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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 15, 2018

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Interior of Hamas tunnel dug under the border with Israel, that the IDF revealed it destroyed, April 15, 2018. (IDF spokesperson)

IDF destroys ‘longest and deepest’ Hamas cross-border attack tunnel

By Stuart Winer

Army spokesman says underground passage was built since 2014 war; says recent violent Palestinian disturbances ‘are a cover for terror attempts above and below ground’

A Palestinian man tries to cut through a section of barbed wire at the border fence with Israel, east of Jabalia in the central Gaza city, during a protest on April 13, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)

PA official: Egypt asked Hamas to stop Gaza protests

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian journalists take part in a protest after the killing of fellow journalist Yaser Murtaja, near the Israel-Gaza border, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

Palestinian journalists denounce Israeli colleagues

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office, March 5, 2018 (Haim Tzach/GPO)

Israel fears Trump may see job as done in Syria, leave Israel alone to face Iran

Though strongly backing US-led airstrikes, Jerusalem also reportedly worried Putin may now supply Assad with advanced air-defense systems, reducing Israel’s air supremacy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem April 15, 2018. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)

Netanyahu praises West for Syria strike, urges similar policy against Iran

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria April 13, 2018 at the White House in Washington, DC. Trump said strikes on Syria are under way. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN)

Chaos, consultation: Inside Trump’s decision to strike Syria

By Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin

A satellite image shows three buildings in the Barzeh research facility near Damascus, Syria, allegedly used to develop chemical weapons, standing in 2013 (L) and destroyed after a strike by the US, Britain and France on April 14, 2018. (ImageSat International)

Satellite photos show Syrian site flattened after US-led strikes

By Michael Bachner and Agencies

Israeli company says analysis of images reveals three main buildings of Barzeh research facility near Damascus completely destroyed by Western bombing campaign

Syrian soldiers inspect the wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, during a press tour organised by the Syrian information ministry, on April 14, 2018. (AFP / LOUAI BESHARA)

Large explosion reported at Iranian base in Syria

This image provided by the Department of Defense was presented as part of a briefing slide at the Pentagon briefing on Saturday, April 14, 2018, and shows a photo of a preliminary damage assessment from the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker in Syria that was struck by missiles from the U.S.-led coalition in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Department of Defense via AP)

Despite strikes, Assad retains chemical capability, Pentagon admits

By Robert Burns

Analysis

Western strikes won’t change the bloody course of Syrian history

As with last year’s US strike on Assad for chemical weapons use, Trump’s new attack, again cheered by Israel, will be no game-changer. If anything, it could embolden Iran

Illustrative - The Damascus sky lights up missile fire, as the US launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syria declares full recapture of Ghouta rebel enclave

By AFP

UN Security Council rejects Russia resolution condemning Syria strikes

Hundreds of Arab Israelis protest Syria strikes outside US consulate

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gestures during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, August 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Live updates (closed)

Nasrallah says US ‘Zionist lobby’ pushed for Western strikes on Syria

By Alexander Fulbright

Hezbollah chief says US and its allies limited the scope of attack due to fear reprisal by Syria and its backers could heat up region

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Four police lightly wounded in clashes with ultra-Orthodox
6:24 pm

Iran bans foreign social media networks in schools
6:16 pm

Report: Police to recommend indicting ex-coalition whip for bribery

Chessy Prout, the author of 'I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope,' talks during an interview, March 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A high schooler just wrote the book on surviving campus sexual assault

By Cathryn J. Prince

African migrants gather during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 26, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel to free 200 African migrants from detention as deportation talks persist

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Amid ongoing negotiations with Uganda, state informs High Court that asylum seekers held in Saharonim facility will be released on Sunday

Sintayehu Shafrao from Ethiopia, who is competing in the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel, receives a National ID from Israel Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri during a ceremony at the Interior ministry office in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash9)

Ethiopian Jew participating in Bible Quiz gets Israeli citizenship

By Stuart Winer and Sue Surkes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 5, 2015. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)

In U-turn, Netanyahu said to reject ‘extreme’ draft of High Court override bill

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Katharina Rohrer(L) and Gil Levanon in Tel Aviv in a Channel 10 show that aired on April 13, 2018. (screenshot, Channel 10)

Granddaughters of Nazi officer, Holocaust survivor fall in love making film

Anne Frank House employee Barry Vingerling. (Facebook)

Anne Frank House employee says he was barred from wearing kippa

Barry Vingerling says management told him religious symbols were not in line with museum’s ‘neutrality’ efforts, relented after six months

Screen capture from video of Palestinian political analyst and writer Hani Abu Zeid denying the Holocaust during an interview broadcast on Palestinian TV, April 10, 2018. (Facebook)

Palestinian TV analyst denies Holocaust, says Jews colluded with Hitler

By Stuart Winer

German rappers Kollegah & Farid Bang perform during the 2018 Echo Music Awards ceremony on April 12, 2018, in Berlin (AFP PHOTO / AXEL SCHMIDT)

Controversy builds over German rappers accused of anti-Semitism

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Rabbinical students at Hebrew College near Boston, including Gita Karasov, left, are creating a video that shows women, transgender and non-binary Jews demonstrating how to wear tefillin. (Dena Trugman/via JTA)

Women and transgender Jews to shoot explainer video on how to lay tefillin

By Josefin Dolsten

Kahlon’s housing ‘solutions’ will be devastating

Future generations will pay a heavy social and environmental price for a mad — and inept — rush to build

At 70, Israel is being poisoned by plastic

How much waste will we avoid if we all eat off reusable plates at our BBQs this Independence Day?

The Backstreet Boys during one of their first performances in Israel, 2015 (Courtesy Backstreet Boys)

Analysis

Jessica Steinberg

18 to watch, hear and dance to: It’s almost summer, and that means concert time

From pop and alt rock to punk and reggae, this year’s headliners in Israel include the Backstreet Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, Enrique Iglesias, alt-J and Ziggy Marley

Jake Bugg before performing in Frankfurt this February (Courtesy Jake Bugg official Facebook page)

Seen it allJake Bugg returns to Israel next month for concert

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

This image provided by the Department of Defense was presented as part of a briefing slide at the Pentagon briefing on Saturday, April 14, 2018, and shows a photo of a preliminary damage assessment from the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker in Syria that was struck by missiles from the U.S.-led coalition in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Department of Defense via AP)

Israel media reviewMission accomplice: 7 things to know for April 15

By Joshua Davidovich

IDF soldier Eliyahu Drori, who was killed in a tank accident (IDF spokesperson's office)

Soldier killed in tank accident named as Eliyahu Drori, 20

The unauthorized Rosh Yosef outpost, near the settlement of Itamar in the West Bank in April 2018. (Shlomo Melet)

Pelted with rocks, IDF soldiers fire in air during violent outpost demolition

By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the 29th Summit of the Arab League at the Ithra center in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia, on April 15, 2018. (AFP/STR)

Saudi king slams Trump for transferring US embassy to Jerusalem

By AFP and ToI Staff

US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)

Greenblatt hits back at Erekat, says claims of pro-Israel bias ’empty remarks’

President Reuven Rivlin, left, with Waze CEO Noam Bardin, right, and the Waze team ahead of Israel's Independence Day celebrations, in April 2018. Waze featured President Rivlin's recorded driving tips for Independence Day revelers. (Victor Levy)

President to give Waze driving tips to Independence Day revelers

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustration: A meal with a well-done steak. (Chen Leopold/Flash 90)

Beefing up the evidenceIsraeli study links well done red meat to liver disease risk

By Michael Bachner

File: British Labour Party politician David Lammy (2R) joins members of the Jewish community holding a protest against Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London on March 26, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)

From the webCorbyn needs to defend Labour MPs fighting anti-Semitism

By Jonathan Goldstein and Jonathan Arkush

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