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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 12, 2018

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks with US President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, on June 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

Likud minister: Kim summit shows Trump can deal with tyrants; bring on Rouhani

Gilad Erdan says similar meeting with Iran’s president would ‘not be terrible,’ as long as goal remains to end Tehran’s nuke program and change the ‘nature of the regime’

After summit, Trump says meeting with Kim creates ‘an opportunity like no other’

By Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, Josh Lederman and Foster Klug

Trump and Kim commit to ‘complete denuclearization’ of Korean Peninsula

By Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, Josh Lederman and Foster Klug

Trump, Kim sign ‘comprehensive’ joint document as historic summit nears end

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Otto Warmbier arriving at a court for his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images/JTA)

Trump: Kim summit ‘may not have happened without Otto Warmbier’

‘Otto did not die in vain,’ says US president, claiming death of US Jewish student, whom North Koreans jailed and later sent home comatose, focused attention on secretive nation

Zach Wen, 34, co-founder of Harmony Nasi Lemak, poses in front of an advertisement showing cartoon caricatures of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, supposedly the inspiration behind a local dish, the "Trump-Kim Chi Nasi Lemak," in Singapore, on June 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Lumpured togetherUS triggers sniggers by describing Singapore as part of Malaysia

By AFP

US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands following a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

Israel Media ReviewPeace in our time? 6 things to know for June 12

By Tamar Pileggi

Live updates (closed)

Greenblatt, Kushner to visit Mideast next week for peace talks — report

By Tamar Pileggi

Trump administration officials to travel to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia ahead of unveiling US peace plan; no meetings with Palestinian officials on the itinerary

6:19 pm

Paris hostages freed, suspect arrested
6:13 pm

Parents of Otto Warmbier praise Trump
6:09 pm

Police 'surprised' PM with request for testimony in submarine affair

In this photo provided by the Philippine National Police, SAF (Special Action Force) members escort Israeli nationals following a raid at Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga province, June 7, 2018, in Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. (Philippine National Police via AP)

Israeli authorities routinely rebuff overseas calls for help

Israelis nabbed in Philippines are tip of iceberg in alleged fraud gone global

By Simona Weinglass

As police raid Israeli-operated boiler rooms in Asia and Eastern Europe, local law enforcement has yet to indict a single operative from an industry that has stolen billions

Protesters outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem awaiting the arrival of police investigators coming to question Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a graft investigation, June 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Police question Netanyahu in 10th interrogation over graft probes

By Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative: Democracy at work: casting a vote the old-fashioned way, in a ballot box. (Paperkites; iStock by Getty Images)

InterviewDemocracies under attack as world grapples with privacy policies, watchdog says

By Shoshanna Solomon

New Yorker revelations

As Trump-Abbas ties soured, a bad phone line epitomized their broken connection

New Yorker article on interactions between the US, Israel, PA and Gulf states describes a critical call curtailed by tech issues; also reveals Israel-UAE link dating to Clinton era

US President Donald Trump, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pose for a photograph during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Emirati men perform a traditional dance in front of flags bearing portraits of Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, February 9, 2016. (AFP/Karim Sahib/ File)

Israel and UAE have maintained close covert ties since 1990s, magazine claims

By Raphael Ahren

US President Donald Trump (r) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

From the webTrump, Israel and Saudi Arabia said to join forces against Iran, Palestinians

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers search the area around the West Bank city of Nablus on January 11, 2018, as part of a manhunt after the perpetrators of a lethal terror attack outside a nearby settlement. (Israel Defense Forces)

Settlers, Palestinians, soldiers clash in northern West Bank overnight

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF oversees entrance of tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers into Jerusalem for Laylat al-Qadr prayers on the Temple Mount

A farmer responds to a fire that broke out in his field outside Kibbutz Mefalsim in southern Israel, which was sparked by an incendiary kite from the Gaza Strip, on June 11, 2018. (Gali Kochba/Kibbutz Movement)

Kites, balloons from Gaza spark multiple fires across southern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman (left) and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan pose for a picture at the Miss Universe pageant in 2017. (Instagram)

Iraq’s Miss Universe visits Israel, reunites with Israel counterpart

PM spokesman announces visit of Sarah Idan, whose family was forced to flee Iraq after Instagram photo with Israel’s contestant Adar Gandelsman went viral last year

Yahya Staquf, secretary general of the 60 million member Nahdlatul Ulama poses for a photograph, overlooking Jerusalem, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Caron Craighton)

Interview

In Israel, top Indonesian cleric calls for ‘compassion’ between Muslims and Jews

By Raphael Ahren

Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz at the AJC Global Forum in Jerusalem, June 11, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s security in Austria’s ‘national interest,’ visiting chancellor says

By Raphael Ahren

In Jerusalem, Sebastian Kurz acknowledges guilt for Holocaust crimes and vows to fight anti-Semitism, does not address far-right coalition partner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 11, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)

As Kurz visits, Israel signals it may ease boycott on far-right Austrian party

By Raphael Ahren and Tamar Pileggi

Sign warning drivers of camels on a Negev highway seen on August 26, 2007. (Rebecca Zeffert/Flash90)

New law holds owners of camels causing road accidents criminally responsible

Animals must now be electronically tagged and supervised, in bid to stop fatal road collisions — 15 over 10 years; Arab MKs say state should allocate grazing areas instead

Sivan Rahav Meir

Trump, Kim and the Jewish spirit of change

Who could imagine this week’s diplomatic breakthrough? Those with a tradition that celebrates hope and change

Yes, singing Hatikva still matters

To abandon the anthem is not to be inclusive, but to destroy the very idea for which Israel exists

Judith Colp Rubin

I can’t let my family history repeat itself

My son’s yeshiva education contradicts everything I know, except my desire for his happiness

A much better response to Michael Chabon

Instead of labeling intermarriage a threat, we need a ‘radical inclusion’ approach for interfaith families

In this Wednesday, June 26, 2017 photo, performers dance next to a stuffed deer during an event at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essay

In Noah’s Ark of formaldehyde, long-dead critters animate Israel’s nature museum

By Oded Balilty

More Headlines

Britain's Prince William waves as he leaves the Lindo wing at St Mary's Hospital in London London, Monday, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/ Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Prince William to focus on youth during historic visit to Israel, PA

By David Sedley

Michal (L) and Gabriel Malka, the parents of Shuva Malka, 18, who was stabbed in an apparent terror attack and hospitalized in serious condition in the northern city of Afula on June 11, 2018. (Screenshot)

Afula stabbing victim Shuva Malka remains ‘in serious but stable condition’

Illustrative. Soldiers belonging to the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Defense Ministry recommends sanctions on draft dodging yeshivas

By Raoul Wootliff

US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, left, and her husband senior White House adviser Jared Kushner are seen during the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

New disclosure shows Jared and Ivanka growing wealth as presidential advisers

By Stephen Braun and Bernard Condon

A 10th century Quran is seen on display at Israel's National Library Monday, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Caron Craighton)

Tiny ancient Quran on display in Israel for Ramadan

By CARON CREIGHTON

The French town of Bezons. (CC BY-SA 4.0 Didier Duforest/Wikipedia)

Municipality near Paris names street for Nakba

By JTA

Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, addresses attendees at the former site of the JL Hudson Co. department store, December 14, 2017, in Detroit, Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Jewish-owned Quicken Loans now kosher for Orthodox borrowers

By JTA

Ethiopian monks gather outside an Ethiopian Church owned complex from which police evicted them on May 31, 2018. The eldest, aged 84, stands on the left. (Channel 10 News screenshot)

Ethiopia said to freeze Jerusalem embassy move over anger at abuse of monks

Sarah Tuttle-Singer and her kids. (Courtesy)

Times of Israel PresentsAn author comes of age in Jerusalem’s Old City

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Illustrative: Cancer cells. (Pixabay)

Hebrew University researchers team up with US firm to fight cancer

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Saudi woman, 'Noura,' preparing for a training session at the Bikers Skills Institute, a motorcycle driving school on the outskirts of Riyadh, June 3, 2018. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)

Taking the wheelSaudi women rev up motorbikes, as end to driving ban nears

Illustrative: Demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona, October 20, 2015. (Albert Llop/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)

Israeli orchestra disinvited from Spanish city

By JTA

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