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What Matters Most On Monday, April 23, 2018

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US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin holds a press conference during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, DC on April 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)

Steven Mnuchin set to lead 250 strong US delegation at Jerusalem embassy opening

Group reportedly to include Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsay Graham, Jewish leaders and heads of pro-Israel Christian organizations

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

Trump reportedly asked Netanyahu if he actually cares about peace

By Eric Cortellessa

Menachem Moskowitz, 52, who was assaulted and choked on his way back from Shabbat prayers in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York on April 23, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Jewish man attacked in Crown Heights walking home from Shabbat services

By JTA and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Natalie Portman at the Women’s March in Los Angeles, January 20, 2018. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Live updates (closed)

Portman told Genesis Prize she was canceling over Gaza, not Netanyahu — report

TV report, citing email correspondence with representatives, ostensibly contradicts statement by Israel-born actress

6:29 pm

Up to 10 pedestrians hit by Toronto van; unclear if deliberate
6:18 pm

French Muslims blast anti-Semitism letter as attack on Islam
6:08 pm

Truck runs over a dozen pedestrians in Toronto

In this August 27, 2013, photo, a Russian air defense system missile system Antey 2500, or S-300 VM, is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

Russia said to warn of ‘catastrophic’ result if Israel hits its S-300s in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Moscow military sources quoted saying Putin may soon deploy powerful air defense system; but FM Lavrov insists no decision has yet been made

Satellite images of the T-4 base in Syria before and after an airstrike on April 9 (Screenshot/Channel 10)

Satellite photos indicate precision of raid on Iranian military base in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (center left) attended a toast with IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot (center Right) and the General Staff Forum on the occasion of the State of Israel's 70th Independence Day, on April 22, 2018. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

PM says Zarif’s ‘moderate’ talk belied by the fact of Iran’s military aggression

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi enter a hall during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia, China vow to block any US attempt to ‘sabotage’ nuke deal with Iran

Iran’s foreign minister warns there’s ‘no plan B’ for international accord: ‘It’s either all or nothing’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to Israel's Channel 10 news in an interview aired on April 22, 2018. (screen capture, Channel 10)

Merkel to Israel TV: Imperfect Iran deal better than no deal

In this file photo taken on July 14, 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron (L) bids farewell to his US counterpart Donald Trump after the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. (AFP Photo/Alain Jocard)

Macron to meet Trump in Washington, with Iran deal’s fate on the line

By AFP

Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking after he retained his parliamentary seat in Islington north London, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Analysis

Scheduled Corbyn sitdown with Jewish leaders unlikely to be meeting of minds

Though the Labour head apparently consented to a list of preconditions prior to the talks on Tuesday, his party leadership seems to have missed the memo

Bitcoin. (AFP Photo/Karen Bleier)

Analysis

Simona Weinglass

Will charlatans wreck Israel’s next growth industry, cryptocurrencies?

Many Israelis are excited about the potential of the hot new high-tech field, but none more than the financial crooks. Can it self-regulate to keep the scammers out?

Illustrative photo of a wrecked car being lifted by a crane on January 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)

Seven arrested in massive alleged car insurance scam

Facial composites issued by Royal Malaysia Police of two suspects in the gunning down of a Hamas rocket expert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 23, 2018. (Royal Malaysia Police)

Malaysian police issue sketches of suspects in hit on Hamas rocket expert

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Men in killing ascribed to Mossad described as being of Middle Eastern or European descent, well-built, 1.80 meters tall; officials say no threat made to family of Fadi al-Batsh

Hamas man reported killed, 3 injured in Gaza explosion

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

2 Palestinians injured in Gaza border clashes have died, Hamas says

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Hamas fighter reported killed in Gaza tunnel collapse

Then-police commissioner Roni Alsheich speaks at a press conference at the police headquarters in Jerusalem, April 17, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Amid rumors over his job, top cop says he won’t give up his values to keep it

With under-investigation Netanyahu and Erdan said not intending to extend his tenure, Alsheich reportedly says they can find someone else if they don’t want him

Education Minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked during a faction meeting of their Jewish Home party in the Knesset, February 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Bennett tweets 2015 coalition deal, demands Likud support to rein in High Court

Jack Tytell (right), convicted terrorist, is seen at the Jerusalem District Court on January 16, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pair of Jewish murderers on hunger strike in prison

Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich attends a party conference at Bar Ilan University on September 26, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Jewish Home MK says jailed Palestinian teen ‘deserved a bullet’ in the kneecap

By Tamar Pileggi

Bezalel Smotrich says he is ‘very sad’ Ahed Tamimi is only in an Israeli jail and wasn’t maimed by the soldiers she slapped

Hebrew graffiti proclaiming 'We'll take our fate into our own hands' daubed on a vehicle in the West Bank Palestinian village of Ramun, April 23, 2018. (Israel Police)

In latest hate crimes, 2 West Bank villages find cars graffitied, tires slashed

By Jacob Magid and Stuart Winer

The phrase "price-tag" graffitied on the walls of a mosque in the northern West Bank village of Aqraba, remnants of an apparent hate crime arson attack on April 13, 2018. (Zacharia Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights)

Shin Bet: Sharp rise in settler youth ‘price tag’ attacks against Palestinians

Naomi Eisenberger, executive director of The Good People Fund. (Courtesy)

Interview

The charity fund exec who helps good people do their best for others

By Cathryn J. Prince

The Backstreet Boys performing in Rishon Lezion on April 22, 2018. (Courtesy: Orit Pnini)

Concert review

Backstreet’s back in Israel and 15,000 fans want it that way

By Melanie Lidman

4 lessons for a healthier, cleaner planet

You can improve our ecological footprint by paying attention to the water you use, the food you eat, and the energy you burn

Nechama Eisenman

No Mai Tais on the beach for me, but I fell in love with my baby, which is exactly what I was supposed to do

Michael Berenbaum

‘Schindler’s List’ at 25

How this deeply Jewish story turned Steven Spielberg into a major moral voice of our generation

To instill hope, Israel has to change

To claim that any and all criticism of the Israeli government is akin to betrayal is decidedly counterproductive

More Headlines

A Palestinian slings a shot by burning tires during clashes with Israeli forces across the border, east of Gaza City, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 20, 2018. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Israel media reviewUnder pressure: 6 things to know for April 23

By Tamar Pileggi

Video screen shot of Bedouin men shooting M16 weapons in a wedding celebration, April 20, 2018.

Groom from Bedouin wedding nabbed after celebratory shooting on Negev streets

Iraqi forces are seen in November 4, 2017, in the center of the Iraqi city of Qaim, after retaking it from Islamic State jihadists a day earlier. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Islamic State calls for attacks on Arab states, shifting focus from West

By Stuart Winer

Salah Abdeslam, the last living suspected gunman in the Paris terror rampage of November 13, 2015. (Federal Police of Belgium/AFP)

Paris suspect Abdeslam found guilty, handed 20 years in Brussels shootout

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A prisoner behind bars. (sakhorn38/ iStock via Getty images)

Ex-official in PM’s office said jailed under false name for sex offenses

A view of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn, New York. (Courtesy of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu/via JTA)

The almighty dollarBrooklyn synagogue pulls its money out of Chase bank to promote climate change

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks to members of Ethiopia's Jewish community, during a visit to a synagogue in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Israeli minister vows to help Ethiopian Jews move to Israel

By MICHAEL ATSBEHA

Illustrative photo of drugs (Orel Cohen /Flash90)

Tax authority seizes record haul of drugs at Ben Gurion airport

Image of Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein as Hitler, shared as a comment on Likud Youth Group Facebook page on April 21, 2018. (Screen capture)

Image of Knesset speaker as Hitler posted on Likud Facebook page

Illustrative photo of students on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Jewish fraternity at Temple University suspended over sexual assault allegations

By JTA

Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)

Relatives of Israeli spy Eli Cohen visit his old haunts in Buenos Aires

By JTA

Die Antwoord, or "The Answer," performed for an Israeli audience of 10,000, June 8, 2016 and will return August 2018 (Orit Pnini)

Enter the ninjaRave rappers Die Antwoord to return to Israel this summer

By Jessica Steinberg

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