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What Matters Most On Monday, May 7, 2018

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Iranian military trucks carry surface-to-air missiles during a parade on the occasion of the country's Army Day, on April 18, 2017, in Tehran. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Defense officials warn of impending Iranian missile strike on northern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Nabbed Hezbollah member says he was awaiting orders to fire rockets at Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Minister warns Israel could kill Assad if he lets Iran attack from Syria

By Michael Bachner

Israel media reviewMissile warnings: 8 things to know for May 7

By Joshua Davidovich

A Frutarom R&D lab in Germany (Courtesy)

In 2nd largest ever deal for Israeli firm, IFF to buy Frutarom for $7 billion

By Michael Bachner

International Flavors & Fragrances announces mega deal to purchase the Haifa-based manufacturer, making it largest flavoring company in the world

Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during an event at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bennett: Terror group’s election success shows Hezbollah is Lebanon

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Education minister says Israel will continue to hold Lebanon responsible for Iran-backed Shiite group’s actions as exit polls show increased support for Hezbollah

Hezbollah supporters tour the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on May 6, 2018, as the country voted in its first parliamentary elections in nine years. (AFP Photo/Mahmoud Zayyat)

Unofficial results show major Hezbollah gains in Lebanon elections

A Lebanese Shiite woman flashes her ink-stained thumb and waves a Hezbollah flag after voting at a polling station in the capital Beirut on May 6, 2018, as the country votes in the first parliamentary election in nine years. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)

Hezbollah poised for major gains in Lebanese election

By AFP

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat hangs the first sign pointing to the new US Embassy in Jerusalem, May 7, 2018 (Jerusalem Municipality)

Palestinians urge foreign dignitaries to boycott Jerusalem US embassy opening

By Raphael Ahren

As Mayor Barkat personally puts up streets signs for the new mission, Saeb Erekat warns expected guests against endorsing ‘international anarchy’

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on April 26, 2018 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Liberman says Israel will pay ‘a price’ for US embassy move, but it’s worth it

By JTA

View of Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border near Rosh Hanikra, in northwestern Israel, November 10, 2016 (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israel bracing for Iranian-ordered infiltration in army base or town – report

Iran’s chief of staff vows to ‘give an appropriate response at an appropriate time’ to even ‘a slight act of aggression’

6:20 pm

Independent Chicago Jewish Star newspaper closes
6:11 pm

Pro-Hezbollah bloc set to be Lebanon's largest
6:06 pm

Trump won't attend embassy opening; Jared and Ivanka coming

President Reuven Rivlin, (C) President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut, (L), and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, (R), at a swearing-in ceremony for new court judges at the President's Residence, Jerusalem, May 7, 2018. (Mark Neeman/President's Office)

Supreme Court president blasts ‘unprecedented assault’ on judicial branch

By Stuart Winer

Esther Hayut denounces bill giving Knesset power to override court veto on laws, warns human rights will be left unprotected; Justice Minister Shaked says critics are overreacting

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon speaks during a ceremony in southern Israel, April 12, 2018. (Flash90)

Opposition skewers bill to rein in High Court; Kahlon vows to block it

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, at the Knesset on October 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Cabinet could nix new law that allows PM to declare war without cabinet – report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / JIM HOLLANDER)

Netanyahu steps up calls to end Iran nuclear deal

In bid to shore up opposition to agreement ahead of Trump deadline, Israel sharing intelligence on Tehran’s once ‘robust’ atomic program with world powers

US pullout won’t kill nuclear deal, Iran’s Rouhani says

By AP

Israel doesn’t know if Trump will pull out of Iran deal, top official says

Macron: If Trump pulls out of Iran deal ‘it could mean war’

Patrick Little, running for California Senate as a Democrat. (Twitter via JTA)

Neo-Nazi California Senate candidate booted from GOP convention

By JTA and ToI Staff

Patrick Little spits on Israeli flag after being removed from confab, accuses local Republicans of being ‘Zionist stooges’

Ursula Haverbeck, accused of hate speech, arrives in the court room of the District Court in Detmold for a appeal hearing, Germany, on November 23, 2017. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP, file)

German neo-Nazi, 89, on the lam after failing to show up for jail term

By AP

The cover page of an Israeli Foreign Ministry Facebook page, 'Israel in Iraqi dialect,' launched in May 2018 (screen shot: Facebook)

Israel reaches out to Iraqis on Facebook

By Raphael Ahren

Foreign Ministry’s new ‘digital embassy’ seeks to harness war-torn country’s supposed affinity for Israel with page highlighting ‘glorious’ Jewish-Iraqi history

Pvt. Livka Shefer, whose remains were located by the Israeli military nearly 70 years after she was killed in the 1948 War of Independence. (Israel Defense Forces)

70 years on, IDF finds remains of female fighter killed in Independence War

By Judah Ari Gross

Pvt. Livka Shefer was one of three soldiers killed in battle for Kibbutz Yad Mordechai whose bodies were never recovered

Screenshot from the Facebook page of "Richvei Hashalom" a luxury car dealership in Haifa, with a car against the backdrop of the Baha'i temple in Haifa. (Facebook).

Rev-up nation: Why have luxury car sales surged in Israel?

By Simona Weinglass

It’s curtains for Israel

Separation and secrecy — between men and women, or in a museum — signal erosion to transparency and equality

Trauma therapy works — with no happy ending

My therapist helped me move forward, but I’ll carry the heavy burden of my son’s loss forever

Israeli fans in Beersheba cheer the last stage of the Giro D'Italia in Israel on May 6, 2018. (Flash90)

Over the hump

Israeli fans at Giro make up for numbers with camels, chutzpah

By Melanie Lidman

Tens of thousands turned out to cheer Giro riders over past three days. It may not measure up to the masses that greet the riders in Europe, but we did it with style

Italian cyclist Elia Viviani reacts as he crosses the finish line during the third stage of 2018 Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, in the Red Sea city of Eilat, on May 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Viviani victorious as Giro D’Italia ends last Israel stage in Eilat

By Melanie Lidman

Menachem Bombach and his students learning about Israel's Memorial Day (via Facebook)

Eschewing insularity, Haredi yeshiva head teaches math, science and respect

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and his wife Sara Netanyahu host a dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie, at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

He put his foot in itJapan PM said offended by dessert served in shoe at Netanyahu home

By Stuart Winer

A photo released by the Israeli military shows the scene of the July 21, 2017, terror attack in a family home in the settlement of Halamish (IDF Spokesperson)

Defense Ministry: Terrorists will get NIS 10 million each from PA

Vladimir Putin speaks with his hand on the Constitution during his inauguration ceremony as new Russian president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2018. (Alexander Astafyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russian president

By Ola CICHOWLAS

Uri Erman (left) and his husband, Daniel Jonas, one of the six couples appearing in the new Khan Theater campaign throughout Jerusalem. (Courtesy, Khan Theater)

PostergateKhan Theater’s new campaign stirs controversy in Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat seen taking a selfie with Jerusalemites as he tours "First Train Station" in Jerusalem on March 24, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Jerusalem to reconsider Shabbat commerce at First Station promenade

By Marissa Newman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Amnesty calls on Netanyahu to apologize for post on Arab soccer fans

IDF soldiers on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip as thousands of Palestinians demonstrate near the border fence, April 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Body of Gazan killed in infiltration reportedly held by Israel

By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross

Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to US president Barack Obama (Magnolia Pictures)

Israelis allegedly hired to probe Obama aides were also used by Harvey Weinstein

By JTA and ToI Staff

Illustrative photo of anti-Israel activists (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Takver/Flickr))

California school students ask for funding boost, but not for ‘Zionist’ clubs

By JTA

Baruch Klein (l) with his grandfather MK Menachem Eliezer Moses of UTJ. (Screen capture: Kann news)

MK’s grandson caught at Ben Gurion Airport smuggling cocaine

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