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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Analysis

Israel says it’s unfazed by specter of US-Iran summit, but anxiety brews

By Raphael Ahren

One minister sees ‘opportunity’ in Trump’s overture and says Washington and Tehran may already be talking, but others are uneasy after what happened with North Korea

US assures Israel no change in Iran policy after Trump offers talks — source

By Raphael Ahren, ToI Staff and AP

Trump says Iran talks may be ‘pretty soon,’ but also might not happen

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Head of Revolutionary Guards says Iranian president will never meet Trump

By AP and ToI Staff

Analysis

Forced into abusive marriages, Syrian child brides increasingly turn to suicide

In Lebanon, young refugees are being married off by families in need of money and security to much older men who rape and beat them — and often consider them mere entertainment

Fadia Ammar Al Mohamad, who didn't meet her husband until the day of their wedding, stands next to the cot they sleep on in their tent. (L Marie/ Times of Israel)

In this July 20, 2018, photo, a poster of President Bashar Assad with Arabic that reads "Welcome in victorious Syria." is seen on the border between Lebanon and Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Russia: Iranian troops in Syria to be kept 85 kilometers from Israel border

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) lays bricks at a housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on August 1, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

Mike Huckabee dons hard hat, lays bricks for new West Bank settlement homes

Former Arkansas governor and Trump confidant says US president would be thrilled to see Israeli construction over the Green Line; refers to Efrat as a ‘bridge to peace’

High Court: No avoiding evacuation of West Bank Bedouin village

Armed, uniformed PA forces tour Israeli-controlled area of Hebron for first time

By Adam Rasgon and Jacob Magid

Norway demands answers over seizure of blockade-busting boat

In this June 15, 2018 photo, Iran's Alireza Jahanbakhsh celebrates his team's victory after the group B match between Morocco and Iran at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

2 Israelis and an Iranian go for goal together in English top-flight soccer

Iran’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh joins Brighton, and turns out alongside Israeli teammates Tomer Hemed (Jewish) and Beram Kayal (Muslim); in 2015, he refused to play vs Maccabi Tel Aviv

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks in London on June 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tolga Akmen)

Corbyn sorry for ‘anxiety’ over event he hosted when Israel was likened to Nazis

After uproar over 2010 talk, UK Labour chief says he has sometimes appeared at events alongside people whose views he completely rejects

UK Labour Party local councilor Damien Enticott (Facebook)

UK lawmaker suspended by Labour admits to spreading ‘Jews drink blood’ libel

By JTA

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves the stage after delivering an address at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 24, 2018. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images via JTA)

How defining anti-Semitism became a defining problem for the UK Labour party

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a press conference on July 19, 2018. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Liberman says Israel prepared for multi-front war

By Alexander Fulbright

Defense chief says military ready to inflict ‘harsh blow to the enemy’ as Netanyahu warns Iran against blocking key waterway

6:25 pm

Liberman says military prepared for multi-front war
6:08 pm

White House says Trump's call for end of Mueller probe not obstruction
5:50 pm

US sanctions Turkish ministers over detainment of US pastor

IDF officer Amir Jamal (L), a member of Israel's Druze minority community. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

IDF suspends Druze officer who denounced nation-state law

Growing numbers of minority soldiers speak out against controversial law they say will officially relegate them to second class citizens

File: Israeli Druze from the village of Yarka attend a demonstration in support of their brethren in Syria threatened by fighting in that country's civil war, June 14, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Israel media reviewFreedom to protest: 7 things to know for August 1

By Joshua Davidovich

Supreme Court justice Salim Joubran. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)

Retired High Court judge urges ex-colleagues to overrule nation-state law

By Michael Bachner

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces the new Turkish cabinet after taking oath as the first president under a new government system in Ankara, on July 9, 2018. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP)

Erdogan accuses US of ‘Zionist mentality’ in pastor’s case

By AFP

Amid worse spat in years, in which Trump has threatened sanctions on Ankara for jailing protestant cleric, Turkey rejects ‘threatening language’

PA slams US ambassador’s visit to settlement home of terror attack victim

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Booking.com flagged for labeling Jerusalem an ‘Israeli settlement’

By JTA

70 House Democrats urge Trump administration to restore Gaza aid funding

By Eric Cortellessa

LGBT members surrounded by hundreds of Israeli police officers march on Jaffa street in Jerusalem on August 14, 2015, following the stabbing attack at the annual Jerusalem pride parade on July 30, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police on alert for violence as Jerusalem prepares for largest-ever Pride Parade

By Tamar Pileggi

2,500 officers to be deployed throughout city ahead of Thursday march; dozens of right-wing extremists and anti-LGBT activists say police warned them not to disrupt it

Labor Party MK Eitan Broshi, of the Zionist Union faction, is seen during a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Labor MK sues party leader for NIS 300,000 for calling him a ‘sex offender’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Media adviser Yosefa Barak in April 2017. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Media adviser sues Knesset member for sexual harassment

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas parties hold an emergency meeting at the Knesset on September 13, 2017. (Flash90)

Court urges ultra-Orthodox party to allow women to run for public office

Judges give Agudath Israel until September 2 to include women on slate for Knesset and municipal elections or they will be forced to rule on the issue

Rabbanit Hadas Fruchter gives a speech at the 4th annual Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding gala on May 8, 2013. (screen capture: YouTube)

Ordained Orthodox woman to open synagogue in Philadelphia

By JTA

Ziggy Marley performs in Tel Aviv on July 31, 2018. (Orit Pnini)

Concert review

Ziggy Marley brings love, peace and rebellion to Israel

By David Sedley

Two poems. Find the differences.

The security forces should not be critiquing poetry, and the poets do not belong behind bars

An act of desperation

An anti- LGBTQ letter from 200 rabbis is far from a show of authority or strength, though it still can lead to violence

The law that can put Israeli rabbis behind bars

Marry an adult to a minor and spend 6 months in jail. Jewish consenting adults outside of the Rabbinate? You might get 2 years

Illustrative: Israel's singer Netta Barzilai performs 'Toy' during 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)

Standing O-vation

Jewish music industry vet’s invite-only NY salon launches Netta Barzilai in US

By Jordan Hoffman

More Headlines

Six-year-old Noah Pozner was one of the victims in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Family Photo)

Parents of Jewish Sandy Hook victim forced to move 7 times due to harassment

An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group, on August 28, 2016 in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

Amnesty International says employee targeted with Israeli spyware

By Raphael Satter

A Palestinian man performs the 'Kiki Challenge' (YouTube screenshot)

Bad news boogiePalestinian sentenced to prison for doing Kiki challenge

Ivanka Trump, center, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, right, listen to US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, November 20, 2017. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Liberals have lost hope in Jared and Ivanka

Illustrative image of hands of African children cupped under tap of water (borgogniels; iStock by Getty Images)

Delegation seeks Israeli startups to help African farmers boost crops

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Thai worker farms the land of Neve Shalom, near Latrun between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, November 22, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Switzerland to hold reception in no-man’s land between Israel, West Bank

By Raphael Ahren

Avi Katz (Facebook)

Jerusalem Post defends axing ‘Animal Farm’ pigs cartoonist, keeps cartoon online

People participate in the annual Gay Pride parade in central Jerusalem, under heavy security on August 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Complaint filed after Israeli news site column calls for killing gays

The works of Lego artist Sean Kenney are currently on display at Tel Aviv's port, until August 31, 2018 (Courtesy Sean Kenney)

Block partyEverything interlocks at Lego exhibit in Tel Aviv port

By Jessica Steinberg

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions from reporters about the meetings at the Justice Department planned for today where House and Senate lawmakers from both parties are set to meet with top intelligence officials for classified briefings about the federal investigation into President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Roots SchmootsHouse Speaker Paul Ryan uncovers Jewish heritage on TV show

The main synagogue in the city of Le Havre in western France. (Screenshot from Google Maps Street View via JTA)

Anti-Zionist graffiti, Palestinian flag painted on French synagogue

By JTA

Lior Raz arrives at the Israeli Consulate in LA event to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Israel at Universal Studios on June 10, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Israeli ‘Fauda’ star lands role in next Michael Bay action film

By Michael Bachner

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