick

By Jordan Hoffman

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with state and local officials on school safety in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

US educators say no to ‘arms race’ in schools

By Chris Lefkow

Teachers’ unions and those who faced mass shooters insist schools won’t be safer ‘if teachers start carrying guns’

Bake actionFlorida congressman’s kids make hamantaschen against gun violence

By Josefin Dolsten

Far-right conspiracy theorists target Florida shooting survivors

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

NRA head accuses Soros, Bloomberg of ‘socialist takeover’

By JTA

Havi Toker, who was appointed as Israel's first female ultra-Orthodox judge on February 22, 2018. (Courtesy)

Israel appoints first female ultra-Orthodox judge

Havi Toker will serve on Jerusalem Magistrate’s court; Judicial Selection Committee slated to announce two new Supreme Court justices

Alex Stein (L) and Ofer Groskopf who were elected to the Supreme Court on February 22, 2018. (Courtesy)

Justice Minister continues Supreme Court reform with two new picks

African migrants march from Holot detention center to the Saharonim Prison, on February 22, 2018. (AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Former justice slams government treatment of African migrants

By Michael Bachner and AFP

Shammai Engelmayer

Should synagogue-goers be armed?

Jewish law requires that we protect ourselves; to do so responsibly means strict and effective weapons-training

Bracha Goldstein

Life after death

We danced to the songs my sister had loved until we were sweaty, silly-looking, and full of an energy we didn’t recognize

Crushed for the light

When you respond to pain with compassion and love, you bring healing into the darkness of our lives (Tetzaveh)

When traumatic memories are agents of change

Memory can relieve us of the burdens we carry and inspire us to live fully and deeply — just ask the Florida teens (Parshat Zachor)

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Israeli soldiers walk by an Iron Dome missile defense system deployed near Jerusalem, September 2013. (photo credit Flash90)

Israel Aerospace Industries earned $2 billion in Iron Dome radar sales — report

By Michael Bachner

The abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli on September 28, 2011. ( JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

US accused of allowing Libya to keep seized Jewish property

By Josefin Dolsten

'Homeland' actor Mandy Patinkin speaks at a ceremony to unveil his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 12, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube via JTA)

Magen DavidMandy Patinkin: Hollywood Star better than a bar mitzvah

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens speaks during an interview in his office at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on January 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Missouri gov. indicted after allegedly blackmailing woman with nude photo

By AP

Illustrative image of a housing construction site in Tel Aviv, December 1, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Major Israeli construction company suspected of bribing African officials

By Michael Bachner

Swastikas and other graffiti spray painted on the outer wall of what some Jews believe to be the grave-site of biblical character Yehoshua Bin Nun in the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris, in the West Bank on February 22, 2016. (Courtesy: Samaria security)

Jewish worshipers find swastikas defacing holy site in Palestinian village

HP Indigo's digital printing technology allows the personalization of products, like coasters with names on them (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Next-gen printers put through their paces at Kiryat Gat powerhouse Indigo

By Shoshanna Solomon

This file photo taken on November 27, 2017, shows Britain's Prince Harry standing with his fiancée US actress Meghan Markle as she shows off her engagement ring whilst they pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in London. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

‘Racist’ white powder letter sent to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle: report

By AFP

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