ToI’s weekly deep dive: Evidence of biblical story unearthed? * Countdown to April 9 * Jews flee Venezuela * Is Enough still Enough in UK? * Acc essibility in the Old City

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Weekend Edition Sunday, March 31, 2019 [Two tiny First Temple inscriptions vastly enlarge picture of ancient Jerusalem]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Rare Paleo-Hebrew seal and seal impression found in large administrative center in the Iron Age capital’s western sprawl ahead of the Babylonian capture]( 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]( [Did Netanyahu just endorse the acquisition of territory by force?]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Countdown to April 9 [Inane and outdated, state-funded TV campaign ads gun for scraps of attention]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [The first batch of election commercials provide mostly bombast and sloganeering, but also some genuine entertainment and WTF moments]( [Reporter's notebook / Netanyahu’s post-election gambit? Protect me and I’ll annex the settlement blocs]( By [David Horovitz]( [Campaign notebook / At working class market, Kahlon clings to hopes of being a kingmaker again]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Analysis [Joshua S. Block]( [The protests Hamas don’t want you to see]( [Gazans have spent 12 years under a tyrannical regime that spends its vast sums on arms rather than food for its people]( Elections 2019 [Voting under fire: It’s (almost) impossible to delay elections because of war]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Calls from across the political spectrum for a harsh response to the latest rocket fire from Gaza could pose a real chance of an unwanted ‘khaki election’]( [Analysis / Ultra-Orthodox parties are losing voters — to Netanyahu’s benefit]( By [Marissa Newman]( [Times of Israel Presents / Feiglin says his party ‘similar’ to extremist Otzma Yehudit on Palestinian issue]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Countdown to April 9 / New Right head Bennett vows not to serve under Gantz, give up ‘one inch’ of land]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Jews fleeing Venezuela for Israel face language barriers and work shortages]( By [Federico Maccioni]( Analysis [Robert Philpot]( [One year after UK Jews said ‘Enough is Enough,’ has anything changed?]( [Since the community took an unprecedented stance against anti-Semitism in Labour, ties with Corbyn’s party have only worsened. Now, will his adversaries’ weaknesses make him PM?]( [A historic ally / When the UK’s left-wing prime minister was one of Israel’s closest friends]( By [Robert Philpot]( Is he or isn't he? [Is Ukraine’s top presidential candidate Jewish? Even his spokesman won’t comment]( By [Julie Masis]( StartUp Israel [Immigrants are key to economic growth, Goldman guru says]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [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]( [They’re lovin’ it: McDonald’s to buy Israeli tech to customize drive-thru menus]( By [Shoshanna Solomon and Paul Shindman]( [Mellanox to stay independent within Nvidia with Waldman at its head, CEO says]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israel-based Adama joins forces with startup to adapt drone for agricultural use]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( altneuland [Ancient meets accessibility as Jerusalem makes Old City wheelchair-friendly]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Heavily visited tourist site and residential area renovated with 4 kilometers of smooth sidewalks and alleyways in Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters]( [Large Hasmonean-era agricultural village found under Jerusalem Arab neighborhood]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( Interview [New Steve Bannon documentary goes into the back rooms behind The Movement]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Alison Klayman’s ‘The Brink,’ out March 29, takes a deeply candid look at the polarizing figure, not shirking his wit, charm… or ruthlessness]( [GOP silence draws calls of ‘hypocrisy’ after lawmaker compares Dems to Nazis]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Yad Vashem to break ground on new artifacts center on Holocaust Remembrance Day]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [19th-cent. Slave Bible that removed Exodus story to repress hope goes on display]( By [Ben Zehavi]( Sabra Style [In departure, season 3 of ‘Fauda’ takes place in Gaza]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Expect several new characters and a shifting structure to the Israeli Netflix drama, says co-creator Avi Issacharoff]( [Interview / After outsourcing kaddish, son faces a world of regret in new Englander novel]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [NY Jewish family learns its beloved bubbe is really a Nazi nurse, in new film]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( Blog [Shakespeare’s birds]( By [David Sedley]( [There’s no telling how much havoc people can wreak by calling very different animals by the same name]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved