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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 20, 2012

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A photograph released by the IDF shows the Swedish-owned, Finnish-flagged Estelle approaching the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2012 (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Navy boards ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists to Gaza, escorts it toward Ashdod

By Michal Shmulovich

Israel says no force was used; activists claim the Estelle, whose stated purpose was to breach blockade of Hamas-run Strip, came ‘under attack’ by the IDF

A family walks past flaming tires used as a roadblock to protest the death of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence division of Lebanon's domestic security forces in a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon on Saturday. (photo credit: AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanese protesters burn tires, set up roadblocks in outpouring of anger over Beirut blast

Cabinet holds emergency meeting after car bomb kills 8, threatens to bring Syria’s civil war to Lebanon; opposition urges PM to resign

Anti-government protesters in Lebanon sit on the ground Friday in front the government palace, seen in the background, during a demonstration after a bomb killed Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and seven others in Beirut. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

National day of mourning in Lebanon in wake of Beirut bombing

A Lebanese rescue man carries an injured boy at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Beirut car bomb kills top security official, 7 others

By Ron Friedman and AP

Steven L. Spiegel

Obama’s bad for Israel? His record indicates otherwise

The current president has actually been more supportive of the Jewish state than his predecessors

A tale of two sisters and Bibi’s Speech

There are two words one should never discuss with my mother on any condition, and one of them is the O word — Obama

David Brog (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Christian Zionist group: Israel’s case is not being made on the Left

By Haviv Rettig Gur

David Brog, head of Christians United for Israel: ‘When Christians turn against Israel, that’s a job for us. When liberals abandon Israel, that’s a challenge for our liberal friends’

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Gaby Farkas)

Liberman slams EU for calling Jerusalem construction plans ‘illegal’ activity

By Michal Shmulovich and Ilan Ben Zion

FM: Automatic condemnations indicate a lack of basic understanding of the region

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon poses with the new ambassadors of Jordan (left) and Egypt (right) at Jerusalem's King David Hotel, October 17 (photo credit: office of Danny Ayalon)

Analysis

A tricky tale of two ambassadors

By Elhanan Miller

This week’s dramas in Egypt and Jordan over the dispatch of new envoys to Israel reflect critical dilemmas for the troubled regimes that sent them

Raz Attias (screenshot: Channel 2 News)

Mother of teen killed in police shooting blames girlfriend for son’s death

By Ron Friedman

Sister of naval cadet Raz Attias’s girlfriend says attempt to lay blame on her for his death is ‘shameful’

Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters pray during a demonstration outside the State Council in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood party elects new leader

Former speaker of parliament Saad el-Katatny voted to lead Freedom and Justice Party

Palestinian security officers wait to cast their early votes during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank town of Jenin on Thursday. Members of Palestinian security forces cast an early vote ahead of local elections, which are taking place Saturday, in the first such polls since 2006.(photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinians across West Bank vote for the first time in six years

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

Civilians cast ballots for mayors and local councils in 93 communities; Abbas hopes election will revive Fatah while Hamas boycotts the vote

Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam. (Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90)

Jewish donors prominent in presidential campaign contributions

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

Sheldon Adelson is biggest giver of all; Obama’s top two donors also Jewish

15-year old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai, who is recovering in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being attacked and shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. Malala was shot and critically wounded on Oct. 9 as she headed home from school in the northwest Swat Valley, Pakistan. (photo credit: AP Photo / University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust)

Heroic Pakistani girl, 15, shot in head by Taliban for demanding education, is making a recovery

Malala Yousufzai, a symbol of bravery who had been blogging about life in the Swat Valley since she was 11, able to stand in her British hospital

Childhood friends Allen Small (left) and Leon Bakst, who fought the Nazis in Eastern Europe during World War II, meet after 65 years in "The Reunion." (Photo credit: Ron Glassman Photography)

Holocaust heroes come together for emotional ‘Reunion’

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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Young Arab residents of Marseille taunt police as they drive recklessly down a central avenue last month. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Marseille’s Jews see growing attacks and fear their calm may be fleeting

By Cnaan Liphshiz

US oil firm Chevron was unintentionally infected with a virus reportedly designed to attack Iranian targets. (photo credit: Sophie Gordon / Flash 90)

White House taking steps to thwart cyberterrorism attacks

By Richard Ladner

Finnish MEP Tarja Cronber (photo credit: courtesy)

EU parliamentarians to visit Iran despite Israeli pressure to cancel

By Sam Ser and Ron Friedman

In this Sept. 14, 2012 photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades burn the US flag during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya. (photo credit: AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon)

CIA found militant links a day after Libya attack

By Kimberly Dozier

US electionsRomney promises to stand up to Russia, America’s ‘biggest foe’

By Desmond Butler

Former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi gestures with a green cane as he takes his seat behind bulletproof glass for a military parade in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Gaddafi’s daughter’s Israeli lawyer says those who killed Libyan leader must be brought to justice

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

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