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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 7, 2018

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US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, on August 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

Seeking ‘WORLD PEACE,’ Trump says US won’t trade with those who trade with Iran

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and Zeke Miller

Saying he’s reimposed ‘most biting sanctions ever’ on Islamic Republic, US president tweets: ‘I am asking for WORLD PEACE, nothing less!’

Jerusalem extols Trump for putting sanctions back on Iran

By Raphael Ahren

Fresh US sanctions on Iran kick in as clock hits midnight

AnalysisTrump sounds different tune than aides on Iran, raising questions over policy

Germany's Sami Khedira, left, and Israel's Bibras Natkho, right, challenge for the ball during a friendly international soccer match between Germany and Israel in Leipzig, Germany, May 31, 2012. (Michael Sohn/AP)

Israel, Iran national soccer captains to line up together in Greek team

By signing deal with Olympiacos, Israeli Bibras Natkho will play alongside Iranian Ehsan Hajsafi, who’s been punished by Tehran in the past for playing against an Israeli team

Israel media reviewSanction sanctorum: 7 things to know for August 7

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli minister says ‘good chance’ Iran will renegotiate nuclear deal

Rouhani: US trying to divide Iran, must remove ‘knife’ of sanctions to negotiate

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: The High Court of Justice in session. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli Arab leaders petition High Court against ‘racist’ nation-state law

By Tamar Pileggi

Latest judicial appeal alleges controversial legislation reeks of colonialism, is inconsistent with international norms and ‘massively harms human rights’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a meeting to address Druze concerns in the wake of the nation-state law, on August 6, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom, GPO)

Netanyahu fumes as most ministers skip meeting on nation-state law

By Stuart Winer

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is seen in Tel Aviv on November 26, 2017. (Flash90)

Yair Netanyahu blasts ‘Bolshevik’ leftists over criticism of nation-state law

Op-ed

Meet Kasanesh Yeshinah. Israelis helped her build a life. She faces deportation

Yeshinah fled Ethiopia and child marriage and made it to Israel, where foster parents, terrific schools, and her own drive and smarts were transformative. But what now?

Kasanesh Yeshinah (Times of Israel staff)

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman climbs onto a tank in the Golan Heights on August 7, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Liberman warns Assad planning to rebuild large Syrian army after civil war

Defense minister also praises Trump’s reimposition of Iran sanctions, saying Tehran was using relief provided by nuke deal not to support its economy but rather to fund terror

Aziz Asbar (via Facebook)

Top Middle East intel official says Mossad behind killing of Syrian rocket chief

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US President Donald Trump (left) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

Fake Russian social media accounts sought to influence US-Israel ties — report

Researchers find tens of thousands of posts from accounts tied to suspected Russian trolls were aimed at bolstering Trump-Netanyahu relationship

Content creators like InfoWars founder Alex Jones have helped conspiracy content to proliferate on platforms like YouTube. (Screen capture: Vimeo)

Facebook removes conspiracy monger Alex Jones for hate, bullying

By AP

A tweet by a pro-government Saudi account on August 6, 2018 (Twitter photo)

Saudi Twitter account axed after seeming to threaten 9/11-style attack on Canada

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers in defensive positions on an embankment near the Gaza border during a violent Palestinian protest, July 27, 2018 (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Army officials say gunfire from Hamas post may not have targeted soldiers

Two Hamas fighters killed in IDF retaliatory strike; but military now acknowledges Hamas fighters may have been taking part in a drill, as terror group has claimed

6:25 pm

High Court gives government till December to resolve Haredi draft issue
6:24 pm

EU says encouraging trade with Iran is crucial to nuke deal
5:46 pm

Defense minister interviews four candidates for next IDF chief

Nurses strike at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in protest of violence against medical personnel, July 4, 2018 (Courtesy Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital)

Nurses go on strike over violence against medical staff

Late-night negotiations with Finance and Health ministries fail to produce an agreement on demands to address increasing attacks on health care professionals by patients

Disabled protesters block traffic at Ben Gurion Airport to call for higher monthly benefits on August 7, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Disabled protesters snarl car traffic at Ben Gurion Airport

Labour MP Margaret Hodge discusses numismatics on November 22, 2007. (CC BY Portable Antiquities Scheme, Flickr)

UK Labour drops move against Jewish MP who accused Corbyn of anti-Semitism

Party’s secretary general tells Margaret Hodge no further action will be taken; she denies she apologized for her conduct

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, and deputy leader Tom Watson attend the opening session of the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, England, September 24, 2017. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Deputy head of UK Labour under pressure for slamming party on anti-Semitism

Jacob Wohl describes himself as a conservative, a Zionist and one of President Trump’s most loyal supporters. (YouTube screenshot)

At 20, Jacob Wohl wants to be the voice of young Jewish Trump supporters

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

Jews and Druze: We go way, way back

The answer to a musical mystery reveals ancient bonds between the two peoples — and proves Miserlou loves company

Why this former military intelligence chief stands with the Druze

Yes, the law must be amended but its potential to cause harm should not be exaggerated

Why we diplomats spoke out against the new law

I don't need anyone to tell me that my country is Jewish, but I do abhor a law telling my comrades-in-arms they no longer belong

Grant Arthur Gochin

Lithuania pays tribute to a genocidal monster

Jonas Noreika, whose granddaughter confirms he murdered more than 14,000 Jews, is honored as a national hero

In this photo from July 28, 2018, fisherman cast their rods in the port of Jaffa. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essay

In port of Jaffa, trendy cafes nestle among old stone buildings

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Gal Gadot arrives for the Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, March 4, 2018, (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Gal Gadot said eyeing role in series about Jewish actress, inventor Hedy Lamarr

The Swiss town of Davos. (CC BY-SA MadGeographer, Wikimedia Commons)

Swiss tourism official complains of ultra-Orthodox guests’ behavior

By JTA

Illustrative: An Israeli army tank patrols along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)

IDF strikes Gaza post after identifying gunfire; Hamas says shots part of drill

A Flytrex drone in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Israel’s Flytrex set to supply half of Reykjavik with food by drone

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tourists take photos at "The Garment Worker," a bronze sculpture of a garment worker wearing a yarmulke by Judith Weller at the edge of New York's Garment District, August 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Sewing change: Manhattan’s garment district is shrinking, but not dead yet

By Verena Dobnik

Participants in Jerusalem's Gay Pride Parade, August 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

600 US, Canadian rabbis urge retraction of Israeli rabbis’ letter panning gays

A composite image of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and former Bezeq controlling shareholder, Shaul Elovitch. (Flash90: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

Prime minister and media mogul held ‘back door’ meeting before merger — report

A view of Ben Gurion International Airport near Lod on May 8, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

My foot‘Miracle’ at airport as wheelchair-bound man walks after arrest

Rapper Fate Joe (YouTube screenshot)

Scared of terror squadRappers Fat Joe, Tyga nix Israel gig, citing security concerns

Simone Zimmerman. (YouTube screenshot)

Shin Bet confirms PM critic held at border, denies political queries

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Start-Up Nation Central slide shows decline in number of startups being set up in Israel, and rise in number of firms closing down (Start-Up Nation Central source, based on Start-Up Nation Finder)

Israel sees 3-year decline in number of new startups, report shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: The elite Maglan IDF unit. (Screen capture: Channel 10)

2 officers dismissed from elite army unit after training accidents

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