“I saw them crying and I started crying myself. I said to myself that if the attack were against my family sitting at the table, it would be the same thing. It’s hard to see an entire family disappear, it’s hard. Why is there no justice "
--Mudqaq Salah, a Palestinian man who murdered an Israeli security guard, said in an interview about the terror attack in Jerusalem that killed a Jewish family sitting in the Sbarro restaurant. In a special series of interviews, Ynet's Palestinian Affairs reporter Elior Levy interviewed former Palestinian prisoners who murdered Israelis and sat for decades in Israeli jails, during which they learned Hebrew and went through an 'Israelization' process and now support peace.*

Maariv Poll: In your opinion, does Netanyahu's involvement in the (corruption) investigations harm his ability to lead the country and deal with security crises?
Public: 59% say it harms, 32% say it doesn't harm, 9% have no opinion.

“That’s how criminals talk, not public servants.”
--Leader of opposition party Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid, responded to accusations from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's supporters that he was trying to make a 'coup' and that he was a 'lousy snitch' for speaking to police in the corruption cases against Netanyahu.*

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You Must Be Kidding:
A panel from the Prime Minister’s Office appointed settlement leader Pinhas Wallerstein to head a team charged with legalizing unauthorized outposts in the West Bank, despite his involvement in illegal settlement construction on privately-owned Palestinian land, for which he was sharply rebuked by the High Court.**

Quote of the Day #1:

You Must Be Kidding: 
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev is pressuring the Foreign Ministry to withdraw its support from the Israeli Film Festival in Paris in May because it is expected to screen the Israeli film “Foxtrot," which she doesn't like.**

"(Settlements) complicate the task of making peace."
--US President Donald Trump admits in an interview with 'Israel Hayom.'*

102.
--Number of US Congress members who urged US President Donald Trump not to slash funds to the UN Palestinian Aid Agency, URNWA.

You Must Be Kidding: 
“Music is music, what does it matter what language it’s in? We live in Israel and we hear all the languages here: Arabic, Hebrew, Russian."
--Yusuf, an Arab-Israeli from Kafr Qassem reacted to the complaints by Jewish passengers of public buses about the Arabic music the Arab bus drivers put on the radio.**

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“We in the Gaza Strip live in a catastrophe. Total collapse. Have you ever heard of a people who wants to die? A people that is pushing Hamas to go to war? The situation is not ahead of a collapse, rather we are already at the heart of the storm. We're haven't yet started eating each other."
--Maariv published a letter to Israelis from Mohammed A., a resident of the Gaza Strip.*

Quote of the Day #2:
"Israel, in 99th place, is 24 rungs below Palestine, in 75th. The vicissitudes of fate. Some people occupy a top position, while others occupy another people."
--Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi remarks on Israel and Palestine's FIFA soccer ratings in an interview in Yedioth/Ynet.**