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The Daily Edition
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
[Israeli elections begin Wednesday — everywhere but Israel](
By [Raoul Wootliff](
[Some 5,000 Israeli diplomats in nearly 100 missions across the globe get a head start on voting, ahead of the April 9 national ballot](
[Cybersecurity researchers find security flaws in Likud, Labor party Android apps](
By [Shoshanna Solomon](
[Likud campaign tries to portray Gantz as mentally unstable](
By [TOI staff](
[Facebook removes 30 fake profiles, most of them backing Netanyahu](
By [Sue Surkes](
[Tense calm returns to Israel’s south after night of strikes, rockets at Ashkelon](
By [Judah Ari Gross](
[Schools in Gaza-adjacent communities and cities open, reportedly amid ‘calm for calm’ agreement, after days of conflict sparked by projectile that destroyed central Israel house](
[Protesters in south call for stepped-up response to Gaza violence](
By [TOI staff](
[Pictures show Hamas leader’s office leveled as Gazans take stock of damage](
By [TOI staff and Agencies](
[Israeli air raids resume, Gaza rockets fired at Ashkelon as calm disintegrates](
By [Judah Ari Gross](
[Over half of Israelis unhappy with response to Gaza rocket fire, polls say](
By [Stuart Winer](
[Surveys by two broadcasters find despite disappointment over handling of attacks, more voters want Netanyahu to lead the country than Gantz](
[Analysis / Gaza escalation holds both promise and perils for Netanyahu](
By [Sam Sokol](
[Israel media review / Test or toast: 7 things to know for March 27](
By [Joshua Davidovich](
Reporter's notebook
[David Horovitz](
[Netanyahu’s post-election gambit? Protect me and I’ll annex the settlement blocs](
[Pompeo has rushed to declare that Trump’s Golan recognition is no precedent. The PM has indicated he sees things differently. Does he have a settlements-for-immunity idea in mind?](
[US says Golan recognition doesn’t apply to other cases](
By [TOI staff](
[US envoy says Trump understands why Israel needs to hold West Bank](
By [Eric Cortellessa and TOI staff](
[Israel says US Golan recognition helps pave way for keeping other captured lands](
By [Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren](
[French pilot who stayed with hijacked Israelis, Jews at Entebbe dies aged 95](
By [TOI staff](
[Tributes pour in for Michel Bacos, who refused the terroristsâ offer of release and, with his crew, remained captive with the plane’s Jewish hostages](
Live updates
[EU states unanimously reject Trump Golan recognition](
By [TOI staff](
[Europe says decision by US president to recognize Israeli sovereignty over strategic border plateau not ‘in line’ with international law, UN resolutions](
[At UN, European states reject Israeli sovereignty over Golan](
By [AFP and TOI staff](
[Belgium, UK, France, Germany and Poland say no change in stance on strategic plateau after Trump recognition, warn move could have negative consequences](
[After US recognition, Syria requests UN Security Council meeting on Golan](
By [AFP](
[Slamming Golan recognition, Hezbollah chief predicts West Bank is next](
By [TOI staff](
[Ilhan Omar knocks Netanyahu, AIPAC speakers for obsessing over her](
By [TOI staff and Raphael Ahren](
[Under fire for use of anti-Semitic tropes, freshman Dem. says PM devoted more time to her than Pittsburgh massacre, far-right violence, and is ‘in an alliance’ with ‘KKK of Israel’](
[At AIPAC, Netanyahu joins chorus against Omar: It’s not about the Benjamins](
By [Raphael Ahren](
[At AIPAC, Republicans and Democrats spar on what defines anti-Semitism](
By [Ron Kampeas](
Reporter's Notebook
[At swanky philanthropy conference, politics is the elephant in the room](
By [Simona Weinglass](
[Large Hasmonean-era agricultural village found under Jerusalem Arab neighborhood](
By [Amanda Borschel-Dan](
[Impressive, multi-generation burial chamber and large dovecote point to well-heeled settlement in rural area, near today’s Biblical Zoo](
[Yad Vashem to break ground on new artifacts center on Holocaust Remembrance Day](
By [Amanda Borschel-Dan](
Top Ops
[David Sedley](
[Shakespeareâs birds](
[Thereâs no telling how much havoc people can wreak by calling very different animals by the same name](
[Holly Rosen Fink](
[âThe Yiddish is everythingâ](
[An interview with Yenta on why this production is so much more than just another âFiddlerâ](
[David Friedman](
[The embassy, the Iran deal, and the good in Jerusalem](
[Can we leave the peace process to those who may penalize Israel for no more than having the audacity to survive in a dangerous neighborhood?](
[Sheila Katz](
[Michael Steinhardt sexually harassed me](
[Jewish organizations must be willing to turn down money from donors who abuse their power at the expense of employeesâ dignity](
Interview
[Shoshanna Solomon](
[Immigrants are key to economic growth, Goldman guru says](
[US economy is stronger than Europe’s and Japan’s because of its faster-growing population – largely thanks to immigration, according to Wall Street strategist Abby Joseph Cohen](
profile
[Robin MILLARD](
[Meet UK lawmaker Oliver Letwin, policy guru behind Brexit breakthrough bid](
[Conservative backbencher, who is Jewish, submitted controversial amendment allowing MPs, rather than the government, to drive the exit process from European Union](
[This new town will be the first fully disability-inclusive community in Israel](
By [Ben Sales](
More Headlines
[Iran looks to remote port to beat US sanctions](
By [AFP](
[Jordanian lawmakers urge canceling $10 billion natural gas deal with Israel](
By [TOI staff](
[Alabama congressman quotes Hitler, compares Democrats to Nazis](
By [JTA](
[Central Elections Committee: No anonymous electioneering via SMS messages](
By [Sue Surkes](
[Jussie Smollett’s attorneys say all criminal charges dropped](
By [AMANDA SEITZ and Michael Tarm](
[After synagogue attack, Pittsburgh tries again to curb guns](
By [Michael Rubinkam](
[FBI to return Nazi-stolen art to Jewish collector’s heirs](
By [AFP](
[Palestinian said killed in overnight clashes with IDF troops in West Bank](
By [Adam Rasgon and TOI staff](
[Democrats, Muslim lawmaker decry Christian prayer in Penn. House as divisive](
By [MARK SCOLFORO](
[Sites and sounds / For 18th time, Jerusalem opens its doors to Arts Festival](
By [Jessica Steinberg](
[Defense Ministry rebukes Israeli spy tech company for unlawful exports](
By [TOI staff](
[Soviet-born mobster accused of trying to launder cash through Trump projects](
By [Michael R. Sisak](
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