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What Matters Most On Friday, March 22, 2019

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US President Donald Trump speaks after touring the Lima Army Tank Plant at Joint Systems Manufacturing in Lima, Ohio, March 20, 2019. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

In major shift, Trump says US should recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan

Tweet from president reverses decades of US Mideast policy to recognize Israel’s claim to the strategic plateau, captured from Syria in 1967 Six Day War

AnalysisTrump tweet does little for Golan, but much for Netanyahu, critics charge

By Eric Cortellessa

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order to protect free speech on college campuses during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 21, 2019. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump denies his Golan recognition timed to boost Netanyahu at polls

Photo taken on October 18, 2017 shows an Israeli flag fluttering above the wreckage of an Israeli tank sitting on a hill in the Golan Heights and overlooking the border with Syria. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Netanyahu: 'Trump has shown world America stands by Israel'

Israeli leaders gush over Trump’s Golan recognition, ‘a Purim miracle’

By ToI Staff, Adam Rasgon and Raphael Ahren

Syria silent as US president says time to ‘fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty’ over plateau; Lapid claims some credit; Bennett fears new demands; Palestinians warn of ‘bloodshed’

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini gives a joint press conference during a Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 21, 2019. (John Thys/AFP)

EU says it will not follow Trump in recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan

Young members of the Druze community wave Syrian flags during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on October 6, 2018, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war (AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey)

Syria, Russia and Iran condemn US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham, right, and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visit the border between Israel and Syria at the Golan Heights, Monday, March 11, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

Analysis

By recognizing Golan, Trump seen ‘solving’ a problem that doesn’t exist

The status quo on the plateau, in which Israel’s control was neither recognized nor challenged, will likely be upended by president’s move, and not in Israel’s favor, experts warn

An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights on May 10, 2018.( AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)

The Golan Heights and Trump’s announcement, explained

In this Monday, April 11, 2016 photo, a cow grazes in a military training ground in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria . (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel media reviewGolan rights and Golan fights: 9 things to know for March 22

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 21, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

In significant first, Pompeo visits Western Wall accompanied by Netanyahu

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Visit marks first time top US diplomat, together with senior Israeli officials, has gone to the holiest place where Jews can pray

Pompeo denies US seeking to bolster Netanyahu’s re-election bid

By Alexander Fulbright

Pompeo warns US could curb security ties with Israel over China relations

Pompeo in Lebanon to talk Hezbollah amid Golan condemnation

A picture taken on June 18, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, shows a general view during the opening of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. (AFP/Alain Grosclaude)

23 to 8, UN rights council adopts report accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza

Foreign Ministry vows Jerusalem ‘will not cooperate with this mockery,’ says ‘moral majority’ of states did not vote in favor of measure

Arabic media reviewArab media personality regrets visit to Israel: 5 things to know from past week

Young US Jewish leaders seek reassurances from Netanyahu on Israeli democracy

Multiple 2020 Democrats say they won’t attend AIPAC summit

By ELANA SCHOR and JUANA SUMMERS

Analysis

Michael Bachner

Netanyahu and the submarine scandal: Everything you need to know

As prosecutors reportedly mull a criminal probe against the PM in yet another case, what exactly are the purchase deals being probed, what are the suspicions and what comes next?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli naval base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

Miki Ganor attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court orders state witness in submarines case kept in custody

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool/AFP)

Netanyahu said to have made over 700% profit on stock sale under scrutiny

Otzma Yehudit party member Michael Ben Ari is seen at a press conference in Jerusalem following the High Court of Justice's decision to bar him from running in upcoming Knesset elections, on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court: Extremist candidate’s Knesset run would have legitimized racism

Judges explain their decision to bar Michael Ben Ari, say ‘incitement to racism is a dominant and central goal of his doctrine’

Gantz is target of most fake news for 8th week running — report

Blue and White said to rap member for bringing up PM’s marital infidelities

By Stuart Winer

Judge: Likud ignored order to remove election propaganda when PM gave address

The Steinhardt protectors crying anti-Semitism

On the Steinhardt allegations: Why should the needs of the Jewish People come before the wellbeing of Jewish women?

Trump and the Golan: Like candy from a stranger

The President’s pro-annexation tweet is most of all a bid to curry favor with his pro-Israel Evangelical Christian base

Juli Jakab as Irisz Leiter in László Nemes's 'Sunset.' (Sony Pictures Classics)

Film review

Impressionist masterpiece ‘Sunset’ paints mysterious picture of pre-WWI Hungary

By Jordan Hoffman

Palestinian-German politician Raed Saleh poses for a photo near a remembrance plague with information and a photo of the former Fraenkelufer synagogue, in Berlin, March 20, 2019.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Palestinian-born Berliner leads efforts to rebuild synagogue

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Raed Salah hails Fraenkelufer synagogue as ‘a sign for togetherness of religions, cultures and traditions’; says that as with Berlin Wall, ‘we must tear down the walls of hatred’

A photo of Osama Iliwat’s canceled visa after he was denied entry to the United States in February 2019. (Courtesy of Iliwat via JTA)

Palestinian peace activist barred from entering the US

Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen AG, attends the annual press conference of the car manufacturer Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, Germany, March 12, 2019. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)

Volkswagen CEO in the hot seat for invoking Nazi phrase

Brothers Patric and Frank Levy, aboard their float at the Cologne carnival, or Rosenmontag, in 2019. (Toby Axelrod)

German Jews go all in with a Catholic Carnival tradition

By Toby Axelrod

A Muslim man reacts during Friday prayers at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

‘Broken-hearted’ New Zealand observes Muslim call to prayer week after massacre

By Nick Perry and JULIET WILLIAMS

‘New Zealand mourns with you. We are one,’ prime minister says at Christchurch service; 26 victims buried at mass funeral

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during a special meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, on March 22, 2019. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Erdogan calls for fight on Islamophobia like ‘anti-Semitism after Holocaust’

By Fulya Ozerkan

More Headlines

A Vanessa cardui butterfly, one of some 10 million to cross into Israel on March 21, 2019 ( Yaniv Levi/ Israel Nature and Parks Authority )

Lepidopterists rejoiceIsrael blanketed by millions of butterflies

Steinhardt, who takes regular 90-minute strolls around his 55-acre private zoo, enjoys interacting with his tortoises. (Ben Sales/JTA)

Family says Steinhardt, accused of sexual harassment, was just kidding around

By JTA

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem on October 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu said to reject arbitration proposal in catering case

In this photo supplied by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center, survivors of Cyclone Idai arrive by rescue boat in Beira, Mozambique, March 21, 2019. (Denis Onyodi - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center via AP)

As death toll soars in Mozambique flooding, Israel pledges aid

By AP and ToI Staff

A Palestinian protester prepares to throw a firebomb during clashes with Israeli security forces in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, on October 9, 2015. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Two Israelis lightly injured in West Bank firebomb attack

In this file photo from March 2, 2019 US Senator Bernie Sanders arrives for a rally to kick off his 2020 US presidential campaign, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Johannes Eisele/AFP)

5 Democratic presidential hopefuls say they would rejoin Iran deal

The French Institute in East Jerusalem (Facebook photo)

Israel shuts down East Jerusalem event in French center over alleged ties to PA

By AFP and ToI Staff

Slovenia's goalkeeper Jab Oblak concedes a goal to Israel's Eran Zahavi during the Euro 2020 Group G football qualification match between Israel and Slovenia at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa on March 21, 2019. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Zahavi equalizer gives Israel 1-1 tie against Slovenia as Euro play starts

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the 'Victorian Giants' exhibition at National Portrait Gallery on February 28, 2018 in London. (Ben Stansall/Getty Images via JTA)

London museum rejects donation from Sackler family over opioid crisis

File: An Israeli tank takes a position at the Gaza Strip border, October 27, 2018. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel shells Hamas post after explosion of balloon-borne bomb from Gaza

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Palestinian Muslim worshipers walk past the Dome of the Rock mosque, situated in the al-Aqsa compound on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, March 1, 2019, before Friday noon prayers. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Jordanian king says pressured to alter custodianship of Jerusalem holy sites

By AP and ToI Staff

A defaced gravestone at a Jewish cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts, in a video published on March 20, 2019. (screen capture: Washington Post)

Jewish grave vandalism in Mass. worse than initially thought, police say

By AP

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