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What Matters Most On Thursday, March 18, 2021

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(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Joe Biden and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Collage/AP)

DC is in talks with PA on its payments to terrorists

Internal Biden memo said to back 2-state solution along 1967 lines

Plans for ‘reset’ of PA ties include rollback of Trump policies legitimizing settlements, $15 million in COVID-related aid to Palestinians

Then US vice-president Joe Biden, left, walks with Israel's President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner/ FILE)

Rivlin invited to address joint session of US Congress

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Israeli workers put up a giant election campaign poster showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party, in Jerusalem on March 10, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Op-ed

Will Netanyahu’s vaccine success outweigh his rivals’ warnings about democracy?

Four insights as Israel prepares for Election IV, the least ideological vote yet and the most personal referendum on our longest-serving prime minister

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet to inaugurate a new town named after then-US president Donald Trump in a gesture of appreciation for the US leader's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights on June 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Netanyahu vows to accept election results: ‘What can I do? Cry?’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) meets with senior police officers, March 17, 2020 (Screen grab)

Netanyahu to police: ‘Catch, incarcerate, maybe kill’ some Arab crime leaders

Message from Leket Israel

Help put a meal on their Passover table

Over the past year, thousands of Israeli families joined the circle of poverty. You can provide a hot meal for vulnerable Israelis in time for the Passover holiday.

The Daily Briefing

Times of Israel Podcast

Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 18 – The future is now: An Israeli artificial womb

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

A mouse embryo grows in the artificial womb at the Weizmann Institute of Science (courtesy of the Weizmann Institute of Science)

In breakthrough, Israelis grow hundreds of mouse embryos in artificial wombs

By Nathan Jeffay

In this March 8, 2021, photo a health worker shows the media how she prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered to a patient at a vaccination center set up in front of Rome's Termini central station. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)

Some ‘Long COVID’ patients say vaccine helped alleviate symptoms

A man waves a large United Arab Emirates flag outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on August 19, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Emiratis said angry at Netanyahu for trying to use them in his election campaign

By AFP and ToI Staff

Facing backlash from UAE, Netanyahu denies he’ll visit Abu Dhabi before next week’s vote; premier has canceled trip to Gulf state several times

Illustrative: UAE delegates wave to the departing El Al plane at the end of the Israel-UAE normalization talks, with the US, in Abu Dhabi, September 1, 2020. (El Al spokesperson's office)

UAE said to shelve plans for Israel-US summit amid anger at PM’s electioneering

By ToI Staff and AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, on January 16, 2014. (AP/ Yousef Allan, Jordanian Royal Palace/ File)

AnalysisJordan counts on support from Biden as it pushes back against Netanyahu

By Mussa Hattar

Ahmadreza Djalali, left, and his family. (Screen capture via YouTube/Amnesty International)

UN experts: Academic convicted of spying for Israel ‘near death’ in Iran jail

By AFP

Independent group appointed by international body says Iranian-Swedish researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, facing death sentence for allegedly passing nuke info to Mossad, must be freed

Israeli National Security Council chairman Meir Ben-Shabbat (right), and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. (Flash90, AP)

Israel-US to set up joint team to share intel on Iran’s nuclear program

Debris litters the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Iran absolves its armed forces in final report on downing of Ukrainian plane

Photos of the Krieger family and a graphic t-shirt of the word 'orbisculate,' which Hilary and Jonathan Krieger are working to get into the dictionary in honor of their late father, Neil. (Courtesy)

Spread the word

You can’t look it up… yet: Siblings seek to honor late dad with ‘orbisculate’

By Cathryn J. Prince

A widescale war on Israel’s northern front?

In the off chance that war does break out, it will be a multi-front clash with the entire Shiite axis, not just Hezbollah. Israel must be prepared.

This Pesach we’ll celebrate the rebirth and renewal of Jewish life in the Gulf

Since we established a network that serves Jews in the region, we’ve discovered many more Jews living here than we previously thought

The ultimate (and balanced) Netanyahu scorecard

The PM gets high marks on security and a failing grade when it comes to setting a personal example. What about his pandemic management?

Hannah in the tabernacle of Yehuda Meshi Zahav

Eradicating serial sexual predation from the religious community means coming to grips with the complicit silence of those in the know

Menachem Kaiser documents his journey in 'Plunder.' (Beowulf Sheehan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Go down an adventurous rabbit hole with an author seeking property taken in WWII

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference on March 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Smotrich says he opposes ‘LGBT culture,’ appears to liken gay marriage to incest

Meanwhile, Liberman denies anti-gay bias after allegations by businesswoman; Arab lawmakers come under fire for refusing to openly back legislation for LGBT rights

People wait at a bus stop in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2021 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Battered by pandemic, some ultra-Orthodox question supporting Haredi parties

Israeli Arabs and activists protest against the murder of teenager Mohammed Adas, in Jaljulia, March 12, 2021. (Flash90)

Ending violent crime a top issue for Arab Israeli voters in election

By Majeda El Batsh and Claire Gounon

Israelis shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on March 18, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Ministers okay further easing of virus restrictions

Coronavirus cabinet approves increasing capacity at sporting, cultural events; also expected to impose limitations on gatherings over Passover, Ramadan

7:16 pm

Hundreds protest in Tel Aviv over violent crime in Arab communities
7:08 pm

Israel said concerned US-Russia tensions could impact operations in Syria
6:53 pm

Number of COVID patients in serious condition falls below 550

Demonstrators carry banners outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, rear, urging the court to prosecute Israel's army for alleged war crimes, The Hague on November 29, 2019. (AP/Peter Dejong)

Israel said to receive formal letter from ICC informing of war crimes probe

National Security Council meets to discuss whether to reply; Jerusalem has 30 days to issue response

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, right, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron on his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 23, 2019. (ludovic Marin/AFP)

Rivlin urges France to oppose ICC’s ‘legally, morally bankrupt’ war crimes probe

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema (City of Amsterdam via JTA)

Amsterdam mayor: Netanyahu ICC comments hurt fight against anti-Semitism

By Toby Axelrod

Passengers walk in the arrivals hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on March 8, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Gov’t seeks ways to limit air travel despite court order to let in all Israelis

Virus czar slams High Court for striking down cap on number of Israelis permitted entry to country, warns it puts ‘the encouraging morbidity figures at risk’

El Al Airlines' Boeing 737s are pictured on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 10, 2020. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)

Israel to bail out El Al by buying $210m of advance tickets for security teams

People shop and eat at the Mahane Yehuda Market on March 17, 2021 in Jerusalem (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Positive test rate drops to 2%, virus transmission rate dives

Blu Greenberg, the founder of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, in an undated photo. (courtesy)

Behind the Headlines

Join ToI Community and meet the matriarch of Orthodox feminism, Blu Greenberg

In this week’s Behind the Headlines, exclusively for ToI Community members, a pioneering Jewish voice that wrestles with the values of Orthodoxy and feminism

Israelis at a cafe in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

As economy reawakens, fears of sluggish rebound for labor market linger

By Shoshanna Solomon

This booking photo provided by the Crisp County Sheriff's Office shows Robert Aaron Long on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Long was arrested as a suspect in the fatal shootings of multiple people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors, most of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. (Crisp County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Gunman charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors

By Kate Brumback and Angie Wang

Deadliest US shooting in almost 2 years horrifies Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic

A man walks past a massage parlor where three women were shot and killed in Atlanta, March 17, 2021. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Following Atlanta murders, Jewish groups voice support for Asian Americans

Law enforcement officials confer outside a massage parlor following a shooting on March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Atlanta police: ‘Sex addiction,’ not racism, may be motive in deadly shootings

By Kate Brumback and Angie Wang

More Headlines

ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav (2L) gives the Israel team a final briefing before they depart for Ethiopia, March 10, 2018. (Courtesy)

ZAKA officials suspected of financial fraud, misdirecting funds — report

A satellite image of Israel and Gaza's southern Mediterranean coast taken by the EU's Sentinel 1 on February 12, 2021. (screen capture)

Marine monitor urges Israel to step up surveillance or risk more oil spill woes

The site of a plane crash in which two Israeli soldiers were killed near Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev in southern Israel, on November 24, 2020. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

IDF concludes November training plane crash likely due to low altitude stall

Ambulances outside a home in Kiryat Gat where a man is suspected of stabbing to death his 14-year-old son on March 17 2021 (Magen David Adom)

Father arrested after allegedly stabbing, killing 14-year-old son

US President Joe Biden (L) on March 15, 2021, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 5, 2020 (Eric BARADAT and Pavel Golovkin / various sources / AFP)

Russia warns of escalation after Biden calls Putin a killer

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Staff Sgt. Yonatan Granot, killed by an apparent accidental discharge from another serviceman’s weapon on a base in the Jordan Valley (Courtesy)

Soldier who accidentally killed comrade charged with manslaughter

By Aaron Boxerman

A soldier participates in early voting for the 24th Knesset at an IDF base, March 17, 2021 (IDF)

Israeli soldiers begin early voting ahead of March 23 elections

Illustrative: A light airplane flies through the sky in Frederick, MD, USA on October 13, 2020. (iStock/Getty Images)

Israeli businessman among 3 dead in Florida light plane crash

In this Jan. 2, 2021 photo, doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and UK-based drugmaker AstraZeneca arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, England. (Gareth Fuller/Pool Photo via AP, File)

WHO recommends continued use of AstraZeneca vaccines amid blood clot fears

By AFP

Dean Yaakov Shoshani, left, and Stav Harari, right, drowned in a Tel Aviv elevator on January 4, 2020. (Facebook/Instagram)

No-one to blame: Case closed in elevator flooding that killed Tel Aviv couple

Daniel Nachmani, accused in the murder of Noa Eyal, is taken from the courtroom of the Jerusalem District Court on April 29, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Supreme Court upholds conviction in brutal 1998 murder, sex assault of teenager

File: A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane taxis April 13, 2018, at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Laser aimed at cockpit blinds pilot, forces flight to Tel Aviv back to London

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