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					<p>Niv Rabino arrived home to Haifa earlier this week after completing a stint as head of <a href="http://www.israaid.co.il/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IsraAID</a>&#8216;s mission on the Greek island of Lesvos. For nine months, Rabino oversaw the humanitarian aid organization&#8217;s intensive work supporting the medical and psychosocial needs of Middle Eastern and African refugees stuck in camps waiting for permission to migrate to the European mainland. He was looking forward to some time off.
<p>Then Hurricane Harvey struck Texas, and Rabino knew his vacation was going to have to be postponed. IsraAID immediately put together a response team, and he offered to join. It was obvious that the people of Texas needed help, but there was also a personal reason why Rabino wanted to jump on a plane to the US: His brother&#8217;s 11-year-old daughter was caught up in the flooding.
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<p>&#8220;She had gone from Tel Aviv to Houston on vacation with her grandmother to visit relatives. Fortunately, they were able to ride out the storm by holing up with 15 other people on the second floor of the relatives&#8217; house for three days,&#8221; Rabino told The Times of Israel.</p>
<p>It was the only house on the block with two floors, so neighbors crowded in, as well. They fortunately had food and water with them to last until the flood water on the first floor receded.</p>
<p>&#8220;My niece was brave about it, but I can see that it was a trauma for her from the way she talks about it,&#8221; Rabino said.</p>
<p>The relatives &#8212; and their house &#8212; fared better than many of the others Rabino met upon his arrival to Houston on Wednesday afternoon with four other IsraAID team members. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/harvey-houston-texas-flood.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=span-abc-region&amp;region=span-abc-region&amp;WT.nav=span-abc-region&amp;_r=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As of Thursday,</a> 38 deaths were attributed to Hurricane Harvey. An estimated 30,000 people were still in shelters, and FEMA reported that 95,745 people in Texas had been approved for emergency assistance, which includes financial help with rent, repairs and lost property.</p>

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		<div class="wp-caption-text">Debris removed from a flooded home in Bellaire, Texas, August 31, 2017 (IsraAID)</div>
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<p>Rabino&#8217;s niece and her grandmother were scheduled to fly home to Israel from Austin on Friday, eager to put their harrowing Hurricane Harvey experience behind them.</p>

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		<div class="wp-caption-text">IsraAID team member Niv Rabino (Courtesy)</div>
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<p>Rabino will remain in Houston for at least three weeks. According to IsraAID&#8217;s co-CEO Yotam Polizer, the NGO usually sends an initial team into a disaster area for three weeks to assess the situation and set up operations, and then rotates team members in an out for the next six months.</p>
<p>IsraAID responded quickly to this disaster, sending two US-based team members into Dallas by Tuesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dallas was the closest we could get at that point. Rescue operations were ongoing in Houston and you couldn&#8217;t get in there unless you had a boat. We&#8217;ll go where the people are, but we have to be able to get there safely,&#8221; said IsraAID communications director Mickey Noam-Alon.</p>
<p>In the meantime, mission head Rachel Gerber and team member Erin Zaikis visited shelters and met with representatives of community organizations, including the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas to get specific information on Houston families and neighborhoods that could use IsraAID&#8217;s assistance with debris removal.</p>

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		<div class="wp-caption-text">IsraAID team member brings relief supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims in shelters in Dallas, Texas, August 29, 2017 (IsraAID)</div>
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<p>&#8220;I was talking to a lot of different people and giving out my number. We got specific requests from Houston people who wanted us to help remove debris,&#8221; Gerber said.</p>
<p>While in Dallas waiting for the team members flying in from Israel, Gerber and Zaikis also purchased a load of supplies and dropped them off at a distribution center. The donation included much-need items such as baby bottles, formula, baby food, feminine hygiene products, and underwear.</p>
<p>With IsraAID having responded in the past to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, as well as recent flooding events in Texas, the team also knew what kind of equipment they would need to stock up on for removing debris, and mucking out and gutting storm-damaged houses.</p>
<p>Immediately after Rabino and his two colleagues from Israel landed Wednesday morning, all five IsraAID team members drove to Houston, arriving by mid-afternoon.</p>
<p>&#8220;The drive took about four hours, and it was pretty smooth. We had to take a roundabout route because Interstate 45 had closures. We saw flooding alongside the highway, but the water has already receded in the Northwest part of Houston as we entered the city,&#8221; Rabino said.</p>
<p>After checking on his niece and her grandmother, Rabino went to work removing debris from damaged homes in Bellaire, a southwest suburb of Houston.</p>
<p>The IsraAID team encountered traumatized people removing the water-logged contents of their homes out onto the now-dry streets.</p>

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<p>&#8220;There was no more water, but the houses were filled with debris. There were piles of garbage everywhere. Some people were doing the removal themselves, and others had hired companies that bring tractors to do it,&#8221; Rabino said.</p>
<p>Rabino reported that Texans have welcomed the IsraAID team, and that people have been surprised to learn that the Israelis came so far, so quickly to help them.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are also happy to hear about IsraAID&#8217;s history and that we have experience with this kind of recovery work and know what we are doing,&#8221; Rabino said.</p>
<p>The storm victims have exhibited a roller coaster of emotions while interacting with the Israeli team.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8216;This was much worse than anything in the past. It came as a big surprise&#8217;</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;This is devastating for people. They&#8217;ve lost everything. This was much worse than anything in the past. It came as a big surprise,&#8221; said Gerber.</p>
<p>&#8220;The people we are helping are dealing with a huge loss and are very emotional, but at the same time they have to keep their composure and direct us as we work in their homes,&#8221; Rabino said.</p>
<p>Rabino managed to recover one family&#8217;s jewelry. It was in a plastic bag submerged in a bucket of water, and was almost thrown out.</p>
<p>&#8220;I showed them the jewelry and assured them it was salvageable if it was cleaned in chlorine. They were grateful, but they were also kind of numb,&#8221; he said.</p>

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		<div class="wp-caption-text">IsraAID team members remove debris from home in Bellaire, Texas, August 31, 2017. (IsraAID)</div>
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<p>While some members of the IsraAID team continue with this work, others will begin leading stress relief and recreational activities at Houston shelters, community centers and schools as early as Friday. With two more IsraAID workers arriving in Houston by the weekend, the team will be able to work with relatively large groups of adult and child flood victims, using art, movement therapy and mindfulness techniques.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-and-israeli-organizations-deliver-emergency-aid-to-refugees-on-frozen-greek-island/">iAID</a>, another Israeli humanitarian organization, is expected to send a team of approximately eight volunteers to Texas by next week. Founded by former IsraAID founding director Shachar Zahavi, iAID connects innovation and technology to the international humanitarian aid scene.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been in touch with the Texas Army National Guard and the local Jewish community, and we&#8217;ll coordinate with them,&#8221; Zahavi told The Times of Israel.</p>
<p>Zahavi said his organization aims to support the US relief efforts with &#8220;Start-up Nation&#8221; solutions, such as clean energy and clean water technologies, that can empower communities to repair themselves and better prepare for the next natural disaster.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll do an assessment, but it will all depend on what the Americans&#8217;  needs are and what they ask for,&#8221; Zahavi said.</p>

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		<div class="wp-caption-text">IsraAID team members helps sort through a family&#8217;s salvageable belongings after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, Bellaire, Texas, August 31, 2017. (IsraAID)</div>
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<p>It&#8217;s been a whirlwind week for Rabino, who ended up spending only one day in Israel, and flying between three continents.</p>
<p>Switching directly from working with Syrian, Afghan and other refugees in Greece to assisting flood victims in Texas has made Rabino think a lot about having a home &#8212; and about losing it.</p>
<p>&#8220;For the last 10 years, I&#8217;ve been moving around all the time because of the work I do. I am transient and homeless by choice. The people we aid aren&#8217;t,&#8221; he said.</p>
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				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_ZK9O2-e1518461961363-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on February 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/SPUTNIK/Mikhail KLIMENTIEV)" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on February 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/SPUTNIK/Mikhail KLIMENTIEV)" />
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				<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-escalation-on-northern-border-tillerson-has-no-plans-to-stop-in-israel/">
				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/01/000_XG8EJ-e1516641750861-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Britain&#039;s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in London, on January 22, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Toby Melville)" title="US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Britain&#039;s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in London, on January 22, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Toby Melville)" />
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Eric Cortellessa" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/eric-cortellessa/">Eric Cortellessa</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-returns-to-lebanon-mentally-ill-man-who-crossed-border/">Infiltrator told security forces Hezbollah members threatened to have him institutionalized if he didn't enter Israel</a>
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				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/04/MG_0341-copy-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="The Lebanese-Israeli border near kibbutz Hanita on March 22, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)" title="The Lebanese-Israeli border near kibbutz Hanita on March 22, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)" />
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Judah Ari Gross" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/judah-ari-gross/">Judah Ari Gross</a></div>
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				<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-pm-warns-of-new-wars-over-multiple-disputes-with-israel/">
				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/02/000_LO8UYHDF768-e1487438307725-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) reviews the honor guard during an official welcome ceremony at Marka airport in Amman on February 14, 2017.  (AFP Photo/Pool/Khalil Mazraawi)" title="Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) reviews the honor guard during an official welcome ceremony at Marka airport in Amman on February 14, 2017.  (AFP Photo/Pool/Khalil Mazraawi)" />
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Dov Lieber" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/dov-lieber/">Dov Lieber</a></div>
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				<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-backs-israeli-actions-in-syria-urges-russia-to-rein-in-iran/">
				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_ZI7U3-e1518450566239-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Britain&#039;s Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrives to meet with the Thai prime minister at the Government House in Bangkok on February 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / NARONG SANGNAK)" title="Britain&#039;s Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrives to meet with the Thai prime minister at the Government House in Bangkok on February 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / NARONG SANGNAK)" />
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					<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-annexation-gaffe-netanyahu-blunders-into-first-real-crisis-with-trump/">With annexation gaffe, Netanyahu blunders into first real crisis with Trump</a>
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					<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-annexation-gaffe-netanyahu-blunders-into-first-real-crisis-with-trump/">Not since blaming the mufti for the Holocaust has Netanyahu made such easily refutable claims, and the rare misstep suggests he may be letting legal woes get the best of him</a>	
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				<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-pms-claim-us-and-israel-discussing-settlement-annexation-false/">
				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/08/F170828KGPO201-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend an event marking 50 years of Israeli settlements in Samaria, in Barkan, in the West Bank, on August 28, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)" title="Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend an event marking 50 years of Israeli settlements in Samaria, in Barkan, in the West Bank, on August 28, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)" />
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Eric Cortellessa" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/eric-cortellessa/">Eric Cortellessa</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Raphael Ahren" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/raphael-ahren/">Raphael Ahren</a> and <a title="Jacob Magid" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jacob-magid/">Jacob Magid</a></div>
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				<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-says-hes-in-talks-with-trump-administration-to-annex-settlements/">
				<img width="200" height="200" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/01/AP18019273220330-e1516432371949-200x200.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" title="In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)" />
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Jacob Magid" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jacob-magid/">Jacob Magid</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-democrat-keith-ellison-dined-with-iranian-president-louis-farrakhan/">Top DNC official and two other congressmen attended private dinner on the sidelines of 2013 UN General Assembly in New York</a>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-rejects-petition-to-silence-police-in-netanyahu-probes/">'No reason to interfere,' says ruling, paving way for investigators to publicize indictment recommendations, after year-long graft probes into suspicions against PM</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/opposition-mks-slam-netanyahu-for-lying-about-annexation-talks-with-the-us/">'An evening in which the White House says, in an official announcement, that our prime minister does not tell the truth is a sad evening,' says Labor leader Gabbay</a>
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				<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-fm-says-she-was-speaking-for-israel-not-us-in-her-annexation-remarks/">
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-fm-says-she-was-speaking-for-israel-not-us-in-her-annexation-remarks/">Deputy FM says she was &#8216;speaking for Israel, not US&#8217; in her annexation remarks</a>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/backstreet-boys-plan-triumphant-return-to-their-israeli-fans/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/AP_17344297582787-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The Backstreet Boys perform on stage during the 2017 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball North at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday, December 9, 2017, in Toronto (Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)" title="The Backstreet Boys perform on stage during the 2017 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball North at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday, December 9, 2017, in Toronto (Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">As long as you love me</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/backstreet-boys-plan-triumphant-return-to-their-israeli-fans/">Backstreet Boys plan triumphant return to their Israeli fans</a>
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								By <a title="Jessica Steinberg" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jessica-steinberg/">Jessica Steinberg</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-snowboarder-snags-bronze-in-pyeongchang-games/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_ZL9I9-e1518497232174-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Arielle Gold competes in run 3 of the women&#039;s snowboard halfpipe final event at the Phoenix Park during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2018. AFP/LOIC VENANCE)" title="Arielle Gold competes in run 3 of the women&#039;s snowboard halfpipe final event at the Phoenix Park during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2018. AFP/LOIC VENANCE)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Gold standard</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-snowboarder-snags-bronze-in-pyeongchang-games/">Jewish snowboarder snags bronze in Pyeongchang Games</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/nice-jewish-girl-from-north-london-chosen-to-lead-rio-carnival/" rel="external"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/Samantha-Mortner-Flores-1-635x357-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Jewish ex-Brit Samantha Mortner-Flores, at the Rio carnival in Brazil on February 9, 2018. (Credit: @samanthaflores on Instagram via Jewish News)" title="Jewish ex-Brit Samantha Mortner-Flores, at the Rio carnival in Brazil on February 9, 2018. (Credit: @samanthaflores on Instagram via Jewish News)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">From our partner</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/nice-jewish-girl-from-north-london-chosen-to-lead-rio-carnival/" rel="external">‘Nice Jewish girl from north London’ stars in Rio Carnival</a>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/chabad-to-end-rabbinical-cold-spell-in-iceland/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/39309021015_871e80cd0a_o-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rabbi Avi Feldman and his wife Mushky Feldman visiting Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 14, 2017. (Chabad.org)" title="Rabbi Avi Feldman and his wife Mushky Feldman visiting Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 14, 2017. (Chabad.org)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Northern exposure</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/chabad-to-end-rabbinical-cold-spell-in-iceland/">Chabad to end rabbinical cold spell in Iceland</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-apologizes-for-portraying-golan-as-outside-israel/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_ZB1P9-e1518249415224-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A picture taken on February 10, 2018, shows Israeli solders taking positions in the Golan Heights near the border with Syria. (AFP/ JALAA MAREY)" title="A picture taken on February 10, 2018, shows Israeli solders taking positions in the Golan Heights near the border with Syria. (AFP/ JALAA MAREY)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Off the map</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-apologizes-for-portraying-golan-as-outside-israel/">IDF apologizes for portraying Golan as outside Israel</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Judah Ari Gross" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/judah-ari-gross/">Judah Ari Gross</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-fails-to-qualify-for-olympic-figure-skating-finals/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_ZE35G-e1518333889310-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Israel&#039;s Aimee Buchanan reacts after competing in the figure skating team event women&#039;s single skating short program during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 11, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV)" title="Israel&#039;s Aimee Buchanan reacts after competing in the figure skating team event women&#039;s single skating short program during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 11, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Dreams on ice</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-fails-to-qualify-for-olympic-figure-skating-finals/">Israel fails to qualify for Olympic figure skating finals</a>
						</div>
													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Michael Bachner" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/michael-bachner/">Michael Bachner</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/britain-suffers-hummus-price-hike-as-indias-chickpea-harvest-fails/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/12/Hummus-cropped-e1418751670324-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Hummus (Shutterstock)" title="Hummus (Shutterstock)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Thinly spread</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/britain-suffers-hummus-price-hike-as-indias-chickpea-harvest-fails/">Britain suffers hummus price hike as India&#8217;s chickpea harvest fails</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Sue Surkes" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/sue-surkes/">Sue Surkes</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/homeless-lebanese-dishwasher-becomes-michelin-starred-chef/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/food-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Lebanese chef Alan Geaam, who began life in Paris sleeping on the streets and who taught himself to cook, won a Michelin star for his restaurant near the Arc de Triomphe. (YouTube screenshot)" title="Lebanese chef Alan Geaam, who began life in Paris sleeping on the streets and who taught himself to cook, won a Michelin star for his restaurant near the Arc de Triomphe. (YouTube screenshot)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Rising star</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/homeless-lebanese-dishwasher-becomes-michelin-starred-chef/">Homeless Lebanese dishwasher becomes Michelin-starred chef</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Paloma SORIA BROWN" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/paloma-soria-brown/">Paloma SORIA BROWN</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ozzy-osbournes-wife-on-israel-gig-we-play-where-we-want/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/Untitled-3-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Ozzy Osbourne (left) and Sharon Osbourne, at a press conference in their home ahead of Osbourne&#039;s final tour, No More Tours 2 (Courtesy official Facebook page)" title="Ozzy Osbourne (left) and Sharon Osbourne, at a press conference in their home ahead of Osbourne&#039;s final tour, No More Tours 2 (Courtesy official Facebook page)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Mama, I'm coming home</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ozzy-osbournes-wife-on-israel-gig-we-play-where-we-want/">Ozzy Osbourne&#8217;s wife on Israel gig: &#8216;We play where we want&#8217;</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Jessica Steinberg" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jessica-steinberg/">Jessica Steinberg</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-from-25-nations-simulate-mars-in-omani-desert/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/AP18039238118760-e1518088160475-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="João Lousada, a flight controller for the International Space Station, wears an experimental space suit in the Dhofar desert of southern Oman during a simulation of a future Mars mission, February 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam McNeill)" title="João Lousada, a flight controller for the International Space Station, wears an experimental space suit in the Dhofar desert of southern Oman during a simulation of a future Mars mission, February 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam McNeill)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Watch this space</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-from-25-nations-simulate-mars-in-omani-desert/">Scientists from 25 nations simulate Mars in Omani desert</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Samuel McNeil" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/samuel-mcneil/">Samuel McNeil</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/powerful-gale-lays-bear-the-mechanics-of-trumps-hair/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/Untitled-e1518074919528-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A powerful gust of wind musses Donald Trump&#039;s hair while he boards Air Force One in early February 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)" title="A powerful gust of wind musses Donald Trump&#039;s hair while he boards Air Force One in early February 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Bald eagle</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/powerful-gale-lays-bear-the-mechanics-of-trumps-hair/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Powerful gale lays bare the mechanics of Trump&#8217;s hair</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/space-roadster-overshoots-mars-now-headed-for-asteroid-belt/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/AP18037818136560-e1518035483695-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the company&#039;s spacesuit in Elon Musk&#039;s red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018. (SpaceX via AP)" title="This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the company&#039;s spacesuit in Elon Musk&#039;s red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018. (SpaceX via AP)" /></a>
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												<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/space-roadster-overshoots-mars-now-headed-for-asteroid-belt/">Space roadster overshoots Mars, now headed for asteroid belt</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Marcia Dunn" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/marcia-dunn/">Marcia Dunn</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-government-cartoon-encourages-kids-to-inform-on-neighbors/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/assafasgsag-e1517975716849-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A cartoon released by Egypt&#039;s interior ministry in January (YouTube screenshot)" title="A cartoon released by Egypt&#039;s interior ministry in January (YouTube screenshot)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Early warning</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-government-cartoon-encourages-kids-to-inform-on-neighbors/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Egyptian government cartoon encourages kids to inform on neighbors</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-are-you-talking-about-rogue-bot-cuts-off-turkish-minister/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/06/000_BT40A-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Illustrative: The robot Pepper during a press conference at the CHR Citadel hospital in Liege, Belgium,June 13, 2016. (John Thys/AFP)" title="Illustrative: The robot Pepper during a press conference at the CHR Citadel hospital in Liege, Belgium,June 13, 2016. (John Thys/AFP)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Bugging bug</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-are-you-talking-about-rogue-bot-cuts-off-turkish-minister/">&#8216;What are you talking about?&#8217; Rogue bot cuts off Turkish minister</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/dont-be-narcissistic-liev-schreiber-advises-israeli-film-students/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/צילום-ישראל-הדרי-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Liev Schreiber (center) receiving a gift from Tel Aviv University president Joseph Klafter (right) and Raz Joseph, who heads the university&#039;s film and television school (Courtesy Yisrael Hadari)" title="Liev Schreiber (center) receiving a gift from Tel Aviv University president Joseph Klafter (right) and Raz Joseph, who heads the university&#039;s film and television school (Courtesy Yisrael Hadari)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Illuminating everything</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/dont-be-narcissistic-liev-schreiber-advises-israeli-film-students/">Don&#8217;t be narcissistic, Liev Schreiber advises Israeli film students</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Jessica Steinberg" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jessica-steinberg/">Jessica Steinberg</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/gal-gadot-to-appear-in-cameo-on-the-simpsons/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/01/000_W5941-e1515784652809-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Actress Gal Gadot attends the 2018 National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City on January 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)" title="Actress Gal Gadot attends the 2018 National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City on January 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Gal Ga-d'oh</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/gal-gadot-to-appear-in-cameo-on-the-simpsons/">Gal Gadot to appear in cameo on &#8216;The Simpsons&#8217;</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Stuart Winer" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/stuart-winer/">Stuart Winer</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lawmakers-go-vegan-for-the-day-to-support-animal-rights/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/vegan-e1517921195966-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Knesset lawmakers tuck into vegan alternatives to their meat and dairy favorites in support of annual Animal Rights Day. Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), who hosted the feast, stands at the end of the table next to the chefs, February 6, 2018. (Anonymous for Animal Rights)." title="Knesset lawmakers tuck into vegan alternatives to their meat and dairy favorites in support of annual Animal Rights Day. Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), who hosted the feast, stands at the end of the table next to the chefs, February 6, 2018. (Anonymous for Animal Rights)." /></a>
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						<span class="label">Stirring the pot</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lawmakers-go-vegan-for-the-day-to-support-animal-rights/">Lawmakers go vegan for the day to support animal rights</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Sue Surkes" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/sue-surkes/">Sue Surkes</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-priest-imam-and-monk-walk-into-years-best-super-bowl-ad/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/ad-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A scene from a Toyota ad aired during the Super Bowl on February 5, 2018. (screen capture: YouTube)" title="A scene from a Toyota ad aired during the Super Bowl on February 5, 2018. (screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Pietistic plug</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-priest-imam-and-monk-walk-into-years-best-super-bowl-ad/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Rabbi, priest, imam and monk walk into year&#8217;s best Super Bowl ad</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Josefin Dolsten" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/josefin-dolsten/">Josefin Dolsten</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-french-chef-offers-tips-to-gay-israelis-rejected-by-families/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_YU1MZ-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="French chef Guillaume Gomez, head chef at France&#039;s Elysee palace, answers journalists question during a cooking class for teenage members of an Israeli NGO that supports LGBT rights, at the French ambassador&#039;s residence in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2018, during the French gastronomy week in Israel. (AFP/Thomas Coex)" title="French chef Guillaume Gomez, head chef at France&#039;s Elysee palace, answers journalists question during a cooking class for teenage members of an Israeli NGO that supports LGBT rights, at the French ambassador&#039;s residence in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2018, during the French gastronomy week in Israel. (AFP/Thomas Coex)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Rainbow recipes</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-french-chef-offers-tips-to-gay-israelis-rejected-by-families/">Top French chef offers tips to gay Israelis rejected by families</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/paul-simon-announces-his-upcoming-tour-will-be-his-last/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/02/000_YU5AT-e1517850208305-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="In this file photo taken on November 17, 2016 US singer Paul Simon performs on stage at the Bilbao Exhibition Center in the Spanish Basque city of Barakaldo on November 17, 2016. (AFP/Ander Gillenea)" title="In this file photo taken on November 17, 2016 US singer Paul Simon performs on stage at the Bilbao Exhibition Center in the Spanish Basque city of Barakaldo on November 17, 2016. (AFP/Ander Gillenea)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Sound of Silence</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/paul-simon-announces-his-upcoming-tour-will-be-his-last/">Paul Simon announces his upcoming tour will be his last</a>
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								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="AP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/ap/">AP</a>							</div>
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