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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 20, 2018

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Then-Republican nominee Donald Trump (R) standing with his son Donald Trump Jr. after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, September 26, 2016 (AFP Photo/Jewel SAMAD)

'Joel Zamel's firm drew up social media manipulation plan'

Israeli questioned, FBI traveled to Tel Aviv, in Trump election probe — report

New York Times says ‘Israeli specialist in social media manipulation,’ emissary for Saudi, and Emirati princes met with Trump Jr. and others 3 months before election

Israel's Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Pastor John Hagee, May 11, 2018. (CUFI)

US envoy to Israel: Evangelical Christians firmer Israel backers than many Jews

As David Friedman hails their ‘fervor and devotion’ in NY Times interview, his counterpart Ron Dermer calls devout Christians the ‘backbone’ of US support for Israel

Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congressman seeks US recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Golan Heights

Palestinian security forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority stand at the gate of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on May 13, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

US considers international committee to manage Gaza, with Hamas’ help — report

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a press conference in Istanbul, December 13, 2017. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)

Suffering chest pains, Abbas taken to hospital for the third time in a week

Sources say PA leader had trouble walking, has fever and may have pneumonia; his office says he is following up on ear surgery from last week

An ad for children aired on Palestinian TV promises a 'return' to homes in Israel. In this still, an elderly hand is seen passing on old house keys to the hand of a child. A title declares: "From generation to generation, there is no alternative to the return.” (PA TV screenshot)

Palestinian TV teaches children there’s ‘no alternative to return’ to 1948 homes

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party at the Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Liberman calls Arab party chief a ‘terrorist’ who belongs in jail

Defense minister lashes out at MK Ayman Odeh for confronting police after ‘brutal’ dispersal of Gaza solidarity protest that saw activist hospitalized

Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, speaks on the floor of the General Assembly on December 21, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Israeli envoy urges UN Security Council to reject Arab-backed Gaza resolution

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Katzrin, May 11, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Liberman: UN Human Rights Council has become a cheerleader for terrorists

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Beacon High School in New York City (CC-BY SA Wikiedior129293+1/Wikipedia)

Jewish parents outraged after NY school holds moment of silence for Gaza dead

Unclear if tribute announced over loudspeaker by student was approved by principal; parents say they don’t understand why school waded into conflict

A picture taken on November 1, 2017, shows a general view of buildings in downtown Gaza City and the Israeli port city of Ashkelon in the background (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

PA employee in Gaza sets himself on fire after salary withheld

Arab-Israeli NGO worker Jafar Farah arrested by police at a Haifa demonstration against Israel's conduct in Gaza on May 18, 2018. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Activists say police broke knee of Arab-Israeli arrested at protest in Haifa

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Jeffrey Tambor, left, and Kasia Ostlun attend the LA Premiere of "Arrested Development" Season Five at Raleigh Studios Hollywood on Thursday, May 17, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

At premiere of new season, ‘Arrested Development’ stars stand by co-star Tambor

By Nicole Evatt

Cast unanimously supports 73-year-old actor, who was accused by former assistant and an actress of sexual harassment

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 17, 2018 French director Luc Besson poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the premiere of the film "Eva" presented in competition during the 68th Berlinale film festival in Berlin (AFP/ Stefanie Loos)

French director Luc Besson accused of rape, denies ‘fantasist’ claims

By Benjamin Legendre

Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski (L) delivers a speech on stage next to US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart after he was awarded with the Best Director prize for the film 'Cold War (Zimna Wojna)" on May 19, 2018 during the closing ceremony of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI)

Polish director of Oscar-winning Holocaust film triumphs again at Cannes

By Mary SIBIERSKI and Fiachra GIBBONS

Beit Bina India runs secular Jewish programming for Israelis traveling through India. (Photo credit: Eyal Levkovich)

India's Holy Land

Beit BINA India connects Israeli travelers to a vibrant secular Judaism

By Tracy Frydberg

British Jewish historian Bernard Lewis (YouTube screenshot)

From the web

Renowned British Jewish historian Bernard Lewis dead at 101

Lewis was considered one of the leading scholars on the Middle East and Islam, and is credited with shaping the West’s views on the region, the Washington Post reports

Mateusz Morawiecki (R), newly designated as Poland's prime minister, shakes hands with the leader of the PiS (Law and Justice) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski at the presidential palace in Warsaw on December 8, 2017.(AFP Photo/ Janek Skarzynski)

AnalysisWith WWII scars still raw, Poland tries to ‘balance’ its history

By Stanislaw Waszak

A 40th birthday celebration courtesy of Glamping Israel, which can supply everything, from activities and accommodations to local foods and drink (Courtesy Glamping Israel)

With nature trails calling, it’s time to walk the walk

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: Visitors at the Banias Nature Reserve in northern Israel on April 3, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israelis flock to national parks, beaches for Shavuot

With country racked by heatwave, Sea of Galilee in north and other water sites see large holiday crowds

Lex Rofeberg, 27, a rabbinical student, feels that the Shavuot tradition of eating dairy and studying Torah all night will be more appealing at a diner than it would be at a synagogue. (Courtesy of Rofeberg/via JTA)

Pulling an all-nighter

Why these people are celebrating a Jewish holiday at IHOP

Is there a blessing for a new embassy?

I thank God for allowing Israel to stand ‘erect with stature’ we received through the nations of the world

Malcolm Hoenlein

The invaluable IDF Spokeperson’s Unit

This team has stood up to the fake news that absolved Hamas to bring the truth the international community

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A man hugs a woman outside the Alamo Gym where parents wait to reunite with their children following a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, May 18, 2018. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

In deadly school shooting, a confession but no clear motive

By Jeff Horwitz, SARAH ZIMMERMAN and JUAN A. LOZANO

A general view showing the destruction in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital of Damascus, April 6, 2015. (AFP/STR)

Islamic State surrendering in Syria’s capital — report

By AP

Drivers take part in the "Rallye des Graces" upon arriving in the Lebanese coastal city of Byblos, north of the capital Beirut, on May 19, 2018, during the first leg of the tour. / AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID

Power driveLebanon hosts first all-female classic car rally

By AFP

An Israeli farmer puts out a fire in his wheat field that was started by an incendiary kite from Gaza, outside Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel, on May 14, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Kibbutz wheat field along Gaza border set ablaze from apparent flaming kite

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R), France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (2nd L), Germany Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (R), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Britain's Foreign Secretary arrive for a meeting of EU/E3 with Iran at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 15, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Olivier Matthys)

EU, Russia, China to discuss offer of new terms to Iran — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Shoshana Cardin. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Shoshana Cardin, Jewish leader who broke multiple glass ceilings, dies at 91

By JTA

A demonstrator dances and sings along the Mariachi Tapatio de Alvaro Paulino band as they perform during a demonstration across the street from the building that once housed the office space of Aaron Schlossberg, Friday, May 18, 2018, in New York. (AP /Mary Altaffer)

NY lawyer whose racist rant went viral treated to Mariachi band, protests

By AP and ToI Staff

An MDA medic hangs up a defibrillator at a mosque in Sakhnin on May 18, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Sakhnin residents raise funds to install defibrillators in city mosques

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