US stops UN slamming Israel

Israel IDs 10 of 15 killed on Gaza border as terrorists; US stops UN slamming Israel; Netanyahu won’t say if he’d meet Corbyn; Magdalene rehabilitated

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THE DAILY EDITIONSunday, April 1, 2018

IDF: At least 10 of the 15 killed at Gaza border were members of terror groups BY JUDAH ARI GROSS AND TOI STAFF Army publishes list of names, positions of men shot dead during violence at the security fence; Hamas acknowledges that five of them were gunmen from its military wing

LIVE UPDATES Palestinians report fresh shooting on Gaza border BY JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH IDF does not comment after claims on social media of people wounded near Khan Younis

US blocks UN resolution condemning Israel for deaths in Gaza clashes BY AFP AND KHALED ABU TOAMEH Scrapped Security Council draft urged investigation into IDF response, reaffirmed ‘right to peaceful protest’

Liberman threatens ‘much harsher’ response to further Gaza unrest BY TOI STAFF Defense minister claims 90% of 40,000 Palestinian protesters on Friday were paid Hamas activists and their families

ANALYSISRAPHAEL AHREN IDF feels it managed to stop Hamas, but what of the diplomatic battlefield? The border was not breached, the terrorists were thwarted. The question is whether the international community will see Friday’s Gaza fatalities in the same light

Netanyahu refuses to say if he’d meet with Jeremy Corbyn BY RAPHAEL AHREN 4 days after embattled UK Labour chief said he plans to visit Israel at some stage and would be happy to meet PM, Jerusalem officials pass the buck when asked if feeling is mutual

BOOK REVIEW Ehud Olmert takes no prisoners in conspiratorial and unrepentant memoir BY MARISSA NEWMAN

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DEBORAH DICKSON Go forth and do stuff in Israel this Passover From the beach to the zoo to the police museum to the Tower of David and a large wooden rocking horse LIA CINER There, scrubbing the dishes, I was suddenly free There was the trap of an unhappy marriage, the chaos of divorce, fear, sadness and, with time, laughter

Creator of Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’ becoming a feminist icon in the #MeToo era BY CURT SCHLEIER

Long maligned, Mary Magdalene now seen as stalwart disciple BY ALON BERNSTEIN AND ISAAC SCHARF

Catholics celebrate Easter in ancient Jerusalem church BY AP Roman Catholic worshipers pray and sing hymns in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday

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