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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 12, 2012

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Illustrative: A Chinese boy eats noodles in Beijing. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

AnalysisOP-ED

Israel’s China challenge

By David Horovitz

The world’s second-largest economic power knows very little about Israel, although those who wish us ill have been telling it plenty. We should and can change that, and the sooner the better

Analysis

Is Palestine a state? That may depend on the Palestinians

By Raphael Ahren

While international legal scholars debate the weight of ‘nonmember observer state’ status, the burden is ultimately on the Palestinians to show that they can act like a sovereign power

Blowing our tops over wearing a kippa

Ejecting a student for not covering his head is in line with Bar Ilan’s core curriculum

For the Right, the E1 settlement plan is a matter of the heart

Any argument must first affirm the deep Jewish connection to the Land

Yair Lapid on Monday, December 10. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Yesh Atid sets out to prove it’s more politics than personality

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Barack Obama (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama planning direct talks with Iran; US will strike in 4-5 months if they don’t bear fruit, Israeli TV report says

By Aaron Kalman

Channel 10 News says US president keeping Israel out of the loop, holds Netanyahu personally responsible for leaks from UN reports

Labor chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Labor head slams Liberman’s ‘wild and irresponsible’ speech

By focusing on foreign affairs, Likud-Beytenu diverting public attention from ‘soft underbelly’ of economic issues, Yachimovich charges

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, greets King Abdullah II of Jordan at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Israelis and Palestinians to meet in Jordan in February, King Abdullah says

By Elhanan Miller

Jordanian monarch bashes Egypt for harming kingdom economically and marginalizing it diplomatically, Arab paper reports

Bird's-eye view of the Monastery of the Cross, in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem. The monastery was built in the 11th century and is currently occupied by monks of the Jerusalem Patriarchate (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Netanyahu condemns ‘price tag’ vandalism at Jerusalem abbey

Extremists spray-paint ‘Jesus — son of a whore’ on wall at Monastery of the Cross

Moussa Abu Marzouq upon arrival in Gaza, December 7 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Fear of Israeli attack delaying replacement of Hamas chief Mashaal, deputy says

By Elhanan Miller

Abu Marzouq cites alleged IAF strike on Sudanese arms factory as deterrent to Hamas leadership convening

Former UK ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould announces the winners in a recent start-up event sponsored by the UK-Israel Tech Hub (Photo credit: Mati Milstein)

Britain appoints special technology ambassador to Israel

By David Shamah

UK prime minister personally announced appointment of ‘tech envoy’ Saul Klein

Milk and honies

Snoop Lion battles Santa — as Moses

By Nathan Burstein

The marijuana-loving rapper plays biblical prophet in latest music video

Jewish fans of the Grateful Dead celebrate the end of Shabbat during the Blues for Challah retreat in Falls Village, Conn. (Chavie Lieber/JTA)

Jewish love for the Grateful Dead lives on

By Chavie Lieber

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Women protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a demonstration that started in front of el-Nour mosque, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Arabic media reviewThe Egyptian army steps up to the plate

By Elhanan Miller

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Ministry of Education, presenting the results of international academic test rankings on Monday, December 11 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewReality check

By Ron Friedman

Illustrative: Palestinian youth in an Internet cafe in Gaza, March 2007 (photo credit: Ahmad Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas bans Israeli communication services in Gaza Strip

By Elhanan Miller

Illustrative photo of dreidels for sale at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

A turn for the worseDreidel world record — is it just spin?

Former deputy interior minister Faina Kirshenbaum at the Knesset, July 20, 2011. (Omer Miron/Flash90)

Some Likud-Beytenu MKs call for end of traditional partnership with Haredi parties

By Stuart Winer

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90/File)

New York Federation raises $23m in Wall Street fundraiser

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Illustrative. US currency. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Money for nothing‘Satmar shelling out so voters stay home’

By Stuart Winer

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