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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 28, 2019

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon in the Knesset on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

PM holds emergency meeting to plan for possible collapse of PA — report

Netanyahu, Finance Minister Kahlon concerned that Abbas’s decision to reject all tax revenues collected by Israel will collapse West Bank economy

6:34 pm

Polls close in Spain, as strong turnout is seen in national election
6:19 pm

California synagogue worshipper recalls grabbing grandson when shots rang out
6:07 pm

Shrine of flowers grows on sidewalk at California synagogue

Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in a shooting at a San Diego County synagogue on April 27, 2019 (Facebook)

Chabad shooting victim named as Lori Gilbert-Kaye, said to have shielded rabbi

A woman and a young girl place notes on a light post near flowers across the street from the Chabad of Poway Synagogue after a shooting on April 27, 2019 in Poway, California. (SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP)

After synagogue attack, leaders warn of resurgent anti-Semitism, urge action

By ToI Staff and Agencies

San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore addresses the media in front of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue after a shooting on April 27, 2019, in Poway, California. An image of the suspected gunman, John Earnest is featured on the left (SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP/YouTube screen capture )

Police name synagogue shooting suspect, probe anti-Semitic manifesto

Noya Dahan, an Israeli girl injured in a shooting at a US Chabad synagogue in Poway, California on April 27, 2019. (Courtesy)

Family of girl hurt in US shooting had left Israel after rockets hit their home

By Michael Bachner

‘It can happen anywhere,’ says father of 8-year-old Noya Dahan; her injured uncle says life in Sderot prepared him to respond to synagogue attack

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. (AP/Denis Poroy)

Woman killed, 3 hurt in shooting at Chabad synagogue in California

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A group gathers outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a vigil to honor the victims of a shooting attack on another synagogue in Poway, California, on April 27, 2019. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Israel media reviewSynagogue shootings — now a thing: 10 things to know for April 28

By Joshua Davidovich

President Reuven Rivlin (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a memorial service marking 23 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on October 21, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Netanyahu, Rivlin condemn US shooting, urge more education against anti-Semitism

By Michael Bachner

Acting FM terms synagogue killing a ‘horrible terrorist attack’; Chief Rabbi Lau calls for strengthening Chabad emissaries around the world

Trump, others offer sympathies, as hate crime motive probed in synagogue attack

By AP and ToI Staff

Palestinians condemn deadly California synagogue shooting

Fresh synagogue shooting appears to highlight spread of deadly hate

By Eric Cortellessa

A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)

Likud minister links New York Times to Nazis over Netanyahu cartoon

Jonathan A. Greenblatt, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaks at the ADL Annual Meeting in Los Angeles on November 6, 2014.(courtesy ADL)

ADL head calls NY Times cartoon ‘vile anti-Semitic propaganda’

By Eric Cortellessa

A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times' international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged "included anti-Semitic tropes." (Courtesy)

NY Times prints Netanyahu-Trump cartoon with ‘anti-Semitic tropes,’ retracts it

Fatah operative Hamis Ahmad (L) and drug smuggler Zidan Tweil, two Syrians set to be freed by Israel (Courtesy)

Israel sends Syrian prisoners home a month after remains of IDF soldier returned

Hamis Ahmad and Zidan Tweil handed over to Red Cross at Quneitra crossing in recognition of recent repatriation of body of Zachary Baumel, killed in 1982 Lebanon War

Simcha Goldin, father of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is held by Hamas, speaks at a protest calling on the government to return the bodies of his son and fellow late Israeli soldier Oron Shaul outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Goldin family lashes Syrian prisoner release as ‘missed opportunity’

Fatah operative Hamis Ahmad (L) and drug smuggler Zidan Tweil, two Syrians set to be freed by Israel (Courtesy)

Two Syrians to be freed by Israel: Fatah man who planned attack, drug smuggler

Soldiers cast their ballots on April 9, 2019 (Israel Defense Forces)

Shin Bet: Hamas planned suicide car bombing around Israeli election

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian suspect arrested last month over plot to carry out attack in Ma’ale Adumim and ‘derail’ West Bank stability

Tapuah Junction in the West Bank on January 7, 2019. (Israel Police)

Palestinian dies a week after he was shot while allegedly attempting attack

By AFP and ToI Staff

File: Israeli firefighters extinguish a fire in a wheat field caused by kites flown by Palestinian protesters, near the border with the Gaza Strip, May 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF shoots at Gazans attempting to sabotage border fence

Footage of the explosion at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)

Sri Lanka security cam footage shows moments of deadly hotel bombing

By ToI Staff and AFP

Newly released video also shows bombers in several other locations shortly before the Easter attacks that killed at least 250 people

Zahran Hashim delivers a sermon in an undated online video. Hashim allegedly headed the extremist Muslim group blamed for Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. (screen capture: YouTube)

Local Muslims say they reported mastermind of Sri Lanka terror attacks years ago

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Relatives pay their respects in front of the graves of the victims of recent bomb blasts at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 28, 2019, a week after a series of jihadist bomb blasts targeted churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday. (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP)

With churches shut after bombs, Sri Lankans hear Mass on TV

By Jon Gambrell and KRISHAN FRANCIS

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

The Exodus is never over

You know how the haggadah works at multiplying the number of plagues? I never understood it until the day I saw the DC monuments and cherry blossoms

So few MKs, so much to do: The Knesset is dysfunctional

Lawmakers sit on too many committees and propose too many laws. The fix starts with government members quitting the Knesset

Tomtom founder Mindy Abovitz also co-founded the Hit Like a Girl contest. (Brad Heck)

Founder of female-forward drum empire encourages musicians to ‘Hit Like a Girl’

By Micah B. Rubin

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Iran's uranium conversion facility near Isfahan, which reprocesses uranium ore concentrate into uranium hexafluoride gas, which is then taken to Natanz and fed into the centrifuges for enrichment, March 30, 2005. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian minister threatens to quit nuclear non-proliferation treaty

By AFP

Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, one of those executed by Saudi Arabia this week. He was 16 when arrested and 21 at the time of his death. (Courtesy)

Despite Saudi claims, many killed in mass execution reportedly denied guilt

By ToI Staff and AFP

Supporters of Spanish far-right party VOX wave flags during the last campaign rally in Madrid on April 26, 2019 ahead of the April 28 general election. (OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)

Spain votes Sunday in election marked by far-right resurgence

By Mathieu GORSE

Far-right party Vox supporters wave Spanish flags during campaign rally in Seville on April 24, 2019 ahead of the April 28 general election. (CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)

Likud PR chief apologizes after endorsing far-right party in Spain

An illustrative image of Oreo cookies manufactured by food and beverage maker Mondelēz International (YouTube screenshot)

US foodmaker Mondelēz seeks to tap into Israeli foodtech ecosystem

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Tourists enjoy slices of pizza as they sit in front of Rome's Colosseum, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Israeli woman apologizes for scrawling on Rome’s Colosseum

Illustrative: The Taba crossing on the Israeli-Egyptian border, near Eilat. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Over 110,000 Israelis visited Sinai over the holiday, ignoring terror warnings

Christian Orthodox worshippers gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalems Old City as they await the Holy Fire on April 27, 2019 during the Orthodox Easter. (GALI TIBBON / AFP)

Orthodox Christians mark ‘Holy Fire’ Easter ceremony in Jerusalem

By AFP

Mount Villarrica, one of the most active volcanos in Chile, located 750 km south of capital Santiago seen in April 2006. (CC BY-SA
Iulloa/Wikimedia commons)

Injured Israeli hiker rescued from peak of active volcano in Chile

Farouk Shami, a Palestinian-American beauty industry mogul, speaks during an interview with AFP at his institute for hairdressers in the town of Beitunia near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 25, 2019. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Pompadour & circumstanceFor one Palestinian-American, Trump isn’t hair-raising

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Woman, 65, dies after son attacks her in their home in Lod

Illustrative image of a waiter bringing out food at a restaurant on December 5, 2010. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

With chat and phone bots, Israeli service books restaurant tables lickety-split

By Shoshanna Solomon

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