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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 8, 2018

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Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on July 8, 2018. (Courtesy)

First cabinet member enters Temple Mount after 3 years as PM lifts ban

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel the first to make use of new decision letting MKs visit flashpoint Jerusalem holy site once every 3 months; calls for completely free access

Shas MK David Azoulay during a Knesset committee meeting. February 13, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Egalitarian Western Wall plaza construction delayed as minister quits committee

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Jews wearing prayer shawls take part in the Kohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Passover holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 2, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA

East Jerusalem teen arrested on suspicion of running Western Wall parking racket

Two of three new F-35 fighter jets land on an airstrip in the Israeli Air Force's Nevatim base in southern Israel on June 24, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel ranked 8th most powerful country in the world

By Michael Bachner

US magazine poll of 21,000 people lists Jewish state above Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia; Israel is 30th-best country for second year in a row

One of two ambulances leave the cave in northern Thailand hours after operation began to rescue the trapped youth soccer players and their coach, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, July 8, 2018 (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Four boys rescued from flooded Thai cave; operation to resume Monday

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA

Ambulances and helicopters seen in the area; boys and their coach became stranded when they went exploring in the cave after a soccer game June 23

One of two ambulances leaves a cave in northern Thailand hours after an operation begins to rescue trapped youth soccer players and their coach, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, July 8, 2018 (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Israel media reviewOf caves and caving: 6 things to know for July 8

By Joshua Davidovich

A police car stands outside a refugee shelter on February 4, 2016, in Attendorn after a raid during which a suspect was arrested. (AFP/dpa/Bernd Thissen)

10 arrested in Germany after man is punched in alleged anti-Semitic attack

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Both victim and suspects reportedly Syrians; victim was wearing a Star of David, which police say was ripped from his neck by a man spewing ‘anti-Semitic insults’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a gift from the Ze'ev Jabotinsky Institute during the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, July 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / ABIR SULTAN)

Amid criticism of Poland Holocaust deal, PM says he’ll ‘listen to historians’

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones performs at a concert at Mercedes Benz-Arena in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on June 30, 2018, as part of their "No Filter" tour. ( AFP PHOTO / dpa / Sebastian Gollnow)

Rolling Stones asked to support anti-government protests in Poland

Palestinian children at home reading books by candlelight due to electricity shortages in Gaza City, June 13, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

US to focus on reconstructing Gaza as peace plan stalls — report

Officials tell Washington Post the Trump administration hopes that helping with humanitarian crisis will make it harder for PA President Abbas to reject future initiatives

Police found a knife and a meat cleaver in the car of a Palestinian man near the West Bank settlement of Beit El on July 7 2018 (Police Spokesperson)

Palestinian with knife, meat cleaver arrested outside West Bank settlement

Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers in West Bank, on February 10, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Arab Israeli sentenced to 8 years for plotting to attack soldiers

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 8, 2018 (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

Live updates (closed)

PM to ask High Court to give Knesset more time to pass enlistment law — report

After top legal body gave government until September to pass new version ultra-Orthodox draft bill, Netanyahu to ask for ten month delay, indicating that elections will follow

6:13 pm

Netanyahu to ask High Court to give Knesset more time to pass Haredi enlistment law -- report
6:03 pm

Three apartment buildings in Tiberias ordered evacuated following earthquakes
5:50 pm

Hamas returning forces to Gaza border in effort to restore quiet -- report

Ebru Özkan, a Turkish woman arrested in Israel on suspicion of aiding Hamas. (Courtesy)

Turkish woman held by Israel for month said set to be indicted for aiding Hamas

Lawyer for 27-year-old Ebru Özkan, suspected of transferring money to terror group, says she hasn’t spoken to her family since her arrest at Ben Gurion airport

Muslim worshipers hold a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following Friday noon prayer in Jerusalem's Old City's al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, December 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Israel said planning measures to restrict Erdogan’s influence in Jerusalem

Pedestrians walk past a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan under the caption, 'Thank you Istanbul,' at Taksim Square in Istanbul, on June 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/ Bulent Kilic)

Turkey fires 18,500 state employees for alleged terror links

By AFP

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani gives a speech in the city of Tabriz in the northwestern East-Azerbaijan province on April 25, 2018, (Atta Kenare/AFP)

From the web

Iran calls for EU help as shipping giant pulls out for fear of US sanctions

Reuters: Announcement by France’s CMA CGM a blow to Islamic Republic’s bid to keep doing business with European companies

A KLM Royal Dutch airplane (Wikimedia commons/ Arpingstone/ Public Domain)

Dutch carrier KLM to halt flights to Iran due to US sanctions

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

Iran summons Dutch envoy over expulsion of 2 diplomats

Syrian government soldiers burn an opposition flag while flashing the victory gesture at the Nassib border crossing with Jordan in the southern province of Daraa on July 7, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Youssef KARWASHAN)

Syrian troops celebrate after claiming key post on Jordan border

Forces of Damascus and Moscow finally in charge of one of their main strategic targets — the frontier crossing with Jordan

Thousands head home in south Syria after ceasefire deal, monitor says

World Cup 2018Anti-Assad Syrians celebrate regime ally Russia’s World Cup exit

By AFP

Middle East’s Christians are dwindling despite deep roots

By AFP

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte walks past honor guards as he arrives at Manila international airport in Manila on May 24, 2017. (AFP/Noel Celis)

Seeing is believing

Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists in a selfie

By AP

Days after calling God ‘stupid,’ controversial Philippine president implores heavily Catholic nation to produce photographic evidence of the divine

Israel is on fire

A charred cactus, an abandoned bird’s nest, toys among the ashes: These image tell the story of Gazan arson kites (PHOTO ESSAY)

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will be the first rabbi to lead the Graduate Theological Union based in Northern California. (Daniel Kates/Hebrew College/via JTA)

Orthodox-trained rabbi makes history as head of mostly Christian theology center

Robert R. Cargill

How I became a true friend to Israel

I got over my blind allegiance, and now stick by Israel’s side, through thick and thin.

Itamar Rabinovich

Rethinking Jimmy Carter

A new book sheds light on the president who facilitated Israeli-Egyptian peace, and how he almost scuttled the deal

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View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Minor earthquake again shakes Sea of Galilee

A wheelchair equipped with the SoftWheel suspension systems (Courtesy)

US veterans get smoother wheelchair ride with tech twist from Israeli startup

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Egyptian security officers guard a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt, November 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Lebanese tourist sentenced to 8 years for insulting Egypt in Facebook video

By AP

Files belonging to the Taf adoption agency containing personal information were found strewn outside an apartment building in Tel Aviv on July 6, 2018. (screen capture: Ynet)

Police open probe after adoption agency’s files found strewn on Tel Aviv street

Jerusalem City Council member Aryeh King. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New right-wing, ultra-Orthodox list enters Jerusalem mayoral race

Planes work to put out a forest fire in Beit Meir outside Jerusalem, July 5, 2018 (Flash90)

Police check if Jerusalem blaze was caused by stray fire from army exercise

Illustrative photo of a police patrol car in Jerusalem, September 20, 2017. (Times of Israel/Stuart Winer)

Woman arrested for allegedly pouring boiling oil on husband as he lay in bed

MK Yehuda Glick speaks during a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After 25 days, MK calls off anti-tobacco hunger strike

n this Wednesday, June 27, 2018 photo, visitors look at exhibits, entitled "The House of Herod: Life and Power in the Age of the New Testament," at the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Caron Creighton)

New Franciscan museum in Jerusalem shows life in Jesus’ time

By Ilan Ben Zion

Border Police officers pose with a Eurasian eagle-owl that they rescued near Jerusalem, July 7, 2018 (Israel Police)

Eagle-eyedPolice rescue large owl caught in security fence near Jerusalem

Tyler Honeycutt, the Sacramento Kings second round pick, 35th overall, in Thursday's NBA draft, responds to a question as Jimmer Fredette, left, the Kings first round pick, 10th, overall looks on during a news conference in Sacramento, California, June 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Israeli basketball team pays tribute to ex-player who died after LA shootout

The Horsham, Pennsylvania, offices of Teva Pharmaceuticals (AP Photo/George Widman)

Israel’s Teva to move US HQ from Pennsylvania to New Jersey

By Shoshanna Solomon

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