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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 13, 2018

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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, second right, escorted by his bodyguards, is greeted by Hamas police forces, left, upon his arrival in Gaza City on March 13, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

Palestinian PM survives assassination attempt as convoy bombed during Gaza visit

By Khaled Abu Toameh and Agencies

Rami Hamdallah and PA intelligence chief Majed Faraj unhurt; PA holds Hamas responsible for ‘murderous’ attack; Israel treats wounded at Erez crossing

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah waves to the crowd upon his arrival in Gaza City on March 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

UN envoy condemns Gaza attack on Palestinian PM as a ‘grave incident’

By ToI Staff and AP

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner arrives to attend US President Donald Trump's press conference on February 16, 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/ Nicholas Kamm)

White House to meet on Gaza crisis Tuesday, as it prepares to unveil peace plan

By Eric Cortellessa

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset plenum session on March 12, 2018.(Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PM delays key vote on controversial draft bill amid early election speculation

By Alexander Fulbright

Last-minute maneuvering means legislation won’t come up for vote until after ballot on opposition-backed measure to dissolve Knesset

Israel media reviewThe blame game in Gaza and the Knesset: 9 things to know for March 13

By Joshua Davidovich

Justice minister warns Netanyahu early elections would be ‘historic mistake’

By Alexander Fulbright

Miri Regev says she wants to be defense minister in next government

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset plenum session on March 12, 2018.(Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Knesset advances conscription bill, securing coalition deal

Lawmakers vote 59-38 for bill exempting ultra-Orthodox seminary students from IDF draft, formally accepting agreement that ends worst coalition crisis since last elections

7:19 pm

Knesset advances conscription bill, securing coalition deal
7:03 pm

Sacked Tillerson: US must respond to Russia's behavior
6:28 pm

Liberman claims he torpedoed ultra-Orthodox 'draft-dodging bill'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Op-ed

Netanyahu thinks elections can save his skin. He should just come out and say so

There is no ‘coalition crisis.’ There is, rather, a PM trying to calculate how best to avoid prosecution

New polls show Likud rising, Zionist Union diving, Liberman and Shas in trouble

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Amid coalition crisis, committee pushes ‘Jewish state bill’ forward

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block highway, clash with police

This file photo taken on September 21, 2017, shows US President Donald Trump (L) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a luncheon with US, Korean, and Japanese leaders at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York City. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump fires Tillerson as secretary of state, points to Iran deal disagreement

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president nominates Mike Pompeo as top diplomat; Gina Haspel to become CIA’s first female chief; Tillerson reportedly found out via tweet

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) (R), and ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speak to the media about Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election, at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP )

House panel finds ‘no evidence’ of Trump-Russia election collusion

By Paul Handley

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump, prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 22, 2017. (Heidi Levine / POOL / AFP)

Capital gainsIvanka has framed copy of father’s Jerusalem speech in her office

Footage taken from a security camera aboard the Mavi Marmara, showing the activists preparing to resist IDF soldiers about to board the ship. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Free Gaza spox admits activist initiated fatal 2010 violence aboard Mavi Marmara

By Robert Philpot

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, left, and Alexander Boroda, head of the Federation of Jewish Communities, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 28, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

Was Putin’s ‘anti-Semitic’ comment lost in translation?

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Community members say the Russian president was trying to distance Moscow from US election meddling, not blame Jews for it

Deborah Klapper

When Yeshiva College gags women it is my business

Blocking a female student from teaching Torah because men might hear her affects the whole Modern Orthodox world

Torah study equals army service? Not even close

We whose family members have died in Israel’s wars don’t happen to think Haredim ‘kill’ themselves learning

Albert Einstein was a prophet and we need him now

The father of modern physics was in line with the Jewish prophetic tradition — and he matters more than ever

Emily B. Landau

At AIPAC, this Israeli felt the love

The annual policy conference brings multiple perspectives to the table and shines an inspiring light on Israel

Priscila Raab, left, and Roberta Gradel at their wedding in Rio de Janeiro, March 10, 2018. (Marco Rodrigues)

Jewish woman’s same-sex wedding takes the spotlight in Brazil

By Marcus M. Gilban

Social media and local news awash with photos of ceremony held under the chuppah at the iconic Copacabana Palace

Hebrew teacher Sapri Sale (center, with white shirt) with his students in Jakarta, February 2018 (Conny Dwirani)

Muslim man opens first-ever Hebrew course in Indonesia

By Raphael Ahren

Former deputy national security adviser Chuck Freilich. (Courtesy)

Interview

Israel’s as secure as it’s ever been but that can change quickly, new book warns

By Judah Ari Gross

Rachel Laser, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (Rick Reinhard/via JTA)

First woman — and Jew — to head US group for separation of church and state

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Convicted former SS officer Oskar Groening listens to the verdict of his trial on July 15, 2015, at court in Lueneburg, northern Germany (AFP PHOTO/TOBIAS SCHWARZ)

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ dies at 96, before he can serve term

By AFP

Israeli band 'Dag Nachash' celebrates the Israeil launch of Spotify, March 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

High noteSpotify launches music streaming service in Israel

In this October 8, 2017 photo, Egyptian fans celebrate after beating Congo during the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Israel to broadcast soccer World Cup to Arab nations for free

Illustrative image of a sleeping baby (Wavebreakmedia; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli researchers find cybersecurity flaws in baby monitors, web cameras

By Shoshanna Solomon

AnalysisThe US government is funding houses of worship. Here’s why no one noticed

Ethiopian Israelis hold pictures of relatives as they protest in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)

In Knesset protest, Ethiopian-Israelis call for family unifications

By AP

Military forces work on a van in Winterslow, England, on March 12, 2018, as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Russia demands access to nerve agent in ex-spy case standoff

By Gregory Katz and NATALIYA VASILYEVA

A view of the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge at the Stanford University School of Medicine. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Haifa and Stanford hospitals sign agreement for joint research

By JTA

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox., Massachusetts on July 7, 2006. (AP/Michael Dwyer)

Met Opera sacks James Levine after abuse probe

By AFP

Ronnie Chan, entrepreneur and philanthropist chairman of Hang Lung Group addressing Israeli entrepreneurs at the GoForIsrael conference March 5, 2018 (Courtesy).

InterviewIsraelis lack long-term view needed to enter Chinese market, VC tycoon chides

By Urvashi Verma

An African illegal migrant walks with an Israeli flag, following his release from the Holot Detention Centre in Israel's Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Large migrant detention center to close at midnight amid deportation plan

By Melanie Lidman

Albert Einstein is shown playing the violin, date and location unknown (AP Photo)

String theoryEinstein violin sells for over $500k at New York auction

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