Father of 12, soldier, buried after terror attack * US envoy pans Abbas silence * Hamas beats 7 reporters * Far-right Ben Ari barred from electi ons * Esther’s last letter

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Monday, March 18, 2019 [Father of 12 succumbs to injuries from Sunday terror attack]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Rabbi Achiad Ettinger dies after being shot near Ariel in northern West Bank; relatives say he managed to fire at attacker after being wounded]( [Victim of West Bank attack identified as IDF soldier Gal Keidan, 19]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Israel media review / Seeking safety from terror and extremism: 7 things to know for March 18]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Live updates [At funeral, Bennett praises ‘hero’ Ariel victim who confronted terrorist]( By [TOI staff]( [Rabbi Achiad Ettinger laid to rest with some 1,000 mourners in attendance; Netanyahu says security forces closing in on attacker]( [US ambassador pans Abbas for not condemning deadly West Bank terror attack]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [David Friedman notes Palestinian leader spoke out against Christchurch massacre but ‘is now deafening in his silence,’ declares Palestinian celebration of terror ‘is the problem’]( [Suspected Ariel attacker has no history of involvement in terror, official says]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Father and brother of suspected Ariel terrorist arrested as manhunt continues]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Avi Issacharoff]( [Sunday’s deadly attack underlines relentless rise in West Bank terror attempts]( [Hamas is doing its best to foment terror in the West Bank, in part to distract attention from Gaza, in part to hurt the PA]( [West Bank terrorist said shot in shoulder by IDF soldier as he fled]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Security forces say stabbing attack foiled in Hebron]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Palestinian teenager caught with knife at Tomb of the Patriarchs]( By [TOI staff]( [7 reporters held, ‘brutally beaten’ by Hamas for covering Gaza protests]( By [Adam Rasgon and AFP]( [UN envoy strongly condemns terror group over violent treatment of Palestinian reporters and rights activists, four of whom were hospitalized]( [Israel said ready to offer Gaza easing of export limits, larger cash transfers]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Israel was a ‘hair’s breadth’ from war with Hezbollah, ex-IDF chief says]( By [TOI staff]( [High Court bars far-right party leader Ben Ari from running in elections]( By [TOI staff]( [Marking first time individual candidate has been banned, justices prevent Otzma Yehudit chief from Knesset run; approve Arab slate, Jewish far-left candidate, and Otzma’s Ben Gvir]( [Extremist Otzma Yehudit demands top posts after leader banned from Knesset run]( By [TOI staff]( [Former Shin Bet deputy chief said to claim MK Smotrich planned terror attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Right seethes, left cheers as top court disqualifies far-right candidate Ben Ari]( By [Ori Lewis]( [Gantz calls for state commission of inquiry into submarine scandal]( By [Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff]( [Demand comes after fresh allegations that Netanyahu made NIS 16 million off the deal; Likud says Blue and White leader has lost his sense of judgement]( [Poll shows Likud overtaking Blue and White, for first time in weeks]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Report: Barak’s phone breached, info apparently sold to Iran by foreign hackers]( By [TOI staff]( [Police: New Zealand gunman acted alone, but may have had support]( By [Agencies]( [Prime minister promises tough gun laws, wants Facebook to answer how 1.5 million copies of massacre video were uploaded]( [At least 1 killed, several hurt in suspected Dutch terror shooting]( By [AFP]( [Facebook scrubs 1.5 million Christchurch attack videos, but criticism goes viral]( By [AFP]( [Accused mosque gunman appears ‘rational,’ will represent himself]( By [AFP]( [US Jewish communities support Muslim neighbors at prayer vigils]( By [JTA]( [Jews stand outside services nationwide with messages of support, rabbis address interfaith sessions to honor victims of New Zealand mosque massacre]( [Protesters with Palestinian flags turn backs on Dutch rabbi’s New Zealand eulogy]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [NYU students tell Chelsea Clinton she is a cause of New Zealand mosque attack]( By [Marcy Oster]( [New Zealand PM comforts mourning Muslim community after deadly mosque shooting]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( ToI investigates [Avner Hofstein and Anabel Zamir]( [Where are the mobile bomb shelters KKL-JNF promised Golan residents last spring?]( [The organization raised NIS 2.4 million, and delivered one unit out of a promised 70]( blog post [Rahel Jaskow]( [Esther’s last letter]( [Vashti’s secret fate revealed: ’We faced one another: she, the king’s former chief wife, humiliated and outcast, and I, high in his favor.’]( Top Ops [Howard Feldman]( [We crashed along with Ethiopian flight ET302]( [The Jewish mourners reacted strongly when retrieving the bodies didn’t happen quickly, and they are apologizing for it now]( [Naomi Chazan]( [This ugly election campaign]( [These uncivil politics destablize the Israeli public and make it even harder to achieve any kind of productive consensus]( [Watch Times of Israel’s pre-election debate, Monday evening in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Sold-out event is 2nd of 4 debates nationwide hosted by ToI, co-sponsored by AACI; 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