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What Matters Most On Friday, May 11, 2018

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, on May 9, 2018. Both men are wearing the orange and black St. George ribbon (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Russia says terror attack foiled at WWII memorial march attended by Netanyahu

By AP

Moscow official says Siberian terror groups stockpiled weapons to use at massive Victory Day event; police arrest 20 in connection to plot

Israelis try to launch a burning kite over the border to Gaza, May 11, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Israelis try to fly flaming kite into Gaza, start fire near kibbutz

Three men detained, derided as ‘extremists’ and ‘idiots’ by opposition MK; one activist claims stunt was a joke to ‘amuse’ local residents

Palestinian killed, dozens wounded as 15,000 attend Gaza protests

Hamas terror chief hopes to see hundreds of thousands storm Israel-Gaza fence

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Thousands pray at Joseph’s Tomb near Nablus in the West Bank

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (C) meets with Golan Regional Council head Eli Malka (L) and Katrzin Regional Council head Dmitry Apartzev (R) during a tour of the Golan Heights town of Katzrin on may 11, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Israel urges Assad to ‘throw out’ Iranian forces: ‘They only harm you’

Defense minister reassures residents of the north that things are ‘back to normal’ following massive airstrikes in Syria

This frame grab from video provided on Wednesday, May, 9, 2018 by Syria News, shows people standing in front of flames rising after an attack on an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. (Syria News, via AP)

IDF reveals ‘Operation Chess,’ its effort to keep Iranian reprisals in check

By Judah Ari Gross

A photo released by the Israeli military on May 11, 2018 showing alleged Iranian intelligence sites in Syria. (IDF Spokesperson)

IDF pictures show targeted Iranian intel sites in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

In this January 5, 2018 photo, Iranian senior cleric Ahmad Khatami delivers his sermon during Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Top Iran cleric: Tel Aviv, Haifa will be destroyed if Israel behaves ‘foolishly’

In sermon broadcast on state TV, Ahmad Khatami also says European nations cannot be trusted following US withdrawal from nuclear deal

A moment before an Israeli missile destroys a Syrian SA-22 air defense system on May 10, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

‘Operation House of Cards,’ the IAF mission to cripple Iran’s presence in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. (AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky)

AnalysisRussia seeks mediator role between Israel and Iran

By Anaïs LLOBET

This frame grab from video provided on Wednesday, May, 9, 2018 by Syria News, shows people standing in front of flames rising after an attack on an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. (Syria News, via AP)

Russia warned Iran ahead of exchange with Israel — report

Moscow’s deputy FM said to have conveyed message to Tehran based on content of Putin-Netanyahu conversation

Moscow says it won’t supply advanced air defenses to Syria

Israel media reviewOverconfidence jitters: 9 things to know for May 11

By Joshua Davidovich

Russia and Iran will continue ‘close coordination’ on nuclear deal – Moscow

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video published by his office on May 10, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Netanyahu: Iran rocket fire ‘crossed a red line and we reacted accordingly’

By Michael Bachner

PM urges international community to unite and cut Tehran’s ‘tentacles of evil’ spreading in Syria, says IAF hit Syrian forces after they ignored his warning not to get involved

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi briefs journalists at a press conference in Tehran on August 22, 2016.
(YouTube screenshot)

Iran: Israeli strikes in Syria are meant to support anti-Assad ‘terrorists’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on April 29, 2018. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Pompeo warned Iran, ‘Harm Israel, and US will respond’ — report

An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights on May 10, 2018.( AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)

Analysis

Israel has the upper hand over Iran in Syria, but the ayatollahs won’t give up

Humiliated overnight, Tehran has the proven potential to stir up trouble via Hezbollah, in Gaza, and through terrorism

Head of the IDF's 210th 'Bashan' Division Brig. Gen. Amit Fisher praises his unit's actions during fierce clashes with Iranian and Syrian forces along the Syrian border on May 10, 2018. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Golan commander says troops will defend border ‘with any means necessary’

By Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli artillery unit takes position near the Syrian border on the Golan Heights on May 9, 2018. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Iran attacked Israel from Syria without notifying Damascus – report

A Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli troops along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City, on May 11, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

Live updates (closed)

IDF: Palestinians throw grenades, explosives at troops on Gaza border

By Alexander Fulbright

Army says 15,000 take part in clashes, damage ‘security infrastructure’ ahead of expected culmination of protests next week

5:25 pm

731 now said injured in Gaza border clashes
4:44 pm

Army arrests suspect after 2nd attempted West Bank car ramming
4:16 pm

IDF: Palestinians throw grenades, explosives at troops on Gaza border

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)

After missile barrage, some in Golan seek shelter as others find serenity

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)

Analysis

Despite global vows of support, Israel stands alone against Iran in Syria

Many countries, including Bahrain, are siding with Jerusalem in this week’s flare-up. But even US seems unwilling to take concrete steps to thwart Tehran’s entrenchment in Syria

Rouhani says Iran doesn’t want ‘new tensions’ in Middle East

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel demands UN condemn Iran barrage as Guterres calls for calm

EU, British PM back Israel’s right to defend itself from Iranian strikes

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative photo of the ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit, and the Arab village of Wadi Fukin below, June 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Analysis

New report on illegal outposts fuels West Bank annexation concerns

Toledo: Spanish city of legends

PHOTO ESSAY: Once upon a time, the city was a great spiritual haven, a fusion of Christian, Jewish and Arab culture

In search of the why

If we trust that our lives have meaning, we can handle anything — or risk being left to chance (Bechukotai)

Defying conventions

When Religious Zionist rabbis discuss women’s roles in shul, childbirth, and feminism — in a woman-free zone

The flamboyant artist, her ‘looper’ thingamabob, and her viral ‘Toy’ have made Eurovision relevant again

Illustrative: An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency inspector cuts the connections between the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium enrichment at the Natanz facility, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 20, 2014. (AP/IRNA, Kazem Ghane)

Despite quashing Iran deal, US wants nuke site inspections to continue

By AFP

Administration officials say oversight of nuclear facilities, derided by Trump as insufficient, must continue under IAEA

Iran's Revolutionary Guard members march during an armed forces parade marking the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

US slaps sanctions on Revolutionary Guards after Iran nuke deal pullout

By AFP and ToI Staff

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian leaves the Elysee Presidential palace in Paris, on May 9, 2018, after the weekly cabinet meeting. (AFP / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT)

France slams ‘unacceptable’ new US sanctions on Iran

By AFP

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Illustrative photo of Sudanese women on April 11, 201 in Khartoum, Sudan. (AP /Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Sudan teen bride sentenced to death for killing husband during alleged rape

By AP

Fire fighters work to control fire near the southern moshav of GIlat. (Fire and Rescue Services)

Residents evacuated as brushfire rages in southern Israel moshav

Mahathir Mohamad speaking during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 10, 2018. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images via JTA)

Malaysia’s new 92-year-old prime minister is a proud anti-Semite

By JTA

Rady Gamal stars in A. B. Shawky's movie 'Yomeddine,' a road movie about a leper and an orphan set in Egypt. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Movie treatmentFeel-good Egyptian leper film charms Cannes

By Deborah Cole

Former Beatle Paul McCartney, during his concert in Tel Aviv on September 25, 2008. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90/File)

Paul McCartney says he can’t come to Israel to receive Wolf Prize

By Michael Bachner

In this May 4, 2018 photo, followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq holds its first parliamentary election since IS defeat

By AP

In this May 23, 2017, photo, Sheldon Adelson, right, talks with Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, before a speech by US President Donald Trump at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sheldon Adelson donates $30 million to GOP congressional bids

By JTA

A woman walks across Israel square in Guatemala City on December 27, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Orlando ESTRADA)

AnalysisWhy these Latin American countries support moving their embassies to Jerusalem

By Josefin Dolsten

In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, fashion designer Georgina Chapman arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

In tearful interview, Weinstein’s wife says she didn’t know about abuse

By Jocelyn Noveck

Team at Velostrata (Courtesy: Alexander Sirotin)

Google set to acquire Israeli cloud migration startup Velostrata

By JTA

Britain's first Orthodox female rabbi, Dina Brawer (Screen capture: YouTube)

Britain’s first Orthodox female rabbi is ordained

By JTA

An Israel Electric Corporation employee working on an electric line. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Board of directors at Israel Electric Corp. approves ‘historic’ reform

By Shoshanna Solomon

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