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What Matters Most On Wednesday, April 17, 2019

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Part of a map published by the US on April 16, 2019, that for the first time shows the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. (screencapture)

US publishes first map showing Golan as Israeli territory

Move comes 3 weeks after Trump recognizes Israeli sovereignty over Heights; Mideast envoy Greenblatt tweets picture of the map that also refers to West Bank as Israeli-occupied

The Jerusalem site formerly known as the Allenby Barracks, a planned location for a second campus of the US Embassy (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

US starts scouting site for permanent Jerusalem embassy

By Raphael Ahren

US President Donald Trump visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

At White House meet for Jewish leaders, Dermer exudes confidence on peace plan

By Eric Cortellessa

Abdullahi Dool (Facebook)

Exclusive

In exile, Somali official fired for pro-Israel views demands an apology

By Raphael Ahren

Central Elections Committee Chairman Hanan Melcer presents the official results of the April 9, 2019 Knesset elections to President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 17, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Rivlin receives final election results, is set to tap Netanyahu as PM

By Raoul Wootliff

President, elections committee head dismiss New Right’s criticism of vote count; committee director blasts ‘unbridled attacks’ on public servants

Avigdor Liberman is hosted by UTJ leader Yaakov Litzman at a celebration on June 18, 2017. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)

Israel media reviewLet’s get it on: 12 things to know for April 17

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and incoming Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (left) hold a press conference in the Knesset on May 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu meets with coalition linchpin Liberman for first time since elections

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is presented with the state comptroller's annual report at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on March 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reeling from New Right loss, Shaked says she’s leaving politics, for now

By Raoul Wootliff

Justice minister says there’s ‘more work to do’ in reforming Supreme Court and justice system, but concedes she won’t be involved ‘for a period that I cannot put a time limit on’

Tamar Zandberg, head of the Meretz party, holds a press conference after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Meretz head appeals to AG: Ban coalition talks involving PM’s legal troubles

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (R), Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (L), hold a press conference of the New Right party, in Tel Aviv on March 17, 2019. (Flash90)

Ending push for recount, Bennett and Shaked concede election loss

By Marissa Newman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at a celebratory Likud event in Jerusalem, April 16, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

At Likud victory event, Netanyahu slams media, vows to ‘safeguard democracy’

PM says he has received ‘many’ congratulations from Arab leaders on election win; wants all citizens to be part of ‘Israel’s success story’

A woman votes at a polling station in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, on April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

2019 Knesset electionsLikud still rules in the settlements, but got no major boost from annexation vow

A tray of ballot slips at a voting booth in Israel's parliamentary election on September 17, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Bottom of the ballot boxObscure party hits record-breaking low with just 216 votes

Illustrative image: Withdrawing money at Bank Leumi on Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, January 18, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Bank bailouts for failed tycoons have cost the Israeli public billions, MKs find

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and President Reuven Rivlin, April 17, 2019. (Courtesy, GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Lamenting lack of female MKs, Rivlin calls for them to be appointed as ministers

Tapping Netanyahu to form next government, president notes drop in women in upcoming Knesset; premier vows to work for all Israelis

6:23 pm

Female Iranian boxer 'to stay in France' after fight win
6:12 pm

Ivanka Trump says she passed on World Bank job
6:03 pm

No Israeli move to annex ahead of Trump plan, Israel UN envoy says

Passover rainbow cookies — yes, really

OK, 3 pans and a food scale are a lot, but my family thinks this treat is a gamechanger among Passover desserts

Yossi Kuperwasser

A lie-packed PLO position paper confirms there’s no partner for peace

The paper, released in Hebrew, reiterates Palestinian refusal to recognize the state of the Jewish nation or disavow terrorism

Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame

Today the cathedral is a stinking black trench. But the void is cross-shaped: cruciform. Who can look away?

Bonds between Europe, Israel are critical to Israeli and Jewish security

America will always be Israel’s greatest ally, but Europe is the key to securing the Jewish state’s long-term safety and security

Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a rally with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the US Capitol, March 8, 2019, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Pelosi defends Omar: ‘No taint’ of anti-Semitism in Democratic Party

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amid feud between US president and freshman congresswomen Ilhan Omar, the top elected Democrat accuses Trump of exploiting the issue because he’s ‘out of ideas’

In this March 6, 2019, file photo, US Rep. Ilhan Omar sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Omar raises $830k for reelection amid Trump backlash

By AP

In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, a Jewish settler looks at the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, from the E-1 area on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Right-wing, mostly Jewish US groups lobby Trump to back West Bank annexation

By JTA

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 16, 2019. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)

Interview

New Palestinian Authority PM declares Trump peace plan ‘born dead’

By AP and ToI Staff

Mohammad Shtayyeh says US waging ‘financial war’ on Palestinians in bid to force their surrender without independent state; insists: ‘There are no partners in Palestine for Trump’

IDF destroys home of suspected Palestinian terrorist accused of carrying out West Bank shooting attack, April 17 2019 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF troops raze West Bank home of accused Ofra attack terrorist

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (3rd-R) waves upon his arrival at a rally marking the 31st anniversary of the terror group's founding, in Gaza City December 16, 2018. (Said Khatib/ AFP)

Senior PA official said to warn Hamas plotting coup against Abbas in West Bank

Flames burn the roof of the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, during a fire. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP)

Alarm sounded, but Notre Dame staff couldn’t trace fire ‘for 23 crucial minutes’

By time blaze was discovered, it was too late to save roof; firefighters hailed for human chain that saved most treasures; cathedral was 15 -30 minutes away from complete collapse

Mordechai Allouche, a Holocaust survivor whose art is exhibited at 'New on Display,' at the Yad Vashem Museum of Holocaust Art, April 15, 2019. (Courtesy Yad Vashem)

Visual memory

New Yad Vashem exhibit showcases Holocaust art and stories from living survivors

By Yaakov Schwartz

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 photo, Ommer Globerman, a member of the Israeli Mermaid Community, poses for a portrait as she wears a mermaid tail at her home in Ashkelon, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essay

A tale of tails: Diving into Israel’s mermaid community

By Oded Balilty and Isabel Debre

Students work in the winery at the Hadassah-Meir Shfeyah youth village. (Courtesy Hadassah/David Silverman)

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Hadassah’s agricultural school goes back to Zionist roots to help at-risk youth

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The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)

5-6 attempts to restart Israeli moon lander’s engine failed, investigation finds

Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir, a US citizen, sits in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 9, 2018. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Court upholds deportation of Human Rights Watch director under BDS rule

By Ilan Ben Zion

Illustrative: At UOIT outside Toronto, Students for Justice in Palestine activists staff their information table, 2016. (UOIT's SJP chapter Facebook page)

Students for Justice in Palestine says NYU is giving it an award

By Josefin Dolsten

Roger Waters at a press conference for 'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' in Rome, Italy, January 16, 2018. He is a leading celebrity in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. (Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images)

Roger Waters calls on Madonna not to perform at Eurovision in Tel Aviv

The Egypt sign in April Stewart Klausner's home goes up at the onset of Passover preparation. (Courtesy of Stewart Klausner/via JTA)

Spicier than horseradish6 quirky Passover traditions to inspire your seder

By Rachel Ringler

Chen Barak, the CEO of Nanomedic Technologies, in her pottery class (Courtesy)

Day in the (tech) life‘Don’t compromise, do what you love,’ Nanomedic CEO tells female entrepreneurs

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. (AP/Joe Kohen)

NYC shuts down yeshiva preschool over measles vaccination violations

Jennifer Lopez will perform in Tel Aviv on August 1, 2019, as part of her 'It's My Party' world tour. (Courtesy)

Waiting for the nightTel Aviv will have Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Love’ on August 1

By Melanie Lidman

A screen capture from a video threatening the Eurovision Song Contest, unless Israel eases Gaza conditions. (screen capture: Twitter)

Video warns of attack on Eurovision unless Israel eases Gaza conditions

An antenna put up by the Hezbollah terror group in southern Lebanon in early 2019. (Screenshot: Channel 12)

Huge Hezbollah radio antenna broadcasts Hamas propaganda deep into Israel

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

A library official shows celebrated author Franz Kafka’s Hebrew vocabulary notebook at Israel’s National Library in Jerusalem, October 2014. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Long-hidden Kafka trove within reach after series of trials

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