Egypt races to broker deal for Gaza calm * US redraws Israel maps to include Golan * Bannon on film * Kahlon, kingmaker? * 19th-cent Slave Bible on display * Gantz at ToI

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Friday, March 29, 2019 [Hamas said to back Egypt’s plan for Gaza calm ahead of huge anniversary protest]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [In reported deal, protesters to stay several hundred meters from border, Israel won’t fire unless they approach fence]( [Israel media review / Gaza border or (hopefully) bust: 8 things to know for March 29]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israel said to warn Hamas any error could lead to war, as IDF preps for violence]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( [False missile alarm sounds in south amid skyrocketing Gaza tensions]( By [TOI staff]( [Hamas claims rockets fired at central Israel were self-activated]( By [TOI staff]( [Terror group says it’s on war footing because it has intelligence indicating Israel planning attack before elections]( [Analysis / Hamas and Israel risk another Gaza war in deadly game of chicken]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF readies for massive weekend protests along Gaza Border]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF strikes Gazans launching airborne arson devices into Israel, injuring 3]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [US redrawing official maps to include Golan as part of Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [State Department official says maps will be updated to reflect change in policy and Israel’s need for ‘secure and defensible borders’]( [Iran to ‘resist’ Trump decision on Golan Heights]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Analysis / Arabs seek unity on Golan, but summit in Tunisia likely to expose rifts on Syria]( By [BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Samy Magdy]( [Starting with Golan, Trump surprises aides, allies with series of abrupt decrees]( By [Matthew Lee and Deb Riechmann]( Interview [New Steve Bannon documentary goes into the back rooms behind The Movement]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( Campaign notebook [Raoul Wootliff]( [At working class market, Kahlon clings to hopes of being a kingmaker again]( [A trip to Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood highlights the underdog Kulanu leader’s balancing act as he tries to hang on to cast-off Likud voters and remain in the Knesset]( [Diplomats and emissaries worldwide get in their votes ahead of Israel’s election]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Fake news hits new high as bots, trolls continue to bat for Netanyahu – report]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Meretz cancels campaign ad that used Auschwitz gate to portray occupation]( By [TOI staff]( [Poll: Likud catches up to Blue and White, Netanyahu still favored for PM]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Nearly two-thirds fault PM on his handling of Gaza violence; 46% see Trump recognition of Golan Heights sovereignty as election interference]( [Netanyahu campaign video boasts of ‘lecturing’ Obama in the Oval Office]( By [TOI staff]( [Visiting Brazil president likely won’t announce embassy move]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [19th-cent. 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[Julie Masis]( [Is Ukraine’s top presidential candidate Jewish?]( [In a country where it is ‘rude’ to ask about religion, ToI gets mixed results when speaking with Jewish leaders about Volodymyr Zelensky and his projected impact on the community]( [Ukraine president accuses Israeli tycoon of meddling in election for revenge]( By [AP]( Interview [After outsourcing kaddish, son faces a world of regret in new Englander novel]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Countdown to April 9 [Gabbay, then Gantz, are next ToI election interviewees, in TLV next week]( By [TOI staff]( [Labor leader will be one-on-one with ToI’s Haviv Rettig Gur on Sunday; Blue and White chair will speak with David Horovitz on Tuesday]( [Gantz gets bodyguards following threats on social media]( By [TOI staff]( More Headlines [Conspirator in New York Hasid’s murder gets maximum sentence of 7 years]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Amid crackdown, vaccinations on rise in NY county with many ultra-Orthodox]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [French-Israelis said to swindle millions by impersonating foreign minister]( By [TOI staff]( [Five other times when ‘Mein Kampf’ was heard in Congress]( By [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [Israel convicts French consulate worker of Gaza-West Bank gun-running]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Jews worried as Quebec moves to ban religious symbols on public workers]( By [JTA]( [New territory / In departure, season 3 of ‘Fauda’ takes place in Gaza]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Netanyahu’s links to his cousin’s medical firms may be probed]( By [TOI staff]( [$1 million prize awaits Israeli team if moon landing works]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [At memorial, New Zealand mosque survivor says he forgives attacker]( By [Nick Perry]( [New York sues Sackler family, Teva over opioid crisis]( By [Michael R. 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