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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 5, 2018

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A Palestinian man prepares an incendiary device attached to a kite before trying to fly it over the border fence with Israel, on the eastern outskirts of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip, on May 4, 2018. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Palestinian youths set Gaza’s own gas line on fire at weekly fence protests

By Judah Ari Gross

7,000 Gazans protest along security fence, fly dozens of ‘firebomb kites’ into Israel, fail to breach border; Hamas claims hundreds injured, no fatalities; two IDF drones go down

Palestinian protesters are seen infiltrating from Gaza into Israeli territory on May 4, 2018 (Facebook screen capture)

Video shows Gazans breaching border, entering Israeli territory unchallenged

Palestinians pose behind kites before trying to fly them over the border fence with Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 4, 2018. Palestinians taking part in weekly clashes on the border have adopted a new tactic of attaching firebombs to kites to fly over the border fence into Israel. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

Fire-starting ‘attack kites’ from Gaza are a problem, not a strategic threat

By Judah Ari Gross

Reporter's Notebook

With spotlight on cycling, Giro d’Italia provides much-needed break from reality

Despite the political conflict and the traffic headaches, for a few hours at least, the focus on the bicycles whooshing through Jerusalem streets pushed all else to the background

Hundreds of fans cheer the bicycle riders of the 101st Giro D'Italia as they begin the race in Jerusalem on May 4, 2018. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)

Riding in Jerusalem, defending champion captures lead in day 1 of Giro d’Italia

By Melanie Lidman

Meet the first 2 Israeli riders to compete in Grand Tour of cycling

Turkish cyclist was forced to pull out of Israeli team for Giro d’Italia

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of a picture of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who he named as the head of Iran's nuclear weapons program, April 30, 2018 (YouTube screenshot)

TV: Israel may be keeping Iran nuke program chief alive, to track his activities

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers after the Israeli leader arrived at the Air Force Station in New Delhi January 14, 2018. (Prakash Singh/AFP)

Netanyahu briefs Australia, India and UK leaders on captured Iran nuke archive

In this Friday, April 13, 2018 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hold a banner with his portrait and Arabic words that reads: 'All the loyalty to the man of nobility,' during an election campaign speech, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah set to tighten grip in Lebanon vote

In this January 16, 2016 file photo, then-secretary of state John Kerry talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verified that Iran has met all conditions under a nuclear deal. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP, File)

Kerry said to meet with Iran’s Zarif in bid to salvage nuclear deal

By ToI Staff and Eric Cortellessa

Former secretary of state reportedly meets world leaders to discuss ways to save accord; Trump mocks Kerry for cycling accident during deal’s negotiations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech on files obtained by Israel he says proves Iran lied about its nuclear program, at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

European intelligence officials briefed in Israel on Iran’s nuclear archive

US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AnalysisTrump exit from Iran nuclear deal would thrust world into uncharted territory

By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee

William Mehrvarz, who recently converted from Islam to Judaism, fled Iran to escape apostasy charges. His asylum case is pending. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)

Fleeing native Iran, a would-be convert to Judaism gets new start in NYC

By Cathryn J. Prince

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah, April 30, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP)

Analysis

It’s not just Abbas: Blaming Jews for the Holocaust is widespread

Discredited theories about the genocide are common in Europe and among Palestinians, who have used them as an ideological weapon against Israel

Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (C) chairs a Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah on April 30, 2018.
(AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)

US fails to win UN backing for statement criticizing Abbas

By AFP and ToI Staff

Muslim World League Secretary General, Mohammad Al-Issa, speaks at The Washington Institute, with TWI's Robert Satloff, May 3, 2018 (TWI/Lloyd Wolf)

Leader of Saudi-backed Muslim group decries those who blame Jews for Holocaust

By JTA

File: The UN Security Council meets on April 14, 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP/Hector Retamal)

Germany vows to support Israel if it gets on UN Security Council

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Berlin says Israel’s decision to withdraw candidacy ‘is a further incentive for us to stand up for the interests and safety of our Israeli friends’

Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on October 18, 2017. (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas)

Israel abandons bid for coveted UN Security Council seat

By ToI Staff and AFP

In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

10 days before embassy opens in Jerusalem, Israel still not sure if Trump coming

US president caught Israeli leaders by surprise when he announced he may attend ceremony; with no clear decision, authorities are preparing for all possibilities

Danielle Haim of HAIM performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. ( Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella via JTA)

Why the band Haim means so much to young Jewish women

By Gabe Friedman

The cast of the Arabic-language production of 'The Gruffalo,' or 'Al Gharfoul,' produced by the Orna Porat Theater for Children and Youth together with the Elmina theater in Jaffa. (Courtesy)

The world's a stage

Forest monster brings Jewish and Arab theaters together to tell a good tall tale

'We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust' features 18 comics that dealt with the Holocaust. (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books, JTA Collage)

Graphic novels

How comic books taught American kids about the Holocaust

By Josefin Dolsten

Samantha Dubrinsky

Why engaging millennials is not worthless

To Jack Wertheimer: Marginalizing us is not going to do the Jewish community any good in the long run

Charles Bronfman

Rebalancing the Jewish world

To Reform HUC graduates: We must act to prevent Israel and the Diaspora from breaking apart

More Headlines

Israelis take part in the annual SlutWalk march in central Tel Aviv, on May 4, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands take part in Tel Aviv SlutWalk against sexual violence

Aviv Zonabend, a Jewish deputy mayor of the French city of Toulouse, on March 26, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Jewish councilor sorry for saying ‘too many Arabs’ in Toulouse, refuses to quit

By AFP and ToI Staff

The West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Government panel looks to legalize thousands of ‘wildcat’ settlement homes

Alan Dershowitz at NEP Studios in New York, February 3, 2016. (John Lamparski/Getty Images for Hulu, via JTA)

Alan Dershowitz aiding Harvey Weinstein’s legal team

By JTA

Illustrative: A view of Amsterdam (CC BY-SA Swimmerguy269/Wikipedia)

Dutch cop requests removal of Holocaust memorial sign, cites Israeli actions

By JTA

Charles Bronfman speaking at a Taglit-Birthright event. (Courtesy)

Birthright co-founder proposes lobby in Israel to advocate for American Jews

By JTA

President Donald Trump, flanked by members of faith-based communities, signs a proclamation declaring a National Day of Prayer during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House, May 3, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images, via JTA)

Trump’s faith-based initiative removes proselytizing limit — worrying some Jews

Undated image of Israeli singer and composer Abi Ofarim (Abraham Raichstadt) with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, right, and wife Esther Ofarim (Esther Zaid), strolling along a street in West Germany. (AP Photo)

German-Israeli folk singer Abi Ofarim dies at 80 in Munich

By AP

Women’s March National Co-Chair Tamika Mallory speaking in New York, April 22, 2017. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)

Rhode Island group splits with Women’s March

By AP

A Jewish headstone found vandalized in the Jewish cemetery in Athens Greece on May 5, 2018 (Courtesy/KIS)

Jewish headstones smashed in Athens cemetery

By AFP

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