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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 10, 2018

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A photo provided by the pro-regime Syrian Central Military Media, shows anti-aircraft fire rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases around Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018, after the Israeli military says Iranian forces launched a rocket barrage against Israeli bases on the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Israeli strikes in Syria said to kill at least 23, 18 of them foreigners

By AFP and ToI Staff

At least 5 Assad troops said among dead as Israel hits back for Iran rocket fire; Russia says 28 IAF jets fired 70 missiles; Israel says dozens of Iranian military targets hit

Screen capture from video of Syrian Arab Army Brig. Gen. Ali Mayhoub talking about Israeli airstrikes on Syria, May 10, 2018. (YouTube)

Syria says Israeli strikes killed 3, damaged air defense units

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: An Iron Dome missile defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, is deployed in northern Israel on May 7, 2018. (Jalaa Mary/AFP)

IDF: Iranian forces fire 20 rockets at Israel; Iron Dome intercepts some

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Liberman: Israel destroyed ‘nearly all’ Iranian military sites in Syria

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Defense minister warns Tehran: ‘If you give us rain, you will get a flood’; opposition MK calls on government to prepare for ‘broader confrontation’

In addition to Iranian targets, Israeli strike pummels Syrian air defenses

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF: Overnight raids set back Iranian military in Syria by ‘many months’

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Despite overnight rocket volley, schools open on Golan Heights

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, May 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House condemns Iran’s ‘highly dangerous’ missile barrage into Israel

By Eric Cortellessa

Press Secretary Huckabee Sanders says ‘we strongly support Israel’s right to act in self-defense,’ calls Iran’s attack from Syria ‘unacceptable’

Bahrain backs Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria

By Raphael Ahren

Britain, Germany knock Iran after its exchange of fire with Israel

By ToI Staff and AFP

Russia urges ‘restraint’ after Israel-Iran exchanges, says Israel used 28 jets

By Sue Surkes and Raphael Ahren

Syrian anti-aircraft missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018. (Government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Overnight clashes show Shiite ‘monster’ in Syria is limited, for now

Israel’s fear is less of continued rocket fire from Syria and more of the potential for confrontation with Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Illustrative: Anti-aircraft fire rises into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases around Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018, following what the Israeli military said was an Iranian barrage of rockets against Israeli bases on the Golan Heights. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP/ File)

Iranian military official denies firing rockets at Israel

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on April 11, 2018. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitc/Flash90)

Liberman says Lebanon now under ‘complete control’ of Hezbollah

By Raoul Wootliff

Still image from a video shared on social media, apparently showing an Iranian rocket barrage targeting Israeli military positions on the Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. (Twitter)

Israel media review

Fire in the sky: 7 things to know for May 10

By Joshua Davidovich

After days of buildup, Iran’s overnight attack on Israel is seen as a failure, but also possibly the start of something much larger

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on an archive brought out of Iran by the Mossad that documents Iran's nuclear program, at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (AFP/Jack Guez)

2 polls indicate big surge for Netanyahu’s Likud after Trump’s Iran announcement

A man seen at the entrance to a bomb shelter that was opened in the Golan Heights, in northern Israel, May 8, 2018, (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Amid talk of war, Israelis are keeping calm and carrying on

Analysis

Problems are mounting for Iran, which may make it particularly dangerous

With Trump warning it not to resume nuke efforts, its ally Putin hosting Netanyahu and its assets in Syria under air attack, Iran is feeling the heat — and determined to hit back

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during World War II on May 9, 2018 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)

Top official: US, Israel coordinated closely in lead up to Iran deal withdrawal

IDF chief tours tense northern border amid fears of Iranian strike

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel bombs Iranian targets in Syria after missile barrage blamed on Tehran

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, May 9, 2018. (Amos Ben Gerschom/GPO)

After Putin meet, PM indicates Moscow won’t curtail Israeli strikes in Syria

By Raphael Ahren

After spending nearly an entire day with Russian president, Netanyahu says he reiterated Jerusalem’s ‘right and duty’ to do whatever it takes to ensure Israel’s safety

Netanyahu tells Putin: Iran wants to carry out another Holocaust

By Stuart Winer

Liberman warns Iranian anti-aircraft systems in Syria could shut Israel skies

By Stuart Winer

Moscow says it’s still mulling advanced air defense supply to Syria

By Stuart Winer

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the Greek Kathimerini newspaper, in Damascus, Syria, in this photo released May 10, 2018. (SANA via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Iran didn’t notify Assad before attacking Israel — report

Channel 2 reports disquiet in Damascus over Tehran’s efforts to use Syrian soil for missile barrage against Israel

6:27 pm

Merkel calls Rouhani, condemns missile strike on Israel
6:11 pm

UN chief urges immediate halt to 'hostile acts' in Syria
5:37 pm

Iran didn't notify Assad regime before attacking Israel -- report

US could have done more to mess with Hitler

A Holocaust Memorial Museum official claimed the Allies couldn’t have bombed Auschwitz; she’s wrong

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Jerusalem: My city, my womb

It’s hard to explain the holy city to those who have never felt its lovely madness in their blood

A worker installs decorations of Israeli and US flags in front of the current US Consulate in Jerusalem where US officials will install the new US Embassy, on May 7, 2018. The embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is expected to occur on May 14. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Europeans said boycotting Foreign Ministry event celebrating new US embassy

By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright

Ministry says it is unaware of any plans to skip ceremony after TV report says UK, French and German envoys likely to stay away in protest

CyberswitchUS embassy moves to Jerusalem — on Twitter

Israeli groups slam plan to expel Human Rights Watch rep

By AP and ToI Staff

Paraguay confirms relocation of its embassy to Jerusalem, following US

By AP and ToI Staff

Israel's Netta Barzilai performing 'Toy' in the first Eurovision 2018 semifinal, May 8, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Netta Barzilai is the voice of #MeToo at Eurovision

By Thomas Cabral and Delphine Matthieussent

Singer, whose hit ‘Toy’ got Israel into the song contest finals on May 12, reflects the concerns of many women about sexual harassment and abuse

Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)

To ‘unchain’ Jewish women, rabbinate could extend reach across borders

By Marissa Newman

A branch of the Aroma coffeehouse chain in Tel Aviv that was awarded a kosher license from the Tzohar organization, May 9, 2018 (Tzohar)

Major cafe signs up with alternative kosher certification group

Illustrative: Shearith Israel president Edmond Elbaz addresses a March 20, 2018 ceremony at Montreal City Hall. (Sylvain Légaré)

Jewish Frontier

Canada’s oldest synagogue celebrates 250 years of Jewish life in Montreal

By Robert Sarner

More Headlines

Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, center, chants slogans with protesters during a visit to the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas leader: Next week’s border protests will be ‘decisive’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Rapper Azealia Banks in Tel Aviv concert on May 8, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Bad tripRapper Azealia Banks slams ‘racist’ Israelis, vows never to return

US President Donald Trump signs a document reinstating sanctions against Iran after announcing the US withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear deal, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2018. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Egypt wants Arab nations to have a say in altering Iran nuclear deal

The Holocaust monument for 1,239 Jewish victims from Utrecht. (CC BY-SA Kattiel, Wikimedia Commons)

Blood and mud poured on Netherlands Holocaust monument

By JTA

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir arrives for a meeting at the Arab League headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo on November 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)

Saudi Arabia warns it will develop nukes if Iran does

By AFP

A video mocking a young Hasidic boy over his hairstyle has been taken down (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)

New York man apologizes for viral video mocking Hasidic boy

By JTA

US President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, leaves the White House in Washington, early on May 10, 2018, to greet three freed Americans detained in North Korea for over a year, who were due to arrive at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump welcomes 3 freed Korean-Americans’ return to US

By Matthew Lee, Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller

An illustrative photo from the Hiriya landfill site southeast of Tel Aviv. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Man dies after falling into garbage compactor

Wendell Brooks, the senior vice president of Intel Corp. and president of Intel Capital, speaking at the Intel Capital Global Summit, May 8, 2018 (Courtesy)

Intel sees ‘significant’ investments in Israeli startups in 2018

By Shoshanna Solomon

US President Donald Trump during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 9, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP)

Trump signs Holocaust property law that has angered Poland

By AP

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