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What Matters Most On Tuesday, April 17, 2018

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A map of Syria, provided to Israeli media, April 17, 2018, shows the approximate locations of five bases that Israel believes to be controlled by Iran. These are Damascus International Airport; the Sayqal air base; the T-4 air base; an airfield near Aleppo; and a base in Deir Ezzor. Their exact locations on the map are not entirely accurate. The Sayqal base, for instance, is located east of Damascus, not south of it as it appears on the map.

Bracing for Iran missile or drone strikes, IDF reveals Iranian targets in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

As tension mounts after alleged bombing of Iranian air base in Syria, Israel issues map showing five Tehran-controlled bases in Syria

Illustrative: Syrian government forces man a checkpoint at the President Square in Homs on February 25, 2017, as security measures were tightened following a number of suicide attacks. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Syrian officer: Israel-US cyberattack triggered missile defenses

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Undated photo of a Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system on display in an undisclosed location in Russia (photo credit: AP, File)

Russia mulls supplying S-300 missile defense system to Syria

Israeli soldiers visit the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery on the eve of Memorial Day, in Tel Aviv, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Live updates (closed)

Lone soldier center, Masa program commemorate Israel’s fallen in English

Thousands of young Jews from diaspora communities pay respects; mothers of fallen soldiers Michael Levin and Max Steinberg to speak at Ammunition Hill ceremony

6:27 pm

EU tells Turkey to be 'neighborly' to win membership
6:00 pm

IDF chief says army is a unifying force in Israeli society
5:55 pm

In Memorial Day speech, Rivlin calls for national unity

Jewish youth in Jerusalem as they take part in the 'March of the Living' event. on May 2, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

At 70, Israel’s population is 8.842 million, 43% of world Jewry

Central Bureau of Statistics figures show 74.5% of population is Jewish, predict population will be 15.2 million by 2048

Tel Aviv’s new Independence Trail follows footsteps of founders

By Melanie Lidman

Poll: Only 17% of Israeli ultra-Orthodox celebrate Independence Day

Police to wipe clean 339,000 records in 70th Independence Day gesture

By Stuart Winer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Keren Hayesod Annual World Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel ‘more powerful’ than ever, says PM, responding to Iran threats

After Tehran warns Israel will ‘regret’ alleged raid on its base in Syria, Netanyahu says Jewish people will ‘defend ourselves against any threat’

Hezbollah deputy says Israel won’t be allowed to set the ‘rules of the conflict’

Liberman adds Lebanese army to list of threats on northern border

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel tries to dissociate itself from claim of responsibility for Syria raid

Participants at an Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony held in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2017, as Israel marked its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Court overturns Liberman move to bar Palestinians from Memorial Day service

Judges say defense minister’s decision to deny entry permits to 90 participants in coexistence event ‘unreasonable’ and insensitive

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev speaks during a ceremony at the Knesset on April 15, 2018 honoring the torch lighters of the 70th Independence Day state ceremony at Mount Herzl. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Regev adds Holocaust effects to Independence Day event, says she ‘nailed it’

Illustrative image of Israeli soldiers placing Israeli flags on the graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on April 16, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Female IDF officer barred from reading remembrance prayer

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's Labour Party, listens to speakers during the Party of European Socialists Council in Lisbon, December 2 2017. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Analysis

It backed Israel before Balfour: Corbyn stance is stark shift from early Labour

By Robert Philpot

The red mailbox: A Memorial Day tale

I was a lone soldier with the worst neighbors ever: This is how they treated me during the Yom Kippur War

When to look up in the sky for the airshow

For those in Israel who want to see planes do crazy stunts (and who doesn’t?), here’s the flyover schedule

Gregory J. Wallance

When David Ben-Gurion was absolutely wrong

Decades before Israel’s independence, a group of young Palestinian Jews fought and died for a Jewish state

Joshua Hammerman

Rabbi, is there a blessing for paying taxes?

There is indeed — it’s a prayer of gratitude for the honor of enabling the government to do its job

Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) addresses J Street's 2018 national conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC on April 16, 2018 (Screen capture).

Bernie Sanders to J Street: Israel has ‘massively overreacted’ to Gaza protests

By Eric Cortellessa

‘To oppose the reactionary policies of Prime Minister Netanyahu does not make us anti-Israel,’ Vermont senator declares

The PLO's envoy to Washington Husam Zomlot addresses J Street's 2018 national conference on April 16, 2018, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. (Screen capture)

PLO envoy: A Palestinian state would ‘celebrate Jewish connection to Jerusalem’

By Eric Cortellessa

US Senator Ben Cardin speaks April 16 2018 at J Street’s conference in Washington DC. (courtesy, J Street)

At J Street, pro-Israel stalwart Cardin lashes out at Netanyahu, Trump

Jews visit the Temple Mount during the holiday of Sukkot, October 8, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

Court rules Israelis on Temple Mount may call out, ‘Am Yisrael chai’

Judge determines that patriotic slogan, ‘The people of Israel live,’ does not constitute prayer, and thus is not banned at contested holy site

Gas station employee Jackie Dalek gives far-right activist Itamar Ben Gvir a Nazi salute. (Screen capture: JW Player)

Gas station worker to pay NIS 200,000 for calling right-wing activist a Nazi

Alternative for Germany MP Petr Bystron (Courtesy)

German far-right MP pushes recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Raphael Ahren

Though boycotted by Israel, Alternative for Germany lawmaker Petr Bystron says he’s planning to visit later this year with a Bundestag delegation

Patrice Leclerc, mayor of the Parisian suburb of Gennevilliers. (YouTube screenshot)

Pro-Palestinian French mayor barred from entering Israel

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

AnalysisArab ire at US Jerusalem move looks unlikely to spark action

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egypt invites Hamas leaders for talks on Gaza protests, reconciliation

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Cairo pressuring terror group to stop weekly disturbances along Israeli border as part of wider efforts to help implement unity deal with Fatah

Illustrative: Palestinians paramedics evacuating an injured protester near the border fence with Israel, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza city, on April 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX)

Court orders injured Gaza protester be transferred to West Bank for treatment

Illustrative: Buses received on July 13, 2016, on the Palestinian side of Israel's Erez border crossing with the Gaza Strip in the first such delivery since 2007. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

Israel punishes Gaza bus companies for ferrying protesters

Israeli missile boat flotilla on maneuvers. (Israel Government Press Office)

History as it's made

How Israel became a naval startup nation with the famous boats of Cherbourg

By Abraham Rabinovich

More Headlines

Israeli Air Force jets train for Israel's 70th Independence Day flyover in Jerusalem on April 17, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewLooking forward: 7 things to know for April 17

By Adiv Sterman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 15, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)

Prosecution eyeing Netanyahu indictment in gifts probe — report

By Raoul Wootliff

Birthright Israel founder Michael Steinhardt flips off protesters calling for the boycott of the educational group outside its anniversary gala dinner in New York City, on April 15, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

BirdrightBirthright founder gives finger to protesters outside gala dinner

By JTA

Sgt. Netanel Kahalani, left, and Cpt. Ziv Daos, right, the soldiers killed in a car-ramming terror attack on March 16, 2018. (Courtesy)

Palestinian indicted for car-ramming attack that killed 2 IDF soldiers

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

'Expel or kill' sprayed on the wall in an apparent 'price tag' attack in the West Bank village of As-Sawiya, April 17, 2018. (Israel Police)

‘Expel or kill’: Palestinian villages targeted with hate graffiti

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Harvey Weinstein, posing during a photocall in Cannes, southeastern France, October 5, 2015. (AFP/Valery Hache/File)

Weinstein stories that sparked #MeToo win Pulitzer Prize

By Jennifer Peltz

Personnel from the FBI’s Art Crime Team hold a framed work by Marc Chagall, 'Othello and Desdemona,' prior to its return to the owners’ estate nearly 30 years after it was stolen. (FBI)

Chagall painting recovered 30 years after theft

By AFP

Musician Roger Waters performs during his 'Us + Them' tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, on June 20, 2017. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP)

Roger Waters claims Syria’s White Helmets a ‘fake organization’

Coalition whip MK David Amsalem (left) and Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Flash90)

Two Likud heavyweights set sights on Jerusalem mayorship

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Motti Morel (Eyal Izhar / Wikipedia)

Leading PR consultant killed in cycling accident in Tel Aviv

In this September 27, 2010, photo, Raphael Golb, center, and his attorney Ron Kuby, left, confer during a recess in his trial at Manhattan State Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Case of Dead Sea Scrolls, online aliases ends with probation

By Jennifer Peltz

The NYU campus in New York (Jonathan71/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

NYU: Students’ pledge to boycott pro-Israel groups is ‘at odds with our values’

By JTA

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