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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 12, 2019

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Iranians visit a weaponry and military equipment exhibition in the capital Tehran on February 2, 2019, organized on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Amid US-Iran tension, Israeli minister fears Tehran ‘may fire rockets at Israel’

‘Things are heating up,’ Yuval Steinitz warns as US aircraft carrier sails toward Persian Gulf; Iranian Guards chief dismisses US ‘psychological war’

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shouts from a balcony of the Palais Coburg Hotel where the Iran nuclear talks meetings were held in Vienna, Austria, on July 13, 2015. (AFP/JOE KLAMAR)

Israel media reviewSomething to talk about: 8 things to know for May 12

By Joshua Davidovich

The front cover of the May 11, 2019 edition of the Iranian weekly reformist magazine, Seda, center, is photographed along with other periodicals in Tehran, Iran, May 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian reformist magazine shuttered after urging talks with US

By AP

Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference in Netanya on March 18, 2019. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Ex-IDF chief said to warn West Bank ‘volatile’ ahead of US peace plan’s release

Israeli TV quotes Gadi Eisekot telling Trump envoy that White House must work ‘to stabilize the situation on the ground,’ regardless if proposal released

6:30 pm

Iranian MP says US won't start war 'when Israel is within our range'
6:09 pm

Ex-IDF chief said to tell US to consider situation in West Bank before peace plan released
5:26 pm

Contestants begin arriving for Eurovision opening events

Saad and Riham Dawabsha, with baby Ali (Channel 2 screenshot)

State reaches plea bargain with teen accomplice in Duma terror attack

Court drops murder conspiracy charge and instead convicts far-right activist only of planning 2015 arson along with other attacks

(From left to right) Avner, Sara, Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu tour the Golan Heights, on April 23, 2019. (PMO)

Netanyahu says site set for new town on Golan Heights to be named after Trump

PM says planning has already started; site is reportedly in the northern Golan, cornerstone will be laid on June 10

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on May 12, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/Pool/AFP)

Netanyahu says he needs more time to form new government

By AFP

Citing Passover holiday season and April’s Gaza fighting, PM calls 14-day extension to coalition talks ‘accepted practice’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mandelblit says Netanyahu lawyers refusing to accept delivery of case files

Analysis

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Happy Women’s Day

Here’s to those who wanted, and who didn’t want, children, who could and couldn’t have babies, to mothers but not just mothers

Karen Miller Jackson

The social media battle you need to know about

When a secular MK defends a former model against Facebook shaming for her religious head covering, something good is in the air

I’m keeping my subscription to The New York Times

Reading the imperfect paper of record has been a worthy experience on so many levels. I’m not about to give that up

A protester hurls stones at Israeli troops as a woman holds a Palestinian national flag, during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on May 10, 2019. (Said KHATIB / AFP)

Israel reopens Gaza crossings after border clashes fail to derail ceasefire

Erez and Kerem Shalom terminals to allow traffic through, a week after deadly fighting and days after Palestinian man was killed during Friday protests along fence

An Israeli child on May 6, 2019, looks at shattered glass at the entrance to a building damaged by a rocket strike from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Southern Israel residents increasingly traumatized by Gaza rockets, group says

By Michael Bachner

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces during a protest on the Israel-Gaza border, in the eastern part of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazan carrying knife arrested after crossing border into Israel

Uzbekistan's Bekmurod Oltiboev, in white, competes against Iran's Javad Mahjoub during their men's +100 kg judo bronze medal match at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 31, 2018. (AP/Dita Alangkara)

Iranian judo officials agree to end decades-long boycott of Israeli athletes

By Joshua Davidovich

Historic commitment comes after talks with International Judo Federation over ‘disturbing phenomenon’ of Iranians throwing matches

Tohar Butbul (2nd left) and Sagi Muki (2nd right) at the Baku Grand Slam on May 11, 2019. (Israel Judo Association)

Two Israeli judokas take gold and silver at Baku Grand Slam

Iranians walk along Valiasr Street in northern Tehran on May 8, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

‘Avoid looking’ at women: Iran hardliners crack down on modesty infringement

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US special representative for international negotiations, in Ramallah on March 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

Trump envoy: PA dismissal of peace plan hurts ordinary Palestinians

Ahead of proposal’s expected unveiling next month, Jason Greenblatt urges Ramallah not to ‘continue on the road of rejection’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 20, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Palestinians criticize new booklet praising Abbas handed out in PA schools

A clip for Eurovision by the Kan public broadcaster that angered the Palestinian Authority (screenshot)

PA demands Israel remove Jerusalem from Eurovision promo videos

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this illustrative photo taken June 28, 2016, Dr. Matthew Cooper, left and Dr. Seyed Ghasemian transplant a donated kidney into Brenda Hudson at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Medical halacha

Rabbis work to uproot taboo against organ donation

By Cathryn J. Prince

Israel's Netta Barzilai after winning the final of the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, on May 12, 2018. (AFP/Francisco Leong)

Eurovision celebrates all that is kitsch and corny — and Israelis relish it

By Jessica Steinberg

The door of Mohammed's cafe is decorated to let customers know exactly what kind of entertainment will be featured on screen.(Hadas Porush/Flash90)

On the ground in Tel Aviv

Migrant-owned bars offer soccer and solace for south Tel Aviv’s African expats

Andrew Mandel, right, founded Yom HaTzedek after seeing how few Jews came to protests and advocacy work, contrasted with the masses that "begrudgingly attend" synagogue for the High Holidays. (Lev Gringauz)

Is the Jewish world ready for a new holiday? ‘Day of Justice’ backers think so

By Lev Gringauz

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Illustrative: Screen capture of the Nowy Targ synagogue, Poland. (Google maps)

Two former synagogues destroyed in Poland and Ukraine

By JTA

Pro-Palestinian protesters march through London's Regent Street, May 11, 2019. (Twitter screenshot)

Backed by Corbyn, over 3,000 march for ‘free Palestine’ in London

In this file photo taken on March 17, 2009 Actress Rashida Jones, left, and her mother actress Peggy Lipton arrive at the premiere of 'I Love You, Man' held at Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California. (Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)

‘Mod Squad’ star Peggy Lipton dies at 72

By AP

Illustrative: Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a press conference regarding the party's European Parliament election campaign in London on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / various sources / AFP)

Farage’s Brexit Party heading for big win in EU Parliament elections, poll finds

By ToI Staff and AP

Gil Messing, who was tapped to take over as IDF spokesperson, in an undated photograph. (Sigal Naftali Kessel/Israel Defense Forces)

IDF spokesman nominee withdraws candidacy amid hubbub over role in graft probe

By Judah Ari Gross

Trevor Engelson at his bachelor party in March 2019. (screen capture: YouTube/Daily Mail)

Royal reboundMeghan Markle’s Jewish ex ties the knot again

People hold flags during a demonstration by Germany's nationalist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) on May Day in Erfurt, central Germany, May 1, 2017. (AP/Jens Meyer)

Israeli envoy to Germany says he is shunning far-right AfD party

By AP and ToI Staff

Far-right demonstrators protest against the US Senate's 447 Holocaust Restitution bill, in Warsaw, on May 11, 2019. (Alik Keplicz/AFP)

Polish far-right marches in protest at US pressure for Holocaust restitution

Lihi Lapid is a journalist, photographer and author of several best-selling novels and children's books. (Elinor Milchan)

Yair Lapid’s wife says she was fired from newspaper due to husband’s career

Rashida Tlaib, then a Democratic candidate for Michigan's 13th Congressional district, during a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, October 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Palestinian-American lawmaker says Israeli policies pushed her to one-state view

Illustrative photo of Eshel Prison, undated. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Report finds inhumane treatment of inmates widespread in Israeli prisons

By Michael Bachner

A plate of hummus at the Hummus Hagiva restaurant at the French Hill neighborhood in Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

World (chick)peasInternational Hummus Day is more than a hill of beans

By Jessica Steinberg

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