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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, in Auckland, New Zealand in 2014. (Prince William and Kate Middleton image via Shutterstock).

Prince William to visit Israel this summer, in first official trip by UK royal

By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff

Kensington Palace says Duke of Cambridge will also travel to Palestinian territories and Jordan; Netanyahu hails ‘historic’ visit

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Comparing America to Israel on gun laws is dishonest – and revealing

US conservatives like to point out that both societies are well-armed, but the similarity ends there: Israelis trust their state, and don’t fear each other

7.62X39mm round are loaded into 30 round magazine for an AK-47 at Good Guys Gun and Range on February 21, 2018 in Orem, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images/AFP)

Most Americans say Trump is racist, AP poll finds

By EMILY SWANSON and Russell Contreras

In startling about-face, Trump tells lawmakers they’re afraid of gun lobby

By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey

Top White House aide quits, day after saying she tells ‘white lies’ for Trump

By Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin

Above and main image: The Graf Zeppelin flies over the Tower of David in Jerusalem in April 1931 (courtesy of the American Colony Photo-Dept. Collection: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, LOC, Washington, DC)

When zeppelin fever came to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 89 years ago

By Marissa Newman

In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel said frustrated with US inaction on Iran entrenchment in Syria

By Michael Bachner

Rift between Jerusalem and Washington grows more pronounced ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meeting; ‘We are very worried,’ senior Jerusalem official quoted as saying

A still image from blurry video footage broadcast by Hezbollah-backed Al-Manar television on February 28, 2018, that purports to show the aftermath of a Hezbollah assassination of Israeli brigadier general Erez Gerstein in 1999 in southern Lebanon. (Screen capture)

Hezbollah video claims to show bomb that killed Israeli general in 1999

A screenshot of the website of Iran's 'Hourglass Festival' which celebrates Israel's imminent destruction. (Screen capture)

New Iranian festival fetes Israel’s predicted destruction by 2040

This image provided by the National Science Foundation shows a rendering of how the first stars in the universe might have looked. Scientists have detected a signal from 180 million years after the Big Bang when the earliest stars began glowing. The findings were published on February 28, 2018 in the journal Nature. (N.R.Fuller/National Science Foundation via AP)

Israeli, US scientists detect signs of dark matter in glimpse of earliest stars

By Seth Borenstein

Early universe after Big Bang apparently twice as cold as previously thought — possibly because of dark matter interacting with hydrogen, says Tel Aviv University astrophysicist

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his wife Sara Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 28, 2017. (Olivier Fitoussi/Pool)

Bezeq corruption probe

Sara Netanyahu to be questioned Friday at same time as PM — report

By Michael Bachner

Benjamin Netanyahu said slated to be interrogated under caution in Case 4000, with investigators possibly presenting couple with identical materials

Israel media reviewThe Big Skim: 10 things to know for your March 1

By Tamar Pileggi

Investigators weighed whether questioning PM would hurt submarine deal — report

Lapid said to have asked for legal opinion on law benefiting Hollywood mogul

By Michael Bachner

US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's hand before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/ Brendan Smialowski)

‘Nobody knows what peace plan is,’ White House says after report on framework

By Eric Cortellessa

Official dismisses claims in Arabic daily that proposal would recognize Palestine, offer ‘international protection’ for Old City, as ‘more of the same’ guesswork

AnalysisWhat is AIPAC’s role in the age of Trump?

Hamas and Abbas rival discuss forming joint Gaza government

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Jared Kushner’s clearance downgrade could leave him ‘flying blind’

By Zeke Miller and Matthew Lee

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then-health minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party, left, at the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Facing Haredi rebellion, PM forms committee to craft new military draft bill

By Marissa Newman and ToI Staff

Ultra-Orthodox MKs threaten to vote against 2019 state budget if new law guaranteeing seminary students exemption from service isn’t passed

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman appears in fancy dress in a Purim video, March 1, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Topsy-turvyIn Purim dig at coalition partners, Liberman dresses as Haredi soldier

A picture taken on February 27, 2018, shows a view of the rebel-held neighborhood of Jobar, on the eastern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, following a reported regime bombardment, with Mount Qasioun seen in the background. (AFP Photo/Ammar Suleiman)

Live updates (closed)

UN says it hopes to enter besieged Syrian rebel enclave in ‘next few days’

By Alexander Fulbright

Head of world body’s humanitarian task force for Syria says 5 hour humanitarian pauses ‘not enough’ to provide Ghouta area with aid

7:24 pm

Arab teenagers arrested for beating Jewish boy outside Paris-area synagogue
7:09 pm

Khamenei praises Assad for defending 'Syrian resistance'
6:48 pm

Former Nazi death camp guard submits new clemency bid

Vashti, the NRA, & the ‘Memuchan Move’

Wayne Lapierre doubled down to protect the status quo, in a move reminiscent of how Haman reframed the queen’s refusal

Israel’s civil service is under attack

Upping the government’s official influence over senior civil service posts won’t do them any favors

David Seidenberg

The next pageant should select a new Haman

Contemporary politics remind us to stifle any knee-jerk association between evil and ugly

This Purim, I’m dressing as an old lady

When you don’t need a special ensemble or make up to realize you’re wearing a costume

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Netanyahu arrives in India on January 14, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

El Al seeking to fly over Saudi Arabia to India

By Michael Bachner

A visitor walks by barbed wire fences at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP/Alik Keplicz)

As Polish delegation meets with Israelis, Holocaust complicity law takes effect

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli soldiers observe Palestinian protesters during clashes near the border fence east of Gaza City on February 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

Soldiers defuse explosives planted on Gaza fence by Palestinian rioters

By Judah Ari Gross

Rasoul Khadem, head of Iran's wrestling federation who resigned from his post on February 28, 2018, is seen during the 2016 Summer Olympics. (CC-BY-4.0 Tasnim News Agency/Wikipedia)

Iran wrestling head ousted after panning policy of lying to avoid Israelis

By Eric RANDOLPH

A person smoking marijuana. (Illustrative photo: Mr KornFlakes/iStock by Getty Images)

High hopesSmoking weed, Jewish ex-FBI agent makes blunt bid for Congress

By Michael Bachner

Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile blasts off during a test launch from an undisclosed location in Russia, March 1, 2018. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons that ‘can’t be intercepted’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

CCTV footage shows soldiers crouching over a wounded Palestinian in an alley in the West Bank city of Jericho, February 22, 2018.

IDF opens probe as group alleges troops abused shot Palestinian attacker

A picture of the alleged Iranian base in Syria. The white hangars can be seen at the bottom center. (Google Maps)

Syrian outlet: ‘Iranian’ base is actually for Assad’s special forces

By Judah Ari Gross

Amy Winehouse performs 'Rehab,' during the 2007 MTV Movie Awards Show at Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California. (Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic/ File)

Throwback to blackUnreleased Amy Winehouse demo recorded at age 17 posted online

By JTA

Illustrative image of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is up for sale in bid to draw investors, boost volume

By Shoshanna Solomon

Ofo’s yellow dock-less bike in Tel Aviv-Jaffa
(Courtesy)

Revolution on 2 wheelsChina’s bike-sharing titans roll into Startup Nation

By Urvashi Verma

The suspect brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)

US issues fresh indictments against Israeli-American teen over bomb threats

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