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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 14, 2018

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Israeli and American flags seen in Chicago, Illinois, 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Americans’ support for Israel among highest ever recorded

Even among Democrats and the young, Israel enjoys at least a two-to-one advantage over Palestinian Authority, Gallup finds

MK Yousef Jabareen attends a Knesset committee meeting on December 22, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In first, Knesset bars MKs from traveling on pro-boycott groups’ dime

By Michael Bachner

MK Orly Levy-Abekasis at the Knesset on October 3, 2017 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Orly Levy-Abekasis is Israel’s newest political wildcard

Yisrael Beytenu rebel’s newly announced party had strong initial showing in its first poll this week, possibly helping stave off elections and positioning the MK as a major player

File: MK Yoav Kisch (Likud), chairman of the Interior Affairs Committee at the Knesset, on January 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Likud punishes MK who refused to vote for Haredi draft bill

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, left, shakes hands with Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in the Knesset on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Knesset advances ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill as coalition deal clinched

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on November 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PM only agreed to end coalition crisis under threat of party mutiny — sources

By Raoul Wootliff

Coalition figures say Likud members made clear to Netanyahu they would vote against dissolving Knesset, forcing him to find compromise agreement to keep government afloat

Liberman denies he, Netanyahu coordinated secret bid for snap vote

By Michael Bachner

Netanyahu derides opposition after coalition crisis solved

By Michael Bachner

In last-minute deal, coalition okays compromise to dodge early elections

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Analysis

Was Netanyahu’s plan for elections dashed by an opinion poll? That’s ridiculous

A Monday survey showed Likud rising, and Netanyahu the clear favored PM. But a closer look at its findings was shocking for some of his coalition partners, and maybe even for him

AnalysisCoalition deal prevents elections but may just postpone stand-off

By Raoul Wootliff

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, left, shakes hands with Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in the Knesset on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media reviewWait, what just happened? 8 things to know for March 14

By Joshua Davidovich

In this file photo taken on February 13, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies on worldwide threats during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

Analysis

With anti-Iran, pro-Israel stances, Pompeo may become Jerusalem’s new darling

The incoming US secretary of state has long expressed support for Jewish state’s positions on a variety of issues

In Mike Pompeo, Trump taps an Iran hawk whose views dovetail with his own

By Eric Cortellessa

AnalysisPompeo pick offers a window into Trump’s thinking on Israel, Iran

Pentagon still backs Iran nuclear deal, says top US general in Mideast

By AFP

An ad for binary options firm Prime Sales featuring a still from ‘The Wolves of Wall Street” (Screenshot)

Google to ban all ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies

By Simona Weinglass

In massive blow to Israel’s criminal investment scam industry, Internet giant’s move also covers unregulated forex and CFDs

Palestinian children stand next to bags of food aid provided by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on January 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

After Gaza summit, White House says ready to pursue projects there without PA

By Eric Cortellessa

Washington confab features unusual meeting of Israeli representatives and envoys of Arab countries with which Jerusalem has no formal relations

In this Jan. 14, 2018 photo, Palestinians receive food aid at a UNRWA warehouse in the Shati refugee camp, Gaza City. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

UN Palestinian agency in urgent search for cash at global gathering

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump's peace envoy Jason Greenblatt (L) tours a Hamas terror tunnel near the Gaza Strip with Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories Yoav Mordechai, on August 30, 2017. (COGAT Spokesperson's Office)

Solving Gaza ‘essential’ for peace, US envoy says at White House confab

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (2nd-R), escorted by his bodyguards, is greeted by police forces of the Hamas terror group (L) upon his arrival in Gaza City on March 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

Abbas condemns ‘murderous terror attack’ on PA convoy

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian leader accuses Hamas of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Hamdallah in order to break away and form own ‘suspicious’ Gaza state

Palestinian children fill jerrycans with drinking water from public taps in the southern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

Hamdallah hit attempt rains on bid to ease Gaza’s dire water crisis

By Melanie Lidman

Members of the Hamas security forces inspect the crater left at the site of an explosion that targeted the convoy of the Palestinian Prime Minister during his visit to the Gaza strip on March 13, 2018. (AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS)

AnalysisBlast targeting Hamdallah blows Palestinian rift wide open

By Khaled Abu Toameh

IDF paratroopers teach US marines ‘lost art’ of tunnel combat

By Judah Ari Gross

On sidelines of huge Juniper Cobra air defense exercise, American and Israeli ground troops trade know-how and practice beach landings, urban combat, desert warfare

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend the opening ceremony of the inauguration of the new emergency ward at the Barzilay hospital, in Ashkelon, Israel on February 20, 2018. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahus to be grilled again in Bezeq corruption case — report

By Tamar Pileggi

Investigators requesting permission to summon prime minister and his wife for fresh round of questioning after ex-staffer turned state’s witness

7:22 pm

UN Palestinian agency only has enough funds to last until May
7:12 pm

Netanyahu slams media again after reports of expected police grilling
7:00 pm

Vatican astronomy official hails Stephan Hawking

A female Brown Widow spider guards her eggs. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Dinner date

Israeli study: Male brown widow spiders prefer females who eat them

Researchers find males consistently choose older mates, despite their being less fertile and far more likely to cannibalize them

Sharansky’s fight for unity

Despite the Western Wall debacle, the Jewish Agency chair makes the future of the Jewish people his north star

Reimagining Holot detention center

Turn it into a training center and improve the lot of migrants, their countries of origin, and Israel’s role in this crisis

The fake news cop-out

If you want to know what’s really going on in the world, mainstream media is required reading — biases and all

Netanyahu could push for a West Bank annexation

There are good reasons to believe the embattled PM is ready to advocate a game-changing move

Israeli-born New York-based street artist Sara Erenthal smiles in front of one of her murals in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2018.
(AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

Beyond belief: From strict ultra-Orthodox roots to street artist

By Delphine Matthieussent

More Headlines

Albert Einstein. (AP Photo)

Albert Einstein’s candid letters to his sister to be auctioned

Xperia Touch combines infrared light with a camera, turning flat surfaces into a touchscreen; with Israel's eyeSight Technology software, these interactions can now be touch free (Courtesy)

Sony unit to include Israeli sensing software in projector device

By Shoshanna Solomon

Pop duo Static and Ben El perform at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, on October 25, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Changing their tunePop duo Static & Ben El sign with major US record label

An illustrative photo of a physician speaking to a patient. (AJ Watt/Getty Images via JTA)

New study on cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews aims to be model for genetic testing

By Josefin Dolsten

This file photo taken on February 27, 2018, shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Tobias Schwarz)

Angela Merkel elected for 4th term as German chancellor

By Geir Moulson

Stormy Daniels arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, February 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

CBS news chief, in Israel, says Stormy Daniels interview coming

By AP

A reveler holds a frame depicting a front page of National Geographic magazine during "Ceu na Terra" block carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

National Geographic acknowledges past racist coverage

By Jesse J. Holland

In this February 28, 2018, file photo, Somerville High School students sit on the sidewalk on Highland Avenue during a student walkout at the school in Somerville, Massachusetts. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via AP, File)

Florida school shooter faces death as students plan nationwide walkout

By Curt Anderson and Collin Binkley

An illustration of Elbit's search and rescue systems in use (Courtesy)

Elbit gets $65 million search & rescue deal from Asian-Pacific country

By Shoshanna Solomon

British physicist Stephen Hawking attends a conference with Israeli high school students at the Bloomfield Museum of Science in Jerusalem December 10, 2006 (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)

Stephen Hawking, who sought to unlock secrets of the universe, dies at age 76

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an incapacitated Palestinian assailant in the West Bank city of Hebron, appears before a parole board in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on March 14, 2018. (Flash90)

Prosecution willing to let Hebron shooter go free in May

By Judah Ari Gross

A file picture taken on July 18, 2013, shows Lebanese writer and actor Ziad Itani performing on stage in the capital Beirut. (AFP/Anwar Amro)

Lebanese actor accused of spying for Israel released from jail

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