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What Matters Most On Sunday, March 31, 2019

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after his arrival in Israel, March 31, 2019. (Haim Tzach/GPO)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro, arriving on first visit, declares in Hebrew: ‘I love Israel’

Trip to the Jewish state for the right-wing leader seen as boost to Netanyahu’s election campaign; Jerusalem waiting to hear if he plans to move embassy

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a military awards ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Eraldo Peres)

Brazil president heads to Israel with embassy move up in the air

By Raphael Ahren and AP

King Mohammed VI of Morocco (R) welcomes Pope Francis (L) in Rabat upon the pontiff's arrival in the North African country on March 30, 2019 (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Pope in Morocco urges Jerusalem be protected for all religions

Israeli trucks carrying diesel fuel enter the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Israel-Gaza border, October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel reopens Gaza border crossings despite overnight rocket fire

Israeli tanks hit Hamas positions in Gaza after rocket fire

IDF apprehends, sends back 8-year-old Gazans who crossed into Israel with knife

Gazans shoot five rockets at Israel after day of ‘restrained’ border protests

Analysis

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Tiny First Temple find could be first proof of aide to biblical King Josiah

Rare seal impression from 8th century BCE, bearing the name Nathan-Melech, found in dig at large Iron Age administrative center in Jerusalem’s City of David

The 'Natan-Melech/Eved Hamelech' bulla found in the City of David. (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)

Benny Gantz during a Blue and White party event in Ashdod on March 30, 2019. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Gantz slams Netanyahu over campaign, warns it could end in ‘civil war’

With elections just 9 days away, Blue and White leader lays into PM for spreading ‘muck’ rather than ‘building civil unity’

6:54 pm

PM on reported call to probe if Mossad behind phone hack leak: Don't involve them
5:46 pm

2 Gazans arrested near border fence, soldiers find ax
5:42 pm

Blue and White keeps top spot in poll, still no clear path to forming coalition

A Gazan protester waves a flag during clashes with Israeli forces on March 30, 2019. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Israel media review

Gaza’s quiet riot: 7 things to know for March 31

By Joshua Davidovich

After a relatively restrained border protest, even rockets can’t seem to keep Israel and Hamas from chugging toward a truce, with sides feeling something almost less than hate

Israeli military vehicles keeping position at the border fence as Palestinians waving national flags demonstrate to mark the first anniversary of the 'March of Return' protests, March 30, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israel expresses satisfaction as Hamas contains volatile anniversary protests

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Susan Watad. (Courtesy)

Missing Israeli woman found dead after 4 days

Husband of Susan Watad, 39, arrested; women’s rights group links case to government inaction on domestic violence

Ukrainians vote Sunday in presidential race led by comedian rumored to be Jewish

By AFP and ToI Staff

Volodymyr Zelensky, who plays a schoolteacher accidentally elected president in popular TV show, now leads veteran politicians Poroshenko and Tymoshenko

Presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova receives flowers and is congratulated by supporters at her headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia on March 30, 2019 after taking a big lead in the presidential elections. - Vocal government critic and anti-corruption activist Zuzana Caputova appeared set to become Slovakia's first female president after partial results showed her winning the run-off election of March 30, 2019. Environmental lawyer Caputova got 58.07 percent of the ballot after results from 51 percent of polling stations were counted, while EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic garnered 41.92, the Slovak Statistics Office said. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

Upstart liberal activist elected Slovakia’s 1st female president

By AP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters after his speech during a pre-election rally at Bayrampasa district in Istanbul, on March 30, 2019. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home

By AFP

(Collage by Alma)

Reading rainbow

9 writers who perfectly capture what it’s like for Jews of color

By Nylah Burton

Child sexual abuse is no joke Ms. Streisand

Those of us who were seduced and abused as children know that even as we thrive we are scarred for life

Joshua Hammerman

Yes, it’s a Yiddish term, but a universal hero, and exactly what the world needs more of right now

Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a press conference held by his New Right party in Ashdod on March 26, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett complains Netanyahu ‘excluding’ ministers from Gaza decision-making

By Michael Bachner

After criticism from New Right party leader, who has decried PM’s policy as too soft, Netanyahu cancels scheduled security cabinet meeting — drawing further ire from Bennett

Jewish Home party leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on December 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bennett: Religious officers prevented from reaching top IDF posts

Benny Gantz (right) and Yair Lapid of the Blue and White joint slate, March 8, 2019. (Flash90)

Resisting call by Labor, Lapid says no plans to nix PM rotation deal with Gantz

By Raoul Wootliff

Blue and White No. 2 dismisses claim that party would do better if it cancels agreement, tries to woo Labor voters

Benny Gantz during a Blue and White party event in Ashdod on March 30, 2019. (Flash90)

Gantz accuses Netanyahu of role in incitement ahead of Rabin murder

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks during an on-stage interview in Petah Tikva on March 30, 2019. (Screen capture/Channel 13)

PM says Gantz can’t be his defense minister, after Likud colleagues say he could

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Arab leaders pose for the camera, ahead of the 30th Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, March 31, 2019. (Zoubeir Souissi, Pool photo via AP)

Led by Saudis, Arab leaders unite against Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights

By AP and ToI Staff

Shlomo Mark (L) and his wife Yiska in an undated photo. (Courtesy)

Son of rabbi killed in 2016 terror shooting dies in traffic accident

Illustrative image of marijuana plant. (CC BY-SA Jennifer Martin, Wikimedia commons)

Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night

The scene of a tree that was uprooted by strong winds in Eilat on March 30, 2019. (Magen David Adom)

2 Jordanian men crushed to death in Eilat by tree uprooted by wind

Imam Baker Assaf speaks at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, New Jersey, February 22, 2019 (MEMRI screenshot)

NJ imam claims IDF chief rabbi condoned rape of Palestinian women

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, California, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook head calls on governments to step up social media regulation

By AFP

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron (left) presents the 2018 Bank of Israel Annual report to President Reuven Rivlin, March 31, 2019 (Mark Neiman, GPO)

To curb budget deficit, central bank urges more taxes and less spending

By Shoshanna Solomon

In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at The Economic Club of Washington's Milestone Celebration in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen,)

Saudi Arabia accused of hacking Amazon chief’s phone

By AFP

George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, arrives for his first appearance before congressional investigators, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, October 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ex-Trump aide says Mueller probe targeted him for ties with Israel, not Russia

Illustrative image of a gun and bullets. (A gun and bullets via Shutterstock)

Iranian man murders seven members of wife’s family

By AP and ToI Staff

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