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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 27, 2018

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Palestinians check damage to buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 27, 2018 after salvos of rocket fire from Gaza. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Order to stay near shelters lifted in Gaza-area communities

Islamic Jihad calls ceasefire as Israel hits back at 30-plus rockets from Gaza

Iran-backed terror group says it will halt fire after talking with Egypt; no acknowledgement of deal by Israel, which strikes IJ targets in 95 raids

This picture from October 27, 2018, shows smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Islamic Jihad claims Gaza rocket fire; IDF says Iran, Syria responsible

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, early Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

IDF strikes 80 Gaza targets overnight in response to multiple rocket barrages

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)

PMO hails 'significant step' in deepening ties in the region

In dramatic sign of warming ties, Netanyahu makes secret visit to Oman

By Raphael Ahren

The first Israeli leader to visit Muscat since 1996, prime minister discusses peace process with Sultan Qaboos bin Said

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in the Gulf state on October 26, 2018. (Courtesy)

US welcomes Netanyahu’s visit to Oman as ‘helpful step’ toward peace

By Eric Cortellessa and Raphael Ahren

Bahram Ghasemi, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, gives an interview with AFP in the capital Tehran on October 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Iran, Hamas condemn Netanyahu visit to Oman: ‘Israel seeking Muslim division’

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)

Analysis

ToI Staff and AP

Does Iran lurk behind Netanyahu’s historic visit to Oman?

Amid speculation Muscat may take a greater role in Israel-Palestinian peace talks, analyst say it’s more likely Jerusalem is using the Gulf nation to send a message to Iran

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Facebook blocks Iran-linked bid to sway US, British politics

By AFP

Tal Flicker of Israel during the fight in the 66kg category at the Judo World Championship Budapest 2017, on August 28, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary. (Rok Rakun/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)

In first, Israeli judo team to compete in UAE tournament under national flag

A Palestinian woman runs with a Palestinian flag, amid black smoke from tires burned by protesters, during clashes following a riot near the border with Israel east of Gaza City on October 26, 2018. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Five Palestinians said killed in Gaza riots, one by his own hand grenade

By ToI Staff, Judah Ari Gross and Agencies

IDF aircraft hit 3 Hamas sites; army says 16,000 Gazans join violent border protests, belying earlier talk of a new era of calm

Iron Dome intercepts a salvo of rockets fired into southern Israel on October 26, 2018 (Screenshot/twitter)

Six rocket salvos fired at Israel from Gaza, IDF strikes Strip in response

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative: Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli troops during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah on October 2, 2018. (Flash90)

Palestinian said killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops

By ToI Staff and AFP

A balloon carrying a suspected incendiary device is seen in Moshav Tarum near Beit Shemesh on October 27, 2018. (Israel Police)

Suspected incendiary balloon lands in Jerusalem area community

Police sappers arrive at Moshav Tarum to inspect third suspicious device to land in capital or its environs in as many days

Dutch politician Rens Reijnierse (Omroep Zeeland screen capture)

Dutch politician praises pro-Palestinian kite show featuring Nazi symbols

By JTA

Incendiary balloon discovered in West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev, October 26, 2018 (Police Spokesperson's Unit)

Incendiary balloon found in settlement north of Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia's former deputy head of General Intelligence Ahmed al-Assiri. (YouTube screenshot)

Saudi in Khashoggi case ‘met Flynn and Israeli strategist on Iran regime change’

Robert Mueller looking into January 2017 meeting between Riyadh intel official Ahmed al-Assiri, Trump adviser Flynn, and Joel Zamel of Psy Group, Daily Beast says

Saudi FM decries ‘hysterical’ global outcry over journalist’s killing

Mattis: US to take further action over Saudi journalist’s killing

By Lolita C. Baldor

Turkey wants 18 Saudis extradited over Khashoggi murder

By Fulya Ozerkan and Daniel Lawler

Pickles have been associated with old-time New York City, and its Lower East Side neighborhood, which once teemed with Jewish immigrant vendors. (Buyenlarge/Getty Images/via JTA)

Let's make a dill

As pickles conquer the mainstream, are they still a ‘Jewish’ food?

By Stephen Silver

Observant gay is not an oxymoron

I am not gay, but I am a rabbi, and it is my job to listen to ALL congregants with understanding and respect

Bibi has made Israel a country of broken promises

I want to believe the prime minister, but he leaves me little room to do so

United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, December 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US mail bomb suspect charged with five crimes

By AFP

If put on trial and convicted, Cesar Sayoc faces up to 48 years in prison, Justice Department says

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO And National Director of the Anti-Defamation League testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Study: Online attacks on US Jews ramp up before Election Day

By Michael Kunzelman

In this undated photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's office, mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc is seen in a booking photo in Miami. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Mail-bomb suspect is a Trump supporter, Soros critic, with long arrest record

By Michael Biesecker and Stephen Braun

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, October 25, 2018. (Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate divides Jewish voters

By Marcus M. Gilban

Druze residents of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights set ablaze makeshift ballot papers during a protest on October 19, 2018. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

For many Golan Druze, voting in first-ever municipal election remains taboo

By Clothilde Mraffko

A view of the Jerusalem to Ben Gurion Airport electric train seen near Jerusalem, September 25, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

The fast train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv isn’t fast and doesn’t go to Tel Aviv

More Headlines

Outspoken Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has announced she has converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada. (Twitter)

Leap of faithIrish singer Sinead O’Connor converts to Islam

By AFP

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, left, speaks to IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi in a field just outside the Gaza Strip on February 20, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu welcomes Kochavi nomination for IDF chief

Illustrative: A man shows a kippa during the 'Berlin wears kippa' event on April 25, 2018. (AFP/Tobias Schwartz)

German Jewish community leader resigns amid claims he’s pretending to be Jewish

By AP and ToI Staff

Barry and Honey Sherman pose for a photo in Toronto, Canada, October 15, 2017. (United Jewish Appeal Federation - Greater Toronto/ Canadian Press via AP)

Family of murdered Jewish Canadian tycoon offer $7 million reward for leads

By AFP

Illustrative: View of the Sorbonne University in Paris, Thursday Sept. 19, 2013 (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Anti-Semitic graffiti appears almost daily at French campuses — student leader

By JTA

Sir Philip Green, a British billionaire and the CEO of the Arcadia Group, right, tours a Topshop store in central Hong Kong, June 5, 2013 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

UK Jewish tycoon said to have paid millions to cover up sexual harassment claims

By ToI Staff and AP

Adam Sandler plays at a benefit concert in Los Angeles, March 3, 2018 (Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Artists for Peace and Justice via JTA)

Parting with immaturity?Adam Sandler’s ‘Bar Mitzvah Boy’ song is highlight of new special

By Gabe Friedman

Lello Di Segni (Screen capture: YouTube)

Last survivor of Nazi raid on Rome’s Jewish ghetto dies

By AFP

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