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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 8, 2012

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A stage decorated with a mural of Jerusalem and a large model of a M75 long-range rocket during a rally to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Hamas terrorist group, in Gaza city, Saturday. (photo credit: Adel Hana/AP)

Mashaal vows to continue fighting Israel rather than give up ‘any inch’ of Palestine

By AP and ToI Staff

Hamas chief and Gaza PM emerge from large-scale model of rocket fired at Israel to speak to masses celebrating Hamas’s 25th anniversary; ‘Zionists, prepare your passports,’ says military spokesman

A masked fighter from Islamic Jihad's military wing takes part in a military drill in the southern Gaza Strip in May 2012. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

US pressured Egypt to keep Islamic Jihad leaders out of Gaza, report says

By Yoel Goldman

The rivalry between Hanukkah and Christmas has inspired wonderful music for both holidays. (Courtesy of the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation)

Have yourself a merry little Hanukkah (and a happy Christmas)

By Renee Ghert-Zand

New album explores how the holidays influenced each other — and the role Jews played in writing music for both

Shmuley Boteach

Rabbis who forsake Israel – the liberalism of fools

On the Bnei Jeshurun message celebrating the Palestinians’ UN upgrade

Laura Ben-David

On Facebook I live in Palestine

Casual misinformation on social media may have serious consequences

Citizens of the world?

On B’nai Jeshurun and the Palestinian U.N. status

Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship (Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)

Iranian warships dock in Sudan for second time, angering Saudis

By Yoel Goldman

Presence of vessels is part of ongoing cooperation between the two countries, says Sudanese military spokesman

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a public gathering in the northeastern city of Bojnurd, Iran, in October. (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)

From the webIran no longer on track to producing intercontinental missiles

Amir Peretz announces that he will be joining Tzipi Livni's Hatnua (The Movement) party on Thursday, December 6 (photo credit: Channel 10 screen capture)

I left Labor because I felt unwanted, Peretz says in defense of his shift to Hatnua

By Ilan Ben Zion

Former defense minister insists Tzipi Livni, unlike Labor leader Shelly Yachimovich, will not collaborate with a Netanyahu government

George Sabra, head of the main Syrian opposition bloc in exile, the Syrian National Council, on November 10, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

Stop Assad before he uses chemical weapons, Syria’s opposition leader implores international community

By Ilan Ben Zion

President ‘would not hesitate to commit such atrocities, warns George Sabra, urging soldiers to defect

A man looks at documents at the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Ibrahim Alaguri/AP)

Egypt detains alleged mastermind behind Benghazi consulate attacks

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

Suspect is one of most menacing operatives to have emerged in the region after Arab Spring, according to Western assessments

UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in July 2012 (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

UN to boost Golan Heights peacekeeping force as Syrian conflict escalates

By Michal Shmulovich

Ban says unarmed observers in the demilitarized zone gave medical treatment to Syrian forces after battles with rebels

Footage from a video that purportedly shows a bombing carried out by Jabhat al-Nusra in Damascus in August (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

US may label al-Qaeda-inspired Syrian rebel group a Foreign Terrorist Organization

By Michal Shmulovich

Al-Nusra Front, a Salafi organization pushing for an Islamic state in Syria, is notorious for suicide bombings against the Assad regime

An Egyptian protester chants anti-Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi slogans outside the presidential palace under a banner with a defaced picture of president Mohammed Morsi and Arabic that reads 'the people want to bring down the regime,' in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt’s military warns of ‘disastrous consequences’ if crisis not resolved through dialogue

By Sarah El Deeb

Only one opposition politician attends negotiations with Morsi on Saturday

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Obama sends Hanukkah message to Jews worldwide

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Cuba says Washington ‘lying’ about jailed US Jew’s health

From the webUS drone strike kills senior Al-Qaeda commander, say tribal sources in Pakistan

Dutch government may stop funding country’s Jewish broadcaster in 2016

US rabbis urge end to tax cuts for wealthiest 2 percent

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DIY soda popSodaStream to kick off at Super Bowl

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