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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 13, 2018

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'Thank you for celebrating diversity,' enthuses singer

Israel’s Netta Barzilai wins Eurovision song contest

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Next time in Jerusalem,’ jubilant Barzilai yells after victory; ‘Toy’ marks Israel’s 4th win; hundreds jump in Rabin Square fountain to celebrate; PM calls her ‘best ambassador’

Israel's Netta Barzilai celebrates after winning the Eurovision song contest in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, May 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Eurovision winner Barzilai jubilant: ‘How great we got to change Israel’s image’

Netta Barzilai celebrates after winning the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Lisbon, Portugal, May 12, 2018. (AP/Armando Franca)

After Eurovision win, Jerusalem gears up to strut stuff on world stage

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli revelers at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2018, celebrating Netta Barzilai's Eurovision Song Contest victory. ( Screen capture: YouTube)

Thousands of Israelis fill streets, social media to celebrate Eurovision win

Rabin Square packs with revelers, hundreds party in Jerusalem market after Netta Barzilai nets victory for Israel at song contest

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special cabinet meeting marking Jerusalem Day, at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on May 13, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / AMIR COHEN)

Netanyahu praises Netta Barzilai; politicians, soldiers laud her Eurovision win

BDS supporters with a pro-Palestinian banner urging Europeans to give "zero point to apartheid" and not vote for Israel's Eurovision entry in Lisbon, Portugal on May 12, 2018. (Eurovision boycott of Israel - ZERO points to the song of Israeli Apartheid/Facebook)

Activists censure Netta’s ‘cultural appropriation,’ cover for ‘apartheid’

By Michael Bachner

Israel's Netta Barzilai celebrates after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, May 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Op-ed

Israel’s ‘different’ Eurovision winner has a message for Jerusalem too

2019 contest can highlight need for tolerance in a city where religious pluralism is a battlefield issue, ads with women are defaced, and a teen was fatally stabbed at Pride Parade

Israel's singer Netta Barzilai aka Netta reacts after winning the final of the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, on May 12, 2018. (AFP/Francisco LEONG)

‘A one-woman band’: How Israel’s Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai rose to fame

By Jessica Steinberg

Netta Barzilai sings an acoustic version of 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' on the Galgalatz radio show (Courtesy Galgalatz)

Israeli singer suffered weight taunts, bulimia on road to Eurovision glory

By Jean-Luc Renaudie

Britain's newly appointed Home Secretary Sajid Javid leaves after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Meet Sajid Javid, UK’s top Muslim, pro-Israel politician, who just may become PM

By Robert Philpot

Jewish youth raising an Israeli flag at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Police boot Jews from Temple Mount for raising Israel flag on volatile day

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

During a peace walk organized by Tag Meir a woman hands flowers to Arab shopkeepers in Jerusalem's Old City ahead of the Jerusalem Day flag parade, May 24, 2017. (Courtesy)

Tolerance groups look to foster a more inclusive Jerusalem Day

By Jessica Steinberg

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis during a joint press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 10, 2016. (AFP/Abbas MomaniI)

PA blasts Hungary, Romania and Czechs for blocking EU censure of US embassy move

By Alexander Fulbright

Workers prepare the stage for the official opening ceremony of the US embassy in Jerusalem, May 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ambassadors from Albania to Zambia to fete US embassy move

By Raphael Ahren

Foreign Ministry invited 86 envoys; 33 African, Latin American, European and a few Asian diplomats confirmed participation

Four EU envoys to attend Israeli event feting US embassy move

By Raphael Ahren

Israeli protesters rally against US embassy move to Jerusalem

Insta-diplomacyIvanka Trump returning to Jerusalem for embassy dedication ‘with joy’

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at the welcome ceremony for the US Embassy at the Foreign Ministry on May 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Due to anticipated Palestinian rejection, US mulls not presenting peace plan

But despite deterioration in its relations with Ramallah , Washington said to be pleased with its efforts to boost ties between Israel and the Gulf states

6:30 pm

Satellite images aftermath of Israeli counterattack on Damascus airport
6:10 pm

Friend of Paris knifeman arrested, home searched
6:05 pm

Pastor who said Holocaust spurred by gay men to run against Massachusetts governor

Former US congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) in the Knesset on May 13, 2018 (Times of Israel)

In Jerusalem, Michele Bachmann apologizes for ‘ignorant’ comments on Jews

By Marissa Newman

Former US presidential candidate visits Knesset, says she’s sorry for past statements that have ‘brought pain’

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro attends a farewell session at the Knesset ahead of his departure from the role on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Obama’s envoy to Israel says embassy move to Jerusalem ‘could help end conflict’

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism conference, at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on March 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US envoy sees peace hope after Jerusalem embassy move

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reads a Persian translation of the Michael Wolff book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," in a photograph Khamenei shared on Instagram, May 11, 2018 (Instagram)

Trolling Trump, Iran’s Khamenei poses with White House exposé ‘Fire and Fury’

Days after US withdraws from nuclear deal, ayatollah leafs through bestseller that brands president unstable and unfit for office

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on May 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / THOMAS PETER)

Iran leaders on diplomatic push to salvage nuke deal, demand EU guarantees

By ToI Staff and AFP

In this photo taken on April 24, 2018 US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP PHOTO / Ludovic MARIN)

France’s Macron warns Trump of Mideast tensions over nuke deal pullout

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Amid black smoke from burning tires, Palestinian protesters run from teargas fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, May 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

It’s make-or-break time for Hamas in Gaza

Numbers at border protests have thinned even as violence has increased; if the Strip’s rulers can’t bring out crowds on ‘Nakba Day,’ they may refocus on previous terror tactics

Hamas leader heads to Cairo ahead of Gaza protests

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israel to close key Gaza crossing while it repairs immense damage by rioters

IDF destroys Hamas tunnel in northern Gaza, the 9th in a year

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Breach in the Old City wall, near Jaffa Gate, ca. 1898-1916. (American Colony)

Photo essay

Let’s do the time warp: Stunning pix of Jerusalem from over 100 years ago

By Yaakov Schwartz

Israel's singer Netta Barzilai aka Netta reacts after winning the final of the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, on May 12, 2018. (AFP/Francisco LEONG)

Jerusalem’s big day before the big mess: 7 things to know for May 13

By Joshua Davidovich

A Eurovision win kicks off a week expected to see massive protests along the Gaza border, with the army even drawing up war plans

Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba gestures during an event with US House Speaker Paul Ryan, at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Dinner diplomacy revealed: Netanyahu’s genial encounter with UAE, Bahrain envoys

By Josh Lederman

While Israeli PM was dining with his wife in Washington a few weeks ago, a request came that he stop by at a table where the Emirati ambassador was hosting a meal

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, left, stands next to Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, after the swearing in of her cabinet, in Bucharest, Romania, on January 29, 2018. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania president clashes with government over Jerusalem stance

By AFP

Women protestors hold placards reading "Al Quds belongs to muslims" on May 11, 2018 in Istanbul, during a demonstration against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy to the city.
(AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)

Marines said sent to US legations in Mideast ahead of Jerusalem embassy opening

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The Jerusalem US Embassy, a reader

President Trump is fixing a long, strange and unjustified historical diplomatic anomaly

Bracha Goldstein

I never forgot Jerusalem

I left the holy city to wander out into the world and find myself, and return

More Headlines

Police officers cordon off the area after a knife attack in central Paris, May 12, 2018. (AP/Thibault Camus)

Paris knife attacker was on terror watch list

By AFP

Firefighters vehicles block Saint Augustin street in Paris centre after two people were killed and several injured in a knife attack in Paris on May 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas SAMSON)

France suffering ‘intifada,’ says Jewish lawmaker after fatal stabbing in Paris

By JTA

Illustrative: A German police officer stands guard in Frankfurt, Germany, October 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Jewish woman found stabbed to death in Frankfurt park

By JTA

The IDF ambulance attacked by Druze Israeli residents in the Golan Heights as it ferried Syrian war casualties for medical treatment in Israel, June 22, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Golan Druze sentenced for trying to stop ambulance carrying wounded Syrian

Yuval Kahan. (Courtesy: Bnei Zion pre-military academy)

Police recommend academy head, counselor be charged over flood disaster

Evangelical Christian singer Pat Boone joins local singers and celebs to celebrate Israel's 70th at a Jerusalem Day concert on Sunday, May 13, 2018 (Courtesy Harry Langdon)

I'll be homeEvangelical crooner Pat Boone to fete Jerusalem with gala concert

By Jessica Steinberg

Meretz chairwoman Tamar Zandberg. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Meretz head: Israel must avoid full-blown confrontation in north

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)

Israel sends troop reinforcements to Gaza, West Bank ahead of US embassy opening

Smoke and flames rise from grassland Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel after Palestinians flew a kite laden with a Molotov cocktail over the border on May 2, 2018. (Screen capture/Rafi Bavian)

Burning kites from Gaza spark 2 brush fires in Israel

Illustrative: Image of testing tube for Dengue fever. (jarun011; iStock by Getty Images)

Six Israeli startups that are helping save lives

By Shoshanna Solomon

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