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What Matters Most On Wednesday, June 13, 2018

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum, in the Jerusalem Convention Center, on June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

With eyes on Iran, Netanyahu praises Trump over North Korea summit

By Michael Bachner and Agencies

PM hails US president’s Singapore meeting with Kim Jong Un as an ‘important development for Israel, the region and the entire world’

Trump hopes ‘brutal’ sanctions against Iran will spur ‘real deal’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran says it can’t remain in nuclear deal unless it benefits from it

By AP and ToI Staff

AnalysisWhat the Trump-Kim summit could mean for Israel and Iran

Iraq’s representative at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Idan, left, with Israelis at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, June 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot)

'I believe a lot of Iraqi people are happy that I'm here'

Visiting Jerusalem, Miss Iraq is embraced by Israelis, praised for her bravery

Sarah Idan, whose family had to flee Iraq after she posted a photo in which she posed with Miss Israel, is warmly received by locals at Mahane Yehuda market

Deputy Minister Michael Oren, third from left, with Arab dignitaries at an event marking Ramadan at the Knesset, June 12, 2018 (Raphael Ahren/TOI)

Fast friendsDeputy minister hosts first-ever iftar dinner under PMO auspices

By Raphael Ahren

A photo shared by Iranians on Twitter with the hashtag #WeStandWithIsrael (Courtesy)

Love handlesIranians defy regime on Twitter, express support for Israel

Fred Warmbier, right, listens as his wife Cindy Warmbier speaks of their son Otto Warmbier, an American who died last year, days after his release from captivity in North Korea during a meeting Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP/Frank Franklin II)

Otto Warmbier’s parents thank Trump for praise at Kim summit

US president called student who died after being freed from North Korean prison a ‘very special person;’ family hopes ‘something positive can come’

Trump tweets that the North Korean nuclear threat is over

By Adam Schreck and Foster Klug

Labor’s Gabbay: Trump-Kim summit signals peace with Palestinians possible

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Israel media reviewDear leader (the other one) dreams of Iran: 6 things to know for June 13

By Joshua Davidovich

UN to vote on resolution bashing Israel, with US pushing for Hamas condemnation

By Eric Cortellessa and Agencies

The General Assembly on Wednesday will consider a measure lambasting Jewish state for Gaza deaths. Haley seeks amendment denouncing terror group’s violence and incitement

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council emergency session on Israel-Gaza conflict at United Nations headquarter on May 30, 2018 in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)

Mpho Phalatse, a councilor in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, speaks at a Temple Israel Heritage Center gala event on May 9, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Johannesburg suspends councilwoman for saying the city is a ‘friend of Israel’

By AFP and Michael Bachner

Israeli troops on June 6, 2018, arrest a Palestinian man suspected of killing an IDF soldier by dropping a stone slab on his head in the al-Am'ari refugee camp in Ramallah the month before. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel arrests Palestinian suspected of killing soldier with stone slab

By Judah Ari Gross

Alleged assailant detained last week, Shin Bet says; suspect previously jailed for Hamas terrorist activities, brothers connected to murder of Shin Bet agent in 1994

Medics respond to a stabbing in the northern city of Afula on June 11, 2018. (Magen David Adom)

Netanyahu vows terrorist who stabbed high school student will face justice

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office in Bnei Brak, Israel, October 26, 2017. (Ariel Schalit/AP)

Security prisoners have it too good, minister says, promising crackdown

A soldier during an exercise in the Golan Heights on June 11, 2018. (Maor Kinsbursky/FLASH90)

Shin Bet says 250 ‘significant terror attacks’ thwarted since January

By Judah Ari Gross

In address to foreign public security ministers, head of service credits successes to increased reliance on high-tech solutions

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends an Internal Affairs committee meeting in the Knesset, October 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police minister: Social media monitoring has foiled 200 terror attacks

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, February 19, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Erdan warns Twitter may face criminal charges in Israel over terror accounts

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, walks with U.S. General Vincent K. Brooks, left, commander of United States Forces Korea, upon his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, on June 13, 2018. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Pompeo says North Korea should disarm in next 2 years

By Alexander Fulbright

After Trump tweets nuke threat over, secretary of state says White House hoping for ‘major disarmament’ by end of US president’s first term

6:21 pm

Qatar pledges 10,000 jobs, $500 million in investment for Jordan
5:59 pm

2 convicted in Germany for drawing giant swastika on roof
5:26 pm

Report: US peace proposal won't be the 'Bibi plan'

Analysis

World Cup 2018: 7 Jewish stories to watch

From a Jewish football coach and commentators to Israel-based players participating in the games, here is a primer on the competition opening this week

In this Saturday, June 9, 2018 file photo, Tunisia's head coach Nabil Maloul, left, speaks with Tunisia's Yassine Meriah, who drinks water during a friendly soccer match against Spain in Krasnodar, Russia. (AP Photo, File)

Ramadan and the challenge of fasting for Muslim World Cup players

By HAMZA HENDAW

Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers onnecting for his second home run of the game against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, June 8, 2018. (Corey Perrine/Getty Images via JTA)

Aces of base5 Jewish baseball players hit home runs on the same day

Bulldozers raze Netiv Ha’avot outpost after settlers clear out

Few on site for court-ordered demolition, a day after police evacuate homeowners and thousands of protesters

Illustrative: Protesters scuffle with Border Police at the Netiv Ha'Avot outpost in West Bank on June 12, 2018. (Menahem KAHANA/AFP)

After violent scuffles, police clear families, protesters from outpost homes

Flooding in Sderot on June 13, 2018. (screen capture: Twitter/Hadashot/Robby Pereg)

Floods inundate southern Israel as freak rains batter country

Record-breaking precipitation recorded in western Negev, overwhelming storm drains in some towns

A firefighter extinguishing a blaze on the Israeli border with Gaza, June 11, 2018. (Sam Sokol)

Fiery ‘terror kites’ shake southern residents, but not their resolve to stay put

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen in Jerusalem, June 11, 2018 (Courtesy Public Security Ministry)

DHS secretary tours Israel-Egypt border for Mexico wall inspiration — report

By ToI Staff and JTA

Rabbi Deborah Prinz points on front of a display of different chocolates at La Maison du Chocolat, perhaps the holiest site for cocoa lovers on the Upper East Side (Danielle Ziri/ Times of Israel)

Sweet emotion

Rabbi follows her gut to discover historical link between Jews and chocolate

By Danielle Ziri

How crowded is too crowded for Israel?

The challenge of population growth needs a new solution: sustainability

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Looking to my autistic son’s future

The responsibility for his care won’t fall to his sister alone; still, the Jewish community could offer a lot more

How dare Israel deny a Ugandan Jew citizenship!

When your community has been practicing Judaism for 100 years, nobody should question your right to make aliyah

I can’t blame it all on anti-Semitism, can I?

When the drop-down list of countries on the yoga registration form doesn’t include Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Jerusalem, June 13, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Bulgaria sympathetic to Israel wanting Jerusalem recognition — to a point

By Raphael Ahren

On visit, PM Borisov insists he won’t relocate embassy, though he’s ‘not indifferent’ to a sovereign state wanting its choice for capital to be recognized by the world

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (second left) and US President Donald Trump's special envoys Jason Greenblatt (left) and Jared Kushner (center) meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the PMO in Jerusalem, June 21, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)

US peace envoys to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt next week for talks

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

Eurovision organizers said to urge ministers to keep quiet on 2019 contest

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

In this May 21, 2018 photo, director Ari Aster poses for a portrait to promote his film 'Hereditary' at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Analysis

Director Ari Aster’s debut film is scarily good. And that might be a problem

By Jordan Hoffman

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a tour of the Jerusalem Police headquarters at the Russian compound in Jerusalem, October 7, 2015. (GPO)

Netanyahu ‘blindsided’ by police with surprise submarine probe questioning

By Raoul Wootliff

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) speaks in Des Moines, Iowa on January 23, 2014. (Charlie Niebergall/ AP)

Iowa congressman Steve King retweets prominent British neo-Nazi

File: Ontario premier-elect Doug Ford at the 2014 Good Friday procession in East York, Canada. (Wikipedia/Bruce Reeve/CC BY)

Ontario premier-elect says he will ban ‘anti-Semitic’ Quds Day rally

A Pantsir-S1 weapons system, illustrative (YouTube screenshot)

Syrian military reinforcing its air defenses near Israeli Golan — report

By Judah Ari Gross

Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Murder of Jewish girl in Germany fuels an anti-migrant backlash

By Toby Axelrod

Incendiary balloons being launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip in May 2018. (Screen capture: Quds news)

Israel limits entrance of helium into Gaza after balloons scorch south

By Judah Ari Gross

A view of the city hall pictured on June 12, 2018 in Bezons, a suburb of Paris. (AFP PHOTO / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT)

Paris suburb removes sign for ‘Nakba Lane’ after complaints

By AFP and ToI Staff

Rosie Cooper MP (Courtesy)

Alleged British neo-Nazi admits plot to murder Labour MP

By AP

A general view of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. US Federal Courthouse as seen in Miami, Florida on June 12, 2018. (RHONA WISE/AFP)

French-Israeli man in US beard contest pleads guilty in drug case

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, left, meets with senior officers in the IDF Southern Command, including IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, center, and Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi on June 12, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Liberman conditions aid for Gaza on Red Cross visits to captive Israelis

By Judah Ari Gross

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