Uneasy calm, as PM warns Hamas * Trump formalizes Golan recognition * Gantz channels Rabin at AIPAC * Pelosi decries dual loyalty ’myth’ * UK Je ws and Corbyn, one year on

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, March 26, 2019 [Gaza groups said to pledge not to escalate as long as IDF halts raids]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Weekly protest scheduled for Tuesday at border between Israel and the Strip canceled; schools and businesses reopen in Gaza City]( [Senior official says no ceasefire with Hamas, as troops remain on Gaza border]( By [Raphael Ahren and Judah Ari Gross]( [Netanyahu says Israel prepared to do ‘a lot more’ after Gaza bombardment]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Uneasy calm settles on Gaza border region after night of rockets, IDF strikes]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( Live updates [Netanyahu: Israel will always be a democracy, there are no second class citizens]( By [TOI staff]( [PM tells AIPAC confab that IDF prepared to do ‘a lot more’ on Gaza; huddles with top security brass in Tel Aviv]( [Alongside PM, Trump signs proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty on Golan]( By [Tamar Pileggi and Raphael Ahren]( [US president says policy shift will ‘allow Israel to defend itself’; Netanyahu thanks Trump for ‘act of historic justice,’ says Israel will never give up strategic plateau]( [Rouhani slams Trump’s ‘colonial’ recognition of Israeli Golan Heights]( By [Stuart Winer and Agencies]( [Saudi Arabia ‘rejects and condemns’ US recognition of Israeli Golan Heights]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Turkey slams Trump’s Golan recognition as ‘electoral gift’ to Netanyahu]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [With some of Rabin’s awkward charisma, Gantz passes the AIPAC test]( [The would-be prime minister is no match for the polished, articulate Netanyahu, but his speech hit the right notes, and the pro-Israel lobby responded with enthusiasm]( [At AIPAC, Gantz vows to rid Israel’s leadership of racism, corruption]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Gantz: Seizing Gaza ‘always on table,’ but deterrence must lead to diplomacy]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Without mentioning Omar, Pelosi decries ‘myth of dual loyalty’ at AIPAC]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Support for Israel remains ‘relentlessly bipartisan,’ says House speaker a day after Pence tells confab Democratic Party ‘co-opted’ by anti-Semites]( [Analysis / AIPAC stands up to critics, but what it stands for is more elusive]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Mike Pompeo, Chuck Schumer addressing AIPAC confab evening session]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministers reject opposition and coalition accusations of inaction in Gaza]( By [TOI staff]( [Temporary acting PM denies ceasefire; Lapid says IDF must restore deterrence, send clear message to Hamas; Kahlon accuses Bennett of politicizing security situation]( [Presenting plan for south, Bennett vows to ‘open the gates of hell’ on Hamas]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Hamas claims truce reached, but rocket fire, Israeli air strikes continue]( By [Judah Ari Gross, Adam Rasgon and TOI staff]( [Father says it’s a ‘miracle’ family survived Gaza rocket that leveled their home]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Daniel Wolf describes mad dash to shelter, moments before massive explosion and ‘silence, dust, and screaming’]( [IDF bombs Gaza sites, including Haniyeh’s office, after rocket hits Israeli home]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon]( [Fearing further Gaza rockets, Tel Aviv, Netanya, other cities open bomb shelters]( By [TOI staff]( [Father of Sandy Hook victim who probed violence dies in apparent suicide]( By [AP]( [Following the 2012 massacre, Jeremy Richman and his wife had set up a foundation to promote research into brain pathologies that lead to violence]( [LIVE: AIPAC Conference plenary session]( [Speakers on last day of policy confab include Netanyahu (via satellite link), US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, and senators Pelosi, McConnell and Menendez]( [Pompeo at AIPAC says ‘Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism’]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Pence to AIPAC: Democratic Party ‘co-opted’ by purveyors of anti-Semitism]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Senate Republicans to introduce two bills against anti-Semitism]( By [JTA]( Top Ops [Joshua S. 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