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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 8, 2018

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Transportation and Intelligence Minister Israel Katz arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 11, 2018. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Pool/Flash90)

Israeli intelligence minister predicts Trump will pull out of Iran deal

By Stuart Winer

Israel Katz says Iranians won’t dare restart their nuclear weapons program for fear of ‘direct attack by the US and other countries’

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani gives a speech in the city of Tabriz in the northwestern East-Azerbaijan province on April 25, 2018, (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran president warns of ‘problems’ as Trump nuclear deal decision looms

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria on April 13, 2018, at the White House. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

Trump to announce Iran deal decision on Tuesday

By Eric Cortellessa

US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) poses for a photo opportunity prior to a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) at the UN in New York, April 19, 2016. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Iran confirms report of Kerry-Zarif meeting to salvage nuke deal

Former US secretary of state and Iranian FM met at UN; no talks held with current administration officials

Israel media reviewPulling for a pullout: Nine things to know for May 8

By Joshua Davidovich

France vows to seek stronger Iran deal, with or without US

By AFP and ToI Staff

Fate of nuclear deal now in Europe’s hands, US negotiator says

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades center, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras talk during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, on May 8, 2018. (YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU/AFP)

Netanyahu: Iran seeking to deploy advanced arms in Syria to wipe out Israel

By Stuart Winer

Prime minister says ‘unmitigated’ Iranian aggression is a threat to the entire Mediterranean region, warns Israel is ready for battle

An Israeli soldier next to Merkava Mark IV tanks in the Golan Heights during a military drill on May 7, 2018. (AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey)

IDF on high alert in north, fears Iran reprisal may include infiltration attack

AnalysisIsrael girds for Tehran’s revenge as the price of getting Iran out of Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

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)

Iran hails ‘victory against Israel’ by its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon elections

By AFP

Poll results signal approval for Beirut’s ‘policy of preserving Lebanon’s independence’ in the battle with ‘Israel, the US,’ senior Iranian adviser says

Iran’s military chief warns it will respond to Israel, eventually

Israeli leaders warn off Iran amid fears of reprisal attack

Hezbollah head hails electoral ‘victory’ as protection from calls to disarm

By AFP

Commander of Iran's Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, right, greets Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while attending a religious ceremony in a mosque at his residence in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2015. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Few options for Tehran as it plots revenge on Israel

Revolutionary Guard commander struggling to find partners, in Iran and abroad, for military response after Iranians targeted in alleged Israeli strikes in Syria

Liberman says law letting PM declare war is needed to hit enemies quickly

By Raoul Wootliff

Officials in north urge calm amid rising Iran tensions

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Ben Gurion Airport drills mass casualty event

Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria arrives to the courtroom at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on August 8, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Hebron shooter Elor Azaria freed from prison

Former soldier was set for release on Thursday after serving two-thirds of sentence, but asked to be let out sooner for brother’s wedding

Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted for manslaughter for shooting dead a disarmed and injured Palestinian attacker during his army service in the West Bank city of Hebron, seen after his release from prison and return to his home town Ramla on May 8, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebron shooter gets hero’s welcome after serving term

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted for manslaughter for shooting dead a disarmed and injured Palestinian attacker during his army service in the West Bank city of Hebron, seen after his release from prison and return to his home town Ramla on May 8, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ministers welcome release of Hebron shooter Elor Azaria

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A picture taken on April 9, 2018, shows an Iron Dome missile defense battery, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, deployed on the Golan Heights near the border with Syria. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Explosions heard in Damascus as border tensions rise

IDF calls up some reservists, school trips to Golan Heights canceled after Israel sees ‘abnormal’ Iranian troop movements in Syria

7:37 pm

Golan Heights class trips canceled as border tensions mount
7:36 pm

Explosions seen in alleged military base near Damascus
7:19 pm

IDF calls up some reservists amid 'abnormal' Iranian troop movements

A plan for the new square near the soon-to-be opened US Embassy in Jerusalem which the capital's mayor will name in honor of US President Donald Trump, May 8,2018. (Erez Shani)

Jerusalem traffic circle to be named for US and Trump

Mayor says location near new embassy will be named to show love and respect for the president and the American people

Paraguay becomes third country to plan embassy move to Jerusalem

By Raphael Ahren

White House confirms Trump to skip Jerusalem embassy opening

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Abbas urges Latin America not to follow US example on embassy

By AFP and ToI Staff

Thomas Gullestad plays steely-eyed survivor Jan Sigurd Baalsrud in 'The 12th Man.' (YouTube)

Film review

Incredibly, the jaw-dropping scenes in this vivid WWII survivalist film are true

By Jordan Hoffman

Bar-Ilan University Prof. Adam Ferziger, the director-designate for the new Impact Center for Research on Judaism in Israel and North America. (Courtesy)

New center on Israeli and Diaspora Judaism aims to mind — and bridge — the gap

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Illustrative: Palestinians chant slogans against Israel during a demonstration in support of late Lebanese terrorist Samir Kantar (portrait) in the West Bank city of Nablus on December 21, 2015. (AFP/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)

Knesset advances bill freezing PA funding over terror payouts

By Raoul Wootliff

After draft law passes first reading, Liberman says Israel will no longer tolerate transferring funds ‘used to encourage terror against us’

A fire in agricultural fields near Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel that was reportedly started by flaming objects sent over the Gaza border, on May 7, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Flaming balloons from Gaza said to spark fires in southern Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu says Jewish Home ‘burying’ Supreme Court override bill

By Raoul Wootliff

To fight anti-Semitism, first define it

The US needs to adopt a working definition that includes thorny but necessary wording about Israel

The Messiah’s donkey of a thousand colors

One remarkable Talmudic description of Redemption looks a lot like the modern State of Israel

Israel-Diaspora conference kindles debate

In striving for unity, the Jewish state must avoid coercing uniformity — it’s just not the Jewish way

The real crisis of liberal Zionism

Charges of hypocrisy against pro-Israel left-wingers are based on ignorant and dishonest arguments

Shoshi Rushnevsky, the founder of Restart, hopes “Makers for Heroes” will make the lives of wounded veterans a little easier. (Ben Sales/JTA)

How Israel’s tech scene is helping wounded combat veterans

150 engineers team up with injured IDF veterans to devise tailor-made aids for mobility to ease return to normal life

Intuition Robotics' artificial intelligence based robot ElliQ (Courtesy)

Book reviewProblem solvers: Book spotlights Israeli firms smoothing out the world’s snags

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rachel Bloom at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, January 11, 2018. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Critics’ Choice Awards/via JTA)

crazy funny

Rachel Bloom on Michelle Wolf, her first film and post-‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

By Curt Schleier

More Headlines

Rabbi Aaron Panken teaching a Talmud Class to Hebrew Union College students. (Courtesy of HUC via JTA)

Rabbi Aaron Panken remembered as leader who embodied ‘best of Reform movement’

By Josefin Dolsten

In this September 6, 2017, file photo, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York attorney general resigns amid abuse allegations

By Deepti Hajela

The jar containing a 70-year-old copy of Israel's Declaration of Independence came to light when a storm uprooted a tree at Kibbutz Degania Alef in the Jordan valley, April 2018. (Jordan Valley Regional Council).

Rooted outStorm exposes 70-year-old copy of independence declaration

An anti-Semitic tweet flagged by the ADL. (Screen capture: ADL)

ADL study finds 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets posted in year

By Eric Cortellessa

Dov Lipman, January 16, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-MK Dov Lipman dropped from Yesh Atid as English speakers’ representative

By Raoul Wootliff

Anti-Israel protesters hold a banner reading 'Israel assassinates, Italy complicit' before the start of the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race between Catania and Caltagirone in Sicily, May 8, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Luk Benies)

Anti-Israel protesters try to disrupt Giro d’Italia cycling race in Sicily

A bird's eye view of MATAM, Haifa's premier technology park where Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Intel, Microsoft and other tech giants have locations. (CC BY 3.0)

Amazon ships itself a modular office building, puts it up in Haifa parking lot

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: Sen. Joseph Lieberman, left, with Sen. John McCain at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, January 31, 2014. (Joerg Koch/Getty Images via JTA)

McCain regrets not choosing Joseph Lieberman as his 2008 running mate

By JTA

Israeli television series 'On the Spectrum' (YouTube screenshot)

Israeli series about autistic roommates wins top prize at TV festival in France

By JTA

Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin arrives at the finish line of the 101st Giro D'Italia time trials in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2018. (Dario Sanchez/ Flash90)

‘Glad it’s over’: Cyclist complains Israel trip put spoke in Giro D’Italia wheel

By Melanie Lidman

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

Women’s March leader blames Trump Muslim ban, Mexican border wall on Israeli PM

By JTA

Lynda Carter at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Jew-elryWonder Woman Lynda Carter rules the Met Gala in Hebrew crown

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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